This big guy Choi is starting to grow on me. Sure he still has alot of work to do, but people shouldnt not compare him at all to fighters like Sapp and Akebono. This big guy has pretty good endurance and doesnt move too bad for a guy his size. And he seems like a good guy too.

Hong won that fight under normal cicumstances. He walked away unscathed and always managed to move Lebanner around with headshots while Lebanner walked away from the fight with a bloodied nose. But given Hong's size, I think the judges expected more from him. He needs to be more aggressive if he wants to impress judges, considering his size.

@tyreza79

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If he becomes more agressive he will do more than empressing the judges... He will impress the nearby clinics and morgue keepers 😂😂😂😂. Man if he was agressive he will kill people... Imagine him 10 times Tyson with this huge skull. I prefer being hit by a bus rather than a fight with him.

Choi is too nice. He should be more mean. He could move for such a big man.

@tyreza79

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If he was no one would dare step in the ring lol

8:34 🙏🏻

Sheez ... fighting Choi is like fighting the end-level beast. :') Gotta love K1

@tyreza79

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Lol one good hit and your done

Damn, Choi Hong man did better than I thought he was gonna do Good fight

I agree that decison was friggin ridiculous !!

Pretty good fight I thought. I can understand how some people will disagree with the decision because Choi's punches moved Jerome around a lot and seemed to do damage whereas Jerome's strikes did not seem to hurt Choi at all. However, Jerome did land a lot of strikes and that is what scores points. In particular he landed a lot of leg kicks that you have to award points for even if they appairently had no effect whatsoever.

It's amazing how Hong Man Choi : Le Banner = Le Banner : ref XD !!!

Besides having a size advantage, Hong lacks skill and speed. I would love to see him fight in PRIDE or UFC and get owned by Fedor or cro-cop

Hong Man should work on his kicks, it'd be like having a tree fall on top of you. Except standing up... Plus he wouldn't even have to really kick upwards. If Hong Man had speed, he would be crazy.

Choi is not only tall, but he's extremely strong as well and atheletic for his weight and height. In K-1 being tall is a huge advantage (cfr Semmy Schilt). Some people think Choi won, but I think this has more to do with the poor quality of the video. Le Banner evaded most strikes from Choi; Choi fi threw three deadly knee, but Jerome moved out of the way and they missed the target. He had it after 3 rounds, the extra round was much closer, he might have won that one based on his kicks alone.

great sportsmen the both of them...

wow what a awesome fight! on both ends

Choi is getting MUUUUCH MUUUCH BETTER

@laurentlerital nahhhh,hongman choi vs kaoklai is goliath vs david.

If Choi would fight in the UFC, he would be a hit, like hit repeatedly once someone took him to the ground, then eat a few good elbows. Height is deceptive. But don't think that I wouldn't freak out in a ring. He's big.But in the UFC, taking someone down and the whole submission thing would get him beat.

yeah I was surprised, he's very respectful also.

it's very difficult to fight a guy of this size...and if you never have the opportunity to train with such huge guys, than you have no experience...relatively boring fight. Hong man should do more, but he will get better...le Banner is getting slow and has not that hunger any more, but still a fighter with a big heart...

well sppoted :)

Jerome stol the decision with the leg kicks. Good fight though.

Man is Choi open for leg kicks. Dude needs to work on that.

WOW Le Banner is a monster of a man but Hong Man Choi still absolutely dwarfed him

When facing a taller opponent you only have 2 options, throw some kicks or get closer. The latest is very unsafe in K1 because in order to get closer you have to avoid many dangers. The kicks will hardly make you win by KO (it can though) and in a street fight you better get close, armed with your balls and the help of God if to finish the enemy quickly.

yea choi got way more direct hits and jerome only got those damn leg kicks

I thought Hong Man Choi landed more blows on the fourth round.....but then again I could be wrong...nevertheless it was a good fight!

choi consider it a sport unlike other fighting

Are there no weight classes in pride?

It's usually the beginners or young fighters that have that selfish ego, but once you have been through too many fights, won, lost and matured as you grow older, the ego usually disappears.

lmao yea ppl say his fight are boring but wat can u do against choi u can't get close if u do u get ur ass kick since choi's punches are actually pretty accurate and powerful

lol. captain falcon knee attack at 3:45.

I believe that Lebanner was tired

Choi won that for me and many others. It's a shame, he without a doubt beat Remmy and got the decision against him, he's just got that bad luck.

Jerome le Banner and Mirko Crokop for eva !

@MegaBlazing wtf...hong man is 7'4" or something close...jerome is 6'4",thats as tall as kobe.and he has lost to fighters as tall as 5'9",well the point is that both of them are big dudes.

Ummm sure, but everyones height is what makes them who they are. If he was born 6"2 he would be able to develop betters skills, as his agility and speed would be dramatically increased. He's slow because he's so big, but his height makes up for it.

South Korean, Hong Man Choi got the last round (the extra round), or at least draw in my opinion. I guess Choi had to show a little more aggressiveness. BTW, Jerome Le Banner 6'3 (190 cm) 267 (121 kg), Hong Man Choi 7'2 (218 cm), 355 (161 kg) at this time.

@drugwhore On peut sentir le respect entre ces deux combattants. We can feel respect between those fighters.

i'm not saying he didn't beat him. He did. I'm just saying that Choi was on top the entire fight before the armbar.

Fedor didn't beat him in grappling, Choi just couldn't stop the armbars and got beat...

Damn!! imagine if that knee at the end had landed...holy sh!t banner would of been knocked out for weeks...lol Hong man should of won this match...NO DOUBT!

Choi won, but just was looking very good all things considered.

@ACEBAKER911 not rare at all actually. most come from martial art b/grounds so are students of sportsmanship. a lot of sports could learn a lot from them in that regard.

Choi hong does a little mai thai(i'm trying to give him a style here) with the hand over head knee to face strikes. His technique is lacking but o well, no ones really fights a man his size anyway so thats about 70% of his fights instant win.

@tyreza79

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When you are a giant you rarely feel need for technics to fights ants arround lol

the french dude is the current champion, isn't he? if not, who is then? if it's sapp i'll jump out of my building!

Damn rights they have some power, hes a giant. 7'2 or somthing aint he?

hong man so nice people

@ACEBAKER911 you cant say that le banner isnt a kind dude he never fight with hate but for fun such a nice guy too however choi IS very friendly

this was the best fight hong man has ever had but still lebanner had more points!!!!!!!!!!

I've only watched the second part, but from the look of it I thought Choi won. Choi landed more punches and push Banner back to the ropes a few times and Choi was in control in my opinion. Don't understand why Choi didn't win. Confusing?

@tyreza79

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Maybe they considered le banner so brave to even face him lol

todo lo que quieran, pero al extra round lo gano el gigante koreano

he doesnt like to train, if not he would be a monster...not literatelly of course

@sunluckone those to are stars>_> and both are big in size...plz dont say "that other guy" his name is jerome le banner and he can kick ur whole familiy's ass. and u can feel 1 of choi's jab.just close ur eyes and run full speed towards the wall. and this is no boxing,they dont need to base their scores by counting the landed hits.

i have a feeling this fight was a setup for banner. it looks like an underdog beats giant kind of thing. choi hong man obviously won the last round. besides, look at the guilty look in his eyes at 9:03

@tyreza79

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It's obvious they use choi for entertainment . He is not allowed to become really agressive. He will kill fighters easily...

are you serious, you didnt see when Hong man knocked le banner's ass to the floor, and Hong man connected hella hits, made le banner's face bleed, so hong man missed all his hits yet still managed to draw blood? thats quite odd

wtf, choi hong man kicked his ass! how did Le banner win? CHoi Hong Man was throwing him around like crazy! i probably missed some amazing punch or something le banner got in while i was dozing off, please somebody enlighten me

hong man is not a natural fighter. he was just some guy who was a really big korean and so the pushed him into fighting. kind of like how yao ming got pushed into basketball and he sucks now.

No Ernesto Hoost is

Tu est belle Destroyer

choi could be unstoppable if he were more aggressive.

@tyreza79

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Thank God he isnt

Le Banner won it (for me)

Le Banner won, dude.

It looked to me like Le Banner's technique was to get nailed every time he came in to throw a punch or kick. Sorry, but the way I see it Hong Man Choi won.

Sorry, but I thought Hong Man Choi won it.

Choi won

@drugwhore Most kickboxers are like that.

choi 2.18 banner 1.90 ^^

by the way choi didnt win that fight ,maybe people thinkin the contrary must take another look at the fight 85% of his strikes do not hit lebanner.

@1C7Z3H5X LOL

he didnt win this ... if u guyz know anything about the point scoring ..... kicks are worth more points than punches .... and JLB was landing legs kicks all in the 4 th round ... so no choi did not win .

haha dat Asian dude make White dude look badddd!

choi won that fight, i dont care what the judges say, they must be on crack

thats an outrange ! choi won this

What a fucking steal!!! HONG WONG!!! >:-[

lie! Choi it fought better

fob

this fight is very boring... i fight better xD

bull shit... hong won.. apparently.

Hong won that fight under normal cicumstances. He walked away unscathed and always managed to move Lebanner around with headshots while Lebanner walked away from the fight with a bloodied nose. But given Hong's size, I think the judges expected more from him. He needs to be more aggressive if he wants to impress judges, considering his size.

Choi won

Hong won that fight under normal cicumstances. He walked away unscathed and always managed to move Lebanner around with headshots while Lebanner walked away from the fight with a bloodied nose. But given Hong's size, I think the judges expected more from him. He needs to be more aggressive if he wants to impress judges, considering his size.