Crazy 20 second Capoeira MMA Knockout!

**Holy Moment** · Posted On: 4/06/2009 6:43pm

FINALLY, a real martial artists shows all those fag MMA guys how it's done. Hopefully, this will cause a massive paradigm shift for the MA community, although I wanted it to be that Leonard Shaw who did that:

YouTube - Leonard Wilson vs. Ray Elbe

**marcusdbrutus** · Posted On: 4/06/2009 6:53pm

My head just EXPLODED.

**karma2343** · Posted On: 4/06/2009 8:15pm

you mean the martial artist's abilities are actually more important than the style they take? Dear God!

Hey, what did the five toes say to the face?
KICK!

**Re4** · Posted On: 4/06/2009 10:16pm

yeah that was pretty damn cool, and i like that he just used a standard mma stance rather than the up-rock thing those capoiera guys do. I've said before that a lot of TMA's have a lot to offer if their techniques can be lifted out of their traditional training methods and brought into a modern, performance based curriculum like that of the SBG.

**SARS_Attacks** · Posted On: 4/06/2009 10:28pm

I think there's another guy from Axe Capoeira who's doin' pretty well in MMA....not as flashy as this guy, but he still does a modified ginga when he fights.

**NoTeefa** · Posted On: 4/07/2009 12:34am

Originally Posted by SARS_Attacks

I think there's another guy from Axe Capoeira who's doin' pretty well in MMA....not as flashy as this guy, but he still does a modified ginga when he fights.

I want to visit their school...

**Hesperus** · Posted On: 4/07/2009 12:39am

Better video.

YouTube - Official Crazy 20 second Capoeira MMA Knock Out in HD Best Quality

**dwkfym** · Posted On: 4/07/2009 2:32pm

Hmmm.. something tells me, its really the novelty value that is getting these guys the victories. Okay, hard work, training, all are important but something itches.. telling me that it is really because their opponents have NEVER seen that type of stuff before.

If that KO was delivered from a rear spin kick from standing up, I would think the other professional fighter would not hesistate to close that gap. Or am I missing something? Maybe the capoeira kick, with his upper body moving to the ground delivers way more power, esp since he seemed a lot less willing to do a real block after his first kick.

Or I'm completely wrong, just throwing this out there..

**TangentLogic** · Posted On: 4/07/2009 4:21pm

There's nothing to grab a hold onto or to quickly strike against when he's crouched down in a kick like that, even if you do avoid the kick to rush in. In that kind of position the Capoiera could just mule kick you, wrestler style. Maybe if you counter with a drop kick to disrupt his motion.

My personal opinion is that the MMA guy really needed to be up close. He was in serious trouble when he faded and let the Capoiera guy dictate the fight range, and even moreso when the Capoiera guy started spinning with all that momentum.