Masato VS Ian Schaffa K-1 Max 2006

Japanese Superstar Masato fights Australian Ian Schaffa

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Sports

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• Masato
• K-1

[enzoci]

i'm italian and i love so much japan!

[massato88]

I have the Masato DVD.

[doucher0]

Google doesnt hold all the answers my friend. We were kickboxing sparring partners about 6 yrs. ago, at the gym where he learnt and competed in kickboxing long before myself.

[Blahb27]

@doucher0 If you'd googled his name you'd have read it does. His initial background is from kyukushin karate and brazilian jiu jitsu. He's also had some boxing fights, but nothing that could prepare him for the K1 kickboxing circuit, let alone for a fighter of Masato's calibre.

You can clearly tell the various influences in his fighting style. The hopping and low hands from MMA for instance, the bad front leg cover and tendency to bend over from boxing, etc,

[doucher0]

@Blahb27 Ians kickboxing experience comes from full contact karate?

Fact? or speculation?

[dembuontinhle]

no one won the fight !

[Darce223]

2:01 why does the ref break it up?

[MyTolong]

no womom no dry

[Blahb27]

@gigibuybuy There's nothing fake about it, Schaffa's finding of the range is just not working, probably because Masato blocks, dodges and controls the distance too.

Knowing that Schaffa's kickboxing experience comes from full contact karate, it's not unexpected. That's still a different game from kickboxing European or Japanese style. Notice how light and upward aimed Schaffa's lowkicks are, and how he never seems to block them while not standing still when attacked? Typical for that style.

[AudienceKiller66]

@gigibuybuy either that or Masato was just good at parrying his punch.

[gigibuybuy]

anyone else think it's a fake fight?

Ian specifically avoid masato's chin every punch

usually punching gloves inches short of masato's face

[cruelgrotequeblood]

Very fast and technical. Masato is definitely one of the toughest fighter to face against. Especially because of speed.