Video: Star kickboxer embarrassed by sumo wrestler in hybrid rules fight [Video]

This past weekend, star kickboxer, Kido Yosuhiro, was booked to fight former sumo wrestler, Terutsuyoshi, at K-1’s Japan Martial Arts Expo event. Kido — a devastating knockout artist and former K-1 tournament winner — may have thought his old promotion was giving him a lay-up against a much smaller man with zero pro striking experience.

However, unfortunately for Kido, things didn’t go as planned.

The fight was a “ganryujima” bout, named for an island that featured a legendary samurai duel. Ganryujima bouts can be won by KO, submission or ring out (pushing an opponent off the platform three times). In this bout, Kido failed to add a brutal knockout highlight to his personal collection.

Instead, he suffered an embarrassing ring out defeat:

Kido, who made the odd decision to fight along the edges of the platform against a man whose only offense is a push out, protested each of the three ring outs that lead to his defeat.

The last time Kido, …