Angel Matos Cuban Taekwondo Kicks Referee In Face Video Beijing Olympics
Angel Matos of Cuba deliberately kicked a referee square in the face after he was disqualified in a bronze-medal match, prompting the World Taekwondo Federation to recommend he be banned for life.
With Matos winning 3-2, 1:02 left in the second round, he fell to the mat after being hit by his opponent, Kazakhstan’s Arman Chilmanov. Matos was sitting there, awaiting medical attention, when he was disqualified for taking too much injury time. Fighters get one minute, and Matos was disqualified when his time ran out.
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Forget that he fights like a little girl and has cotton feet, it still is assault with a deadly weapon, punishable in China by shooting squad….
….but wait, he is a communist comrade … maybe it was just an unfortunate accident. Next year nobody will remember :P.
Regarding TKD, maybe they should expanded it to include different styles and modalities, like group fighting. This way Mexico will surely get more gold medals. Why should American swimmers have all the fun?!
In don’t justify his actions in anyway but still i must say that was another example of how things in both the scoring system and overall rule system must change. What’s with the 10-second-out-disqualify bs ?! The refs should proceed as in boxing – ask the guy if he can go on see if he is adequate then decide.Still, yes the coach and Matos should have been watching the clock. As far as the “Taekwondo sux” object goes it is probably the best and most difficult practiced martial art of which I have nothing but respect seeing first hand how difficult it is to go against someone experienced in it. However I must agree what we’ve been seeing the last 10 years really hasn’t been taekwondo. Matos must be sanctioned (in what way they decide ) but banning him for life is not right. It should not be done to any fighter or athlete. And the Kazakhstan fighter? Well that was probably even more disgraceful than what Matos did. He wiped the floor with you. You really should just shake the ref’s hand and step off. No one saw you bouncing like that when you should have. Well at least now they know what your national flag looks like, right?
too bad, a display of cuba’s best showing piss poor sportsman-ship. it was premeditated, he walked around for 40 seconds complaining before he kicked him, it was not spur of the moment. his instructor should demote his rank, the olympics should ban him for life, and the TKD assc. should ban him from any tournmaents, if he is going to go Mike tyson on the ref in the olympics, there is nothing saying he won’t do it on in a tournament, or to a fan that he doesn’t agree with. what a poor showing of the martial artists character
Thats ****in awesome, I was having a pretty bad day. Thanks for the post i needed a good laugh.
Fidel Castro is gonna have a field day with this guys rear end (literally) for emabarrasing Cuba and its people in front of the world. I can clearly visualize a world of pain for this idiot when he comes home……..rape and torture from BIG MEAN UGLY CUBAN PRISON CONVICTS is very emininent in his near future. This dumbasss deserves whats coming to him.So Very unprofessional and no place in any type of sport.
The anti TKD statements are classic. That’s just what I would expect from people who know nothing about true martial arts. It doesn’t matter what your discipline is. You don’t disrespect another discipline because you think yours is better. If you were disciplined in anything you would know this. But by all means keep talking trash. Show us how ignorant you are.
Olympic TKD (WTF) is a sport. I don’t know why a good amount of you guys want it banned from the Olympics. It’s the only chance some countries have of winning medals. It’s a shame that a number of athletes this year were disrespectful like this. Poor sportsmanship ftl
The Kazakhstani believe or not really did win. It was obvious that the cuban fighter was too hurt to continue and was stalling for time. The cuban knew the rules, he’s been here before in 04. Oh btw, it is customary to wave your flag after medaling in an event. Did you not watch the olympics? And I also don’t think that the cuban wanted to knock the ref out, he wouldn’t have used a front snap kick (front roundhouse kick) to do it. He would have used any variety of kicks generated from the back leg or simply he could have just simply punched him in the face.
matos should kick the clock not the referee
Should he have kiched the ref? NO. Should he be banned from the Olympics? YES. Should he be banned from competing in TKD? YES but three years only. Should his apponant jumped around with his flag? NO. Bad form. If it were me, I would be ripping myself up for having attached Anyone in anger and not self defence. Hard to forgive. BTW, TKD is a martial art for self defence and improving your physical abilities & confidance. It also has great practical use in a street fight. Don’t think so? Try going up against a practicing, proficiant Blackbelt!! Last thought, why, in the comments offered above, do the majarity of MMA supporters (not all) use profanity and bash other martial arts?
he definitely should’ve been able to put an unsupecting judge to sleep with a headkick. oh well. lacking a little power there i guess. and hes an embarassment to his nation. congrats you dumbass disgrace
The funniest thing is that this athlete didn’t even manage to hurt the ref… But i guess he scored a point… lol
I practice Tea Kwan Do and judo, and I was looking forward to watching it in the Olympics. Unfortunately I missed in and now all I can find is this video of one guy kicking a ref in the face, and another one jumping around like a little bunny. As for those of you who are complaining about the fact that Matos didn’t knock out the ref, you should be glad that he didn’t, and like Mike you can tell that he wasn’t trying to. If he had tried he could have easily. Those who think that Tae Kwan Do isn’t a serious martial air, feel free to test out your theory in front of a well aimed kick with some power behind it. It might just change your mind.
for every comment dissin tkd i bet both testes theyve never taken tkd and never been kicked or punched in real life. they just sit in front of the tube imagining how tough mma fighters are and what pussies tkd fighters are. i have seen many mma fights where guys have punched and kicked their opponents and didnt knock em out with one blow. i also bet the ref has some kind of martial arts training and has taken many more real kicks and punches than all the homo thugs questioning how real tkd is. ive taken tkd and karate and boxing. they all have blows that hurt and some that dont. if u have some training and experience one blow usually wont knock any real man out. i would like to see all the mma tough guys get up there and take the same kick. they would GET KNOCKED THE **** OUT, no doubt about it
i meant to say i would like all the mma tough guys who are dissin tkd and questioning the toughness of tkd fighters. and as much as i like mma. lately all it is is BULLSHIT ground and pound, stop rubbin up on each other and get up and fight
taekwando should be out from Olympic n get karate back karate so much better n entertaining..
Tae Kwon-Do as seen here is WTF Taekwondo and not the same as ITF Style. Im a 4th degree and have trained since 1985 and YES drop that lorry load of bull from the olympics. Im ashamed that even the name of the art that I love has been dragged through the mud by that *******. And yes my friends the only thing we have in common with WTF taekwondo is the name.
Dont tar us all with the same brush.
i think that TKD is the most beautiful Martial art, cuz you can see a lot of movement, it’s quick and interessting. i love it. even thought that judges sometimes judge wrong..cuban shouldnt do that. it’s un sport.
TKd is a really good sport however….this here is a disappointment….
i mean if u saw a refere gets kicked why the hell other guy just runing around like an idiot stop and help the refe at least!
Matos is my favorite !!! The olympic games are only machine for making money !!
This cuban guy is a complete moron. I wish someone would have jumped out of the crowd and beat his stupid face into the ground. Nothing makes me more mad than watching athletes assualt refs. He should have been arrested and thrown in jail. I hope someone beats the crap out of that complete idiot.
WTF!! all of u talking about TKD!! that guy had a broken toe i dont really even know how he kicked *******s!!
other side his a moron
Right on Pie, WTF is a bunch of bullshit. I’m trained in both WTF and ITF and as far as I’m concerned WTF is a waste of time. What the hell is the deal with bouncing around on your toes for two hole minutes and pumping your fist after half-assed landing a shitty kick. Pay a visit to our school and get your ass handed to you. What a disgrace; TKD is one of the most awesome arts to behold when performed by real artists.
Those saying Tae Kwon Do should be dropped from the Olympics should know – in terms of number of practioners, TKD is the most popular martial arts on the planet. More people do it than karate, judo, anything. So if you drop TKD, you should really drop the others as well. Oh, and that spiritual junk is pure fiction. I’m a red belt in TKD, sure there’s a bit of ethics, but no “spirituality”. People should learn more about things before running their mouths off.
Tkd is bullshit
wat a bad loser….he should be sent to death sentence…haha
for all you ******* who are ****ing saying Tae Kwon Do is a joke, let’s see you put on the sparring gear and spar I bet you all will your butts handed by both men and women. And as forcit being in the olympic, it should be, people don’t understand it theyvthink that it is boring well if you take Tae Kwon Do it’s not it’s exciting
When talking doesn’t work to fight injustice, violence is the next step. The guy tried making the ref understand that the judging was unfair and so resorted to kick him in the face. If the games have come to the point that the referees give obviously unnecessary qualifications and everything is rigged, then the Olympics are not worth watching. I’m glad Matos kicked the ref in the face and I’m glad he spat on the mat and that his coach backed hi up. He is the only one who had the balls to express how corrupt the Olympics have become.
What a ***** all you are the guy had a lead and without a doubt was going to defeat the opponent But that fat MF referee ruined his chance. Al u pussies are ****ing losers to blame the guy cause if any such injustice happens to any of ya u would just kiss the authorities ass and **** yourself out of harm cause u need balls to do that. Ugly losers……….
NICE!! That wasn’t disgusting. Some referees wield too much power and at times need to be slapped back down. That’s the way of the world.
just because some stupid guy kicks the ref dosen’t mean they should kick tae kwon do out, i’m a first degree black belt and i love it. just ask some kids that almost got kidnapped, luckly they knew tae kwon do and kicked the guys ass.for all you people that are saying this stuff, shut the **** up *******s!
i’m with tkdman89
I cant believe people are defending that Cuban guy… I mean look at from a different angle u fukin retards…
okay.. say soccer/basketball/baseball… if the soccer player decides to kick the ref in the face because he got a yellow card .. you wouldnt be like “oh good job player! the ref. deserved it”.. if the basketball player decided to smash the ref in the face .. you wouldnt say “ooo good job for doing that..what a bad foul”… if the baseball player threw the baseball and broke the refs teeth .. etc etc.. you get what I am trying to say…
(if u say .. “yea I would do that”.. then I hope u guys dont play ne sports)
Just think before saying nething.. fukin retards
and why is the MMA shit coming out all of a sudden? tae kwon do is like an art.. where its designed as a sport… (they teach different tae kwon dos… for fighting purposes and for sporting purposes) so calm your small dicks down and let MMA rest cuz you retards fuked it so much
Don’t judge them if’ur not an athlete…
U don’t know anything about their feeling…
FYI … at the current state of MMA there is no way fighters could compete in the olympics. Imagine any MMA fighter fighting 3 fights in less than 3 weeks, that’s outrageous, there is no time to recuperate for injuries sustained. When the fighters are standing on the podium they probably wouldn’t even be able to see out of their eyes and not to mention all the cuts/bruises on their faces. In essence, MMA probably would have to implement thicker gloves and head gear which detracts from the original joy in watching MMA.
If any sports are going to be removed, I think that shit where they throw things in the air and twirl ribbons around should be tossed out. And any events that require a judge’s personal call and not based on a point or time system.
As far as TKD being in the olympics, it’s one of my favorites to watch. Check out Moon Dae Jung’s 2004 Olympic Gold win over Greece and you can see the true power and speed of tkd.
Olympic Taekwon do is a complete joke, even it’s practitioners frequently call it “Sport Taekwon do.” The martial art is a knock-off of General Choi’s Traditional Taekwon do, which is forms the ITF. Olympic TKD’s group is the “World Taekwon Do Federation,” or “WTF.”
Very interesting info!Perfect just what I was looking for!. “Everybody likes to go their own way–to choose their own time and manner of devotion.”
Let’s be clear, if Cuban officials don’t see at least a that level of reaction against a ref they’re not supportive of the athlete. Unfortunately, island “sports honor” doesn’t control international rulings: This ban for life means Matos will suddenly lose his daily square meals, something to do all day, and his head filled with “guapo”! He’ll become yet another frustrated street thug on the island.