Bas v. TK at UFC 18 (1999)

Hadn't seen this a bit and saw it posted on youtube.

 i phone

"Rutten's taking over!! Rutten's taking over!!"

Still remember that line.

Nice. Phone Post

I wish the Bas Rutten career set had his full UFC fights...

A lot of pancrase and no 2  ufc fights??  That's missing a big piece.  I liked Bas's comeback fight in 2006 too.  That was just fun to see him come back.  Guy he fought was tough and took a lot of punches! 

I think he couldn't get the rights to show the full UFC fights, only highlights. It definitely sucks, but it's a great dvd set regardless. The commentary kind of reminds me of the early Pride dvds, with the commentary being recorded after the events took place. There was something special about hearing Bas talk over the fights while seeing him in someone's corner giving instructions.

 I need to snag that.

For later Phone Post

I love this fight, and this event. TK put up a helluva battle.
This was at the time the first live UFC ppv available in Canada in almost three years.

Great memories, great fight. Thanks.

Great fight, thanks Mr Cutter



Side note: Kohsaka was a true warrior the man fought a who's who and always left everything in the ring



If you want to see an impressive resume check out Kohsaka's posted this in another thread



Fedor Emelianenko 2x

Rodrigo Nogueira

Rogerio Nogueira

Randy Couture

Frank Shamrock

Bas Rutten

Mark Hunt

Mario Sperry

Rico Rodriguez

Gilbert Yvel 3x

Kimo

Babalu Sobral

Maurice Smith

Volk Han*

Kiyoshi Tamura

Pedro Rizzo

Pete Williams

Ricardo Morias

Egan Inoue

Mikhail Ilyukhin*



Plus many other dangerous guys like Peeters, Lajicik, list goes on and on



Not many fighters have faced better competition  

Excellent point, Pro Ice. Kohsaka probably faced THE best list of opponents of any heavyweight of his generation.

I remember watching Bas's UFC fights but it has been a long time. Thanks for the post. Phone Post