Danny Steele & Rick O' Kane Muay Thai Sparring Session

[wilsonlfc2007]

Hey the man in the green shorts , are you left footed ? Av recently started Thai and I am left footed and right handed and am finding it very uncomfortable to find a decent stance , I feel most comfortable in a orthodox like , but I do t know it's a bit weird any advice

[TheTramsen]

this is sparring? what, like 100% sparring?

[hondaonly]

@TheTramsen yeah, sometimes you go really light for technique and sometimes you go hard for stamina etc..

[TheTramsen]

@hondaonly no I meant like 100% force, these shots to the body must have felt the rest of the week, and imo that's not the point of sparring.

[Moderm101]

i hate people who spar to heavy... specially when there not as good as you.. and you have to restrain yourself from smashing shit out of them..

[chickenwrap3000]

ricks my trainer :D he was the one in the green

[charliecobras]

the guy in the green looks pretty good...nice sparring video

[MrTrance4evr]

those shin pads are too thick!! how are you supppost to take a real shin to shin kik!!

[billysue2]

@MrTrance4evr you arent,thats kind of the point lad.

[nicodlr]

nice at 1:15 and at 3:56 rick o'kane --- ri COCAINE

anyone noticed that? jjajaj..

[KumuRick]

Most likely, knowing both these guys, the sweep at 1:15 was probably in response to this one @ 0:59.  Both Danny and Red are great guys to train with, take it seriously and as hard as they bang and work, there's a ton of respect between them. I miss these days.

[FUSSYMUAYTHAI]

THIS IS AN INSULT TO THE THAI WRITING ON THERE SHORTS .

THIS IS DUTCH KICK BOXING NOT MUAY THAI !! BENNY THE JET STYLE AT BEST??

COMPAIR THIS STYLE TO AUTHENTIC MUAY THAI FOUND ON UTUBE!!

LOOK UP GKFROMMTA UTUBE AND WATCH HIS CHANNEL AND CLASSIC FIGHTS AND THEN IF YOU CANT TELL THE DIFFERANCE ????

[billysue2]

@FUSSYMUAYTHAI its not supposed to be authentic mt and dutch style is more effective than thai style in the majority of fights where these guys fought which werent full rules.

[petterzon92]

0:19 , he sounds just like tyson i think

[TheCarries]

Danny was my trainer here in tucson (for like a month) wish he was still here!! def my best trainer ever..

[PRAKTISTHAI]

OWNED AT 1:15

[KumuRick]

I dont think that was Ricky, I think it was Red.

[spidathon]

neg look @ the legs....@ 52 seconds you hear red say work on the legs

[JoeyT80]

how much does danny weigh? he looks big

[bromsisfat]

i noticed muay thai guys have some slow hands im a boxer but want to learn some kicks i think ill have to join a muay thai gym

[drav6]

slow? watch badr hari or ramon dekkers!

[bromsisfat]

i just watched badr his hands arent fast but he has some nice kicks

[strafer]

I wouldn't judge an entire sport off of one sparring video. lol

[pergalearti]

Yea, "muay thai" guys are flegmatics. Join the muay thai gym, and show the world how is it done, mr "fast-hands" boxer =) can't wait to see you in k1

[KumuRick]

bromsisfat,

It's most likely that either of these guys each have the "hand speed" to light you or the average "boxer" up with their slow muah-thai hands. Their working legs and have probably already been at it for a while. Each of these guys hands are just fine...don't you worry...

[MAS4T0]

MASATO has seriously fast hands.

But he is a kick-boxer not a nak muay.

Kraus and Zambidis had fast hands too back in their primes.

Thai fighters tend not to have great/ fast hands as the stance is wrong for it and it doesn't score highly under thai rules.

Kicks (long range) and knees/ elbows (really short range from the clinch) score a lot higher.

[jeffrenz14]

Damn I wished I can fight like the Mongoose. Rick is probably the first one to successfully incorporate both Muay Thai and western boxing. It seems like Danny's been sparring the entire day on this video and Rick just freshly got in the ring. Mad respect for both.

[chrisbjjreydiego]

danny may not be the most technical guy but his tough i trained with him for like 6 months he can take a shot

[Rankor]

Wow I'm really surprised at how terrible Danny looked, he just looked like a tough amateur there.

[hondaonly]

Danny had tough rounds of sparring before and was tires that day as well.

[Archias01]

Not to mention that Ricky was one of the best US welterweights of the 80's and 90's!

[tonyvalente]

just like ricky to hit low. irish prick!

[spinseffing]

yeah!! thats my kru!

[spinseffing]

which one was rick???

[hondaonly]

Green shorts.

[Archias01]

Thanks for the post. Both were great American fighters in the 90´s

[tjhunter2659]

ouch!!