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Japan has a rich history of making ‘interesting’ match-ups in combat sports. In 2009 Dream matched up 7’2″, 315 lb. Hong Man Choi with former baseball legend Jose Canseco.

This was Canseco’s first and only combat sports bout, although he did some martial arts training background.

He actually starts the fight out strong, landing a solid over hand right to his much larger opponent and then circles away. He then lands a decent round house kick to Choi’s body. The two have a couple uneventful exchanges as Canseco tries to stay away from the reach of Choi. He lands another good kick, this time a front kick. In the next exchange, Choi lands a very stiff jab which causes Canseco to fall backwards, but he recovers and circles away to land a side kick.

After a failed kick, Canseco falls to the ground and Choi capitalizes on the situation, jumped on his opponent and starts to strike. Choi continues to rain down punches and forces Canseco to submit and then referee jumps in to officially end the fight.

About Jose Canseco

Cuban-born Jose Canseco immigrated with his family to the United States as a child in 1965. He made his name as one of Major League Baseball’s star hitters with the Oakland Athletics in the mid- to late 1980s. After retiring from baseball in 2001, Canseco re-entered the spotlight with a tell-all book revealing his longtime steroid use, and that of other star baseball players.

source: biography.com

ABOUT HONG MAN CHOI

Choi Hong-man (Korean: 최홍만, Hanja: 崔洪萬, born on October 30, 1980 in Jeju-do), often anglicised to Hong-man Choi, is a South Korean kickboxer, mixed martial artist and former ssireum wrestler. In Asia he is called “Che Man”, “Korean Monster” and “Korean Colossus”. He currently competes in K-1 and Dream and stands 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) and weighs 143 kg (315 lb).

source: wikipedia.com