Benny Urquidez vs. Dana Goodson World Karate Championships

[Hellspear6]

Benny Urquidez is hardly even trying and still beat some ass!

[Silks]

Goodson fights like a street thug on the corner. Did he have almost zero training before this fight?

[TheDharuma]

Mahalo to whoever posted this. I was at that match many years ago.

[XenoType008]

a lot of flailing

[greathawaiian]

Dana Goodson was one of the nicest and coolest guys I have ever met. After the Benny Urquidez fight, Dana went on to train in boxing and Muay Thai and became the unofficial heavyweight kick boxing champion of the world by thoroughly defeating (then champion) Ross Scott in a non title bout. After his retirement from competition, he also became an internationally known trainer until his untimely death in 2000.

[DW01]

Boring

[stevevandien]

 As I recall, Urquidez here weighed about 145 pounds. Goodson was 200-plus.

[kenseisato1989]

looks more of like a brawl

[nicos808]

Dana's son, Aaron is fighting this month in Australia. Hes unbeaten atm

[TheBamBamBoom]

holy shit 1:24 before any exchange

[002Trance]

RIP Dana Goodson

Fitzroy stars trainer

[avoice77]

Some of you who don't know much about fighting first hand I see. Benny's opponent was much larger and stronger. A barely middleweight Benny going against a heavyweight. With that in mind, Benny did a great job here. Had that guy been Benny's size it would have been an easy win.

[Inuzadrop]

I really didn't expect his first strike. Holy crap, what speed!

[beejdee]

What was with all the fancy footwork at the start? it all went out the window when they start slapping each other...

[tricirlin]

this really lets you know how far martial arts has come in the united states....really far

[GPascua]

WTF is this fight? They posed so nice but they fight so terrible.. they fight like a person that doesnt know how to fight....

[giugnhgbvinierngvb89]

@GPascua ignorant asshole...

[mannybrucesalvador]

This is better than that CRAP CHUCK NORRIS thinks makes him a PRO from the 60's.

[ButtSkin666]

@mannybrucesalvador chuck norris was the world karate champion and retired undefeated with 30 wins, get ur facts right before you start talking shit!

[mannybrucesalvador]

@mannybrucesalvador Get my facts right before I talk smack.OK lets see I think Chucks record was something like 180-10.Notice the 10.Those are losses in Karate Kid Point matches but yes he never lost as champion.LONG LIVE THE KARATE KID!!

[TheSubwaysurfer]

If Dana was a boxer, his skill sure didn't show up in this match. I noticed Dana kept throng these downward elbows on top of Bennys head and neck, which really could have crippled him, especially given his height and weight. I suppose Benny was putting so much firepower to him that he felt like he was fighting for his life. Benny trained with Judo Gene Labell, and clealy learned his grappling lessons well.

[TheSubwaysurfer]

This was my first intro to Benny the Jet, and was a fan ever since. The fact that he was doing aerial kicks in a full contact scenario was impressive enough, but the way he was throwing Dana like a big stay puff mars mellow man convinced me that karate DID work,and that a little guy with skills could defeat a big guy. It was like Wolverine fighting Colasses,and wolverine never loses

[SuperSneakySteve]

Looks like full contact to me.

[checkyerself]

Benny is way more exciting when he fights full contact!!

[unclebraddah]

Respect the people who put the time in to bring up American Martial Arts but this is terrible!

[superstar1218]

wheres the form?

[gomergilligan]

Damn - where the hell did you find this??? This is how tournaments SHOULD be - all the champs in their respective weght divisions, fight for the grand championship. Dana Goodson was #5 rated heavyweight in the world - Benny was the light weight champ. Benny took on ALL comers - a true champion. Thanx for posting!!!

[billysue2]

@gomergilligan he was a great fighter when he got decent with his hands but not at this point and every other so called fighter in the comp was outright useless,just goes to show how poor trad arts are for combat in a ring

[06Milano]

How pathetic...

[bobonagata]

neat video. i was at this fight at the HIC (a.k.a. the NBC) in honolulu. it was just the beginning of full contact karate. most fighters really didn't know how to throw real punches. benny was the real deal having trained with bobby chacon. he met his match with ernie hart. praise to dana goodson. he was one of the hawaii pioneers of full contact karate. others: fred cresanto, bill takeuchi, teddy limoz, george iverson. a lot of fun. they were all brave fighters.

[kiloilio]

Early (actually new/second-generation) full-contact martial arts--it's gonna look like there's no style. Dana also was an active heavyweight pro boxer in Hawai'i and was probably better a boxer than a martial artist. Benny was waay smaller and became a true martial arts legend.

[gusto1978]

bruce??? is that u??

[marccost1]

Where else could you see a exceptional man of only around 145pds beating a skilled man of 240pds?

[avitagen]

The left hooks did the job

[joeylllllll]

What's with those cheap ass gis? Was this a fight or a striptease?

[4JayeP]

Some wild swingin' going on!! It's interesting to see how Benny developed since this fight. His punches became more crisp, efficient and more powerful as he developed. But in '74 lots of round house punches.

[CT360]

lol benny jus having fun with him, and hes good enouph to backit up.

[AMANSILLA88]

I can't see any real technique in this fight. They are fighting like people in the street

[hazard2000]

your technique is all thrown away once you get hit in the face a couple times believe me

[Pamicox]

@AMANSILLA88 thats american karate, near boxing not dojo, bad

[tgumbyw]

Wow! Urquidez is quite a bit lighter. Picked the guy up and put him down. Got in the opponent's face. My regards to the students of Dana Goodson. That was a good display of sportsmanship by both men through the whole fight. It is unfortunate this isn't the norm in the martial arts. It starts with the instructors!

[MarQu3]

Dana.. I feel blessed to have grown up training under you... your dearly missed.. its not the same anymore!

[ajaben]

these guys suck

[latinaloveruk]

V.Weird match up - Heavyweight Goodson (RIP) against Welterweight Urquidez..Not being disrespectful but I don't get it...

[tgumbyw]

World Karate Championships. If you have never been to a martial arts tournament, many times the winner in each division of black belt men will have a fight off to determine grand champion. Light wt, middle wt, heavy wt, and executive black belt or larger tornaments have more weight divisions.

[DW01]

1:24 secs before the first strike is thrown!!!

[EliteURBX]

I'm back in training Dana, but it's not the same anymore.

[ryejetski]

Thanks Dana

your still my trainer

[SamoaOG]

REST IN PEACE : Master DANA GOODSON , TRAINER of CHAMPIONS - FITZROY STARS GYM / FITZROY - MELBOURNE - AUSTRALIA / 1985-2000.. - MASTER DANA " The Bodysnatcher" GOODSON -  ( 1953 - 2000 ) Much RESPECTs too KIM GOODSON ( Wife ) Sons Arron and Dana Jnr..... Trained under Master Dana from 1990 -2000 at FITZROY STARS GYM ..