Kickboxing since the time of Van Damme was brutal lol This time around, you can see them hitting their elbow to the jaw but they allow their opponent to clinge preventing them from falling.
Unlike in UFC where one mistake and an elbow hits the jaw the fight is over. Either the fighter will be submitted or punches will rain on him even when he falls on the floor. That's the fight in real life.
Not a fan of Kickboxing after learning Van Damme is not a real kickboxer. Rodtang lost that fight when he clearly was the one doing significant damage.
Jean Claude Camille Francois Van Varenberg also known as Jean-Claude Van Damme in his screen name, has style in martial arts Karate, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, and Taekwondo as his Wikipedia states but even though he is not a real kickboxer, real deal is that he competes in some tournaments so for sure he knows martial arts, well, in my opinion, Kick Boxing is like boxing where they will not stop the fight if the delicate opponent is not knocked out yet while in the MMA it is clear that even with a couple of massive punch to the face the referee will surely stop the fight for sure Kickboxing is like boxing only with kicks,
Actually, I like kickboxing mostly Muay Thai, because I was inspired by the Movie Ong Bak but not a fan or Jean-Claude Van Damme at all
Maybe only in childhood I was inspired by fighting action movies, but quickly realised that most of the moves are more theatrical than useful. Specially that JCVD famous spinning kick and a jumping version of it. That is just so easy to counter and the consequences for attacker can be very bad. Also dont like those kickboxing trousers. So lame So unfashioned From all combat sports I like wrestling or judo. Athlete looks powerful and fit, and dont have various brain damages during career.
Have you seen UFC 294 card already? It looks more like Dagestani boys vs rest of the UFC