no cops all right we could work this out
we're not welcome to watch mojo and
today we're counting down our picks for
the top 10 cobra kai
season 3 fights what do you want
payback he's mine no mercy
for this list we're looking at showdowns
from this series third season that
packed the hardest punches
for those who haven't binged it yet this
is your spoiler alert
what's your favorite fight from season
three let us know in the comments
number 10 miguel fights for his life
i love you so much my baby
please come back to us in classic
cliffhanger fashion
the season 2 finale left miguel's fate
in the balance although miguel remains
comatose throughout the season 3
premiere
his internal struggle is cleverly
depicted through karate moment we've all
been waiting for
returning to defend his title from cobra
car karate
miguel diaz as miguel lies in his
hospital bed
we cut to a one-on-one match between him
and a competitor from yoshikai karate
the dream is interspersed with footage
of miguel's previous fight against
robbie
which left him in critical condition
while the match is taking place inside
miguel's head
the conflict is real and the stakes are
high
it's complemented by some emotionally
effective scenes with miguel's mother
and johnny
who encouraged him to fight no you got
it in you to pull through
[Music]
you just gotta keep fighting just gotta
keep fighting miguel thankfully wins
this round
but the real fight is only beginning
number nine
new cobra kai recruits who's going down
next
boy let's go he's mine eli
hawk moskowitz has changed so much it's
almost hard to envision him pre-mohawk
those memories come flooding back when
kris brings in several new recruits
which includes hawke's former tormentor
kyler he has little trouble finishing
mitch and taking his spot
tori secures her place on the team
leaving her opponent with a chipped
tooth and one of her signature insults
you need to brace this anyway the main
event is between hawk
and brux who bullied him with kyler if
the hair and tattoos weren't enough
hawk makes his message loud and clear on
the mat he
is not a weakling anymore and his
opponent has the bloody face to prove it
as satisfying as it is to watch kyler
tremble it's also unsettling seeing what
hawk has become
you know i didn't think you were
actually gonna do it
yeah but they got what they deserve for
what they did to mcgill number eight
soccer showdown
after the first day of school turned
into an all-out war the faculty cracks
down on karate
council blatt will give us detention
just for breathing near them
i don't see her anywhere do you
what's game is soccer without a little
physical contact miyagido and kobrakai
seemingly find a loophole during a game
of soccer treating the field like a dojo
the kids turn the ball into a weapon
sending it flying into each other's
chests and
faces sam actually does a pretty good
job of making a kick to the head look
like an accident
of course it doesn't take long for the
coach to realize that this is really
just a brawl
disguised as association football you
know what that's
the principal's office now it's like
shaolin soccer
minus the kung fu and fantastical
elements okay there's only a vague
resemblance
but any scene that draws comparison to
that movie is doing something right
i guess that's why the europeans call it
football number seven
kris takes out the trash he's the one
who wanted to get involved
now he's involved we're not sure if john
creese can be fully redeemed at this
point
but season three did add more layers to
the sadistic sensei
in a flashback to the 60s we see a
waiter being mistreated by a jerky jock
although you might assume that the
letterman louse's crease the villain
we've come to despise is
actually the sensitive server while kris
takes the humiliation in stride
he refuses to stand by when he sees a
guy get rough with his girlfriend betsy
hey
don't you ever talk to keep your hands
yourself in a back alley kris takes out
the trash in more ways than one
as crease emerges victorious and betsy
sends him a smile
we're given a glimpse of what could have
been we know however that there's
nothing but darkness increases future
i'm fighting my whole life that sure is
how it's scaring you
number six garage fight we got to pursue
our [ __ ]
foot no no no foot wait hey johnny has
gone far enough
as fun as it is watching daniel and
johnny settle the score
it's just as compelling whenever they
join forces in this scene
we get a little bit of both attempting
to track down robbie
the rivals are led to a garage full of
stolen vehicles and suspicious fellows
naturally daniel tries to resolve
matters peacefully while
johnny lets his fist do the talking no
no no cops all right we could work this
out
we're not the bad guys may have chains
and pipes
but they are no match for a couple of
karate all-stars watching out for one
another in battle
we're reminded that daniel and johnny
work surprisingly well together
when the lead runs dry though we're
reminded why they never stay friends for
long
johnny's temper clashes with daniel's
merciful nature ending their partnership
with punches
i should have known better than a team
up with a lunatic like you number five
laser tag fight what do you want
payback it never ceases to amaze us how
well the show's fight choreography
complements the editing
as robbie stands up to his tormentors in
juvie miyagido challenges cobra kai
in their biggest confrontation since the
school showdown
both fights blend together seamlessly
but one
is noticeably greater in numbers that's
not the only reason this battle sticks
out
laser tag was first played in 1984 the
same year the karate kid hit theaters
so setting a fight in an abandoned laser
tag building was inevitable
although the retro scenery creates a
lighthearted atmosphere
things take a twisted turn when tory
arrives and a traumatized sam
panics whereas
robbie bests his enemy sam is unable to
do the same
allowing dimitri to get his arm broken
no please stop be like stop stop
number four a very cobra christmas heard
you were throwing a party
hope you don't mind if we crash miyagi
doe and eagle fang
may set aside their differences but not
even the spirit of christmas can
convince cobra kai to call a truce
the cinematography choreography and set
design click together flawlessly
as the larusso residence is ambushed we
watch
several fights break out in what appears
to be one long take although the most
heated confrontation is between sam and
tory
who is apparently wearing a skeleton
jacket i gotta be honest through so
i thought you put up more of a fight as
those two square off in the dojo
hawk comes to a realization having
earned kyler's respect
hawks sees what he's become he redeems
himself with a kick and flip
saving dimitri miguel meanwhile shows
kyler that he's back
and ready to defend his title as all
valley champ
the fight is far from over though
thanks for the motivation number three
rematch to the death
this is not for you why not you just
said yourself our senseis have the same
sensei
we're basically karate cousins right you
are a foreigner you cannot take our
secrets
daniel's return to japan brings about
several memorable callbacks to the
karate kid part 2.
while daniel was elated to see kumiko
again the same cannot be said about
chosen
while chosen is less bloodthirsty than
when we last saw him
he's still intimidating even when he's
making amends to prove himself worthy of
the miyagi family scrolls
daniel must face off against chosen once
again now let us see how much you
really know although daniel beat him
over 30 years ago
mr miyagi didn't teach him everything
which chosen demonstrates
in a surprising turn daniel's former
enemy becomes a teacher
picking up where miyagi left off chozin
could easily finish him with a pressure
point technique
but he instead steals a move from
daniel's playbook
i have waited a long time for this
[Music]
the way of the nose honk number two
why'd it have to be snakes hey get your
[ __ ] together all right look at me
the only thing you gotta worry about
right now is survival
taken prisoner kris's unit is forced to
fight each other to the death crease
volunteers to face off against his
captain
sparing his friend silver as in terry
silver
the cruel captain chooses now to tell
crease that betsy died in a car accident
that girlfriend of yours back home
what's her name betsy
yeah well she's dead
are you a liar now a letter came just as
we got orders for this mission
to make matters even more stressful they
have to fight over a pit of snakes
well that explains a lot although crease
is distraught he doesn't let the
captain's taunting distract him
with one resourceful move he leaves the
captain hanging on for dear life
with rescue on the horizon kris no
longer finds himself in a kill or be
killed situation
i won't make that mistake again grace
no mercy
he sends the captain falling to his doom
anyway mark increases descent into a
life without mercy
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
tori vs sam in a dream but still cool
don't worry i'm not going to break your
arm you deserve
much worse than that johnny starts
another parking lot fight
how do you think you're doing man
kicking your ass
robbie adjusts to joovy life my karate
is about self-defense
oh well let's see how that works out
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number one johnny versus crease versus
daniel
what took you so long season three has
been a three-way battle between johnny
daniel and kris
thus it only makes sense that the season
would conclude with the three karate
teacher squaring off
caught in the middle is robbie who's
sworn his loyalty to cobra kai
johnny isn't ready to give up on his son
engaging in his most heated fight with
crease yet
he sends robbie charging into a locker
during all the commotion
distracting johnny long enough for kris
to get the upper hand
no longer playing around kris is ready
to finish
johnny for good this isn't how i wanted
this to end
daniel shows up just in time however
putting the moves chosen taught him to
effective use
going through a window together daniel
takes away crease's ability to wage war
for now cobra kai's gotta go
for good why don't we settle this the
old-fashioned way
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