K1 fighters who appeared in MMA

[Choco]

Yes it was a K-1 match against Ernesto Hoost

True, true, I forgot. Mr Perfect killed Igor with low kicks. Igor had no clue on how to check them.

 

[Vaio]

Ernesto Hoost vs Bob Sapp

You forgot the "KO"

 

[Tokoloko]

Everybody knows about CroCop, but who were the most obscure kickboxers to make the transition?

Matej "Money" Penaz #5 mw of glory recently started his MMA career and is already 2-0

 

[randumo24]

Pat Berry

Who happens to be engaged to the current UFC Strawweight Champion, and one of the MMA stars who would likely be able to successfully make a transition if she ever wanted to.

 

[Memeojima]

When did Aerts fight MMA??? I want links! I gotta see this!

No you don't want to see it it's sad

 

[BobVulture]

Stefan Leko, probably best known for getting wheel kicked into oblivion by Badr Hari, fought three mma fights and went 0-3 all in under 2 minutes.

 

[Snubnoze707]

Who happens to be engaged to the current UFC Strawweight Champion, and one of the MMA stars who would likely be able to successfully make a transition if she ever wanted to.

She could certainly compete, but I think she would have a lot of issues with Anissa Meksen, Tiffany Van Soest, Janet Todd, etc... 115 womens Kickboxing is a pretty solid division.

 

[randumo24]

She could certainly compete, but I think she would have a lot of issues with Anissa Meksen, Tiffany Van Soest, Janet Todd, etc... 115 womens Kickboxing is a pretty solid division.

True. However, she did KO and then proceed to win a 5 round decision unanimously 49-46 in essentially a pure striking battle against a multi-time world champion in Kick Boxing & Muay Thai. That was also at age 25, which wasn't even into her prime yet. She's only recently started to re-incorporate kicks back into her style because she was mastering the boxing aspect that she really didn't have training in.

 

[Snubnoze707]

True. However, she did KO and then proceed to win a 5 round decision unanimously 49-46 in essentially a pure striking battle against a multi-time world champion in Kick Boxing & Muay Thai. That was also at age 25, which wasn't even into her prime yet. She's only recently started to re-incorporate kicks back into her style because she was mastering the boxing aspect that she really didn't have training in.

Okay, but the Kickboxers I mentioned are Kickboxing champions that compete against other Kickboxing champions in Kickboxing (and in some cases Muay Thai)...

 

[randumo24]

Okay, but the Kickboxers I mentioned are Kickboxing champions that compete against other Kickboxing champions in Kickboxing (and in some cases Muay Thai)...

I never said she would automatically come in and for sure dominate or anything. I'm saying that she has experience beating a champion level one from both sports twice in pure striking battles. It was to point out her striking prowess, and the fact that she would have a good chance of success if she focused entirely on that instead of dividing her attention between the other aspects of MMA as well.

Not to mention she's a sparring partner of Valentina Schevchenko, who is highly complementary of her skills, which should also tell you something.