Myanmar lethwei vs. Japan karate(2001,02 silver medal winner)

Myanmar Lethwei(kickboxing).
Kickboxing - a form of Myanmar martial arts - has been preserved over the centuries land still remains a favourite traditional game of the people. Although somewhat similar to Thai, French, American and other types of kickboxing, it has maintained a more traditional down-to-earth directness.
Myanmar kickboxing is closer to street fighting than the Queensberry rules of professional Western boxing and makes no pretenses of being anything else. Though Myanmar kickboxing has its own set of rules, fundamentally the target is any part of the opponent's head or body, and the weapon is any part of the body especially the head, fists, knees and elbows. The result is a fight not for the squeamish. The best blows include high kicks to the neck, elbows jabbed into the face and head, knees thrust into the ribs, and low kicks to the calves. It is an art in the truest sense of the word in that skill, technique and other attributes come into play.
While mere punching with the fists may seem tame, it certainly is not when there are no gloves and hands are only wrapped in strips of cloth. However, to protect the boxers from accidents, there are rules against scratching, biting, hair pulling and hitting or kicking an opponent in the groin. A boxer who is down may not be kicked or hit in any way.

Rules & Regulations
Anything goes in the ring. All surfaces of the body are considered fair targets and any part of the body except the head may be used to strike an opponent. Common blows include high kicks to the neck, elbow thrusts to the face and head, knee hooks to the ribs and low crescent kicks to the calf. A contestant may even grasp an opponent's head between his hands and pull it down to meet an upward knee thrust. Punching is considered the weakest of all blows and kicking merely a way to 'soften up' one's opponent; knee and elbow strikes are decisive in most matches.

The structure and limitations of each match varies with its context and with the calibre of the participants. Unlike Thai boxing, which has borrowed a great deal from the Queensbury rules in international or Western boxing, Myanmar boxing represents a more traditional form once shared by the two countries. Rules tend to follow situational norms; fighters, managers and judges get together before each match and work out time limits and scoring criteria.

In the simplest rural matches, fought in a dirt circle, there's no time limit and a fighter loses once he has wiped blood from his face or body three times. In more organised amateur matches, boxers fight in square rings (5.8 by 5.5 metres), for three to five rounds of three minutes each, usually with two minutes rest between. Professional matches in larger towns and cities begin with five rounds but may increase round by round to 12 rounds when the scoring is tight - even longer if no clear winner emerges earlier in.

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[kenthebarbarian]

the Burmese boxers definitely deserve respect. I wouldn't want to mess with any of them.

[NewwaveStud]

win tun knows that the jap guy will keep repeat the grappling, so therefore;his knee strike lands perfectly on the jap guys's face , a very clever guy with calm especially in that situation

[denokk64]

Pity for Jap with that devastated knee entered when he lost balance. Win Tun should have controlled his knee as the Karate Jap moved wobbly.

[arti249]

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[handpratze]

@B0l0joe I also respect the opponent which was hit by the knee to stand up again, any normal guy would not get up again after such a direct unguarded knee hit to the head.

[whiteasasheet]

@B0l0joe iv trained grappling and its still boring to watch people want to see knock outs not blokes rolling around necking on

[ipt2020world]

Fuck... The Jap always try to escape the strong kicks, so he squat down, and even try his luck at grabbing the opponent's leg... its only time that he gets a low kick to his head, worst a knee kick! Also I know that Karate has weaker kicks as compare to TKD and kickboxing. BUT that does not mean that Karate face punches are not deadly? Which I don't see here! Phobia got the better of him.

[B0l0joe]

@handpratze serious business indeed.

[B0l0joe]

@whiteasasheet I used to think it was boring when i didn't understand grappling too, a world champ in wrestling or brazillian jiu jitsu deserves just as much respect as a stadium champ in muay thai or lethwei(don't know how they rank), but if a grappler has the ability to choke the piss out of you and break your arm then it's a bit silly to call them a 'puff'.

[whiteasasheet]

@B0l0joe grappling is the most boring thing on the tv simple as that no one wants to see grappling its all about the stand up simple as that

[B0l0joe]

@whiteasasheet that's a pretty ignorant thing to say. Lethwei fighters are excellent stand up fights and you'll find some fantastic grapplers in MMA too.

[julianobarrera]

@dsa2632 same cambodia, malasia and laos