The Most Bats**t Tournament In MMA History

[@NapoleonBlownapartMMA]

You missed the fact that Dream couldn’t find the belt to award it to Minowaman, so in the end a 9yr old girl made him one with “Super Hluk” written on it and he actually wore it

[@christophergarza9118]

Is it really you!?!? I bow before the GOAT.

[@markfrank3307]

I was thinking about your video while watching Minowaman

[@NapoleonBlownapartMMA]

@@markfrank3307 minowa the GOAT

[@SteefPip]

I was just coming down to the comments section to talk about your phenomenal video All My Homies Hate Jake Paul: A Brief History of Freak Show Fighting and here you are in the comments section yourself. You're the best Napoleon!

[@REGURGITATEDABORTION]

​@@NapoleonBlownapartMMA You are the fuckin man!!

[@DUxMORTEM]

Minawaman is the greatest example of how your MMA record means fuck all. This man should be in MMA'S hall of fame when it is made, not just The UFC's HoF.

[@jctorres7684]

certainly not the UFC's HOF lol u stupid

[@JaCwotu]

Not at all, majority of his fights were rigged

[@facts2676]

We need MMA hof

[@thugnasty1021]

​@@JaCwotuwhere is any proof of this?

[@jinxhead4182]

@@JaCwotu Source: BS "mma wiki" on fandom, without citing any source for that claim whatsoever, repeated by an account less than a year old, so either bot or 14 year old idiot.

[@Flukex-ew7yo]

FUCK YEAH MINOWAMAN!! 💪💪 -me getting invested like this was a movie

[@DefaultChannelName]

Same 😂

[@PortatredisMMA]

Literally lol

[@TuxthaPenguin]

The image of him doing his Minowaman crowd pump with the japanese flag as a cape - so fucking epic, i was beyond invested in his journey in this little documentary. Soukoudju was the perfect villain that needed to be stopped and man what a great video.

[@kevincoates3175]

Sometimes I kinda wish they brought back the tournaments

[@KBWarrioR2018]

Nah you re good

[@gregoriogutierrez3756]

I agree but this world's too soft no one's going to let a bunch of people beat the s*** out of each other all night round after round fight after fight

[@haggismcmutton4702]

@@gregoriogutierrez3756I dunno. UFC’s keen to try to grow their popularity in China. They could probably get away with holding one night tournaments there. Especially if the goal was to find more stars fighting out of China.

[@EpicRenegade777]

@@gregoriogutierrez3756 if something as dumb as Powerslap can exist, the tournaments look like the most sane, professional thing in comparison

[@OK-yy6qz]

There's definitely some in the Regional scene if you're willing to search for them. Freakshow fights still happen and if we have "Eddie Hall vs 2 flyweights" or "overweight dude vs 3 women" fights im certain you can find pretty much anything

[@dun0790]

I think minowman needs his own video This fucked up tournament is why i love MMA

[@richpoorworstbest4812]

He has a documentary

[@Tenchigumi]

He needs his own biopic. Imagine, the Rock as Minowaman. Would it be offensive as all hell? Yes. But I would pay unlimited money to see Dwayne Johnson attempt to speak Japanese fluently.

[@dun0790]

@@Tenchigumi haha I'd like that but the only logical answers are Christopher walken or Nicholas cage of course

[@JohnChaosSideshow]

@@richpoorworstbest4812where can I watch that documentary?

[@stanparker9556]

The fact that you're willing to pay anything to see the Rock speak Japanese is a weird kink. You're on the wrong website tho. This video is about MMA, not your "private browsing time" fantasies. Weirdo

[@alvaroc6326]

This was my MMA golden era. UFC ppvs,we, dream and strikeforce events were stacked. The final happened at dynamite 2009, the new year's eve event. I remember waking at 4 am to watch a 240p stream. Worth it.

[@Matt_G824]

That was great! This could become an awesome series for you guys. Recapping old tournaments. I was invested by the end, wondering who was going to win the tournament.

[@MMAOnPoint]

Any others come to mind? Was chatting with the guys about doing a vintage brazil one before the UFC that people might really dig. Desafio 1991 is pretty epic too.

[@yukinakai4683]

​@@MMAOnPoint combat in keiv 1...

[@infared54321]

Bring back the ref just taking 10% of your purse away xD

[@crazybartur]

They still do it in ONE and Rizin

[@Fastwinstondoom]

Ikuhisa Minowa, a legend in his time. That man would fight anyone.

[@ShinobiNeon]

His battles against Sakuraba were legendary.

[@Yesno982004]

Minowaman needs his own video. I met him after a Pancrase fight a couple years back. He lost, but was super friendly and came to out greet the fans afterwards. Cool dude, and an absolute legend.

[@sldoma]

@mmaonpoint this is honestly one of the best videos by Baylin! The hype! The energy! The narration! My energy was rising so much for this! Amazing

[@nitrox1613]

I hope one day the UFC does a tournament again. Would be so fun.

[@PanicGiraffe]

I think they realized they could get a lot more revenue by tickling fights out one at a time with a bunch of filler in between. The weight divisions are so controlled by backroom deals at this point as well. I agree with you, but I think it will be an outsider promotion before UFC goes back to this format.

[@kitrik23]

yeah much better format ... also remember UFC had a " david vs goliath" toury long before this one

[@colealia7988]

This was a great video! Absolutely loved it. You could feel the excitement and the passion! This storytelling approach to MMA lore is awesome and y’all should definitely do more of it!

[@chrisbenoit7]

these doc/history vids are the best thing the channel makes apart from the usual top 10

[@shaquanwalters4115]

This Was Incredibly Done, Fella. Goosebumps All The Way Through Even Though I've Already Seen This Tournament. You Just Made It That Much More Compelling.

[@sporadikstyles]

"There are 3 truths in life, death, taxes and Manowa Man by heel hook"

[@randallsavage13]

I like this doc style video great work

[@MMAOnPoint]

We really enjoyed making it, really glad to hear you dig it! Much appreciate Randall. 👊

[@omryhananya5138]

Every day I wish they brought back tournaments

[@EpicRenegade777]

i feel this is the closest we can get to a Tekken King of the Iron fist tournament or a Street Fighter tourney with all these differnt kinds of guys

[@trelard]

I agree, however, the only way I can see one coming together with big names is if a vacant title was on the line. They were fun to watch, though, for sure.

[@nigerianprincewithaids]

Imagine a 8 man heavy weight tournament today Lewis Gane Pav Volkov Tom Jones Stipe Blaydes That would be fireworks the potential matchups are so much fun

[@blackheartmargo3429]

These fights are surprisingly better quality than you would imagine for such an insane tournament

[@RunoilijaDonHuonompi]

I've never heard a narrator to be so excited!! Great stuff!!!

[@MMAOnPoint]

Thanks for taking the time to say something. One of our favorite videos we've done.

[@TheElbowMerchant]

Man, I really miss the one-night tournament format. I understand it's really hard on the athletes, but those guys who fought 3 times in one night savages.

[@dasshape00]

Pride was better then UFC...

[@pauliusgecas472]

incomparably.

[@oneidawolf776]

the first few ufcs was just royce bullying people. and sakuraba dismantled the whole family easily. it worked out for them though I guess.

[@leewood331]

More fun

[@Dave062YT]

It was nt real bro .In Japan mma is WWE and the fights are pre arranged

[@dasshape00]

@Dave062YT pride was real bro.. Pancrase was fake

[@marshallkilborn2685]

Possibly the best video you lads have put out. Pure perfection.

[@MMAOnPoint]

Such a wild tournament haha. Thanks for taking the time to say something! Much appreciated!

[@whiskeybravo91]

girls with time machine: "I'm your granddaughter" boys with time machine: "hell yea this tournament bout to be lit"

[@EXTRA300s]

The greatest tournament I have ever seen. I've been watching martial arts since the 80's and I've never seen this, it's really amazing. I know all the fighters, but not this tournament. Thanks for this AWESOME video man.

[@slvmberr]

This has been my favorite Non Tommy video in like a year. Great work boys :)

[@MMAOnPoint]

That man sets a high bar. Glad you enjoyed it! 👊

[@Supertoxie1]

Awesome. You guys should do one on the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010. It was a star studded event. Alistair Overeem was jacked to gills and destroyed everyone. It was a giant event.

[@stefanboyne1770]

That was class actually burst out laughing when minowaman knocked him out 😂

[@mikeharless4596]

This was an awesome upload, guys! More stuff like this, please!!

[@MMAOnPoint]

Thanks! Definitely will do! I think you can hear the passion come through on this one.

[@Khedran]

Wasn't there a controversy where at least one Jose Canseco fight was actually his brother who fought under his name?

[@randallflagg3700]

Yes, for a charity boxing match in which Jose was paid 5000$... but the bout didn't even happen because when Ozzie Canseco walked-in to the ring (super late, by the way), several onlookers pointed out that he didn't have Jose's tattoos, so beer cans started flying toward the twin who had to be evacuated by the cops. Ozzie didn't even bother to get fake tattoos, and José just had a couple of smallish tats on his biceps, nothing that a body-artist couldn't easily replicate.

[@sgtvirus6696]

That's hilarious 😂.

[@ChainsawDunDeez]

that was freaken awesome.... Great presentation.,. I’ve seen clips but never the context of this tournament... and didn’t know how it ended... loved it... 💪💪💪

[@someguyyouknow6420]

You know what’s batshit? Jon Jones ducking Aspinall

[@Tenchigumi]

Yeah, but you know who wouldn't duck Tom? Minowaman.

[@aurahbeats8871]

minowaman would never

[@0urmunchk1n]

@@just9911 Nah, minowaman would totally duck... under Tom's punch and grab him in a leg lock!

[@MMAOnPoint]

I know a ducking autocorrect when I see one.

[@Tenchigumi]

@@MMAOnPoint Giggity

[@bluto727]

Love this style of content. Great stuff!

[@landonlarsen289]

Great vid. Something about that era of Japanese MMA was crazy entertaining.

[@D3usExMachina]

I think that the whole video, Bayliun is narrating everything like he doesn't believe what he is saying adds so much to this. Amazing video lads!

[@Youtube-Censorship-Police]

glad dreadlock dude got wasted in the end, what dirty fighter!

[@ploptoken]

I remember watching these fights live on HDNet and becoming a Minowaman fan after the tournament.

[@TheCityLifeProject-]

Thank you for this. So many people ignore legends and other leagues. There's more to MMA than the UFC

[@ExoticHooligan]

This was incredibly entertaining to watch you guys do a good job def the best mma channel

[@kyleh636]

The MMA on point I subscribed for

[@Supertoxie1]

You should do one on Cung Le when he ruled Shidokan and K-1. It was a dominant run. Super exciting throws and strikes.

[@vominator]

Looks like they forgot the UFC "David vs Goliath" event

[@Bayliun]

Nopeee, the matchups in this were with more size differences so I consider this way crazier. You can't tell me Don Fry is a David lmao 🤣

[@MMAOnPoint]

Yeah, we definitely considered that one when writing this title. Great piece of history there. Pretty tame in comparison to this one IMO.

[@sm6223]

Use this format for future tournament videos!! Love the tournament break down format!!

[@fatehsinghbedi9042]

Man a weight tournament format should be done again in mma

[@elliotspencer8129]

This was the best video for a while from this channel, keep it up! Hard to believe someone would show up to a tournament like this for their first fight... Jose was either very brave or very stupid

[@Inferno-xe1wt]

Petition to have a video focusing on minowaman’s career 😂

[@BirdGang6]

Napoleon Blownapart exposed me to Minawa Man and I’ve never been more thankful!

[@theNfl_Esq]

All time great promotion! I remember 15 years ago watching this go down. Awesome find!👏🏻

[@RiddleportRain]

That was an awesome video! Great job guys!

[@Audio041194]

This is as close as we may get toa Baki like tournament in real life.

[@aarondeck7934]

You can tell Balien (sorry if I butchered the spelling, homie) fucking loves this because the laughter is always one second away from coming through in his voice! Good video, mates!

[@Bayliun]

Hahaha 😂

[@aarondeck7934]

@Bayliun if you haven' seen anything by him, I recommend checking out Napoleon Blownaparts deep dives on pride and freak show fights. He's an Irish guy with a dry wit I believe you'd fucking love.

[@TheLeviMiller]

That entire dynamite!! 09 show that had the finals was insane. Peak ubereem almost murdered Fujita with a single knee and Aoki cemented his spot in the “I don’t give a fuck” hall of fame

[@kazylkabezshtanishek]

That’s why I update youtube feed every couple of hours. Not by the bell, but by the call of heart.

[@aurahbeats8871]

LOL

[@curtiswinter5736]

I watch all your videos and I truly think you did an amazing job with this one. I have now watched this 3 times with multiple people just because it's such a fun story

[@Bayliun]

🙏

[@crush42mash6]

Pride was awesome, imagin MMA fighting more than one fight in a day, the tournaments style was so much fun, and you can never forget Don Fry and his fights

[@Cleatus546]

Yep. Couldn't agree more. 👍

[@thegrantula1781]

This was a great video!!!! AMAZING WORK!!!!!

[@tank4969able]

That was a good video!! I'd never heard of that tournament b4. Thank you for that one!!

[@AgentHo.PH3]

Great video, would of loved to see Gegard be fit to carry on as I think him vs Minowa would have been a great match to watch. Also to note is how loud the crowd got when Minowa got a hold of his opponents and celebrated submissions and grappling. The Japanese crowd fully appreciated the skillset of the fighters they were watching.

[@TheBigDizz]

This was a great trip down memory lane!

[@HadoukenHero]

Better than a baki tournament. nice commentary made it very easy to follow. Minawaman is an actual inspiration.

[@chewonthebacca8264]

The scenario you laid out in the beginning is literally what happened to me walking into my parents house to check on it when i was 22. And it was the first time i actually respected MMA (ironically, i know). As i couldn't get it out of my head that Minowaman beat Hong Man Choi, then took the whole thing. It was running on an old school janky channel 600 level tv box my dad had where old pay per views would run, but occasionally they'd put up boxing and mma fights a few months after the event. so i didn't watch it live or anything, but it was so g'damn epic i stayed there by myself and watched the whole thing while drinkin my dad's beer. hahaha.

[@Flyzoola]

I can't begin to express my happiness at the fact that at the start, there isn't a two minute snake oil sponsorship, some bullshit miracle water sales pitch, some mediocre gambling referral.

[@loganphillips5935]

No jocko milk?

[@tannermcguire7713]

​@@loganphillips5935caveman coffee

[@greglane334]

Let the dudes get paid, geez.

[@Flyzoola]

@@greglane334 I would say "bet" if they didn't have legit over 1m subscribers. But they have over 1m subscribers. Ad revenue alone gets them paid. Quit simping for greed.

[@notsoberoveranalyzer8264]

@@FlyzoolaThough to be fair, it’s not as if it’s just 2-3 people working on this channel. They seem to have a pretty big team. I still do agree with you though.

[@ChrisMeditationMindExperience]

This was a fun watch thank you The ending couldn't have been better

[@Vospi]

13:19 Alex, you would be happy to know that this woman now announces fighters in Tekken 8 trailers, with the same operatic manner. :) Thanks for the video, still watching.

[@Bayliun]

Hahah 😂 that's amazing!

[@diggus88]

6:20 "Also, whatever was gonna happen, you knew it was gonna to be funny." Had me cackling.

[@sigurdrugtveit3170]

Great video!! More content like this!

[@PyroPry11]

This is my favorite KZbin channel ever

[@AustralianOpalRocks]

I love when i find something cool like this I didn't know about. The last one like this was "The Brawl for All". This was fun. Thanks.

[@christophergarza9118]

We can hear the excitement in your voice when telling this story!

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

Minowaman definitely needs his own graphic novel and animated superhero movie.

[@EmmanuelPerez88]

Best video yet. Damn I wish I saw this live

[@rw8147]

How can you not love Minowaman after something like this?

[@aurahbeats8871]

minowaman is my favorite fighter now 😂 i was screaming when he knocked him out great video with the suspense

[@johnpittsii7524]

Thanks for the amazing video. Remember this tournament and Dream on Fighthd.

[@AndrewJW]

They should make a movie about this tournament. Imagine how sick that would be.

[@brahmburgers]

That was exciting. Thanks for the well-crafted video.

[@lazaruscomplexofficial]

Bring this back🎉

[@safwankhan4434]

Minowaman along with Sakuraba might be the OG BMF’s

[@Juicelee777ssj]

I remember downloading these shortly after they happened and watching them at work. I was totally an immersing myself in combat sports at the time and the super hulk tournament was crazy fascinating to me just because it was absolutely insane and completely on brand for Japan.. WAR MINOWAMAN!

[@trevorturner6921]

This tournament might have the craziest libe up ever

[@MrLarry-gr8]

Absolutely unbelievable! LMFAO! I totally missed this event when it happened. Thanks for the upload.

[@paulschlacter4181]

Man, I love hearing about these early, crazy MMA stories in a documentary style that gives context. It's like a literal anime IRL.

[@bals1500]

Amazing video brotha 👊🏽

[@randallsavage13]

Mortal Kombat

[@DerWutendeMetzger]

I was up for the role of the super hulk tournament.

[@CrawMaw]

Correctly predicting that Minowaman would win the Super Hulk GP was my finest moment as a Diehard MMA fan. I remembering being up watching the stream, everyone else is drunk cause it's new years and I'm losing my shit that Minowa won!

[@skylersampsell716]

Love these older retro reviews.

[@harlemdeni]

That David vs Goliath line sent me 😂😂😂

[@rowanbae4031]

This old video has really tickled my tism

[@justinli4567]

Sokoudjou ... the name is programm haha... what a dude

[@arefrigerator396]

Minowaman always had that Tony Montana mentality to win. What an absolute legend.

[@harlemdeni]

Tournaments should be brought back. Let's see fighters be real fighters again.

[@thehamster0520]

I can't believe this was reality lol; this feels like an anime, it's all so perfectly dramatic

[@FlexBeanbag]

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[@yungbesar]

great vid mimowaman my goat ☝️

[@LilBritle1]

Damn this is a great video

[@Skkernick]

I had never seen that before, it was ALOT of fun, they need to do this more often haha loved it. Crazy twists.

[@Copper_Life]

Best MMA on point video

[@salielelik1]

HOLY SHIT!! i heard about that tournament online a couple of times but i never thought its that insane, and that ending HOLY SHIT!

[@BigSimmo78]

First timer and it was amazing bro, appears well researched so I'm in. SUB'D 🎉

[@osanakoma366]

wtf? this is maybe the best video you guys have made