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You rarely saw them throw a kick or knee. It looked like they were uncomfortable with thier tools. All they mainly did was jab/cross/hook stuff.
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I have not seen the documentary in question, though I have heard of it here and on the UG. If I'm not mistaken, the matches featured were bareknuckle, which is a different game than standard muay thai. The kicks and knees are much fewer, because the fighters don't wish to put themselves in a bad position for a bare knuckled counter-attack. Usually when kicks are thrown, they teach the fighter to pull the head back as well, (kind of a lean away thing) to avoid running into difficulty from counter punchers who eat the kick a little on the way to throwing a straight right over the kick. I hope that makes sense if you can visualize it.
As far as Kit's opponent and his ability is concerned, I have no idea what the "real deal" is. Since it was done for a show, things can be produced and edited in different ways. The bottom line is, Kit probably didn't know who he was he getting into the ring with... it could have been a mad killer with the fix in and instructions to brutalize the foreigner, the guy could have been a walk, or the producers might have actually tried to match Kit as closely as possible. Whatever the case, he traveled all the way across the world to get into the ring with an unknown, (bare knuckle none-the-less) and put it on the line. Congratulations Kit on a wonderful experience, I'm sure.
David