Yodsanklai vs. Vuyisile Colossa
April 16, 2009 by nopstar
This was Yodsanklai’s last fight on the 26th of March in Levallois France. I don’t have a clue who is Vuyisile, I see he’s from South Africa and that he and Yod met once before on the Planet Battle card back in November, with Eak taking the decision. Props to endlessboy for sharing his footage with us.
After watching this, I’m thinking Colossa is definitely a kickboxer. I understand he’s fighting Yod and that has to be intimidating as hell but I he ate a lot of damage in those first couple of rounds. When Colossa came out for the 3rd, it was almost like someone told him it would be okay to fight back.
I don’t ever recall Yod ever throwing that many consecutive leg kicks. In fact the only time I can think of him changing levels is his savage cross to body. I’m impressed with Colossa with his ability to absorb so much damage. I think his right arm had to have been kicked at least 3 dozen times. I’m really suprised after so many kicks Yod wasn’t able to crack the shell. I’m curious though, Yod had put in so much work damaging his arms I wonder why he finally decided to go downstairs? Maybe it was to draw his attention away from the high kicks for a bit… with the hopes of catching a head kick?
Next up Steve Wakeling… Hopefully I can get my shit together and head out to Jamaica, would be nice to see the sun. I hope Steve’s taking notes, left kicks all day…
Was this K-1 rules? The clinches (I think there were two of them the whole fight) sure were broken up quickly.
Yod is a machine. Always moving forward… And those torso kicks, ouch. I don’t understand why he doesn’t change levels with his legs more often. When he went to the legs in the 4th it definitely played dividends and got his opponent concentrating downstairs. I get that Yod’s main goal seems to be cracking the shell and getting inside with those big body shots and uppercuts…but changing directions with his legs would take him to a whole new level, IMO. I was also really impressed with Yod’s hands. We all know he has power, but his left hand counter over the top of his opponent’s cross was really nice. Not terribly powerful (that punch isn’t supposed to be) but very effective.
I like Yod but if you’ve seen him fight once, you’ve seen all of his fights. He’s typically the same each time.
Thanks for the vid.
Not the best Yod’s performance. But he has simple yet very effective technique… what more do you need.
2 things: Yod’s not a big clincher at all really and I don’t think it mattters what notes Wakeling takes he’ll lose and probably in a typical Yod punishment delivery.
Yod went low down for rear leg quite a bit and with good results. That was interesting!
I agree, notes are good to observe and I am sure someone good can glean alot from watching tapes of his tactics (left leg, and hands). However it almost seems that the power and his timing and rhythm are the unexpected factors that video does not show you and no one has been prepared for that. ALmost like after 2 rounds of it alot of his opponents throw their gameplan out and go back to what they think works best. (I this case it was predominantly hands).
Ya! Wakeling got his work cut out, and Yod may not be as nice as he was here
Did you guys notice at the end he switched to regular stance, faked right teep then brought up the left upstairs. Now I never seen Yod switch stance.
ANd yes his tactic is monotone, but it is effective. And then again, is it really monotone? I think quite the opposite. I think it is rather exciting to see a fighter so good that he controls the ring, and his opponent so that they play right into his preferred attack mode. I think that’s why we are so captivated by him, he makes it work no matter who he fights; they will always end up fighting his way.
Amazing! I havent seen Yod work so much since his fights in Lumpinee. I believe he adapted to dat style once he began fighting outside of Thailand. But he definitely does not like da clinch, I have seen him loose before by points even though his opponent was bleeding everywhere. Steve was my roomate a few years back in camp and I wish him da best of luck!
My thoughts, Yod has great sportsmanship ( much like Dr. Saenchai ), Yod did not want to humiliate Vusi. They fought once before i think and Yod winning by KO in the 3rd. Yod stopped cracking the shell once he felt the fight would end too soon and went low to extend the fights for the fans. I watched this 3 times and this is my opinion.
@xamarceaux i agree, but it still never gets old to me, i suppose he will change his formula when it stops working
The Brits are confident that Steven Wakeling will take the fight against Yod… ; whatever the results, this fight had all the fireworks in the making.
Steven is a very intelligent fighter. He has longer reach which he usually uses to full advantage in his fights; Yod should be careful not to underestimate him..
I think Yod will go for the KO via right uppercut vs Wakeling. Steven is known for his intelligence in the ring, but leaving Fairtex after they built him up and then challenging Yod might not have been his best move.
Staying with Fairtex wouldn’t prepare Wakeling any more for the loss Yod is probably going to give him. May be Wakeling decided to not be branded with Fairtex for the remainder of his career because he didn’t like some of their practices.
Brits are typically confident when it comes to someone British fighting anyone else.
LOL confident Brits, funny
either way, I do hope it is a strong fight. I am bummed I wont be able to go to jamaica when we are so close here in the states
Whats the difference between a French man and toast?…
You can make soldier’s out of toast!
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@ H, ….hahaha….uh NO!!! Was that really supposed to be funny?? Ur joke was completely irrelevant to the subject at hand. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were american.
Anyway, I hope the Steve Wakeling vs Yod turns out to be a better fight than this one. I also agree with Kaonieoh in stating that I too believe that Yod took mercy on poor Vusi. I have watched videos of Colossa….not impressed at all, I don’t really even kno why they even bothered scheduling a rematch as if Colossa is the best fighter France has to offer. I would like to see Cedric Muller go against Eak…dat would surely be a more exciting fight.
@ Padkeemaw, well said.
Thank you Spydaman,
Mercy was the word i was searching for.
I honestly don’t get how anyone can regard Yodsaenklai’s style as static or boring. Yod’s style is pretty fan friendly to watch as he goes in and tactically starts just destroying his opponents with little to no feel out time. His new style since going up in weight is really seek and destroy.
agreed stack..he is a one man demo team, and reaL efficient. I have trouble wrapping my mind around it…HOw does he do that? That style never worked for me in sparring..which is why I watch him over and over…its just a beautiful thing thing to behold.
On an off topic I wll add that seeing him as a down to earth person and a good sMomma`s boy via Contender Asia is what really made me see him as a grounded individual..(not like the testosterone junkies u tend to see here in the US)
This adds to our fascination. How can this humble mama`s boy be the dangerous ring tactician that we see here.
Yes I am a nut hugger when it comes to Yods=)
His style won’t really work in sparring, since it relies on absolute power and intimidation. You can’t go around smashing your training mates at 110% during sparring.
Yod’s style would only work if you have the power to back it up. Blocked or not, you will feel it. You want to counter but the impact puts you out of position. Back to start again.
I dont think Yods style is monotone or one dimensional.Since when did being good at what your good at and using what your good at to the best of your potential ever be boring or one dimensionl.The reason everyone (me included)loves people like Saenchai is bcause there are very few people with that much flair and diversity in the ring.Yods style is to me brutal and almost always pi point accurate, im not a particular Yod fan but I always think hes an entertaining and fomidible fighter.
For the record, Im English and I think, from what Iv seen, Wakeling is absolutley awesome, I also think this fight will potentially go the distance aswell, but I dont think Wakelings got a chance in hell of winning against Yod.
These critiques of Yod’s style are kind of funny for what does or doesn’t work in sparring. Don’t you think Yod might have possibly arrived at that style during sparring or do you think he happened to have the time and ability to develop on the spot in a single bout at ’110%’?
I didn’t critique his style. I just don’t think it would shine through in sparring for the majority of people, especially amateurs like us. If you throw a ton of single (what’s supposed to be power shots) in sparring, you’ll get countered virtually all the time because you’re not hurting the person or knocking them off their stance.
Like I said these critiques from amateurs via, especially via self-appointed arjans’ kids are hilarious.
Lol, stack, you`re one of the most miserable internet personalities out there.
LOL, you’re one of the stupidest personalities any where.