In "ONE:X" on March 26, Stamp-Pheltez and his former lover "Iron Man" Rotang take to the round cage arena, and they have the same goal - to achieve a new breakthrough for Muay Thai boxers in the MMA arena.
In the women's atomic weight eight-man competition, Stamp showed his progress, won the championship belt in three games, and challenged the atomic weight world champion "unstoppable" Li Shengzhu with the dream of the "triple crown". During the match, Staple's sharp heavy punch posed a great threat to Li Shengzhu, and the explosive liver punch in the first round almost defeated Li Shengzhu. But in the second round, Stamp exposed the gap in ground technology with his opponent and was surrendered by naked stranding.
Muay Thai world champion "Iron Man" Rotang and MMA militaire legend "Hercules" Dimitris Johnson engage in an unprecedented Muay Thai MMA brawl. Under the rules of Muay Thai in the first round, Luo Tang played with great momentum, but after entering the mixed martial arts rules round, the "Hercules" used a naked twist to send Luo Tang directly to "sleep".
Both top Muay Thai boxers were demoted naked in the second round, leaving many Muay Thai fans to sigh. However, the failure of Stamp and Rotang was no accident.
1. The advantages and disadvantages are too obvious and easy to be targeted
In recent years, in the MMA arena, pure jiu-jitsu players have gradually been marginalized, and more and more boxers like to fight standing. But this does not mean that the tangling technology has become obsolete, on the contrary, this is because many people have mastered the tangled attack and defense technology, ground warfare requires patient arrangement, consumes a lot of physical energy, not as efficient as a punch KO, more physical energy.
Step and Rotang transitioned from Muay Thai to MMA, and their standing skills are extremely powerful, but the ground training time is relatively short. This obvious advantage and disadvantage leads to the opponent being more tactically targeted. Both Li Shengzhu and the "Hercules" knew very well that as long as they entered the ground, even if they could not surrender their opponents quickly, at least they were safe.
2, the short board of the barrel determines the upper limit
Although Stamp and Luo Tang have strong Muay Thai skills, Li Shengzhu and "Hercules" also have considerable standing offensive and defensive capabilities, and are not weakers who collapse with one blow. Li Shengzhu even took the initiative to fight at the beginning of the game to close the distance. To hit the opponent hard, you must be close to the opponent, if you can't completely suppress the opponent in the standing competition, then the Muay Thai boxer will soon be "stuck" by the opponent and dragged into the ground. In the fight, the gap between the two sides is obviously greater. Neither Stamp nor Rotang could withstand the opponent's ground attack. At the end of the day, the short board of the barrel determines the upper limit.
3. Lack of top team and sparring assistance
Both Rotang and Stamp trained at the Phil Tess Boxing Gym, and judging from their previous preparations, the two did a lot of training for ground combat. But the pressure brought by the jiu-jitsu coach at Phil Tais Boxing Gym is completely different from when facing world champion opponents such as "Hercules" and Li Shengzhu. In "ONE: The Immortal Light", In order to fight against the jiu-jitsu world champion "Lion Killer" Gary Toneng, Danler hired top Brazilian jiu-jitsu master Ryan Hall to help prepare for the battle, and finally achieved KO. Thailand's overall mixed martial arts level is not high, and the lack of world-class high-level tangling sparring sparring makes it difficult for Stamp and Rotang to adapt to top-level fighting.
The good news is that neither Stamp nor Rodham will stop at failure. Luo Tang: "Thank you for your support of me, your support means a lot to me. I wish I could compare again, I will never give up MMA! The result of this game makes me sad, but I will continue to practice and return with a stronger posture. ”
Stamp also said that he would continue to fight and accumulate experience: "I tried my best, but I still did not bring the world championship back to Thailand. I learned a lot from this competition, and I also learned that I had to gain more experience and learn more mixed martial arts skills. When I get back to the gym, I'll train harder and bring you a brand new Stamp. Congratulations To Lee Seung Joo, you are my idol! ”
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