Peter Aerts is the man! [Archive]

Jofeljoh!

14th May 2006, 02:39 PM

Yeah I know, he already was, but now even more.

Everyone agrees that it takes huge balls to take that fight within an hour. Leko didn't want to. Aerts just had a wedding from a friend two days ago and drank a few beers. He had not been training seriously but still said: allright, I'll do it.

That's a true sportsman.

But I would want to take it even further. Aerts just saved Simon Rutz AND K-1s asses single handed. There was probably no other possibility of keeping the crowd satisfied. Also probably big sponsors as well. All this isn;t good for the name of K-1 and Simon Rutz, but Aerts helped it diminishing to a minimum.

I wouldn't even want to know what would have happened if they came up and said there wasn't going to be that fight (irregardless of who Hoost would have fought). There already was a little fight in the crowd earlier. The organization would probably have booed and I can imagine there would be some more fights in the crowd too.

If we take that worst case scenario, Aerts also saved the image for the Dutch media as well. As you know, the Dutch kickboxing scene still hasn't got a very good image here in Holland. That last year we finally have some more media attention and something like this would be desastrous... such a big event with these kind of happenings.

Maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but Aerts just stopped a huge rolling snowball destroying a great evening.

Respect to Aerts. K-1 will have to make a huge gesture to Mr K-1 someday.

Dado

14th May 2006, 02:44 PM

He deserves a big Ali G 'REZPECT'.

( o Y o )

14th May 2006, 02:58 PM

If I wore a hat I would happily take it off to him. He may not be the 4 time champ but he is every bit the man Hoost is in K-1....if not slightly more.

El Presidente

14th May 2006, 03:10 PM

Aerts needs a statue made of him.

MZN

14th May 2006, 04:53 PM

I agree thoroughly and that while alledgedly he isn't a friend of Rutz at all.

Given the situation he gave the crowd the best that they could be given.

HUGE Respect!

Bon-2

14th May 2006, 06:51 PM

Who can dislike Aerts now hehe? Aerts is the man, no question.

AKA

14th May 2006, 06:56 PM

Aerts is the man....but I dont like light-contact kick boxing. Btw they tried to save the show. Thats not a Rutz decision.

LethalSassonic

14th May 2006, 07:18 PM

Everyone knows I back Ernesto Hoost a lot, but Aerts could very well be the greatest kickboxer of all time, his actions saturday night really added to his legacy.

urdum

14th May 2006, 10:34 PM

Jof you are 100% right. Thnx to him the fans there could see at least Hoost fighting in his home country

Lord Gaul

15th May 2006, 01:14 AM

LethalSassonic

15th May 2006, 01:58 AM

Hey how are they going to pay him for this? Was there a contract done right before the fight are will they have to pay him later? I only ask this because I see him getting screwed now that the event is over. This is still a business and I would like to see teh MVP get his due.
It would make sense if Leko got Aerts' commentating money, and Aerts got Sapp's fight money, but I don't know if that's what happened.

Shinbone

15th May 2006, 09:44 AM

Hear! for Peter Aerts. He is a true gentleman of the sport. A warrior!

Next year we have to nominate him for the highest Royal decoration available, and that is Ridder Grootkruis in de Orde van de Nederlandse leeuw.

There is no real English translation, so I came up with this:

Big cross Knight in the order of the Dutch lion.

blacks

15th May 2006, 12:21 PM

Hey how are they going to pay him for this? Was there a contract done right before the fight are will they have to pay him later? I only ask this because I see him getting screwed now that the event is over. This is still a business and I would like to see teh MVP get his due.

This shouldn't be a problem, he is signed to fight a certain amount of fights, this just count as one of them.

K1power

15th May 2006, 09:32 PM

+ 1000 :bowdown:

AKA

15th May 2006, 09:45 PM

I'm glad that u guys like the light contact fights.
BTW did u notice that Peter did not have a mouthpiece lol ;)

K1power

15th May 2006, 09:58 PM

I'm glad that u guys like the light contact fights.
BTW did u notice that Peter did not have a mouthpiece lol ;)
I'm pretty sure that's a mouthpiece, lol.

AKA

15th May 2006, 10:05 PM

Damn , I think I saw him without mouthpiece during one of the rounds!

K1power

15th May 2006, 10:08 PM

Damn , I think I saw him without mouthpiece during one of the rounds!
maybe you saw the black sides on his mouthpiece and thought he just had bad teeth, lol.

Shinbone

15th May 2006, 10:44 PM

About the light sparring I partly agree with Aka. A fight is a fight, it is not Jeu de Boule to speak in French terms:) But what can one expect of Peter and Hoost?

Aerts drinking a couple of lagers and finishing his Burger King meal, he took a big risk of getting KO'ed, losing his repuataty etc

As a matter of fact, K-1 first asked Leko if he would fight Hoost, but he declined the offer. Aerts is a true warrior and a brave man.

Jofeljoh!

15th May 2006, 10:58 PM

In a Dutch newspaper Peter said he almost had to puke a few times because he just had finished his dinner shortly before the fight... Well try to do something such as demanding as a fight against Hoost lol.

Shinbone

15th May 2006, 11:03 PM

He, Jofel, let me guess, was it the Telegraaf?:P

( o Y o )

17th May 2006, 01:20 AM

Leko is a fool to have not fought IMO. It would be in a situation where no one would really have expected him to win, but the cverage he would have got in Japan (and that Aerts is now enjoying) is badly needed by Blitz as an awful lot of people remember him right now only as the guy who got KO'd standing with Ogawa, and KTFO by Hari. Aerts name has been linked with every Sapp article in Japan since the incident......and there has been many. Sapp has had his first full page front story in a few years due to this.....Aerts right along side him.

I expect this has done a decent amount to extend Aerts' popularity/marketability in Japan.

Shinbone

17th May 2006, 09:32 AM

I would not consider leko a fool. Leko has already lost 3 or 2 times to Hoost, so this could have been his 3rd or 4th lose to Hoost. Not a bright side for LeKo.

I agree on the popularity/marketability part. But Leko is not yet a K-1 legend, so I think he would have got aweful less credits than Aerts.

CentralKickboxing.Org

17th May 2006, 10:18 AM

I have to agree with shinbone. Leko would not have grabbed as much PR ink as Aerts. Hoost-Aerts was the first 7 crown fight. Leko hasn't even made it to the final of the tournament. It matters.

LethalSassonic

17th May 2006, 11:15 AM

I concur. Leko needs a win badly, he doesn't match up with Hoost well, and it would have been dangerous to face Hoost again w/no time to prepare and gameplan.... Leko's confidence has got to be at an all-time-low, he was destroyed like 4 times in Pride, and has lost 2-in-a-row in K-1, suffering 3 knockdowns in those 2 matches. Leko needs a couple of easy fights just to remember how to win. Please K-1 give him a can, or put Leko in a weak tourney.

AKA

17th May 2006, 12:01 PM

If Leko did accept, it would have been a real fight.
Peter and Ernesto Didnt fight...it was light contact...damn I would love to be paid 100.000$ for 3 rd of training!

Btw, I think Peter is the man, because the day before he called us and he was "badly partying" at 3 am!!! and coz Peter is simply one of the biggest champ of K1 and KB history+ he is a super-nice guy....

Shinbone

17th May 2006, 12:15 PM

Haha, partying at 3 am. Superb! btw, just out of curiosity would Jerome accepeted a fight against Hoost or another K-1 fighter just on 30 minutes notice.

AKA

17th May 2006, 12:23 PM

If its a light contact fight, like at Amsterdam : OFF COURSE.

MZN

17th May 2006, 12:28 PM

He, Jofel, let me guess, was it the Telegraaf?:P

That newspaper is all about vomit, well at least from my side whenever I'm stupid enough to read it...

Shinbone

17th May 2006, 12:30 PM

okay, I see.:) But you can't blame Peter and Ernesto for putting up a bad performance. If Aerts did not fight, there was probably a major fight broken out among the public.

Shinbone

17th May 2006, 12:37 PM

That newspaper is all about vomit, well at least from my side whenever I'm stupid enough to read it...

Yes, I agree, it's all about sensation and hype. But at least they are covering some K-1.

MZN

17th May 2006, 12:49 PM

Yes, I agree, it's all about sensation and hype. But at least they are covering some K-1.

very true, they are nearly the only newspaper that consistently follows k-1. Other newspapers don't ignore it, especially the local media but other newspapers have the tendency to follow it one year or spend nearly an entire page on Ernesto Hoost (like the volkskrant did a couple of gp's ago) but totally forget about it a year later...

to stay on topic, Aerts is still the man! :)

Shinbone

17th May 2006, 12:55 PM

very true, they are nearly the only newspaper that consistently follows k-1. Other newspapers don't ignore it, especially the local media but other newspapers have the tendency to follow it one year or spend nearly an entire page on Ernesto Hoost (like the volkskrant did a couple of gp's ago) but totally forget about it a year later...

to stay on topic, Aerts is still the man! :)

I think you meant ignore it. Because if they don't ignore it, they 're actually covering it:)

AKA

17th May 2006, 01:04 PM

okay, I see.:) But you can't blame Peter and Ernesto for putting up a bad performance. If Aerts did not fight, there was probably a major fight broken out among the public.
I never blame them, plus it was a good performance but a good light contact fight not a good K1 fight!
Rutz was really pissed off when he saw that it as all fake.... It wasnt up to him ;)

( o Y o )

17th May 2006, 01:13 PM

I have seen only two articles on Aerts.....one of which was on the K-1 homepage. There have been several in every sports newspaper and all their online outlets about Sapp.......all obviously mentioning the person that replaced him last minute. Perhaps Leko would have had a couple fewer mentionings, but it is still publicity he simply could not buy even if he wanted to.

fool may well have been a bit strong though. lol

MZN

17th May 2006, 01:29 PM

I think you meant ignore it. Because if they don't ignore it, they 're actually covering it:)

Luckily my test next week is multiple choice because the sentences I'm putting together lately :).....

What I DID mean though was that they don't ignore it completely, there is coverage especially from the local media BUT it is inconsistent (sometimes they do, sometimes they don't) whereas de Telegraaf covers it consistently.

Shinbone

17th May 2006, 01:32 PM

I never blame them, plus it was a good performance but a good light contact fight not a good K1 fight!
Rutz was really pissed off when he saw that it as all fake.... It wasnt up to him ;)

It was a shitty performance by Hoost and Aerts, they both said it right after the fight through the microphone and apologized

Rutz may be angry, but I assure you that if Sapp vs Hoost was cancelled without a replacement (Aerts) I think hell broke lose. There we a lot of tensions in the public and after Jerome vs Bonjasky there was fight going on in the public.

Shinbone

17th May 2006, 01:36 PM

Luckily my test next week is multiple choice because the sentences I'm putting together lately :).....

What I DID mean though was that they don't ignore it completely, there is coverage especially from the local media BUT it is inconsistent (sometimes they do, sometimes they don't) whereas de Telegraaf covers it consistently.

Yes, okay mate. I need an update on my English installed in my brain as well.
The last time they taught me English was on the HAVO ( higher secondary education) and that was 6 years ago.:)

AKA

17th May 2006, 06:00 PM

Dutch drunk guys are annoying, I never met so disrespectful and agressive people in my life....

El Presidente

17th May 2006, 06:22 PM

Dutch drunk guys are annoying, I never met so disrespectful and agressive people in my life....

Yeah. Almost as bad as the Paris cab drivers and South African rugby fans.

Aerts is the man! He'll chop down Chuck Norris! 666 forever!

Shinbone

17th May 2006, 08:31 PM

Dutch drunk guys are annoying, I never met so disrespectful and agressive people in my life....

Yes, AKA, there are serious discussions taking place on numberous Dutch fighting forums. I feel ashamed how the Dutch people behaved!

Kickboxing attracts a lot of scum, unfortunately! There were people drinking a lot of beer, smoking weed ( yes, Holland. does it surprise you:)?), smoking infront of the fighters, there was actual a fight in the audience, continuous booo and hiss.

There are so grazy and violent people here in Holland.

AKA, I want to apologise in name of the Dutch people, the real sport fans feel terrible how the audience behaved!

AKA

17th May 2006, 08:44 PM

hahah dont do that!
Holland is a nice country!
I was not specially speaking about the audiance at the arena! Just in general, in the pub, the security guys at the end of the event talking bad to JLB+me etc....
+1 crazy dude who talk trash to Midoux+Berbachi+Me during JLB fight, WTF!!!

Jofeljoh!

17th May 2006, 09:02 PM

AKA

17th May 2006, 09:23 PM

lol, then you have major balls or you're just tired of life.

But drunk people are just often annoying, it's not country-related (like Elpresidente subtly tried to say). I'm actually nice and laidback drunk, maybe I'm an exception LOL.
WTF? Tired of life?
Man, I did travel A LOT. And I never seen that much agressive people than in Amsterdam. Thats all and I'm not talking about the arena.

Jofeljoh!

17th May 2006, 09:26 PM

I was talking about that guy who screamed at you AKA ;) (HE must be tired of life)

But oke, maybe you're right, maybe I'm just used to it. Or maybe you just happened to be at the wrong places at the wrong time? Amsterdam can be a very laidback city if you're at the right places, but ofcourse there are some major idiots and at some places it just worse than others... but also that's the case in other major cities...

Cracked_Knuckle

18th May 2006, 02:52 AM

When ya think of the amount of times Aerts has been injured in the ring, this was a bit of a risk that he would be out of Korea in 2 weeks. Thinking about that, why wouldnt Aerts have already been in training just 3 weeks out?

Dado

18th May 2006, 03:30 AM

If it took him 20 minutes to prepare for a fight and do ok, then I guess 3 weeks is enough for him to be in top shape, he is Peter Aerts of course lol.

Shame about the situation with the audience, but that kind of stuff happens everywhere. Even here sometimes I just want to jump from my seat and down onto the lower levels on somebody because of the stupid, idiotic things they say.

migs

18th May 2006, 04:12 AM

A little late but Aerts rules. I didn't have any access til today.

Sounds like Hoost took it easy on him or whatever...still takes huge balls to jump in there with no notice. Shit guys get props for filling in with three weeks notice, so nothing but mad respect for like 20 minutes notice while expecting to relax, just watch, and have a few beers.

Pure respect for Aerts.

Shinbone

23rd May 2006, 10:57 PM

I don't know if I'm allowed to announce this, but Bert Kops the owner of the gym where Peter Aerts trains, announced on his forum that Peter Aerts will face Hiraku Hori in a superfight at the K-1 Seoul/Korea June 3.

And Mourad Bouzidi will make his K-1 debut against a Korean guy.

Source:http://www.sportcentrumkops.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2183 ( in Dutch)

( o Y o )

24th May 2006, 12:17 AM

Not the biggest "superfight" around, but I guess with Semmy, Choi, Sefo, Ruslan and Aerts on the card it is to be expected.

Arie-Kanarie

24th May 2006, 09:59 AM

I don't expect much troubles for Aerts in this one

Jofeljoh!

24th May 2006, 10:15 AM

I think all the dutch will win their matches. I wonder if Choi can be knocked out, but this Semmy definately has all the tools and length to do it.

Hori can take a lot of punishment (remember his fight against Abidi... lowkick galore), so I think Aerts will win by decision.

I have no idea who Bouzidi is up against, but I know from an interview that he has quite some talent.

Dado

24th May 2006, 10:46 AM

Man they really arent taking it easy on Hori.

Ookami Shippou

24th May 2006, 07:12 PM

I'm late too

But yeah, major props to Aerts, and good thing he's got an easy fight for him at Seoul

( o Y o )

25th May 2006, 03:21 AM

I have cut out those posts that were blatently racist, or that seem to have provoked racist comments from others. There is no reason to start bitching about Dutch people in a thread made to pay respect to one of them.

Keep this to the topic of Aerts.

Shinbone, the japanese media also confirmed his fight with Hori last night.