Kickboxing Legend Tyrone Spong shows his three favorite knees + Gilbert Burns, Aung La N Sang

Check out this clip inside the training room of the brand new world class facility Sanford MMA. In this video trainer Henri Hooft holds pads for Tyrone Spong as he shows some of his unique approach to the knee strike.

[@RozayDent]

Gilbert felt the first knee so hard haha

[@martinskursiss4769]

🤣

[@rickybaker2223]

For a while too

[@MrDeathbydying]

@SpaceGuitarMoose I feel it could be very relevant in mma, especially with the cage-grinding style that seems quite popular. Fighters have gotten creative at attacking the legs but not so much the arms

[@evanstein342]

🤣🤣

[@SF_Native]

Tyron was like, 'don't worry, i'll do it lightly' . Sadly, Tyron's 10% is most people's 100% lol Poor Gilbert was feeling that for a couple of days lol

[@bisonmma-kickboxing2511]

Tyrone Sponge Muay Thai/Kickboxing Legend .. King of the Ring 🔥🔥👑👑 🥊 🥊 💯💯 🇸🇷 🇳🇱

[@wzl19]

I didn't know Will Ferrel held pads. 😂

[@adambennett1193]

stay hard

[@topg893]

Lool you know who that is right? He did a seminar at my gym.

[@wzl19]

@@topg893 Ye Henri Hooft 😂he's defo Wills long lost brother

[@bigguwapbrixks187]

That’s henrihooft bro respect

[@dosage13]

its chad smith

[@T2thaBtv]

He is humble and that makes him even more legendary than he already is. Would love to see him spar with Rozenstruik 2 of Surinamfinest 🇸🇷

[@ajsilva78]

Tyrone is so much better

[@T2thaBtv]

@@ajsilva78 of course he is there is no doubt in that , but still i want to see it. That would elevate Rozenstruik's his (kickboxing)game to a next level.

[@merwinpique]

@Auxilium what the fuck are you talking about? Everyone expect Stipe and Derrick got demolished by Francis.

[@joesheridan9451]

Is he?

[@AlphaMaverick1111]

​@Auxilium So what, thats part of MMA. Suriname and Cameroon are brotherly nations. Not even Ngannou is going on about it like you are dude. I assure you Ngannou cares a lot more about his brothers in Suriname than he does about you.

[@Jomanro]

And this is how Gilbert Burns won his match against Tyron Woodley.

[@FNGPREPPER]

Gilbert threw alot of knees too.

[@jonathanm9140]

Really cool footage! Love to see how they mix up Dutch style kickboxing in the gym.

[@constantijnvanwoerekom4166]

You saw with Burns last fight how much he improved with his standup!

[@TonyKalashnikov]

This is that Lucien Carbin Bijlmer style knee

[@skyrimgameplay2808]

@@NoneOfYourBusinesz no

[@fredred5037]

@@NoneOfYourBusinesz Dutch kickboxing is inspired by Kyokushin Karate (all the Dutch K1 greats had black belts in Kyokushin before transitioning to Muay Thai, even Hooft who was an average fighter has one) they adopt a lot of the physicality aka “meathead” Kyokushin practicea like hard sparring everyday and rarely retreating back in defense. It can seem like a primitive tough-man contest rather than technical fluidity, but it works for certain types of fighters. Also, no elbows are allowed and the clinch is very short in duration like boxing, so they aren’t emphasized in training (which can both be major handicaps when transitioning to MMA). Whether a fighter learns traditional Muay Thai or the Dutch K1 style for mma, it’s all down to the talent of the fighter not the style.

[@melvintate8186]

Tyrone is one of the Greatest, learn and listen!!

[@melvintate8186]

Tyrone is a Master ,MMA, Boxing , Kickboxing ,that's not easy!!

[@cheetoyeeto1232]

No but a great for sure.

[@robertg305]

It's all fun and games until Nathan Coy is there barricading the door to the sauna

[@michealharrison3502]

fuuuuuuuuuck I remember that 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@immbrick6159]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@bur3aawik141]

Barricade what ?

[@immbrick6159]

@@bur3aawik141 the sauna there aint no rules in war

[@immbrick6159]

@@bur3aawik141 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGq9p62BnbClnpY

[@joshuac3576]

Awesome video! thanks!

[@kjs69724]

been practicing this on my heavy bag for the past few days and I love it! this is by far my favorite of all the ways to throw the knee.

[@clapdrix72]

Samart says knees should be like roundhouses that you don't extend. Not that Tyron needs anyone else to corroborate his opinions.

[@fightgame4908]

This is awesome stuff.

[@brotherlogicrmf2199]

King of the ring is one of my top 3 Muay Thai fighters of all time.

[@rudebwoymuaythai6661]

He isn't a Muay Thai fighter he is a kickboxer

[@osmanacmiyun6023]

only that he isnt a muay thai fighter

[@ElephantRage]

Not a muay fighter and not even top 30, but still very good.

[@hames7497]

GSP is my fav boxer also

[@rudebwoymuaythai6661]

@@ElephantRage he one of the best kickboxers of all time

[@michaelle7988]

Thank you Mr Spong putting those moves in my oocket for one I need it And thank you for all the Legend fights!!!

[@XxGhettoManxX]

Youre welcome

[@ironimpactdojo]

Love all of the footage you guys are posting. Get Vitor back in here w/these young lions!

[@nopayott2176]

this lineup is deadly cant wait to see what comes out of this gym!!!

[@bahmed6721]

Who’s gym is this and is this in Europe or America

[@boogeyman1016]

@@bahmed6721 it's in Florida I think Hard knocks 365

[@svenevens8027]

Tyrone doing used to be the most dominant welterweight in Dutch kickboxing beat the who’s who in that weight class wanted a new challenge and became a heavyweight this man is a legend

[@Gypsyking589]

Tyron sponge is a beast

[@goodforyou9166]

So many legends

[@bmc4620]

What makes those techniques more dangerous is that it comes from a man who holds the 2nd strongest punch after Ngannou

[@candincsoy9061]

...BUT Gökhan Saki knocked him out cold!

[@Tg-gz8qt]

MegaSkilla Donald Cerrone has excellent knees as well. But overall, I agree Ubereem had far more superior knees than anybody in MMA and K-1 Kickboxing....the way Overeem blocks hooks and enters with knees is flawless I haven’t seen anybody does it like him

[@Tg-gz8qt]

Can Dincsoy I’d say Saki has way better punching combos than Spong. Although, Saki Koed him, I’d still say Spong has more power he just didn’t land it on Saki

[@Tg-gz8qt]

Can Dincsoy Dnt get me wrong im not saying Saki has no power! He has tremendous power but he is just known more for his Left hook/Uppercuts combos thats all!

[@candincsoy9061]

@@Tg-gz8qt But Brother..He did land in Gökhan aswell but i guess Sakis Chin was way more better than a few years later

[@jacobino8121]

Esse cara é um monstro no kickboxing e muay Thai

[@atlante4368]

Tyrone is a killing machine.

[@jessef88]

This like the basics of muay boran. Muay boran has several kicks at different levels of the leg and body. Im so glad I started training that since before I just did boxing 🙏🙌

[@javi7263]

Vamos Gilbert. Confío en tu Victoria🏆

[@callmeoutifimbeingatwat4650]

I started doing these knees naturally training alone, then went to thai camps and kickboxing classes and they told me off. But i knew from doing it it felt right so didn't care, why do places try and force you to do it their way, when clearly here these are incredible functional knees.

[@somerled5513]

Yeah that annoys me sometimes. When something is clearly working for you but it gets trained out of you because it doesn't fit the gym's style. And conversely when you know something the gym teaches isn't good practice or technique but are forced to drill it anyway.

[@alexb2873]

Ego

[@Jamusictv]

Whatever you find to break you break! Dangerous man right there. 🤯

[@davidandrade3244]

Buena con TODOS bendiçiones

[@fernandotardioli9263]

Show de aula 💪

[@noway2425]

high level !

[@RozayDent]

Great quality btw

[@joebovovitch7803]

Fuking love Tyrone spong the noises he makes when he fights is fuking scary

[@ironsurvival7011]

Spong is the Tyson of Kickboxing

[@mrmarc1066]

Tyrone is a fucking legend. Especially in Amsterdam

[@matekafin2751]

Not sure but the is the first knee that he show is one that Andy Ristie used a lot in his fights?(I mean in Ristie vs Gago Drago fight)

[@clapdrix72]

This is where a ton of the fun of striking arts is to be had - in the lab exchanging secrets with your teammates.

[@Dash101]

Lots of talent here. No 1 WW challenger and One Championship champ. The kickboxer must be another great, I understand from reading the comment section though I'm not too versed in that world

[@abdullaali3735]

strikes between muay thai and kyokushin way, i like better like this to just hit, everything between between better, thank you tyrone , thank you henri

[@GeorgeOu]

I love this. The Thai masters just call this a kick. They don't really care what range you are because they'll throw a round house at you and keep the knee bent if you bumrush them and then hit you with a crushing knee. This actually hurts MORE than a regular roundhouse which already hurts like hell. If you're slightly longer range, they just straighten out the knee and hit you with the upper shin. Even more out they kick you with mid shin, then lower shin, then the instep of the foot.

[@tapavandame7321]

He is back

[@Alkebulanchirld]

Henri hooft is the man

[@wilhelmhesse1348]

Burns and Ang Sung ...real cool

[@davidandrade3244]

ñño GILBERT FAMILIA MÍA !

[@ginseng7]

Dope

[@Theo-dj7vs]

Nice

[@chewbaccasaw5232]

Please correct me if I’m wrong ... but to counter woodleys right hook or overhand with a knee .. If Woodley connects you’re out The risk or trade doesn’t seem worth it ..

[@donovandongo5420]

Ey Spong is gewoon een genie in vechten 👊🏾🇸🇷😤

[@JESUS_Is_KING573]

Tyrone. Legend

[@GoldenRNB]

That's such a nice counter for the cross/ straight right

[@bernardo2072010]

Tyrone is Best!

[@constantijnvanwoerekom4166]

Great gym great legend trainers, they learn somuch there!

[@obitriceforlife5771]

Is that Henry Hoof in blue?

[@shawnfahoum5504]

Gilbert’s woah😂😂😂😂

[@metacognative6896]

These guys for sure drive challengers

[@HUBBSMASH]

King of the ring is my favorite fighter of all time

[@melhew2271]

Tyrone Spong surinam goat!!!

[@bobloerakker7010]

Ernesto hoost?

[@melhew2271]

@@bobloerakker7010 Ja ook zeker maar zij kunnen samen op de lijst van surinaamse goats staan ook omdat het wel een beetje een generatie verschil is

[@fullsoundsystem]

Spong🏆

[@bebodhi]

At 5:29 the technique is called "Ngoo dtaai Rraow" The rat climbs the rope (1.new 2.dtie= dt sound together 3.Rrow = ow like cow. This technique is in my basic boran workout at 27:01. PEACE

[@yayo683]

Dutch skool 💪

[@emanuelbreezy7423]

Ladies and gentlemen that is Tyrone Spong the best fighter

[@ptub5257]

Tyrone spong is a beast. Quality pads check if your forearm isnt broken from that knee.

[@miguelbermudez5426]

I hearned knees like this in kaikan kyokushin karate. These knees should be taught more. K Dutch kickboxing is a great style for MMA with the crazy mix between traditional kickboxing and boxing and Muay Thai.

[@azd5214]

Yep thats why they were the best in K-1

[@miguelbermudez5426]

@@azd5214 my karate teacher started out in Dutch kickboxing in Guyana and said that it is up there with Muay Thai and contends.

[@bebodhi]

These are real knee strikes, exactly what I was taught by the old school masters, which is why the Dutch fighters are so effective, they too have their roots of Thai boxing from the old days. I'll be showing some examples coming up soon, so make the connection. Peace

[@martinvera5962]

Felt that

[@f1nesave]

My favorite knee is the one I can barely walk on

[@SM7Lvlogs]

Meanwhile with my crappy legs I have 0 favourite knees :”(

[@dunsinane88]

Sounds like you found your focus point. Try and start doing body weight squat, lunges glute bridges to strengthen your lower body. Match with stretching patterns and you'll be on your way to a stronger foundation. Osu

[@jhayrios5514]

😂

[@haraldharam9334]

S Q U A T

[@aaronmulligan4696]

Burns is the next ufc champ

[@dubenstein6347]

He has a better chance than most in top 5. Usman is a beast and this is a great match up.

[@aaronmulligan4696]

Usman is good wrestler but bit of a boring fighter if I'm honest. Has to be careful going to floor with burns or he get tied up. Burns 2nd round victory

[@keosbay]

💡

[@AnusMcFeggot]

We missen je in het kickboksen :(

[@slischchotkan6120]

tyrone a close friend of usman

[@lukzone9056]

Aung la

[@ellerellerek52]

Tyrone Spank

[@brianvesta]

Its a bit of a shame that Tyrone didn't stick with the MMA...

[@SIRMMA]

No wonder Tyrone was so good. He had three knees

[@tanlinnaung3492]

ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံနံဘက္သစ္ျဖစ္ရမယ္အစ္ကိုေအာင္လအရမ္ခ်စ္တယ္

[@tanlinnaung3492]

အစ္ကိုေအာင္လအႏိုင္းရေအာင္ယူပါ အခုထိစားမဝင္အိပ္မႏိုင္ျဖစ္တယ္ အစ္ကိုေအာင္လႏိူင္းကုိႏိုင္ရမယ္

[@mikelowrey3784]

Is this the trailer to Will Ferrell's new movie?

[@juliuscaesar723]

My knee is like this from Jorge Masvidal 😂

[@hames7497]

Sponge is a real one.

[@rikkitiki1666]

That 1st knee hurts my upper back to throw...🤔

[@cuhblood3341]

Oh shit my balls😂😂 2:46

[@mehmetcelik86]

Die 1ste is wel fucking slim man. 👍😎

[@SurferKenTV3]

Iron sharpens iron

[@DuaneJasper]

Who says you need to wear fancy gym gear eh. 1 guy in a shirt, the other in camo shorts

[@iamLODD]

Look at the gym they’re in

[@NabilAbdulrashidComedy]

This Tyrone guy should consider taking up kickboxing professionally

[@quetzalcoatlhermeticus8024]

Tyrone " Fat King of the Ring" Spong

[@vivianmathew8281]

What I love is the 0% ego among all of them

[@roteraik9214]

ZOOM WIII WIII

[@user-ur6lx8eu9y]

Tyrone must be Trener some day...

[@Zoza15]

Well, he basically is a trainer and a fighter.

[@trucle2050]

kneeinmuaythai

[@djamaldruiventak8540]

Like Ong Bak 😂 Legend

[@benkhaledmohamedali5149]

Gilbert burns

[@maxxxtkd9]

When Tyron Usyk? 99% Tyron could win this fight ;)

[@MrRioyohannes]

Damn chad Smith retired from RHCP to become kickboxing coach.

[@removalman7963]

Thats Henry hoof,head coach of the blackzilians

[@jeroen2901]

His favourite knee is Saki's knee

[@rudebwoymuaythai6661]

And sakis favorite kick is the one remy bonjasky used to ko his ass 🤣

[@jeroen2901]

@@rudebwoymuaythai6661 True haha. And Remy's favourite knees are those from Sem Schilt. He enjoyed eating them......

[@moker10079]

Makin jokes on breakin his leg. You should say that in his face pussy.

[@jeroen2901]

@@moker10079 And you should say this in my face. LOLOL

[@moker10079]

@@jeroen2901 hahaha, send me location i know your from the netherlands...

[@watersheep5489]

will ferrell ?

[@kaleviummer7924]

Suai Suai

[@sachinthapa542]

One championship heavyweight champion is also there... 😂Wtf legends

[@abdouwahab5873]

كماروا اتمان احترمك ولاكن الحزام يستهلوا غيلبرت بارن أقول الحقيقة لوكان اللعب بارن كيما سيغيل غان يربح كماروا بالنقاط

[@smokedonracks2803]

No wonder he beat tyron woodley. Spong = a better woodley

[@personanongrata123]

Spong isnt comparable to woodley

[@bbadass106]

Who’s the geek with the backwards hat and beer belly?

[@sun469]

That “geek” is Henri Hooft, former world champion kickboxer and legendary kickboxing coach whose pupils include Tyrone Spong, Peter Aerts, Ernesto Hoost and Remy Bonjasky.