The most historic fight in kickboxing history - Bob Sapp vs Ernesto Hoost. Sapp was the biggest fighter with superhuman strength. Hoost was the greatest kickboxer with amazing power and technique. Sapp’s performances in these fights inspired Mike Tyson to want to fight Bob Sapp. Ernesto Hoost was able to win the k-1 world grand prix tournament despite losing to Sapp twice, how? This Lawrence Kenshin Striking Breakdowns episode goes into how it was all possible. What did you think of Sapp's performances here?? Free Legendary Strategies: www.lawrencekenshin.com/

@itsm3th3b33

Жыл бұрын

So, did Tyson ever fight Sapp or Hoost?

@PointlessCSGOmore

Жыл бұрын

Do u think Sapp used anabolic steroids to get to his Size? Sapp was really fighting with heart and with a good strategy. I think it was a bit unnecessary of him with his illegal moves and him hitting after the Bell ring.. 🙄

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

@@itsm3th3b33 unfortunately not

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

@@PointlessCSGOmore yes no need to be full gorilla mode like that

@MusMasi

Жыл бұрын

@@PointlessCSGOmore also punching people on the ground under kickboxing rules.

That was crazy. 3 fights in one night! Times were savage back then...

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Super savages

@clich126

Жыл бұрын

Same night is unbelievable

@PatkaBoy831

Жыл бұрын

K-1 is still doing that now. Sattari won the Openweight Grand Prix earlier this year.

@johntaylor-lo8qx

Жыл бұрын

When men where men. K-1 needs to start up again !!!

@johntaylor-lo8qx

Жыл бұрын

@@PatkaBoy831 is K-1 still in business??? Thought it was gone ??.

Those liver shots from Hoost are a thing of beauty, thanks for bringing us this amazing compliation!

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Scott!

@me0101001000

Жыл бұрын

On one hand, they were awesome to watch, but on the other, they gave me phantom pain. Jesus that had to hurt

@MusMasi

Жыл бұрын

@@me0101001000 probably had his opponents pissing blood for a week.

@NostalgicNickyNYC

Жыл бұрын

Real nasty left hooks to the liver stomach or kidneys delivered perfectly is a giants worst nightmare. I know this cause I am 6ft 5in and 275lbs and used to fight allot. The most important lesson to learn as a big man is never let your ego take over, never underestimate your opponent especially if the opponent is a foot smaller than you cause if you do fight a smaller person and you overestimate your skill to beat them just based on your own size strength reach ect than you are in for a very painful lesson cause even though that person is smaller they have an advantage over you, because while having a longer torso can be an advantage it is also a disadvantage cause while you protect your face you end up leaving allot of room for the smaller opponent to rain hell on your abdomen especially if they have good technique. Floating rib shots and liver shots are so fucking painful and if done right it can bring down giants like me or Sapp anyway of the week.

@aurelianspodarec2629

4 ай бұрын

@@NostalgicNickyNYC I mean Sapp had broken ribs and they stopped the fight and made Ernestoo lose : p unfair faight

Those tournaments were insane! Multiple fights with different opponents was madness, but so great at the same time

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Yes the best nights

@PatkaBoy831

Жыл бұрын

K-1 is still doing that now. Sattari won the Openweight Grand Prix earlier this year.

@potmadu4153

Жыл бұрын

Real life mortal kombat

Your enthusiasm, compassion and knowledge of combat sports shines in this video. Amazing retrospective of these two legendary fighters. As a viewer you can feel the energy of the time. You're a truly gifted storyteller. peace

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@Dualities

Жыл бұрын

nice fake bot account. u are barely a figther. just a smart youtuber

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

@@Dualities ?? lol

@frankjames4743

Жыл бұрын

@@Dualities Not a bot. You do give me way too much credit for considering me a fighter or smart. Gosh no. Growing up in the '90s and '00s without cable and less access to the internet I was blind to Pancrase, Sumo, K1, Pride, Muay Thai and their fighters. I was one that only thought of Bob Sapp as a flopper. However, this video shown me that Bob Sapp was a real fighter that trained hard, an entertainer that always brought interest to his fights. A fighter that would give respect to his opponent win or lose after a fight. He may have not have all of the Bushido virtues but he was warrior/fighter. Lawrence Kenshin and channels similar to his, brings back to life those matches and fighters that I was not aware of. He brings appreciation to their training, honing in their craft, strategy that I know nothing about. He brings these fighters and matches back to life. Growing up I recall my father telling me he just saw Rick Roufus elbow an opponent that knocked him out. Thanks to channel like this, I can share with my fathers enthusiasm. I am just a member of the YT community practicing my writing/ communication skills. peace

"A nut shot was the best way to take him down" lol laughed so hard.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

The respect sapp showed at the end towards hoost gave me more respect for him.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

such a great moment

@TheNeorch

2 күн бұрын

he may look like some fool underdog that has more l's than w's,but he got respect.

I was one of the lucky ones that watched these fights during the Golden Era. Ernesto Hoost was one my absolute favourites. His left jab, right cross, left hook to the body followed by the chopping right rear roundhouse to his opponents’ left leg was a technique I practiced frequently, and still work on. Hoost’s execution was beautiful and viciously efficient.

@MusMasi

Жыл бұрын

I like that combo, or a left body rip instead of a left hook.

@user-xp4ov5od8t

Жыл бұрын

Did hoost fight badr?

@zhoubaidinh403

Жыл бұрын

He was nothing, nothing I tell you, compared to the Beast!

This is such an amazing story. I love both Sapp and Hoost. I am glad they laughed and wrestled together. Honor and respect.

Beautiful breakdown! Thanks for covering this saga!

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Thomas!

Great job on exposing these amazing fighter stories to new generations, I wouldnt have known about it otherwise.

Saw that video a long time ago. Bob Sapp was an unstoppable rhino and Hoost was trading shots too much and shelling up being stuck to one place and pelted relentlessly instead of utilizing constant footwork and angles to catch him with sniper blows. If Hoost utilized Saenchai's techniques and Lerdsila's evasive skills, he would've tagged and deck Sapp to the ground much more easily. After all, it is better to make them pay when they miss, especially from a humungous beast like Bob Sapp!

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

styles make fights!

@janlettie7651

Жыл бұрын

not unstoppable 😉 kzread.info/dash/bejne/pKSnuLCjlqWufpc.html

@mitchjames9350

Жыл бұрын

Just look at how Cro Cop beat Sapp he didn’t stand in one place nor allow Sapp to push and get on him.

Dude this was your best production yet. Totally gripping. Great work.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

thank you so much andrew!

Thanks to you I am now able to understand more clearly the rivalry between the two. It was all on the same night. You're right SAPP was more than a brute beast. Props to him ! And Ernesto is way to clean lol

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

Seeing Sapp throw those quick ass low kicks on that punching bag is terrifying🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

i know right

18:58 This made me very emotional

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Why’s that :)

@gonzalovazquezavila535

Жыл бұрын

@@LawrenceKenshin Sapp showed Hoost that all that bad blood had absolutely no place being between them, that there's mutual respect and even admiration from Sapp to Hoost. And Hoost accepted this at that moment, with great humility.

love the commentary man

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Such a perfect and wonderful video! Thank you for compiling the story so well for all of us.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

It shows also the deficiencies in old-school Dutch kickboxing. Dutch-style kickboxers are tough MFs who can deal out a lot of damage and their defense is mainly being tough and able to absorb a lot of damage with their shell guard, but they're rather bad at avoiding damage. Sapp just bull-rushed Hoost and thus didn't take much damage but still could dish out a lot of damage. Hoost should have used footwork, sidestepping, and getting out to avoid Sapp's haymaker instead of shelling up but as he wasn't used to being elusive, he couldn't.

@mitchjames9350

Жыл бұрын

Just like what Cro Cop did when he fought Sapp and broke his eye socket.

Wow, I can't believe I missed these fights years ago

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

welcome back in time!

I actually prefer the Dutch way of leg kicks than Thai It seems to go out more wide then slam through the side. Great breakdown again Lawrence! U have to go on the joe rogan podcast

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jack. Maybe one day if he wants to have me on :). Both the Dutch and the Thai way are great

@flowrepins6663

Жыл бұрын

dutch are better at not being midgets

I'm watching your vids instead of being on Netflix. Your storytelling is immaculate!

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

thanks so much ahmad!

I'm so happy I grew up in the K1 Era. All nostalgic here. Good one mate!

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

the best era

Another banger as always❤

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

thanks so much for watching

Great content, Lawrence!

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Sapp made Hoost pay for his viciousness as kickboxer.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

tough fights for sure

I never knew Hoost existed until I saw this video, thank you for sharing!🤙

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

thanks so much for watching

great story and great video mate. thanks for uplouding such a pro content

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

That would of been amazing to watch him and Tyson fight !

the historic knowledge and great insight to the striking universe is what keeps on being able to enjoy this content more and more.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

thank you so much

thx for this

Josh Barnett strong enough to just pick Sapp right up is one of the more impressive things in the vid.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Very impressive indeed

@hippo4214

Жыл бұрын

josh is freak strong, he picked up nogueria in their 2nd fight, and slammed him from a weird position.

What a huge demonstration of mental strength from hoost! And such a cool happy end too. This cracks me up 😁❤️

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

haha thank you

This is an excellent video! Fantastic fighters.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

thanks so much

Great video. Thanks

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

That was really nice; thank you.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching Joe!

Amazing video !

Mr Perfects combos never cease to amaze me, timeless striking.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Amazing technique

That's disappointing. I'm always with the smaller guy and was thinking Ernesto is gonna win but that was Prime Sapp. He took fights seriously back then.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Yes never underestimate athleticism with a great camp

@mariocampos7590

Жыл бұрын

@@LawrenceKenshin great????

@enterurnamehere27

Жыл бұрын

Tbf, he's the real winner of their second fight

@mitchjames9350

Жыл бұрын

But Cro Cop made him cry.

Very interesting , love your videos

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts & the late Andy Hug. Those were the days 🙇🏻‍♂️

It's criminal that their second fight got stopped like that. The fight was NOT over.

another great breakdown

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

thank you

Ernesto, Ramon Dekkers and JWP are my 3 all time favourite fighters.

Very masterclass ,very epic .

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Awesome

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching

So epic!

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

🙏

This is Epic.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

cheers!

Bob Sapp is awesome. I crack up every time I watch him fight.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

hahah awesome showman for sure

Sap is a mad elephant lol

Amazing

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥

I remember seeing one of their fights. I was scared for Hoost. As I watched this work of art, I noticed Sapp didn't throw any leg kicks, Imagine if he would've.

@Heavenly_DemonGod

Жыл бұрын

Imagine a flying knee

I miss this era of kickboxing 💥💥💥

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

same

Japanese commentators gives an anime feel to the highlights. It's like Saudi Arabian football commentators. You don't know what's being said but you feel it 😂

I'm a big fan of the channel. I've searched, but I haven't seen any videos covering Alexey Ignashov. He was my favorite heavyweight kickboxer.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Alexey is great

its easy to be the best in fighting when you outweigh your opponent by 150 lbs, while maintaining a shred of athleticism. For Hoost to be able to break his ribs and take him out, this is the real testament to fighting prowess.

@Nickxxx85

7 ай бұрын

BULLSHIT. Go and find ten people who outweight heavyweight boxers mma fighters or kickboxers for 150lbs and no matter how long they would train they will never beat world champions

@Nickxxx85

7 ай бұрын

If weighting more and more and more would give you advantege then people like Wilder would never be heavyweight champions while being like 98kg

Great video. My memory is faulty because I thought I remembered Hoost beating Sapp in the rematch

@mariodrv

Жыл бұрын

Thats because he did.

@enterurnamehere27

Жыл бұрын

Bcuz he literally did

Lotta back of the head shots

When you actively start looking for a specific author's video's, you know it's time to subscribe! Enjoyed this one as I have many of your others ❤️ Not sure if you're into videogames but I have all the K1 titles for PS1 & PS2. The Konami PS2 titles in particular were excellent as were the later PS1 games too. Being able to play as Branko Cikatic and Michael Thompson in the early titles right through to the likes of Badr Hari in the later ones. Utilising Tekken's limb per face button attack method, they were great fun with a Bob Sapp specific edition released in 2003 💪 Looking forward to future content and sifting through your back catalogue. Osu!

Unreal performance for this guy. Superhuman.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

big time!

The legend :)

That was an excellent episode. Thankyou for your awesome content. I'm can't help just imagining Bob Sapp and those tiny Asian female fans.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

thank you so much

legendary

Can you do a video on Branko Cikatic? Or Cikatic vs. Hoost both times?

if it's not him they sure do favor! Great video.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

Mr Perfect Body Shot, Love It! Absolutely awesome video 👍🏽

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Man he USED to be a beast

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Biggest beast

What a legend Hoost is.

BEAUTIFUL HISTORY

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

I remember watching Hoost on eurosport K1 😊

Plot twist : Bob Sapp actually wasnt really hurt .He knew what was up and did the Noble thing.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

That would be cool

@damienthetexasian6827

Жыл бұрын

He's celebrating like someone who has no problem breathing, raising his arms, or twisting. All symptoms of a broken rib.

@enterurnamehere27

Жыл бұрын

@@damienthetexasian6827 dude, can't you just accept that he had actually lost the 2nd fight due to damaged limbs?

@damienthetexasian6827

Жыл бұрын

@@enterurnamehere27 just reading the evidence shown

@enterurnamehere27

Жыл бұрын

@@damienthetexasian6827 bruh, the doctors confirmed this. Also, in the immediate aftermath, Hoost is still in good shape and could walk and fight well, while Sapp have to had people helping him to walk. That doesn't seem like a man who's in a good shape. Also, the symptoms of a bruised/cracked ribs include: strong pain in your chest area, particularly when you breathe in swelling or tenderness around the affected ribs sometimes bruising on the skin feeling or hearing a crack if it's a broken rib Also, he didn't just broke his ribs, he broke his hands too, . Also, when he's celebrating the victory, he doesn't show the same cheerful face when he celebrates in other places and times, seems to me that he's that injured

If Lerdsila was there he would've defeated them both 😂 Mr ultra Instinct 🔥

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

hahahah

K1 history, makes me bit emotional 😢

Sapp : hey Tyson i challenge you Tyson : You'd better to prepare your funeral 🤣

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

lol

hmmm. Which part shows his fight against Tyson?

Can everyone imagine that he retired after Ernesto Hoost wins... Go like one of greatest.......🔥🔥🔥

I think it’s fair to mention that this era was known for fixed fights. As much as 70% of the fights were fixed

@davidjones8043

Жыл бұрын

If you think anything showed here was fixed, you're deficient

@chrismolina839

Жыл бұрын

@@davidjones8043 how about do your research before making that statement. This era of mma/K1 had a very dark well known and well documented secret. It was estimated that a one point 70% of all these Japanese matches were fixed: specifically the main events. Learn your history before you come at me. Mark Colman has all but admitted this publicly as well as Bas has spoken about it but didn’t participate. Just because it hurts your feelings doesn’t mean it’s wrong. Facts over feelings. This era witch is highly praised and regarded as the golden era has very dark secrets tied to the Yakuza. This involvement would ultimately be the cause and fall of Pride leading to the sale to the UFC.

Looking back id love to see Sapp vs Lesnar. Striker vs Wrestler but of equal size.

the longest yard is a real fighter? you learn something new everyday! "Broketh my nose"!. Very informative ✊🏽💪🏾💪🏾✔✔

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Haha 🙏

According to Lawrence every great kickboxer is “the greatest” lol. Love your videos and breakdowns nonetheless

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

thanks! if you go to interviews and wikipedia pages, you'll also see lots of "greatest of all times" - this is definitely very subjective. "one of the greatest of all time" is a slightly better way to put it... but it's hard to title and thumbnail.

@austinsavage

Жыл бұрын

@@LawrenceKenshin ur right. And those u mentioned as “greatest” definitely belong in that conversation. Thanks for clarifying!

The amount of muscle on that frame, even if it he is not skilled he is dangerous

Just a detail: Sapp didnt advance in the tournament not because of broken ribs(there were none), but because he broke one of his finger punching Ernesto into KO. There's even a video of Sapp after the fight saying this and showing his broken finger.

Sapp sucks now, but back in the day, when he actually cared, he was a beast.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

the beast!

@Lorenzo83579

Жыл бұрын

I think after a certain point he got paid to take dives, for a spectacle. With his size and aggression and smothering strategy, he should've been unstoppable for years.

imagine if we had Mike Tyson vs. Bob Sapp that night!

Bob is like shaq

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Haha

Anybody know what is the weight difference between these two?

@geraldfriend256

Жыл бұрын

Approximately 350 lbs to about 210

The golden age of K1 , Eurosport had it when I first got multichannel tv , good times

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

Approach the big moster and whisper in his ear : run bob. Run. Mirko is in the town

"I will rock your body with big nasty hooks" lmao

So inspiring... osu 👊

I have to wonder if Bob ever rewatched his fights? His punches were just so awkward looking. How great he could have been if he knew how to at least throw a proper punch.

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

If he remained coachable, as he was here, he would’ve beat everyone. Keep in mind he was facing Hoost less than 6 months of training and fighting

@StLMikie

Жыл бұрын

@@LawrenceKenshin could you imagine?!

@Hamishtarah

Жыл бұрын

He was at the start of his career as "fighter". Sapp having been a former US football palyer

@makoko6812

Жыл бұрын

​@@LawrenceKenshin i think Bob was a force and with some more training he would have been even better. But i don't think the "Bob Sapp type of fightingstyle/physice" would be able to beat everyone. If you are over 300 lb and rushing in like a bull there are limits to how long you can do this, even with the best cardio training. I think this would cause him lots of problems against fighters who can withstand the inital bull rush or even worse punish openings with heavy 1 shot hits like Cro Cop did. So the consequence for Bob would be to not rush in against heavy hitters and therefore loose one of his strongest weapons or to get lighter and therefore loose the other one of his stronges weapons. But who knows. Maybe propper coaching would have transform Bob in a monster, which can avoid heavy single hits while just needing one rush to end each fight? I'd love to see a fight between early Bob with motivation and heart (which i think Bob showed a lot of in his first fights, especially in his second fight against Ernesto) against the one and only Reem in his uber form.

@MusMasi

Жыл бұрын

@@makoko6812 that bull rush would not work vs Mark Hunt back then, bull rush into a over hand right that would sleep a rhino.

I've been caught with that left arm kick trying to throw a jab. Functions now, but was OOC for months

His *(Bob Sapp) fight with Ray Sefo was epic lol. Sapp vs Cro-cop too.

Damn, Sapp took a ridiculous amount of punches, he had a good chin back then!

Not friends but family!!!

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

Family!!

Hoost was the best!

Mirko Cro Cop had Sapp crying in their fight 🤣

@MrMyneworld

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Mirko found the weak point at the exact moment, when Sapp got careless.

What a boulder star

the stoppage in the second fight is legit. Hoost was about going down and got really hurt.

@enterurnamehere27

Жыл бұрын

Nope he isn't. He could continue going on fighting, while it was SAPP that literally pulls out.

@rainbowafterrain

Жыл бұрын

@@enterurnamehere27 unfortunately imagination doesn’t win fights, hard truth does. face it.

@enterurnamehere27

Жыл бұрын

@@rainbowafterrain yes, the hard truth is, Sapp can be literally seen being worn off after the fight, *to the point that he had to have people to help him to walk*, and pulled out, *literally pulls out from continuing to fight* bcuz he ain't able to continue due to his ribs cracked and hands broken. Hoost on the other hand can still stand and walk perfectly all by himself, and continue to fight *and defeat* other high level fighters *in the same exact night*

@rainbowafterrain

Жыл бұрын

@@enterurnamehere27 after the fight Hoorst can go on fight another 1000 people. That’s ok. But the fact was he was indefensible before the referee stopped the fight. Sapp won, twice, period.

still deciding whether I like Sapp. Hits when grounded butttttttt is hilarious

@LawrenceKenshin

Жыл бұрын

hahaha