And got his ass beat by an Asian half his size.

The Warrior The vietnam war has already proven that asians are small but they hard as a rock god dammit.

Yes, but then there was Jerry Trimble...and Dennis Alexio...and Benny Urquidez. Not necessarily in this order.

@@thewarrior8380 Yeah, he did. Although he almost destroyed him in the first round though. But the persistant leg kicks did the trick. And he'd never gone up against a resilient Muay Thai fighter before aswell, that's why. A new style that he didn't know how to handle in the later rounds.

@@HexenStar Yes, I checked them all out and they were great fighters. However, I just don't think they had what Roufus had. Roufus was just that bit extra awesome.

Does that dude still teach? I would kill to have him as my coach!

Did he ever talk to you about his fight against that thai guy who broke him down with those leg kicks?

Last time I spoke with him he was teaching personals out in Scottsdale, Az.

We only talked about that once. We were to busy getting our a** kicked by him hahaha.

Really? As you ever speak with him about fight with dennis alexio? -fight that never hapennded ... great american kickboxers-never fight

I only found out about him last year I’m glad I did :)

Agreed, it's really interesting to see how styles make fights

Gibson's spinning back fist was the quickest I have ever seen. It was almost like the speed of a jab.

Mirko Cro Cop also

@@johnnybuffon4623 forgot about him. That is true.

Steve Vick too

American kickboxing. Boxing footwork and movement. Not taekwondo.

@@HexenStar he is a black belt in taekwondo, nigga. Don't comment if you don't know shit.

@@HexenStar 4:24 is that boxing too, nigga?

@@HexenStar where do you think his kicking foundation came from asstard?

@@SnakePlissken-gk7ix it could have come from kickboxing itself or karate,theres nothing unique to tkd there.

Это точно бро

Flashy but not always realistic

​@@HankSemoreButzRealistic to go to the ground 5' with 1 to the street or a club??🤷

@@B.Inem_ who said anything about the ground?

What lol ... how old are you ?

u should probabaly watch his fight against changpuek kietsongrit it was great

Yes indeed

He is indeed... and I feel so blessed to have earned my belt from his father and to have learned from Duke as well.

Both him and his brother are remarkable. Great fighters

Dont forget he also run like a chicken onces.

Maybe, if he adapts to BJJ

This dude garbage he fought real competition one time and couldn’t adjust and gave up. If he couldn’t win a Muay Thai fight, what makes you think he’ll win an mma fight.

Fight in mma but when a old age

@@staccs3mobilegaming264 he never fought muay thai,he fought a thai fighter under modified rules ,kiatsongrit and wasn't trained for low kicks but was beating him all over the ring until the kicks got him.There was very little muay thai in America at the time so he had no experience of the leg kick.Roufus was the best full contact fighter in history,who else could do that to rob kaman.None of which means anything for mma an entirely different ball game if you cannot wrestle.

@@staccs3mobilegaming264 umm... Rick was a major competitor in K-1 which is entirely Muay Thai (and he won the USA K-1 in the late 90’s). By the time he fully adapted to Thai he was quite a bit older. Rick fought the best in the world in full contact and beat them all, with the exception of Hoost where he went 1-1.

I agree

undoubtedly

muay thai

not even close Benny Urquidez is considered to be the greatest american kickboxer followed by Peter Cunningham, Don Wilson, Maurice Smith and Dennis Alexio then Roufas

No

HAHAHA

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Lol 4real

The first and only Thai he fought he lost to low kicks.

@Vayne Carudas Solidor wow you are so wise, especially since there are no rules in place to prevent grabbing your opponent's clothes. Pure genius.

@Vayne Carudas Solidor yes. Because thats me fucking job. If i as a striker am in sprawl with a bjj guy and decide to knee his head in, you'd all cry foul aswell.

Why??? So the leg will be easier to grip for leg locks?

Nobody wants to take a roundhouse kick to the face when he's wearing those bad boys!

I totally agree

a situation where mr lowkick wasn't allowed to use them, in addition, at that point, kaman had been fighting the best guys in the world for years and the wear and tear was accumulating, roufus's list of opponents looked like skid row when compared to kaman's. if roufus was the best in the world, why was he scared shitless to fight kaman under wka rules, which allowed leg kicks. If he had, he'd have been running/skidding around the ring and rolling on the mat worse than the kiatsongrit fight. Of course, we know kicking someone in the leg takes no talent, and ricks spinning shit shows the real talent

Not just that, he did it twice! Though it's important to say that it was under a different ruleset in which leg kicks were not allowed

Ahh...... that's because JCVD could actually fight and was a world champion full contact Kyokushin Karate fighter.

@@whyfor please show proof. there is only one video of him in a point fight which is not a fight but a game of tag

@@whyfor nah. He was a shotokan black belt, not a kyokushin black belt

@@whyfor nah. He was a shotokan black belt, not a kyokushin black belt

@@realitywithmj4334 a game of tag were people also get knocked out. Imagine being such an MMA fan boy. Yes point sparring won't help asmuch as full contact. But don't forget boxing also has points, so does MMA. You don't always win by knockout. Just search TKD knockouts and you will see.

У него отличный бокс

Good comment. I agree. I miss kickboxing So Much. MMA just simply isn't better. It's worse,and mainly because of the flawed rules and crude uncoordinated ungraceful styles that Most have. Two rules that I would change in MMA would be, go to neutral corner after knocking an opponent down,and the opponent gets to have up to a 9-count by the ref...and the other new-rule that I'd have in MMA is that,a fight that goes to the ground can only Stay on the ground for 30 seconds. After which, both fighters are mandatorily forced to stand back up.

80s was such a better decade socoety without so much technology was better

kickboxing wtf are you talking about this is fullcontact man,there is no lowK nothink special

@@robertdecker146 lol the counting system after knocking is gonna bring fighter more brain damage boxing is more dangerous because if you get knockdown you already concussion then back up again damage your brain more you see a lot boxer when they get older they suffer cte. Modern mma try to be diffrent it's more safer because you get knockdown you need to be active or tko it's have early stoppage. About the grappling thing what is first martial art win in UFC 1?? Yeah it's Brazilian jiu jitsu Royce Gracie dominated all striker early UFC.

Sur le ring oui, mais sinon il est tranquil

this is factual although most people dont know hi because they are true Kickboxing fans only fans of whoever wins currently

Dude literally whooped ass in every kickboxing ruleset

Dutch stance?

It's almost a stance where you're square on or where both shoulders are facing the opponent. The downside is it leaves your abs vulnerable BUT you can generate more power with both hands and if you tuck your elbows in you also protect the ribs. The reason it's used is because you can check leg kicks better

@@ronki23 it's not a Dutch stance,its just a normal low kick kickboxing stance .The main thing you learn from above the waist is how to box since the kicks need to be set up and you need range to kick.You can get away without good hands in thai but not full contact.

@@scarred10 I went to 2 crappy above-waist kickboxing clubs for quite some time: I don't like the point fighting stance or back fist. I didn't realise how good the Dutch stance was until I saw Bas Rutten explain it: Peter Aerts and Rob Kaman also use it. Ernesto Hoost even used it against Rick Roufus in above-waist and knocked out Rick!

@@ronki23 firstly there is no back fist in kickboxing, that is a light contact or point sparring technique. Secondly, hoost fought rufus only once above waist rules and was beaten back in the early 90s.In fairness muay thai was ernesto style rather than full contact.For me rufus win over kaman was his most impressive fight,rob at the time was unbeatable in kickboxing.

Until beated by muay thai

@@harlem8015 And then the same Muay Thai mauled by Manson Thai Killer Gibson.

@@genshin5288 mason won with throws in the shootboxing rules (first fight) and changpuek was pressuring and dominanting mason in their second bout till mason landed that badass back kick to the liver. It doesn't matter how conditioned you are, if that liver rumbles you'll tumble

@@IlyuuJrry34 You yourself proved my comment by adding the second paragraph.

A mi parecer era muy bueno en kickboxing y full conatct. Pero cuando le toco pelear con experto luchador de Muay Thai, este le destrozó con low kkcks. Conste que Roufus casi ganó en el primer round con un buen boxeo. Podes ver Rofous vs Changpuek.

Chuck Norris does not compliment *you* , he allows you to be complimented by *HIM*

Question mark kick

Поправочка: там псевдо-боксёры, неумеющие бить руками тоже. По крайней мере, неумеющие настолько, чтобы именоваться боксёрами. Пакияо, Ломаченко и Головкиных - там не было и не будет. А в остальном плюсую на все сто: олдскульный кикбоксинг - это был очень крутой, спортивный, атлетичный и неповторимый вид единоборств.. Сейчас есть некоторые японские и похоже лиги, которые более-менее подделываются. Но таких как Уркидез, Алексио, Тримбл, Канингхэм и Руфус уже, к сожалению, уже нет и не будет. Хотя, есть например Израил Адесания и Забит Магомедшарипов - но это уже несовсем то...

Looks Like him

yeap

yea its called roids lol

Omega Squad lmao yup, but I guess when the whole organization juiced up it would be just as hard 🤣

he was a heavyweight by that stage,he moved up as he got older.

trop de poid ralentie apres la boxe thai,je le suis mis a la muscu pour prendre de la carrure,resultat j ai tous perdu en cardio souplesse et explosivité. Les K1 fighter sont des poids lourd naturel,

@@TheKickeur exactement ! mais même si il venait des catégories moyenne, mi lourde... il a vraiment donner du fil à retordre à des gros client comme Hoost, le banner, stan the man longinidis, Musashi, mighty mo...

@@nicolasguionnet1498 il avait une super technique de poing face a des kickboxeur muay thai du K1 si c etait en anglaise beaucoup de pratiquant de fullcontact aurait un gros niveau. (klishko,Raillou etc....)

Until beated by muay Thai

@@harlem8015 it is true... but roufus train later maui thai and go and fight in k1 with the best. It is reason i respect him more than dennis alexio who never want to fight in k1 with all the best : ernesto hoost, petar aerts, mike bernardo, andy hug..

@@harlem8015 Manson Gibson (Taekwondo) destroyed your Muay Thai.

@@genshin5288 that was a great fight but still Muay Thai is a great martial art

@@harlem8015 Nothing is better than any other martial art. As long as you improvise your style, you would rule the ring. Yair Rodriguez (5th dan black belt in taekwondo) is the best example.

He is the best in.american boxing in full contact

2 times beat him.gibson is legend

Shh, you'll ruin their myth

@@dugonman8360 Rick was actually better than Kiatsrongit. He just wasn't prepared for the leg kicks. In a rematch, Rick would've whooped Kiatsrongit 99/100 times.

@@genshin5288 Oh, I definately know that, even in the match you could see Kiat figuring out low kicks were a weakness for Rick. Even then the fight was insanely close. Theres just a weird myth among UFC fans that Muai Thai was running rampant destroying every other martial art, even going into conflicting recreated history.

@@dugonman8360 Muay Thai fighters and coaches are hostile towards other arts like Karate and Taekwondo but they can't take the criticism for themselves. For example, Dave Leduc (World Lethewi champion) made remarks on Muay Thai claiming it to be weaker and ineffective against Lethewi which pissed off the whole Thailand. #hypocrisy