Bro, that's Mike f'n' Tyson - the heavyweight legend who punches like a sledgehammer. 99.9% of human beings would get absolutely f'n' murked in a fight with Iron Mike regardless of what style of combat they were trained in!WanderingProtagonist wrote: ↑May 12th, 2023, 4:00 pmThat kind of depends, I think Mike Tyson could easily f**k up a Muay Thai fighter, just one hit is all he needs on one of them and he got them. Same thing with a lot of those heavy hitting legends. When he was doing that scene in IP Man, I forget the Asian guy's name but he said when Tyson hit him in that movie and he blocked his punch. It hurt so bad he was afraid of being actually hit by him in the face. Thai people can fight for sure, bu there are styles that would end them instantly. Someone who does Judo could reverse the shit out of their kicks.Lucas88 wrote: ↑May 12th, 2023, 3:47 pmHey @CaptainSkelebob, you do know that @Pixel--Dude is trained in Muay Thai, right?
If you really do fight him, he's gonna fcuk your legs up so bad with some of his low-leg kicks. Pure boxers like yourself don't have a clue how to defend against them, let alone the necessary conditioning!
Styles make fights and a Muay Thai exponent like Pixel--Dude is stylistically a bad match-up for you. You're gonna get f'n' murked, Captain!
But what about the Captain? What level of boxing does he have? I strongly doubt that he can fight like Iron Mike. Lol!
When a pure boxer goes up against a Muay Thai fighter of roughly the same skill level, often the Muay Thai fighter throws low-leg kicks from outside of the boxer's range and quickly renders his legs nonfunctional. Boxers don't know how to defend against low-leg kicks nor do they have the leg conditioning necessary to absorb them (unless they have cross-trained in Muay Thai). I know this myself. I've done sparring with practitioners of other striking arts who aren't accustomed to low-leg kicks and have often been able to drop them with just one or two Thai-style kicks and not even with full power. People who don't know how to check a low-leg kick or have the appropriate type of leg conditioning tend to crumble really quickly as soon as they start eating those kind of kicks.
Also, a pure boxer most likely wouldn't fare too well in the clinch against a Muay Thai fighter. Boxers simply clinch until a referee break whereas Muay Thai fighters use the clinch to actively set up knees and elbow strikes. Muay Thai fighters are lethal in the clinch.
As for other martial arts vs. Muay Thai, Judo wouldn't be too useful against Muay Thai kicks. Judo focuses on throws from upper body grips. Double-leg takedowns aren't even legal in Judo and therefore aren't practiced.
Wrestling, on the other hand, is the bane of Muay Thai. A wrestler can shoot a double-leg takedown as the Muay Thai fighter attempts a low-leg kick and catch him off-balance. He can also trip or throw the Muay Thai fighter if they both end up in the clinch. I absolutely love wrestling, by the way.
Brazilian Jiujitsu can also be good against Muay Thai provided that the BJJ guy has enough knowledge of takedowns. A Muay Thai fighter would have no answer to the BJJ ground game.
I'm sorry that I wrote such a long reply. I'm obsessed with martial arts!