MikeM wrote:
Wow, some great fighting there, definitely more of a boxer than a kicker though.
Respect.
For sure. He was trained by Steve Kalakoda who was a boxer. Mike had a bit of a karate background before beginning training with Steve, I think. At the beginning of the K-1 tournament it was pretty much boxers vs. karateka (sp?) with only a few fighters with a Muay Thai background. Ultimately the superiority of Muay Thai for stand up fighting became so obvious that every fighter tried to pick up more and more - including Mike, who ultimately developed a punishing low kick to the thigh.
