Once again, Karate is proven superior.
And yes, when Oyama sent his best fighters to compete against Muay-Thai in Lumpini, the Karate fighters won.
Not only is the K-1 champ a Karate Practicioner, now Lyoto Machida is dominating the sloppy American fighters with his Shotokan Karate in MMA as well!
Lyoto is undefeated in MMA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyoto_Machida11 Wins (3 (T)KO's, 1 submission, 7 decisions), 0 Losses .
Date Result Opponent Event Method Round Time
9/22/2007 Win Kazuhiro Nakamura UFC 76: Knockout Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
4/21/2007 Win David Heath UFC 70: Nations Collide Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
02/03/2007 Win Sam Hoger UFC 67: All or Nothing Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
07/22/2006 Win Vernon White WFA: King of the Streets Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
04/29/2006 Win Dimitri Wanderley JF 6-Jungle Fight 6 TKO (Punch) 3 0:00
03/26/2005 Win B.J. Penn K-1-Hero's 1 Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
05/22/2004 Win Sam Greco K-1 MMA-ROMANEX Decision (Split) 3 5:00
03/14/2004 Win Michael McDonald K-1-Beast 2004 Submission (Forearm Choke) 1 2:30
12/31/2003 Win Rich Franklin Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003-Inoki Festival TKO (Strikes) 2 1:03
9/13/2003 Win Stephan Bonnar JF 1-Jungle Fight 1 TKO (Cut) 1 4:21
5/2/2003 Win Kengo Watanabe NJPW-Ultimate Crush Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Many champs past and present use Karate as their standup base in MMA and kickboxing (Bas Rutten, Semmy Schilt, Musashi, Hug, GSP, Liddel, et al), with crosstraining in Kickboxing (sport karate) and Muay-Thai, but Machida is pure Shotokan standup. I laugh because the sloppy Americans that punch bags all day with their sloppy technique don't know what to do with this guy hahaha.
Knocking out the phony Rich Franklin:
Beating BJ Penn:
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Beating the Bonnar:
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Lytoto tournament:
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Karate is the greatest standup style!