Video clip of TKD beating Muay Thai fair & square

**Depth** · Posted On: 9/19/2004 6:01am

Clearly some of the more interesting moments were edited out. The clip obviously is designed to show the TKD guy in the best possible light. Therefore I'm suspicious.

**Zeddy** · Posted On: 9/19/2004 6:02am

Someone find the old thread? It's been debated before, but I can't seem to find it. :(

**Halogen** · Posted On: 9/19/2004 6:14am

Originally posted by Meravod
that was not a muay thai fighter. There was a thread on mma.tv about this and all agreed that the muay thai guy was set up to make tae kwon do look good and probably never trained muay thai. A real muay thai guy would have clinched and kneed the hell of the tkd dude or would have at least kept his hands up and covered up from those teolographed high kicks all aimed at head.

The Muay Thai guy lost. It happens. Get over it.

***TaeBo_Master*** · Posted On: 9/19/2004 7:03am

Seriously. No need to defend the guy in the clip. Muay Thai is a good art, yes. Does that mean EVERY SINGLE PERSON who studies Muay Thai is a good fighter? no. This very well could've been a great TKDer against a really shitty MT guy. It doesn't really matter, and it doesn't so anyone any good to make excuses. Like I said in my first post, just because a TKDer won a fight against an MTer.... doesn't automatically mean TKD is better than MT, so stop acting like it really fucking matters. All it means is that in that ONE fight, that ONE TKD guy beat that ONE MT guy.

**Crucified** · Posted On: 9/19/2004 7:11am

Originally posted by Meravod
that was not a muay thai fighter. There was a thread on mma.tv about this and all agreed that the muay thai guy was set up to make tae kwon do look good and probably never trained muay thai. A real muay thai guy would have clinched and kneed the hell of the tkd dude or would have at least kept his hands up and covered up from those teolographed high kicks all aimed at head.

Probably the same discussion that occured at sherdog...

**liuzg150181** · Posted On: 9/19/2004 8:14am

Originally posted by Halogen
The Muay Thai guy lost. It happens. Get over it.

I think Meravod suffers some sort of trauma after watching a vid that shows MT losing to TKD,he might need psychological treatment~~~

**MUT** · Posted On: 9/19/2004 8:30am

Nah he just needs to cuddle up with his teddy bear more tightly in bed tonight.

**liuzg150181** · Posted On: 9/19/2004 8:54am

Dont forget the pacifier~~~

**McKickboxer** · Posted On: 9/19/2004 9:54am

This is so clearly a set up by some TKD organisation.. the "Thai" boxer can't clinch, do a decent low kick or throw a combination; he does not look Thai to me anyway, and if he is a Korean it does point more towards a set up then ever.

Perhaps this can be addressed at a throwdown; a few standup rounds between MT lovers and those on this site that still list TKD amonst their arts..

**Gumby** · Posted On: 9/19/2004 10:18am

Im kinda suspicious of the clip myself, even though Im not a thai boxer it does look quite fishy. The supposed thai fighter was entirely to passive for a thai fighter. But there have been muay thai guys who have lost to other martial arts, if anyone remembers Harold Howards first fight in UFC 3. As was said before, one instance doesnt vault tkd to the forefront.