Andy Souwer discusses his combative career and retirement goals

Andy Souwer is a combat sports legend with championship accolades in K1 Max kickboxing, Shoot Boxing tournaments, and he also has pro boxing as well as pro MMA experience too.

I spoke with Souwer after his retirement from fight sports and we covered several subjects such as: -How Souwer is doing following his decision to hang up the gloves

-His last bout vs Marat Grigorian and being in a tournament the magnitude of the ONE featherweight grand prix

-Being regarded as one of the greatest, if not the greatest Dutch fighter of all time

-Being in rarefied air having earned kickboxing victories across four different decades

-Exploring a multitude of different non-combat sports interests now

-Souwer having issues with asthma as a kid and inspiring kids through their own adversities

-Andy Souwer's son Gianni doing some pad work on Instagram and if he would ever look to compete like his dad

-The high-level fight IQ across multiple combat disciplines (MMA, Shoot Boxing, Kickboxing, etc) and if that was his biggest variable in fluidly transitioning

-Having a submission win in an MMA competition and how important those kinds of moments are

-Being in classics like the third Masato fight and what bout Souwer looks back on as especially significant across his vast body of work

-Souwer's legendary Buakaw fights and how much that inspired me in my own training