GrahamB wrote:Hong Kong was not part of China in the 1980s - still a British colony, San Da was mainland.
GrahamB wrote:Interesting video about the boom in full contact "boxing" in Hong Kong, early '80s, that got destroyed by government/triads. It could have easily evolved into an MMA scene if it hadn't been cut short.
Steve James wrote:Yeah, the development to mma (i.e., more grappling) would have naturally happened. I wonder what the relation to sanda was or why they didn't combine.
GrahamB wrote:"There is a MMA scene in Hong Kong today,"
I know. I didn't say there wasn't.
The point the video is making is that it could have happened much earlier.
GrahamB wrote:Problems of text communication then. You italicised "is", in the line "There is a MMA scene in Hong Kong today, though not related to triads.", which reads as you saying 'no, you're wrong there is a MMA scene..."
marvin8 wrote:In 1981, Benny Urquidez takes part to an American team, headed by WKA President, Howard Hanson, during the "Road to Hong-Kong". In this city, Urquidez fights Kong Fu Tak, a local kung-fu champion and beats him before the end of the fight. It's sometimes mentioned that it was a death match. If you see the video, it is more a fight in kick-boxing style, with protections for the hands and feet and is disputed without a ring, with a referee. Kong Fu Tak will beat Billy Chow in a Thai-Boxing fight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98aOKLKB4Lc
Steve James wrote:A "death match" only meant that participants signed a waiver We had guys go to HK to compete in the 80s. C'mon, that was the era of Han's Island. It was triad times, but I think such waivers were more common than not. Advertising a bout as a death match made for bigger bets, maybe.
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