The Most Violent Combat Sport (Lethwei)

Lethwei is a striking sport from Myanmar which allows for full-force headbutts. Think Muay Thai on steroids. In this clip, Joe Rogan and Cory Sandhagen discus Dave Leduc, one of the most deadly strikers on the planet. Bonus part about Mark Coleman.
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[@canceledmma]

Check out Dave Leduc's highlights if you're ever bored... Man is an animal 🎵 Rise - MK11 OST 🎙️ JRE MMA Show #138 and Dave Leduc YT

[@LBCB94025]

where is Lethwai from??

[@asianjosh5838]

@@LBCB94025 Myanmar (Burma)

[@LBCB94025]

​@@asianjosh5838 like a nutty Muay Thai!!??

[@asianjosh5838]

@@LBCB94025 pretty much yeah

[@lynnthant94]

Lethwei (Burmese: လက်ဝှေ့; IPA: [lɛʔ.ʍḛ]) or Burmese boxing is a full contact combat sport from Myanmar that uses stand-up striking including headbutts.[1] Lethwei is considered to be one of the most brutal martial arts in the world,[2] as the sport is practiced bareknuckle with only tape and gauze while fighters are allowed to strike with their fists, elbows, knees, and feet, and the use of headbutts is also permitted.[3][4] Disallowed in most combat sports, headbutts are important weapons in a Lethwei fighter's arsenal, giving Lethwei its name of the "Art of nine limbs".[5][6][7] This, combined with its bareknuckle nature, gave Lethwei a reputation for being one of the bloodiest and most violent martial arts.[8][9] Although popular throughout modern Myanmar, Lethwei has been primarily and historically associated with the Karen people of the Kayin State; vast majority of competitive Lethwei fighters are ethnolinguistically of Karen descent.[10][11][4]

[@adishkulkarni]

“Skinny white dude” *proceeds to show Johnny Sins* 😂😂

[@sketch-rstuff1017]

Thicc white dude haha

[@thejaded]

That's my chiropractor actually 🤨

[@Spacemaaan]

​@@thejaded ayo?

[@Thawhid]

​@@thejaded why

[@DyingIinyourarms]

Sir Sins can literally do anything and anyone!

[@smallcirclemvp5228]

Coulda swore I saw Johnny sins like twice😂

[@1908AMIR]

😂yes, I was shocked

[@digelow]

BO e,, , 😮-_-- ,'😅

[@HTCvideos]

I swear they were slipping him in

[@theholymackerel072]

Finally, a job he incapable of finishing.

[@haadihassan7922]

Me too brother, me too!

[@devams1]

That guy must be the final boss of CTE

[@hotelmoscow8665]

Tbf he’s mentally a lot more alert than many fighters but maybe in the future he will have problems. Power slap guys are easily worse tho,

[@hotelmoscow8665]

Also if you aren’t a pro you should still train because you might get fucked up in the street and have more than cte to worry about

[@prefix253]

A proper headbutt shouldn't hurt yourself

[@vg32899]

@@prefix253 when it comes to damage to the brain theres nothing you can do unless you have the anatomy of a woodpecker. you will always accumulate some level of damage to the brain when your head gets hit by something or in this instance, using your head to hit something. but yes a good headbutt will reduce it at least

[@Kenzaki1010]

@@prefix253 Your brain is floating in your skull, any sudden and violent shake will result in at least minor damage to the brain. Prolong injury will lead to serious issues down the line. But, that is the pride that all pro fighter will pay one way or another anyway.

[@monric5730]

Johnny Sins really does have a career in everything

[@KibMuzan]

Ofc , It's Head Butting

[@MyDadIsBillGates]

who

[@KibMuzan]

@@MyDadIsBillGates your mom's Doctor

[@devonfitz5760]

​@@KibMuzan ☝️☝️ Fucking hilarious 😂

[@absolute757]

Headbutts are vicious

[@alexisss007]

​@@BronsonJohnston YOO🤣😭🤣

[@DoorKicker]

Some people forget, your head is another fist.

[@aarr8936]

No it isn't, it's a braincase. Headbuttimg things is maybe okay in a life or death fight, but doing it regularly is a recipe for a horrible horrible life after age 50

[@PauIdenino]

@@aarr8936 No it's not if you don't do it hard. Headbutting pads occasionally isn't gonna give you CTE.

[@jim4596]

​@@PauIdeninoyou are ignorant

[@Yourmirrors7831]

​@@aarr8936what if they don't plan to live after 50,or you don't live up to 50 years

[@beegee8418]

“The only thing that Mark Coleman couldn’t take down with a headbutt is a fkn GRIZZLY. Jamie, pull up that clip of a grizzly head butting a dumpster” ~ Joe “DMT” Rogan

[@monkeyboy275bobo8]

Does such a video actually exist? Asking for a friend ofc.

[@africanhuncho2279]

He incorporates CTE into his pad work

[@chrissparrow7477]

👏

[@PauIdenino]

This joke would work better if you said he incorporates pads into his CTE work

[@marcovazquez-ou2pv]

​@@PauIdeninolmaooo

[@HysjMysj]

"I did pretty good, but then they took headbutts away and I had to learn some actual skills" - Mark Coleman

[@dustinlarkin8582]

Headbutts are extremely effective in combat. Realistically in a real combat situation you can do anything. Groin strikes, hair pulling, kicking them when they're down and headbutts.

[@kedabro1957]

That logic is how every martial art made sour grapes out of failing in real fights. Similar to how band geek shat on Nirvana for only knowing 3 chords. The purpose of fighting is to defeat the opponent. The purpose of music is to entertain. Focusing on arbitrary "skills" is how losers hide from the real contest.

[@sweetiepeach69]

Old Gees like Rutten and Coleman were brawlers before becoming fighters, it was the rules back then...

[@user-cp3ek4zh4s]

What are you talking about? You can headbutt people in a real fight. Any arbitrary rules make it a sport not a fight. The “actual skill” would be fighting not the sport

[@like2jo4796]

I just love ppl who are honest to be a MMA warrior and to admit Lethwei is more brutal is really savage

[@indirect977]

If brain damage was a sport

[@bobbybush1750]

And your headbutt, just like any strike has to be trained. You have to make sure from your eyebrows up meets your opponents nose and down on there face. You don't want to hit the skull. It will not feel good. And you want to keep your neck straight, don't whip your neck into it. It should be a slight dip, then a push up with your legs, just like other strikes the power is from your legs.

[@EffectiveMuscle]

Thanks for the knowledge

[@shaunmichael2477]

I nutted someone tooth out ina fight few years ago cut my head open but won the fight bloke thought he was going to wrestle me which was his biggest mistake

[@AverageYTshortsEnjoyer]

that question mark kick was crazy

[@PauIdenino]

It was a heel kick or a back leg sidekick but not questionmark kick but yea it was smooth as hell

[@zoned3809]

@@PauIdeninoFeinted low and snapped high, for sure a mark kick.

[@MohsinBhat09]

Jhonny “Mr Everything” Sins😂

[@colehitch6058]

Mark Coleman is a really stand up dude he helps me on my path to recovery everyday Fr ❤

[@spicemelange92]

how? if u dont mind me asking

[@calebcaltrider]

​@SPICE MELANGE pretty sure he helps out at Matt Browns gym in Columbus, i've seen him there a few times and he's always in Matt's corner

[@AztecUnshaven]

For those that don't know, Leduc's coach is a Kungfu/JKD Sifu.

[@Xannyphantom905]

No fuckin way.

[@AztecUnshaven]

@@Xannyphantom905 Yep! Dave and his Sifu have done quite a few interviews about it some years back.

[@Xannyphantom905]

@@AztecUnshaven I gotta look this up. You would think his trainer would be a muay thai/muay boran disciple.

[@AztecUnshaven]

@@Xannyphantom905 Something folks on the internet seem to misunderstand is how vast the influence of Kungfu really is. There are hundreds of Kungfu/Gongfu styles out there, with wrestling, joint locking, striking, and everything in between. The key is finding good quality instructors that have practical combat experience. A little snippet of history that many folks also don't know is that Bokator/Thai boxing/Muay Boran was intertwined with Kungfu styles centuries ago. There are ethnic regions to this day in China that have tribal Gongfu styles that look extremely similar to Muay Boran. Another fun fact, one of the best K1 kickboxing teachers in the world is also a Karate/Shaolin Kungfu man (Sifu Robert McInnes). Sifu McInnes has taught legends like Peter Aerts (among many other champions across many years). Two of the greatest kickboxers of the 80s and 90s were also Kungfu fighters (Don the Dragon Wilson and Manson Gibson). One of the early No Holds Barred UFC fighters was also a Kungfu man, and he won by finish in both of his bouts (Onassis Parungao, Hung Gar Kungfu Practitioner).

[@homeredacted2433]

this is the best mma channel on youtube

[@jimmoriarty4530]

He was in the back warming up head butting 😂

[@aanthong]

pad dude is like… “dude chill”

[@BeAPro]

That outro was clean af

[@mkplusultra4171]

Make Headbutts Great Again

[@Ghost-ql3hl]

Good lord that opening combo was just too fucking smooth holy shit Respect from a Karateka

[@robertbutter1759]

That combo at beginning of the vid is naughty

[@sstteevveenn77]

Showing JS in a random vid is the new getting Rick Rolled 😂

[@Jonah.the.moist.noodle]

Kudo is a gnarly martial art too

[@kseneca75]

Whoever edited this had done Dave dirty

[@Marcosteve96]

Bro johnny is everywhere

[@matttherrien9608]

I'm waiting for the next extreme sport called "Murder."

[@user-gu4pr9il5s]

That MK11 credits music lol

[@jugjames6835]

That's the best thing to do if you ever happen to get into a bar fight with a drunk dude because they like to walk up in your face REAL CLOSE !!! If you head butt them right in the snotbox, the fight is over before it even starts. Trust me .

[@poisonPpaully]

David is an animal definitely the last person you would ever want to get into bar fight with

[@darkNovaskar]

Getting in a fight out in public might be the last thing he wants to do when ppl are armed with weapons then you come along with your wiggle fist

[@Mikehunt-lv6zf]

@@darkNovaskar haha stfu, you know he meant fighting without guns you clown

[@mike971000]

I'm pretty sure the front cap of your skull is the hardest strongest bone in your body like it's literally there to protect your brain from damage it's literally vital so it makes sense that is super strong

[@marnusscheepers7242]

Inertia is a bitch, just like CTE.

[@crow4936]

Wrong shoulder blade or scapula is the hardest bone to break in the human body ... We did anatomy in our Jujitsu classes. Also you will give your self accumulative concussion through constant head butts and could end up in a wheelchair or even worse.

[@riteshkumar1995.]

Johnny sins😂

[@jaikai4989]

Iv headbutted people since my first fight when I was 12 I love it everyone expects a right hand and I just go straight for the nose with my forehead works like a charm

[@michaelgonzales5599]

You headbutt me in a fight it's fair play your getting the Glock pulled on you lol

[@AlkaRez]

@@michaelgonzales5599 dam son got weak ass genes lol

[@Tjtjrtjtjr]

​@@michaelgonzales5599 Have fun inside getting your butthole stretched

[@hhiippiittyy]

​@@michaelgonzales5599 Just pull yoyr block from the beginning then.

[@rewardingexpert9123]

Leduc Vs. Jones 🤔

[@bradyoungs3958]

Mark Kerr did that way more than Coleman brih!

[@matthewneufer1758]

I think Joe got them confused for a min , Mark Colman was hammerfist godfather of ground and pound

[@theprovoked321]

Fkn love headbutts.

[@blobber51]

That last knockout was amazing.

[@scrappydoo7887]

Sounds like my Saturday night fight

[@vasileiospapageorgiou7521]

The headbutt is a great way to make someone change positions...

[@MOSINHO.]

Basically GSP of lethwei

[@pinkworm5348]

He's from quebec too

[@extremelymemely9694]

When fighting sports don't concuss you as much as you'd like

[@cevaiom9996]

That first combo was nasty. Let him grab your kick so he can eat a left. Sick.

[@troywiggins7383]

David Leduc is a savage? Okay 😂

[@mandelorean6243]

Headbutts disturb me.. up there, under curb summing on American history x

[@Ohnoitsthatguy-620]

Its funny to think Mark Coleman intentionally got into guard but practiced like no submission defense.

[@rockygilpen7951]

Head-butting to big part of fighting in Columbus Ohio 💪💪💪

[@demonspit2807]

I live in Canton I didn’t even know Columbus folk even knew what fighting was

[@allenanderson4911]

I won a street fight by headbutts on the ground. He couldn't escape. Finally I asked him of he wanted me to also bite his nose off. Not legal? Oh well...

[@mohammedalamri5981]

Bro i got a headache just by watching this

[@petershmurgle8843]

“He’s a Fuckin saaaaavvvvaaageeee”

[@mimzim7141]

That Last kick

[@tommytwo-times9053]

i fr audibly said “holy shit”

[@crow4936]

Coleman was a beast

[@quartzite4845]

Andrew Tait

[@dposting2941]

Every BJJ guy in their head: but...but..BJJ!

[@gerythechameleon4944]

Them people are going from the 98 combat stats of ufc to 100 in lethwei, but sacrifice 50 lifespan.

[@aarondobbs2958]

Effective.

[@is.that.Mazzi.]

Isn’t this the martial arts that one dude from Kengan Ashurbanipal practiced?

[@DonMIFC]

Realistically, I think the first PFL Africa event will be in Egypt or South Africa

[@skunkybuds]

That first clip was clean asf

[@0caliber]

David is like alternate version of Johnny Sins

[@RickRoberts_simplyrick]

It's not Beavis and Headbutt...

[@annotjoptjop8037]

Bermize boksing aka myamar

[@HysjMysj]

Liam Williams, check out his King Of The Streets brawls. He's fucking insane

[@TruckerReviewed]

How'd you get that TBI? Just headbutting everything

[@MightyGreenLantern17]

And here I thought Muay Thai was the toughest martial art out there

[@AlexanderSchwartz-bt6sc]

That elbil in the frist clip was almost as good as ksi when he fougth joe fournier

[@user-03-gsa3]

Real fighting ability

[@cold2thatuch]

panantukan is also crazy

[@cdasteez]

Are we sure this guest isn't a Joel Haver character?

[@akadr360]

lethwei is like traditional muay boran who use 9 points of body (legs, knee, elbow, punch and headbutt).

[@knuckles745]

I wonder what the CTE rate is for these guys.

[@stevennevesmma]

That was NOT David Leduc for a sec 😂😂

[@sketch-rstuff1017]

Man I reckon if you can and got it use everything you got.

[@systemdnb214]

Y’all want to see some crazy MMA headbutts? Forget Colman, look up Mark Kerr!

[@TomAnderson.]

You don’t wanna mess with one of those fighters. They really are trained to do anything when in a fight.

[@cleech74]

The entire roster of fighters where each one is the “Don’t hit him, he likes it” type of guys.

[@TomAnderson.]

Facts. I’m the other way around tho, i learned how to fight cause i don’t even like getting touched. Like no joke all i did my childhood was train defense and counters lol.

[@diomano.3341]

YEOOO! I'VE TRAINED WITH LEDUC!! HE TRAINED AT MY GYM IN AUSTIN!!@ YOOO THATS SO COOL! We was boxing, not doing lethwei tho and we went 2 of 3 rounds sparring 🙂. That's so cool. He's a nice dude man. He turns up when it's right.

[@ningus]

whats the point in the padded gloves if you can use elbows 😅

[@SoldierDrew]

The TBI complications he will suffer later in life is terrible. It's not worth it.

[@indiglo1971]

Is Dave LeDuc related to the wrestler Joe LeDuc?

[@seanjamespaulmurphy1000]

It’s called a Glasgow Kiss

[@gamingscale1223]

Welcome to CTE central…

[@bigzachful]

Getting headbutt huuuurrrtttss so fuckin bad! Teeth smashed, gums smashed, eye socket broke, forehead split, cheek swollen split open ugghhthe pain to the teeth from one in the street would ve excruciating probably.

[@Drumcomedy]

Head butted a dude in a street fight about 9 years ago. Had full mount and would have easily pounded his head in with my fists but for whatever reason a headbutt seemed appropriate. Whipped my head damn near to my ass and full force cracked his forehead open with a head butt. Whip lash for like 2 weeks.

[@davidwalker5054]

This is violent but boxing is the most dangerous. Going toe to toe with Sonny Liston is as brutal and life threatening as it gets

[@philrisser6853]

Holy cte sport.

[@josephsmith6777]

Head butting pads wow how's that cte treating you

[@pokemonpulls199]

headbutts ate fun as fuck!!

[@redbean2798]

CTE speedrun

[@omarel-rasheedy9307]

Wait, johny got a job in kickboxing too?

[@DanMarshburn-il2sd]

Wow

[@onebadmoto5081]

He would be good in lethwei.

[@thaAverageGinger]

Johnny sins touché 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MB1Billion]

Lmfao 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@user-lx1il3oc8n]

How about marc kerr

[@tarjinx2081]

Lethwai+Tanjiro

[@BrawlCulture]

bro Lethwei an Vale Tudo all day

[@jasonator69er]

Each match loses 100,000 brain cells because you get KO’ed like 5 times

[@2Jeezuzisreal]

Headbutt is legal, full choke is legal. But a guy on the ground can't kick up. Huh😮

[@tdan6828]

David duke?