Hij is echt niet te lang doorgegaan hoor jongens. Het is in K-1 heel normaal dat je af en toe verliest van andere goede (jongere jongens). Kijk alleen al naar het begin van K-1. De grootste vechters in de vorm van hun leven verloren van andere (en soms ook minder goden) toppers. Dat is nu eenmaal K-1, de beste kickboksers van de wereld.
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To say that comparing these two fighters is like comparing apples and oranges would be to do a disservice to fruit in general. Actually, the 1994, 1995, and 1998 WGP Champion and 2006, 2007 WGP Runner up will be fighting for the 100th win of his stand-up career. Peter Aerts made his debut a year before Kyotaro was even born. He has qualified for the WGP exactly double the number of times that Kyotaro has won his fights. In fact, he has only one less title to his name than Kyotaro has fights. He was not given the nickname “Mr. K-1” lightly.
Many people look at Aerts as an aging veteran. Which he is. If you really take a close look at his record though, he is a remarkable individual. Aside from last years’ WGP finalists, he has bean beaten by just 1 fighter since 2003. More accurately he does have a loss to Francois Botha, where he torn a ligament in his shin while kicking the “White Buffalo”, and he also has a loss to Ernesto Hoost in 2006. That loss is on his record only because he valiantly stepped in the ring (after borrowing Semmy Schilts’ trunks) to face Hoost after Bob Sapp (Hoost’s original opponent) did a runner. Aerts was in attendance as a commentator, but he didn’t want to leave the fans with a cancelled headline fight, so he took to the ring. Even then, on one of the 3 judges cards he earned a draw.
That one loss was to Alistair Overeem. Frankly, Alistair had his way with Aerts for most of the 3 rounds, though couldn’t put him away. Not one to make excuses, Aerts simply said that he had no energy in the ring, and that Overeem was the better man on the night. It came to light sometime later that Aerts had several ribs broken in the opening minute, somewhat explaining his lack of aggression.
Ga er maar aanstaan. Hij heeft nog wel wat goede losse gevechten in zich hoor, zeker op zijn eigen gewicht. Kyotaro heeft gewoon slim en goed gevochten tegen iemand die duidelijk niet in zn element was die wedstrijd.
Maar niemand hat het daarover toen Aerts van Saki won - die imo beter is dan Kyotaro.