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  • fight was ernesto's. andy had some victories here and there but the tactics and stamina of ernesto won it for him. nonetheless one of my favourite fights of all time

  • I cant believe this video has only 260 thousand views.....deserve more than 5 mil

  • well if they drew after 3 rounds, hug won the 4th and ernesto the 5th,,, they were still tied....we would need a 6th round to get the winner.... wild fight anyway, hug made it

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  • That very last extra round made it ernestos fight, imo.

  • That's the best kickinboxing match I've ever seen. Hoost and Hug are fucking warriors. Props to both. Two of the greatest of all time right there. Having said that, the fight was close, but it should not have gone to Hug. Hoost won imo.

    Kickboxing history right there, folks.

  • The hardest fight i've watched !

  • Andy's legs are made of steel omg , srsly..Ernesto Hoost's lowkicks are worst than getting hit by a car

  • Always treating his opponents with respect....i miss u Andy :(

  • that is my favorite kickboxing fight that end with a decision...just so awesome

  • It was Andy who dominated even in the regular time. Extra rounds were unnecessary.

  • Andy Hug best of the best 4 ever!! R.I.P. from Greece!

  • best fight ever .....

  • What is the name of Andy and Ernesto's theme at this time? No one seems to know.

  • great handwork from andy!!! and against hoost!!!

  • Great fight, two legends of the sport.

  • WHAT a fight!!!! Bit i thought Hoost deserved to win after that last round!

  • Tough guys.

  • One of the greatest fights ever recorded. This is the kind of fight that I love and hate to watch. Both men deserve to win (both eventually do: Hug took 96, Hoost took 97!), but in the tournament-style competition, there can only be one winner at a time. Because both fighters stayed active for 5 rds, AND for the fact that they battle it out to another decision the following year (GP Title Bout), Hug & Hoost were definitely THE top 2 full-contact fighters in the professional world.

  • This is best natch in history of K1 and have only 220 000 views?? WTF??

  • Big greeting to all the people watching this,because we are few in these days,where ufc a hillbilly sport has taken over such beauty like this...

  • the second extra round was for nothing because Andy won the first extra round so the draw after the first extra round was a bad decision. Andy won that round so all the fight with

  • AMEIZING FIGHT BRILIANT I LIKE IT SO MUCH ....

    THEY ARE LIKE A TITANS... AND PRETTY STRONG...

    THEY BOUTH GOOD VERY GOOD BA

    AS FOR ME HOOST WON >BETTER TECHNIK AND STYLE OF FIGHT...

    THAT'S HAW FIGHT SPORT SHULD LOOK LIKE...

    LEGENDERRY FIGHT EVER ^^^^^^

  • Hoost won, not by much but he won.

  • Rip andy today 11 years since you left

  • 2 extra round ÔÔ

  • k1 legend

  • RIP ANDY du bist und bleibst mein vorbild

  • amazing fight :)

  • Ernesto won

  • robbery! Hoost won that last round...clearly!

  • Hoost definitely won the last extra round.. the round before that was for hug in my opinion, and the 3 rounds before that were correctly a draw.. oh well, hoost still won it 4 times, so thats ok i guess.

  • amazing..

    

  • I love Japanese crowds!

  • superb

  • I'm leaning towards Hoost being the victor, but given the fact that Hoost went on to win 4 K-1 titles, and Hug passed away, maybe it was a good thing that Hug won.

  • Ernesto definatly won the last extra round. Unfair decision.

  • What a great fight

  • trés joli fight

  • le truc c'est que andy il fait du karaté rien a voir avec du kick

  • ernesto hoost cest vraiment une bete

  • il y quand meme combatu ernesto hoost qui est une figure dans le K-1

  • This is one of the best matches I've ever watched.

  • Best match i'ved see ever.

  • andy , miss u ~ i hope you are well in the heaven~

    mirko cro cop is unable to inherit your pride again~ I hope you can keep him hanging on~

  • Lion Hearts

    

  • haha, both the referee and the judges screwed up after the third. Scored it for Hoost after the first three, a draw in the fourth, and for Hoost after the fifth. Still great fight though.

  • BEST FIGHTER ANDY HUG!!!ZALKO CHTO USHOL OT NAS VELIKIJ VOIN ANDY HUG,TI V NASHIH SERDCAH!!!VECHNAJA TEBE PAMETJ ANDY .!!!!

  • Absolutely amazing fight! Thats what happens when two titans collide. For me, both of them are the winners

  • Geweldig gevecht. Hoost is duidelijk de winnaar. Jammer. Maar allebei geweldige sportmannen!!!

  • a war between monsters those leg kick look brutal

  • andy hug really loved queen

  • May 06 1996 -- The day I was born 0.0

  • R.I.P. Andy Hug (^_^)

    One of the best Kyokushin Karatekas of all time and a great fighter!!

  • One of the most boring fights I've ever seen.

  • 4:15...

  • Вот это бой!!!

  • ANDEEEE!!!

  • best fight ever..........

  • 7 dislikes is far too much for a fight of this level.

  • song name?, please!!

  • I am a fan of Andy hug but Hoost clearly won this fight at the last round

  • R.I.P Andy Hug regards from Switzerland

  • Seen this fight twice, Hoost landed far more kicks and knees to have lost it. He also landed a lot of punches. Hug did land some more punches, but it's obvious who the aggressor was and why he was, he wanted to land more kicks and knees, which he did. I've seen Hoost, Le Banner, Greco, Hug and Sefo fights, these guys are or were the top guns in K-1. I'd have to say Hoost is probably the best, but am not sure, Le Banner did knock him out.

  • @buttsgalore frm wht i saw hoost had hug in his arms n didnt allow hug to free his arms or legs. where as the hits that hug landed even though fewer than hoost were more free and intense u could hear from the sounds that hug hits made were more than hoost hits that sounded were less meaningful i could hear more convincing shots made by hug 8 against 5 for hoosts roughly.

  • @lakc24 Maybe you're right, they're both super cool, super bad K-1 fighters! I was pretty saddened to find out A. Hug had passed away when he did. The fighters I mentioned in my previous post would kick ass on the fighters in the UFC in that weight division....I think. I say that mainly because these guys have the kicking skills of kickboxers, especially A. Hug, Hoost has the knee and thigh kicks going for him. P. Barry & J. Aldo are fighters in the UFC that really use kicking a lot.

  • Andy is the best of the best !!!

  • wow GREAT fight, I like how he showed great respect to his opponent. good job both.

  • the battle of the staches

    andy looks like an american (gay) cop with his mustache

    im not hating... great fighter! both

  • The fight was so close! 5 Rounds of action non stop.

    But Andy did more damage. Props for both fighters, amazing display of skill, courage and heart.

    This is K1 my friends that's what this is all about.

    We can learn a lot from this fighters, not only in the martial arts aspect but beyond that. Andy Hug and Ernesto Hoost 4 ever.

  • amazing fight,,, maybe the best i have seen

  • Andy Hug is the best !! 

  • ANDY HUG IS THE KING OF ALL TIMES the Legend of K1 so andy hug you are all time in my heart

  • @wyoat1 Do you know him personally?

  • the dutch are the best fighters wy

  • I just wrote the book about Ernesto Hoost (the Kickboxer, by Jens Olde Kalter) and Ernesto also thinks he should have won that match!

  • @mtw1973 of course a loser thinks he should have won, lol

  • What is this Andy Hug song??

  • gold age of k-1 with hoost, aerts and hug...great generation of fighters

  • Hoost was robbed. Fantastic fight though :) RIP Andy Hug.

  • I have to say, i am a huge MMA fan, but its just something about a thai boxing bout with all the kicks and the active clinch, even the odd axekick. there just nothing quite like it.

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  • R.I.P Andy Hug..world lost a great warrior!!

  • amazing fight!!!

  • respect andy hug greate fighter

  • crazy good quality for being from 96

  • Hoost is the winner for me too !!!

  • @tonymontagna1 shut the fuck up kid with your stupid retarded faggot youtube nickname , this is not a movie right here but a k-1 grand prix , motherfucking walt disney bitch

  • The music they use always sucks.

  • @reymysteriocookie I think its funny that you have an army AND YOU DONT FUCKING USE IT!!!!

  • @trickykid0011 Use it for what?

  • ryu vs sagat

  • @ssjanime250 best comment ever lol

  • One thing for sure

    Hug didn't take a walk after this one..

  • fucking japanese judges, they prob extended the match on purpose. This fight was brutal.

  • andy hug was the master off tehnics & amazing kics , hoost was the one with the perfect kics!!! but the best off al time remains in my opinion ANDY HUG!!!!

  • which division is this ???

  • @billathanasia Heavyweight, There was only Heavyweight in K1 back then.

  • What is the entrance music of Andy Hug?

  • Some of the greatest fights ever. Hug had power and amazing heart. Hoost was the king of technique. Too bad they couldn't have given us a few more fights.

  • @chiconspiracy Hoost did fight from 83-06 and won this GP as well as 2000 and 02. I think that was a few enough. I mean only Peter Aerts has been fighting longer 85-present

  • @420dimebag

    I mean Hug and Hoost.

  • @chiconspiracy I figured that out after I wrote that and I also had this fight confused with their fight in 99 when I said Hoost won the GP.

  • Monsters of Stamina...its crazy how long they can hit and get hit ! amazing match...one of the best i've ever seen !

  • @kourabies89

    11:54

    Wtf is he smelling?

  • @123puta3 i think they are called Salts...If thats the case salts have a smell that make the nose to "react" making lungs obtain more oxygen thus keeping the brain alert...

  • @123puta3 i think it was Amoniac

    

  • R.I.P.

  • DRAW! if thats possible in k1 lol , Andy got the better of him in the extra rounds thats the only reason for his win. Give hoost another round im sure this fight would of ended differently.

  • Жаль, что одного из них больше нет-очень хороший был боец!!!!

  • Hoost ans Anderson silva are aliens sent to this world to fight and kick ass!!

    Look at them they even look and move alike !!

  • 2 great warriors! respect

  • wow. I thought I've seen all the greatest fights in boxing and mma.... these guys are absolute animals!!! More than half the heavyweights in the UFC right now wouldn't have lasted through the 4th round at their pace.

  • from 96 and on, when you look back at tape, the cancer begins to take its toll on this warrior.

    Rest In peace,

    God Bless

  • Man, what a battle...Those are real heavyweights- not all size. Speed techniques a lot of action. I prefer any day watching fighters like Andy or Saki and Sefo to just come out and bring it.

    The bigger the fighters the slower, less technical and less-interesting are the fights.

    The same applies to MMA.

  • 1st and second round even exchange with Ernesto pushing Andy into corner showing aggression.

    Third round Ernesto also with agression.

    Fourth round Ernesto.

    Fifth round even with light cut on ernesto, but knockdown on Andy.

    Japanese Judges are the worst - Hoost got robbed :(

  • Can anyone tell me what it is he was sniffing at 22:23 please? Thank you.

  • Ernesto was more than respectable in this fight, andy kind of cheated the whole fight by using the ropes to balance himself while kicking, he was having much trouble with ernesto's reach. But the crowd almost demanded that andy won, and he probably deserved it anyways. It was pretty close to even in my eyes.

  • Andy Hug is the only one who would dare to challenge Chuck Norris...

  • 2 pro fighters 1 pro fight.. just amazing!

  • Great fight!

  • excellent fight. they're both so resilient

  • not sure but ernestoo should win

  • i think andy more power hoost more technique

  • @jowrab No. If you heard the song I linked to, it's hard rock. The ABBA one is a ballad.

  • Hug's entrance song is definitely called Winner Takes It All, but I don't have a clue who the band is. It's not Queen (obviously the vocalist sounds a lot like Freddie), and I temped to thing that it's an obscure European band who never became popular outside of their home country. Anyway, if you want to listen to it, here it is: watch?v=4y5AuV3_hmY

  • Andy Hug>Bruce Lee

  • R.I.P Andy

  • Andy is legend !

    Best Fighter :P

    R.I.P

  • R.I.P Andy!

  • @ignisdemon i think its queen, winner takes it all

  • It was a good match. No reason to go Internet fighting about it.

  • Ernesto won this fight.Some people think that Hug rocked Hoost more,but if you freeze frame the strikes like I did? You'll discover that Hug's southpaw ANGLE OF STRIKES produced the stumbles that Hoost had,including Hoost tripping over Hug's lead leg in Round 2.Hug landed several hard hooks and crosses but Hoost answered back with leg kicks,knees and more accurate,more clean boxing.Also Hug grabs the ropes to keep his balance so Hoost can't drop him when he throws his vaunted crescent axe kick

  • Ernesto won this fight.Some people think that Hug rocked Hoost more,but if you freeze frame the strikes like I did? You'll discover that Hug's southpaw ANGLE OF STRIKES produced the stumbles that Hoost had,including Hoost tripping over Hug's lead leg in Round 2.Hug landed several hard hooks and crosses but Hoost answered back with leg kicks,knees and more accurate,more clean boxing.

  • hoost is my winner :)

  • Hoost is the l3est no matter what anyone says.....even aerts will die against hoost

  • K1 is the best Martial Sport ever.. I hope the world will understand that soon :)

  • switzerland doesnt have an army because they had andy hug

  • @shujaahm90 Switzerland has an army....i'm swiss so i know...

  • @shujaahm90 To be exact, the Swiss now draft every adult male into national service in order to attempt to maintain their military strength, so far they have not succeeded.

  • @shujaahm90 Andy was passedaway long time ago.

  • @shujaahm90 ofcourse we have an army haha, although its concidered by most of us as unneccessary

  • Round 1 was pretty damn tied and btw don't be fooled by the amount of attacks. If you watch well, hoost was more agressive than Hug but Hug's attacks were more effective. Both good fighters it was a very good fight. They were well matched.

  • I love both great guys 

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  • hoost shoulda won by my eye if they score it round by round

  • hoost won

  • clash of the titans

  • andy hug big respekt legend

  • KNEE! KNEE!! KNEEE!!!KNEE!!! KNEEE!!KNE!KNEE :D

  • ANDY ES EL AMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Two of the greatest in K1 and two of the worst moustaches :P

  • wow thank you so much for uploading this fight in such great quality !!!! its so clear ... ive seen this fight many times ... but not in this great quality ! thank you !

  • What is the Ernesto Hoost's entrance song name please?

  • Bob Sapp beat this man much faster.

  • Hoost should've won this one in three rounds.....(coming from an andy hug fan)

  • @TAEKWON21 I absolutely agree.But Hoost was tiring and he def needed to fix the cardio problem. He did fix that problem and cleanly took Hug in their rematch in--what was it--1998?

  • @ATACXGYM 99 was the rematch.

  • @crimsonflare506 Thank you for the correction,my friend

  • @ATACXGYM Hoost and Hug fought in the 1997 final, which Hoost obviously won. They did meet again in the 1999 quarters which resulted in another victory for Hoost. Overall, they fought four times, the other match (aside from this vid) being in 1995. Again, Hoost won.

  • @TenTonHorse REALLY? 4 times? I TOTALLY MISSED the 1995 match.Anybody got that one on video? And again,thank you to anyone providing accurate information correcting my or anybody else's mistakes or gaps in knowledge.

  • @TAEKWON21

    Points wise, I agree, but I'm glad it went extra, cuz Hoost was mainly damaging Andy's legs, but Andy wobbled Hoost near the end of the 3rd. I still think Hoost shoulda won after the 2 extra rounds. But man, 2 warriors/champs!

    Love the Japanese rules here, extra rounds, late clinch separation, this was the good old days of kickboxing.

  • What a great fight, awesome!

  • If I remember correctly Hug is one the shortess fighters in K-1, when he was competeing. So alot of punching up and extreme flexiblity needed.

  • 3 times wached this and i'm still undecided ....

  • 00:00~01:27

    who sings this song? which the band name?

  • was not fair for Hoost... unfortunately...

  • Good fight  !! Andy the best forever ! [*]

  • GRAN BATALLA!

  • the switch trainer is awesome gives the best tipps :)

    i am german and anderstand what he is saying :D

  • duraso

  • It's all good man.

  • What a soulful fight!!

    Both andy and hoost are GREAT fighter!! I like them so much!!

    However I become aware of something artificial ,that is to say that ,at the extra round 2,it seems hoost lead the match a little.

    I want K-1 to judge more cleanly.