Man not on top of things are you? He announced his retirement just before The K1 Max GP this year, he is doing 3 fights this exhibition with Hiroya, a fan voted super fight with Tatsuya Kawajiri and a fight at dynamite with the winner of the MAX GP. giorgio petrosyan won the GP but broke his hand in doing so. Now it will be Masato vs Andy Souwer at Dynamite this year
@Benno54321 I think it's lame that they're wearing sparring gear because I figured they would give Hiroya a somewhat more realistic experience of what it's like to fight in K-1 considering they send him to thailand to train and treat him better than the other Koshien fighters in general, even though he isn't the best. I wasn't expecting Masato to go hard, he's just a kid. I was expecting the exhibition to be more pro-like in terms of appearance considering it's televised on a pro card.
Have you seen the Kaoklai fights again LeBanner, Ignashov and Mighty Mo? Not saying that's how a fight against Masato would be like but weight isn't always the deciding factor.
Against Masato, that ONE SHOT wouldn't land I said Kawajiri was FASTER than Fedor, which is a given because of his weightclass. Fedor moves like a heavyweight because that's what he is. He couldn't catch up to Masato. I've trained at Silver Wolf Gym and seen Masato train in person. He tosses around cruiserweights in the clinch as if they were 100lbs
But to answer your qurstion: The "new" rules were when they started enforcing holding and multiple knees in clinch. This is only because guys like Buakaw and Kohi were relying too much on it. K-1 rules usually ban clinching, but they USED to let MAX guys get away.
K-1 really wants to market Hiroya as some top prospect but the truth is he just isn't. I kind of feel bad for the kid, so much pressure on him to be the next star. He isn't bad, I trained with him for about a month at Kaewsamrit but when it comes to top competition I just don't think he has it.
I'd pick le banner under K1 rules, as long as fedor doesn't target the arm that hoost busted up in 02 and bonjasky again last year.. I'd love to see him win a GP before he calls it quits....However against Masato who I have a ton of respect for I think fedor could beat him, we've seen stranger things.
wait wait wait did you really just compare kawajiri to fedor? I'm a huge kawajiri fan don't get me wrong but you're insane. I've seen plenty of masato's fights and he is a beast no doubt but beat fedor? All fedor needs is ONE SHOT and that's the end of masato. Now if we were talking fedor against like Le Banner or bonjaksy a HW then that'd be different
Well to be honest in pure stand up I'm pretty sure both LeBanner and Ignashov would beat Fedor. Fedor is an impressive MMA fighter and in an MMA fight I'd say he'd soundly beat both of them. But K-1 stand up is a different story.
because he is going to retire at the end of this year....He is have a trilogy of fights, The exhibition with Hiroya, the super fight VS kawajiri and the fight against The winner of the MAX GP at dynamite then he'll retire
So what? He's still not Ernesto Hoost Fedor couldn't even touch Masato. If Kawajiri, who is much faster and a pretty good boxer, could barely touch Masato, Fedor has no chance. And Masato has the power to give Fedor a beating - he walks at 185lbs
You mean the guy who my COUSIN beat in 2007, got KTFO by Sato in 2008 (Masato beat Sato btw), couldn't finish Kraus (while Masato did), and got knocked down by Dida?? If Masato were to fight Buakaw instead of Kawajiri, Buakaw would have been KTFO
masato retired cause he won. which was probably rigged cause he didn't win that fight : P well maybe barely. but he doesn't want to look bad by getting his ass kicked this year
lol. masato is probably one of the greatest fighters ever. only an ignorant person would say his retirement is pussy. He was the best, so he will go out as the best.
are the final Koshian 2009 fights possted on youtube??
Nice. Whats the entrancesong called of them both?
Man not on top of things are you? He announced his retirement just before The K1 Max GP this year, he is doing 3 fights this exhibition with Hiroya, a fan voted super fight with Tatsuya Kawajiri and a fight at dynamite with the winner of the MAX GP. giorgio petrosyan won the GP but broke his hand in doing so. Now it will be Masato vs Andy Souwer at Dynamite this year
What´s name song for entrance Hiroya?
@garytangmingwei basically he said that he was good, asked if he was ok, and wished him luck
@Benno54321 I think it's lame that they're wearing sparring gear because I figured they would give Hiroya a somewhat more realistic experience of what it's like to fight in K-1 considering they send him to thailand to train and treat him better than the other Koshien fighters in general, even though he isn't the best. I wasn't expecting Masato to go hard, he's just a kid. I was expecting the exhibition to be more pro-like in terms of appearance considering it's televised on a pro card.
Have you seen the Kaoklai fights again LeBanner, Ignashov and Mighty Mo? Not saying that's how a fight against Masato would be like but weight isn't always the deciding factor.
I love this fight!
es su fan y no lo iva lastimar, eso es lo bueno de los grandes peleadores como masato
this is the change of the generations...Old:Masato New:Hiroya.
hiroya will be a really good fighter...he has really good teqnique and he is really fast
This kid is going to be really good once he gets more experience like this!
does any one know why masato was not in the final 16 in 2009 max???
So.......It's two different weight classes and fedor trains muay thai with Ernesto Hoost.
Why one with head protection the other one without??
Against Masato, that ONE SHOT wouldn't land
I said Kawajiri was FASTER than Fedor, which is a given because of his weightclass. Fedor moves like a heavyweight because that's what he is. He couldn't catch up to Masato.
I've trained at Silver Wolf Gym and seen Masato train in person. He tosses around cruiserweights in the clinch as if they were 100lbs
y r u talking about mma when this is K-1 wat dos feitosa hae to do with this fight?
But to answer your qurstion:
The "new" rules were when they started enforcing holding and multiple knees in clinch.
This is only because guys like Buakaw and Kohi were relying too much on it.
K-1 rules usually ban clinching, but they USED to let MAX guys get away.
@619kammy thanks.
wtf happend at 4:38 ??
It almost looked like Masato was pissed or something??
K-1 really wants to market Hiroya as some top prospect but the truth is he just isn't. I kind of feel bad for the kid, so much pressure on him to be the next star. He isn't bad, I trained with him for about a month at Kaewsamrit but when it comes to top competition I just don't think he has it.
why isnt masato in k1 max?
Really those are the guys you compare to fedor? I mean I love watching Le Banner fight but compared to fedor? lol
what did masato say?
of course he is going easy on him...hes masatos student and masatos says hes making him as his new legacy as SIlver Wolf.
Hiroya, isnt he the kid who Masato gave the honor of the title "Silver Wolf" ...Masato trained him well...he even moves like Masato...
ya for sure the old rules were the best
I would love to see you fight either of them with sparring gear on - then you might re-think your "lame" comment
he is very young i think 16 or 17 i forgot it!
I'd pick le banner under K1 rules, as long as fedor doesn't target the arm that hoost busted up in 02 and bonjasky again last year.. I'd love to see him win a GP before he calls it quits....However against Masato who I have a ton of respect for I think fedor could beat him, we've seen stranger things.
has masato really retired? you sure? :(
with a really hard training, Hiroya can be a great fighter. He's too young, and need to fix somethings. Maybe he'll be next Masato ^^
good clear fight!
masato will be missed, good thing he wont be turning out like mike tyson and the ones that come back when their 40, hopefully
and thin is good as it is called
'Exhibition' might be the clue?
They probably used 16oz gloves for the exhibition.
wait wait wait did you really just compare kawajiri to fedor? I'm a huge kawajiri fan don't get me wrong but you're insane. I've seen plenty of masato's fights and he is a beast no doubt but beat fedor? All fedor needs is ONE SHOT and that's the end of masato. Now if we were talking fedor against like Le Banner or bonjaksy a HW then that'd be different
Well to be honest in pure stand up I'm pretty sure both LeBanner and Ignashov would beat Fedor. Fedor is an impressive MMA fighter and in an MMA fight I'd say he'd soundly beat both of them. But K-1 stand up is a different story.
because he is going to retire at the end of this year....He is have a trilogy of fights, The exhibition with Hiroya, the super fight VS kawajiri and the fight against The winner of the MAX GP at dynamite then he'll retire
So what? He's still not Ernesto Hoost
Fedor couldn't even touch Masato. If Kawajiri, who is much faster and a pretty good boxer, could barely touch Masato, Fedor has no chance.
And Masato has the power to give Fedor a beating - he walks at 185lbs
You mean the guy who my COUSIN beat in 2007, got KTFO by Sato in 2008 (Masato beat Sato btw), couldn't finish Kraus (while Masato did), and got knocked down by Dida??
If Masato were to fight Buakaw instead of Kawajiri, Buakaw would have been KTFO
THen you go call bullshit. Or if you don't believe me, you can ask Masato. Oh wait, you've never met him! THat's okay, I'll ask him for you.
Nothing new about them
K-1 MAX started in 2002
The "new" rules started in 2005
Get over it, it's 2009 now
@Spantaxx because masato doesn't need it!!!! ;)
hiroya has potential imo
hes only 16! wow.
he's under 18yrs
sum41 - still waiting
nice macht
Old rules : buakaw > masato
New rules : masato > buakaw
new rule is very unfair to buakaw and more advantage to masato. all people know about dis.
Hiroya is an amateur/rookie that why he's wearing headgear.
why the fucka re they wearing head gear?
masato retired cause he won. which was probably rigged cause he didn't win that fight : P
well maybe barely. but he doesn't want to look bad by getting his ass kicked this year
@harryhardest but he is the best
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
then Hiroya did pretty good for a 16 year old.
lol why did he fight with an helmet XD
lol. masato is probably one of the greatest fighters ever. only an ignorant person would say his retirement is pussy. He was the best, so he will go out as the best.
shit hes young.
Actually watched the video and saw they were wearing sparring gear, lame.
at the end of the first round masato's style looks like buakaw's
red protection guy is cheating :p
@L0v3ism noiri is better than hiroya ;)
lolwat.
@harryhardest I am NOT Gay . He is Idol of Muaythai and we , Thais , are proud of him .