My favourite K-1 & It's Showtime style standup fights

[Fletch]

Not necessarily the best, but some I love, and I advise newer fans to check them all out... some amazing scraps and a few upsets

Just K-1 and It's Showtime, i.e. no elbows style thai-boxing... Muay Thai is a whole different beast, I'll leave that for another day.

HWs

Stefan Leko vs Peter Aerts I
Stefan Leko vs Peter Aerts II
Stefan Leko vs Remy Bonjasky I
Stefan Leko vs Badr Hari I
Stefan Leko vs Badr Hari II
Stefan Leko vs Alexey Ignashov I
Stefan Leko vs Nicholas Pettas
Stefan Leko vs Mark Hunt I
Stefan Leko vs Mark Hunt II
Stefan Leko vs Cyril Abidi
Stefan Leko vs Melvin Manhoef
Melvin Manhoef vs Ruslan Karaev
Melvin Manhoef vs Remy Bonjasky I
Melvin Manhoef vs Denes Racz
Melvin Manhoef vs ANYONE!
Mark Hunt vs Ray Sefo
Mark Hunt vs Jerome LeBanner I
Mark Hunt vs Mirko Filipovic
Mirko Filipovic vs Musashi
Mirko Filipovic vs Remy Bonjasky
Mirko Filipovic vs Ernesto Hoost II
Ernesto Hoost vs Jerome LeBanner I
Ernesto Hoost vs Jerome LeBanner II
Ernesto Hoost vs Bob Sapp I
Ernesto Hoost vs Bob Sapp II
Bob Sapp vs Kimo Leopoldo
Andy Hug vs Mirko Filipovic
Andy Hug vs Ernesto Hoost
Alistair Overeem vs Badr Hari I
Semmy Schilt vs Badr Hari I
Semmy Schilt vs Badr Hari II
Semmy Schilt vs Peter Aerts III
Jerome LeBanner vs Cyril Abidi
Ray Sefo vs Andy Hug II
Gokhan Saki vs Daniel Ghita
Badr Hari vs Ruslan Karaev II


K-1 MAX / < middleweight

Masato vs Buakaw I
Masato vs Buakaw II
Masato vs Souwer
Zambidis vs Chahid
Kid vs Masato


*Anything from K-1 MAX is amazing, but I had to single those five out as favourites that I still watch every now and again

*Anything with prime JLB, prime Leko, Manhoef, Hari, Hunt etc is generally destined to be a quality, exciting HW fight

:)

[Torre]

Badr Hari vs Peter Graham deserves a spot on any such list :) That knockout was one for the ages, and Badr got his reward for talking shit.

[Fletch]

lol, Rolling Thunder was epic.
Maybe, but I've got a few Badr KO losses in there, and seeing as I'm the only one on my own board that dislikes the Bad Boy, I thought I'd limit it to just a couple :)

Like I say though, the above are my favourites off the top of my head. If it was a definitive list, I'd have a hell of a lot more MAX fights on there, and I'd have included true Muay Thai as well, not just the "elbowless offshoots" of Japan and Holland :)

[Torre]

Yeah, I realised that, but since it's pretty much my favorite KO of all time, I just had to mention it.

[Fletch]

OK, well on that note:

Leko vs Hari I
Graham vs Hari I
Semmy vs Hari II

All great KO's imo 8)

[Fletch]

In terms of Muay Thai, anything involving Saenchai Sor Kingstar is a must.

Saenchai vs Liam Harrison was good

Also:

Dekkers vs Namphon II
Dekkers vs Orona I
Dekkers vs Ballantine I
Dekkers vs Simpson

Also

Rob Kaman vs Hoost I
Rob Kaman vs Ignashov
Rob Kaman vs Pietrowski


As well as all the countless fights from the Lumpini that have made it online, one way or another

[AndrewC]

In terms of Muay Thai, anything involving Saenchai Sor Kingstar is a must.

Saenchai vs Liam Harrison was good

Also:

Dekkers vs Namphon II
Dekkers vs Orona I
Dekkers vs Ballantine I
Dekkers vs Simpson

Also

Rob Kaman vs Hoost I
Rob Kaman vs Ignashov
Rob Kaman vs Pietrowski


As well as all the countless fights from the Lumpini that have made it online, one way or another



Dekkers vs Namphon II
Dekkers vs Orona I
Dekkers vs Ballantine I
Dekkers vs Simpson

All quality fights, although my fav is Dekkers v Orono. Dekkera is a legend. My favourite ever fighter; never in a dull fight.