Hidehiko Yoshida training for Tank Abbott

[maxpower789z]

I never saw the reverse angles on the DVD, but one thing I do know is that the Japanese favor their fighters A LOT

[BootlegFightVideo]

@maxpower789z The Gracies thought that about the refs so agreed to rules so no ref could favor a fighter but the ref still interfered when the fight should only have been stopped by Royce or his corner. It was supposed to be same rules as Helio vs. Kimura 50 yrs. before where Helio lost via "kimura" shoulder lock and Carlos Gracie threw in the towel. That was the point creating Royce vs Yoshida.

[ZataboKing]

hyaaahhhahhhaah hes not even worried lol.hes like tank abbot hahhahahhaah!

[percidubua]

lo derrotó con ese gran entrenamiento

[thesensei]

That's about all anyone has to do to beat Tank Abbot, lol.

[Rocketracerman]

yosh is awesome maybe ufc can get him id love to see him fight brock and submit him

[khaledonia]

i love yoshida

[Krimmson]

As much as I love Yoshida, he isn't the same Judoka he used to be. He's gotten older and hasn't been winning as many fights as he normally did.

However, I still consider him a legend in the grappling world and an amazing Judoka.

[neohubris]

That's how I train

[elijahcrigger]

what song was that.

[uncabro]

jajajaja

niiiice

that looks like a RICCO RODRIGUEZ TRAINING camp!!!

JAJAJAJ

[kenj2258]

so he beat the 600lb bench presser I'd like to see the video of it, upload if ya got. Yoshida is a good warrior.

[DNor3801]

hahahaaha... ahhh man thats awesome

[Snake20]

I really want to know what this song is, I need to download it! I think it is awesome.

[seka1986]

It's from Blondie, The Tide is High.

[BootlegFightVideo]

Different version by Wailing Souls.

[Krimmson]

Best part is that Yoshida still won against Abbott despite not training for the fight. I really don't know if it's supposed to be funny or sad.

[ericssson]

that;s a good beer

[jwozi]

who knows the name of this song?

[sullyb23511]

"Tide Is High", written by John Holt and origianlly performed by The Paragons. Blondie performed the most famous version.

[BootlegFightVideo]

This version is by the Wailing Souls as it says in the start of the video.

[norhamdan1985]

LmAo.

'HAHAHAHA'

[samuraiixi]

aahahaahhahahahaahhhahaahhahah­ahahahahahahahahahaha

[Default323]

i like beer

[Default323]

i dont get it

[Super8hypnosis]

basicly it meens that yoshida is implying that tank abbot is no where near his fitness level therefore he doesnt have to do any training to prepare for him but the wierd thing is he had the same commercial with a diffrent fighter

[Yurie1337]

I think its just a japanese beer commercial and that the dude who uploaded this video is making a (good) joke with it.

[HappyDude24]

ha ha ha that explains a lot, dudes so out of shape

[leogan]

lol, nice training

[Ramonancho]

jaejjaejaje what a fuck! ajejaejaejaejjajae!

[Warchyld05]

Look whenever a guy strikes a guy in the balls he also GIVES HIMSELF A BREAK!!!!

[Converge3]

Is this also how he trained for thompson, because it sure looked like it.

[blacksocko]

that is fucking halarious

[laru03]

can somebody answear my question is yoshida marry or has a girlfriend yes or no?

[aera0six]

*sigh, lamers, there is no rule saying royce must wear a gi, it's totally upto the fighter what they wear so how is that cheating you dumb prick.

secondly, as for the kicking in the balls incident, NEWSFLASH, it happens all the time in fights. the person who is kicked, is given plenty of time to recover.

stop looking for excuses and just face the fact that royce is by far the superior grappler and has by far better stand up skills. hence the win.

[maurizio131]

cool video men! yoshida didnt have to train against tank cause tank sucks big time hes a patetic street fighter yoshida is just too good that he may fight with a hangover hes all about technique over muscles...cheers!

[blacksocko]

hes alot tougher than u

[knnyt]

aeraOsix if royce didn't cheat anh came in the match with no GI he woundn't last 5 minute with yoshi

[aera0six]

yes it was technically a draw with the rules in place for that fight, but royce dominated him, there was no contest.

[ericscarface]

i love watching this

[aera0six]

btw, to see for yourself, you must continue to watch after the fight, there you will see in a replay a side on view of royce's head underneath breathing fine.

[aera0six]

MEHCjohn, you fu*king tool he wasn't suffocating royce, royce was fine. if you see the fight at the end just before the stupid ref stopped it, you could see that royce was turning his head sideways and using his hand to make space to breath. you could clearly see his mouth wasn't being covered. they had a rematch and royce destroyed him!.

[420cool]

no, in the rematch, it was a draw, you idiot.

[Ericthebest]

yup you are an idiot, royce needed to kick him in the balls too so he would have some chance to win

[judopathoftruth]

royce passes out and goes limp actually

[judopathoftruth]

oh yea he didnt destroy himn at all.

it was a draw :)

[ericscarface]

hahahaahhaahhaahah

[laru03]

yoshida is sooooooooo hooooooooooot i love him.

[karalh0]

dont give up! dont give up!!

[waamblem]

Yoshida's beer is a little harder it seems.

[MurderHeWrote]

Yoshida trains just as hard as tank! and they both train the same way lol

[incast]

hahahahahahahaha

[tearscratch31]

hilarious

[hoppy1978]

I think there's a big difference between breast milk, and beer.

[angra000wns]

hah!

[Hussar1]

War yoshi hehehehhe Warrrrr

[kappkids]

LOL!!!!!!!

[MurderHeWrote]

probably the top 10 funniest things i have ever seen traning for tank about the music lol

[WarriorFootball]

Yoshida showes he can drink just like tank

[Dynared]

That's probably harder training than Tank did.

[Helliconia]

hehehe, nice video! Yoshida is the fucking man!

[Helliconia]

hehehe, nice video! :D Yoshida is the man and fucking cool.

[openmindedproduction]

HAHAHAHAHHA, that is the funniest thing I've seen in MMA for a while

[scottv]

Hahaha..good one!

[dragontengu]

Dang! A beach side villa, good food, good friends and brewskies. What more could one ask for? I've never been so envious before in my life!

[blackolive]

I PISSED OM Me, LOL, so funny, fighting fire with fire, lol

[tenchumonkey]

ecasarez u may be thinking of Sakuraba

[MEHCjohn]

no. sakauraba AND hidehiko faced royce. pretty showed that royce should stick to fighting in brazil and not with the champs in japan

[420cool]

you mean stick to fighting in the UFC, with all them othere losers, but he is kinda good thats why i guess he was just another man to dump the UFC for bigger and better things at Japan, in PRIDE FC and K-1.

[incast]

lol

[ecasarez]

is this the guy that beat Royce Gracie?

[BootlegFightVideo]

Not really. In MMA they had a draw. In a grappling match a ref interfered and stopped it when the ref wasn't allowed to by the rules.

[Ericthebest]

the ref thought royce tapped out and it did kinda looked like it but royce argued that he didnt tap. but the ref is allowed to stop the fight if he thinks someone is being submitted but not willing to tap

[muaythairaja]

@BootlegFightVideo Yoshida beat Gracie by choke. Gracie went limp in the hands and legs and the referee did the right thing before Gracie died or suffered some permanant damage.

[BootlegFightVideo]

@muaythairaja anyone could suffer damage in any fight but that stoppage was early, against the rules and ruled a no contest. You ever seen a fully choked out fighter recover to jump up and argue in 1 second? The ref didn't bother to ask Royce "give up?" as they always do. You should see the reverse angle on the DVD. Gi on the jaw not neck.

[herrkamphenkel]

@BootlegFightVideo Not Yoshida's fault, though... I thought the rematch between the two was a beautiful thing, although I always did want Yoshida to gnab the win. Hate off to both those men for their contributions to the fighting world, though - I wish the UFC featured special-ruled battles conditioned to both fighters' liking; the no ground-striking was pretty damn cool, showcasing the strengths of Judo & Jujitsu. Good times.... good times....

[BootlegFightVideo]

@herrkamphenkel I dunno how much to blame Yoshida was as I don't know what he said to the ref exactly. If Yoshida was really sure Royce was out and worried about killing him he would just have let go and it would be obvious to all. Watch Wallid vs. Royce, Wallid choked him out and Royce looked dead. No fishy refs, no arguing 15 seconds of choking til he was done.

[coscamaro]

nothing like a nice cold brewsky to take the edge off

[Primeiro]

funny stuff!! I guess he trained the same way for silva... he was kind of tipsy in the end of the fight!! hehe

[scabies]

LOL

[SpacePotato]

fight fire with fire, I always say

[sonnco]

HAHAHAH

[apocryphal86]

Tank was probably doing the same thing.