FEG and WVR Press Conference

FEG and WVR have held a joint press conference today. Not unexpectedly it was announced that they will hold a joint event on NYE, the Ishii vs. Yoshida fight will be part of this.

The card will have 18-19 fights and the matchups are being worked on.

Fighters present: Kazushi Sakuraba, Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, Katsuyori Shibata, Hideo Tokoro, Hiroyuki Takaya, Shinya Aoki, Hidehiko Yoshida, Kazuo Misaki, Hiroshi Izumi, Sanae Kikuta, Akihiro Gono, Kazunori Yokota, Mizuto Hirota, Masanori Kanehara, Eiji Mitsuoka, and Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao.

Gono asked to fight Sakurai and Tokoro wants "Kid". Hirota would like to fight Alvarez.

Sengoku are planning to contiune putting on events next year, but I am guessing they need the blessig from sponsors to do this.

Fights Official:
K-1: Masato vs. Andy Souwer
MMA: Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida

Super-Hulk Final: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. 7-5-0 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Finals:
Final: Winner of SF 1 vs. Winner of SF 2
Reserve: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Tsukasa Fuji
SF 1:Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri
SF 2: Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada

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12/31 Fields Dynamite! - Masato's Opponent Announced

FEG announced Masato's opponent today, ending speculations as to who he would face in his last fight. His opponent will be none other than Andy Souwer, Souwer have reached the World Max final 4 times, winning twice. He was also the losing finalist this year, so it is the popular choice. The veterans have faced eachother twice in the K-1 ring and Souwer has won on both occations.

Also announced was the final in the super-hulk tournament, Minowaman will face Sokoudjou.

Card so far:
K-1: Masato vs. Andy Souwer

Super-Hulk Final: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. 7-5-0 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Finals:
Final: Winner of SF 1 vs. Winner of SF 2
Reserve: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Tsukasa Fuji
SF 1:Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri
SF 2: Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada

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12/31 Fields Dynamite! - First Fights Announced

Masato was going to face the K-1 World Max Tournament champion in his last fight on NYE. But it was suspected and today it is official, Giorgio Petrosyan's right hand is broken and he will not be able to take the fight.

Masato will fight another opponent. BTW, if you were planning to sit in the special VIP Masato cheering section, it is already sold out. At JPY100,000 a ticket, thats a healthy income for FEG. Unless of course they gave them out free, it is not unusual to give out these free to people at his gym etc.

That means that the first fights made public for this year's Dynamite! event are the K-1 Koshien semi-finals.

Announced:
Masato vs. TBA

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Finals:
Final: Winner of SF 1 vs. Winner of SF 2
SF 2:Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri
SF 1: Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada

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7/13 K-1 World Max Tournament Final 8 - RESULTS

Todays K-1 event saw FEG continue the experiment of mathing MMA fighters with K-1 fighters, this is something that started on last year's Dynamite! event, and today the K-1 fighters hit back. I have very mixed emotions about these fights, but one thing is for sure, they certainly deliver in terms of entertainment.

"Kid" went all out for the big KO, and instead was on the receiving end of a counter that KOed him. Krazy Bee team mate, Atsushi Yamamoto caught a beating, he never had a chance against Watanabe, who twice continued to punch a downed opponent. Yamamoto on the other side tried for a few takedowns and showed really why MMA fighters should fight MMA and K-1 fighters should fight K-1...

The last MMA fighter on this card was Kawajiri, taking on Masato in the main event. Kawajiri is an awesome athlete, but was never close on this occation. Masato was dominating the fight and completed the humiliation of the MMA fighters on this occation. I guess that was revenge for "Dynamite!"...

Even if the last few fights on this card were super-fights, this event was really about the final 8 in the World Max tournament. All these fights went the distance and the Japanese fans will be able to cheer on Yuya Yamamoto in the semi-finals. The other fighters going through are: Buakaw Por. Pramuk, Giorgo Petrosyan and Andy Souwer.

Main-Event - SuperFight:
Masato Def. Tatsuya Kawajiri by TKO Round 2 1:43

K-1 World Max Tournament Reserve Fights:
11. Yoshihiro Sato Def. Joeri Mes by Decision (after Extention)
10. Yasuhiro Kido Def. Leroy Kaestner by Decision 3-0

SuperFights:
9. Kazuhisa Watanabe Def. Atsushi Yamamoto by TKO Round 1 2:40
8. Jae Hee Cheon Def. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto by KO Round 1 1:20

K-1 World Max 2009 - World Championship Tournament Final 8:
7. Buakaw Por. Pramuk Def. Nieky "The Natural" Holtzken by Decision 3-0
6. Andy Souwer Def. Artur Kyshenko by Decision 3-0 (after ext.)
5. Giorgo Petrosyan Def. Albert Kraus by Decision 3-0
4. Yuya Yamamoto Def. Drago by Decision 3-0

Superfights:
3. HIROYA Def. Kiko Lopez by Decision 3-0
2. Dzhabar Askerov Def. Hinata by decision 3-0 (after ext.)

Opening Fight:
1. Jae Gil Noh Def. Go Yokoyama by KO Round 3 2:01

This is how the Semi-Finals will match-up:
Giorgo Petrosyan vs. Yuya Yamamoto
Buakaw Por. Pramuk vs. Andy Souwer

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7/13 K-1 World Max Tournament Final 8

Today they had the weighin for tomorrow's K-1 event in Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. The event is sold out and we will see a continuation of DREAM fighters taking on K-1 fighters. This time Tatsuya Kawajiri will take on the K-1 champion Masato in a fight that I am sure will get lots of attention.

Other DREAM/MMA fighters on the card include the Krazy Bee duo of "Kid" Yamamoto and Atsushi Yamamoto.

The weighin today saw one fighter not making weight, Hiroya came in 1.7kg over, something that will have consequenses for the fight tomorrow. My understanding of the rules are: Fighters that are less than 1 kg over gets 1 point deducted. Less than 2kg over and they gets 2 points deducted, more than 2kg over and you are not fighting.

I wont be able to follow this event and my results will be delayed tomorrow.

Main-Event - SuperFight:
Masato vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri

K-1 World Max Tournament Reserve Fights:
11. Yoshihiro Sato vs. Joeri Mes
10. Yasuhiro Kido vs. Leroy Kaestner

SuperFights:
9. Atsushi Yamamoto vs. Kazuhisa Watanabe
8. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto vs. Jae Hee Cheon

K-1 World Max 2009 - World Championship Tournament Final 8:
7. Buakaw Por. Pramuk vs. Nieky "The Natural" Holtzken
6. Artur Kyshenko vs. Andy Souwer
5. Giorgo Petrosyan vs. Albert Kraus
4. Drago vs. Yuya Yamamoto

Superfights:
3. 62kg: HIROYA vs. Kiko Lopez
2. Hinata vs. Dzhabar Askerov

Opening Fight:
1. Go Yokoyama vs. Jae Gil Noh

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7/13 K-1 World Max 2009 - "Kid" Yamamoto Fighting!

FEG have announced some very interesting additions to the K-1 card in Nippon Budokan on Monday July 13. "Kid" Yamamoto, who was recently knocked out of the DREAM Featherweight GP will take on Korean Thai-Boxer Jae Hee Cheon.

Also making his K-1 debut will be another Krazy Bee fighter, Atsushi Yamamoto was also knocked out of the DREAM GP. He will face Kazuhisa Watanabe.

The main-event is scheduled to be Masato vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri.

Added:
"Kid" Yamamoto vs. Jae Hee Cheon
Atsushi Yamamoto vs. Kazuhisa Watanabe

Previously Announced:
Main-Event - Super-Fight:
Masato vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri

K-1 World Max 2009 - World Championship Tournament Final 8:
Drago vs. Yuya Yamamoto
Giorgo Petrosyan vs. Albert Kraus
Artur Kyshenko vs. Andy Souwer
Buakaw Por. Pramuk vs. Nieky "The Natural" Holtzken

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7/13 K-1 World Max 2009 - Kawajiri vs. Masato!

In last year's Dynamite event the K-1 fighters suffered losses against the DREAM fighters, the fights also proved very popular with the fans and it is clear that the FEG liked the consept of having fighters doing both.

It has been hinted at this match-up for a long time, and not it is official. On July 13 DREAM star Tatsuya Kawajiri will face K-1 star Masato in the K-1 ring.

Kawajiri said after win at last year's Dynamite! event that it was scary going into the ring against a K-1 fighter. This time he is facing a much more experienced and a better fighter. It will be interesting to see how the fighters approach this, I assume Masato will want to keep better distance than Kozo Takeda was able to.

From SportsNavi:

Masato, whose fight with DREAM’s Kawajiri was announced, showed up at the press conference looking intense with his head shaved.

　Masato, who has two fights left until his retirement will have his next fight at the July 13 K1 MAX tournament in the Japan BudoKan and it was officially announced on the 10that the Akasaka Circus in Tokyo that Kawajiri Tatsuya who primarily fights in DREAM will be his opponent. Both Masato and Kawajiri attended the press conference. To Kawajiri’s statement that “The feelings of MMA fans and the fans of DREAM are in my gloves. I want to bring those feelings to battle.” Masato made a quick jab with his statement” Can you really go at it with me? Right now, I’m really strong you know.” To that Kawajiri replied “Of course I can step up. Whoever wins this won’t take 3 minutes.”

Super-Fight:
Masato vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri

K-1 World Max 2009 - World Championship Tournament Final 8:
Drago vs. Yuya Yamamoto
Giorgo Petrosyan vs. Albert Kraus
Artur Kyshenko vs. Andy Souwer
Buakaw Por. Pramuk vs. Nieky "The Natural" Holtzken

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4/21 K-1 World Max Final 16 - Fights Announced

FEG have announced some fights for the K-1 World Max Final 16 event that wil take place in Fukuoka April 21.

This looks like it will be a very good event, and if you are in Fukuoka it should be a good one to go to.

It was announced today that the excentric and entertaining "Jienotsu" Nagashima will take on Albert Kraus in the tournament. Nagashima went out of the Japan Tournament after suffering a cut in his round 1 fight, a cut that opened up in his round 2 fight and forced a stoppage. He clearly made a good impression though, and now he will be back.

What to expect from him? He will enter the ring dressed like a girl...


Other fights in the Tournament will see Andre "Dida" finally getting his K-1 fight, he was due to fight in 3 days, but visa issues forced him to push it back. He will be part of the tournament here, and his opponent will be none other than 2 time champion Buakaw Por Pramuk.

Also scheduled to participate is Japanese star Masato and Russian Artur Kyshenko.

World Max Tournament FINAL16　3min x 3R Ext. 1R:
Yoshihiro Sato vs. Drago
Buakaw Por Pramuk vs. Andre "Dida" Amade
Albert Kraus vs. Yoichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima

Opening Fight:
TATSUJI vs. Ryuji

Participants:
Masato
Artur Kyshenko
Andy Souwer
HIROYA
Murat Direkci
Nieky "The Natural" Holzken、
Taishin Kohiruimaki
Hiroki

Tickets:
SRS 23,000　
S 13,000　
A 6,000

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10/1 K-1 World MAX 2008 Final - RESULTS

There was more than the Pancrase finals happening yesterday, K-1 had their World MAX tournament finals on as well. This time the TV ratings were better as well, the event scored 12.6, with the all Japanese Semi-Final between Masato and Yoshihiro Sato topping out on  18.5, which is good.

In the tournament, outsider Kyshenko made the final to face the home town favorite Masato. The judges needed extention in order to determine a winner, but Masato won his 2nd world MAX title. His previous win came in 2003, but he has reached the final twice sice that the third time proved lucky.

Main event: World Max Tournament Final:

Masato Def. Artur Kyshenko by Decision (after extention) 3-0

ISKA World Lightweight Title Fight:
Daisuke Uematsu Def. Susumu Daiguji by KO Round 1 0:29

Haruaki Otsuki Def. Ryuji Kajiwara by Decision 3-0
Reserve Fight: Buakaw Por. Pramuk Def. Black Mamba by KO Round 1 2:18

K-1 Worl MAX Semi-Finals
Artur Kyshenko Def. Andy Souwer by Decsion (after extention) 3-0
Masato Def. Yoshihiro Sato by Decision (after extention) 3-0

Reserve Fight: Albert Kraus Def. Yasuhiro Kido by TKO Round 2 0:48
Super Fight: Joeri Mes Def. Taishin Kohirumaki by KO Round 3 2:59
Koushien Final 8: Hiroya Def. Taishi Hiratsuka by KO Round 1 0:24
Koushien Final 8: Ryuya Kusakabe Def. Daizo Sasaki by KO Round 1 2:43
Nieky "The Natural" Holtzken Def. Virgil Kalakoda by KO Round 1 1:42
Koushien Final 8: Shota Shimada Def. Ryo Murakoshi by Decision 3-0
Koushien Final 8: Koya Urabe Def. Yusuke Tsuboi by TKO Round 3 0:54

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10/1 K-1 World MAX Tournament Final - ODDS

Since someone asked about it, here are the odds for the K-1 World MAX tournamen final.

For the winner of the tournament, it is a very close affair. The outsider is Artur Kyshenko. Nieky Holzken is the odds favorite against Virgil Kalakoda.

The odds are from http://bet-at-home.com/ and the lines are still open as I am writing this.

Winner of the tournament:
Masato 2.75
Yoshihiro Sato 2.80
Andy Souwer 2.85
Artur Kyshenko 4.25

For the other fights:
Nieky Holzken 1.45
Virgil Kalakoda 2.50

Taishin Kohiruimaki 1.95
Joeri Mes 1.70

Yasuhiro Kido 2.10
Albert Kraus 1.60

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10/1 K-1 World MAX Tournament Final

K-1 is haveing their World MAX finals in Nippon Budokan this Wednesday. Participating are stars like Andy Souwer, Masato, Albert Kraus, Buakaw and Black Mamba. It should be a good event, as usual, there are semi-finals and finals on the same night. Also on the card is the ISKA (International Sports Karate Association?) World Lighweight Title fight between Susumu Daiguji and Daisuke Uematsu.

Filling up the card are the "Koushien" (youth) quarter finals and of course tournament reserve fights. Should be a good event. This event is happening at the same time as the Pancrase event is in Korakuen Hall.

13. Main event: World Max Tournament Final:
Winner Fight 7 vs. Winner Fight 8

12. ISKA World Lightweight Title Fight:
Susumu Daiguji vs. Daisuke Uematsu

11. Haruaki Otsuki vs. Ryuji Kajiwara
10. Reserve Fight: Buakaw Por. Pramuk vs. Black Mamba
9. Super Fight: Taishin Kohirumaki vs. Joeri Mes

K-1 Worl MAX Semi-Finals
8. Andy Souwer vs. Artur Kyshenko
7. Masato vs. Yoshihiro Sato

6. Reserve Fight: Yasuhiro Kido vs. Albert Kraus
5. Koushien Final 8: Hiroya vs. Taishi Hiratsuka
4. Koushien Final 8: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Daizo Sasaki

Opening Fights
3. Nieky "The Natural" Holtzken vs. Virgil Kalakoda
2. Koushien Final 8: Shota Shimada vs. Ryo Murakoshi
1. Koushien Final 8: Koya Urabe vs. Yusuke Tsuboi

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10/1 K-1 World Max - Tournament Final

K-1 announced the full card for the World Max finals to be held in Nippon Budokan yesterday. The event is on October 1, so a Wednesday...

The card:
Final: Winner Masato/Sato vs. Winner Souwer/Kyshenko

Semi-finals:
Masato vs. Yoshihiro Sato
Andy Souwer vs. Artur Kyshenko

Reserve Fights:
#2 Buakaw Por. Pramuk vs. Kultar Gill "Black Mamba"
#1 Yasuhiro Kido vs. Albert Krauss

60kg: Haruaki Otsuki vs. Ryuji Kajiwara
60kg: Susumu Daiguji vs. Daisuke Uematsu
Superfight: Taishin Kohiruimaki vs. Joeri Mes
Superfight: Nieky "The Natural" Holtzken vs. Virgil Kalakoda

K-1 King of Under 18 Tournament - Final 8
Hiroya vs. Taishi Hiratsuka
Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Daizo Sasaki
Shota Shimada vs. Ryo Murakoshi
Koya Urabe vs. Yusuke Tsuboi

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7/7 K-1 World Max Final 8 - RESULTS

Finally, the K-1 results from yesterday, sorry for being so late with them!

There were some very interesting results! I was expecting Remigijus to be too strong for Dida, but Dida proved me wrong. And who would have expected Buakaw to lose? Either way, good wins for Dida and Sato. That leaves these Semi-Finals:

Masato vs. Yoshihiro Sato
Andy Souwer vs. Artur Kyshenko

The results:
Block A: Masato Def. Drago by Decision 3-0
Block A: Yoshihiro Sato Def. Buakaw Por. Pramuk by KO Round 3 1:50
Andre Dida Def. Remigijus Morkevicius by KO Round 1 1:43
Haruaki Otsuki Def. David Douge by KO Round 3 2:59
Konstantin Trishin Def. Susumu Daiguji by Decision 2-0
Daisuke Uematsu Def. Eddy Juozapavicius by KO Round 1 2:52
Block B: Andy Souwer Def. Warren Stevelmans by Decision 3-0
Block B: Artur Kyshenko Def. Yasuhiro Kido by Decision 3-0
Albert Krause Def. Mike Zambidis by TKO Round 3 3:00
Hiroyuki Owatari Def. MASAKI by TKO Round 1 1:53

Alviar Lima Def. Mark Vogel by TKO Round 2 3:00
Kizaemon Saiga Def. Tyron Van Wyk by KO Round 2 1:39
Denis Telitsa Def. Hirotaka Urabe by KO Round 2 1:16

For those of you that still havn't seen the event, here is Yoshihiro Sato vs. Buakaw.



And Andre Dida vs. Remigijus Morkevicius

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7/7 K-1 World Max Final 8

K-1 is holding the quarterfinals for this year's World Max tournament tomorrow. The finals for this event will be held October 1.

The card is packed and there are some interesting fights even outside the tournament. Andre Dida is fighting a K-1 rules fight against Remigijus Morkevicius in a fight I cant wait to see. Also the tournament reserve between Albert Krause and Mike Zambidis looks very interesting.

This is the fight order for tomorrow:

Main event:
10- Final 8 Block A: Masato vs. Drago
9- Final 8 Block A: Yoshihiro Sato vs. Buakaw Por. Pramuk
8- Superfight: Andre Dida vs. Remigijus Morkevicius
Intermission
7- Superfight: Haruaki Otsuki vs. David Douge
6- Superfight: Susumu Daiguji vs. Konstantin Trishin
5- Superfight: Daisuke Uematsu vs. Eddy Juozapavicius
4- Final 8 Block B: Andy Souwer vs. Warren Stevelmans
3- Final 8 Block B: Yasuhiro Kido vs. Artur Kyshenko
2- Final 8 Reserve fight (not 100% sure): Albert Krause vs. Mike Zambidis
1- Superfight: Hiroyuki Owatari vs. MASAKI

Opening Fights:
K-1 Rule: Alviar Lima vs. Mark Vogel
K-1 Youth Fight: Kizaemon Saiga vs. Tyron Van Wyk
K-1 Youth Fight: Hirotaka Urabe vs. Denis Telitsa

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FEG (K-1 MAX and DREAM) Presents Akasaka Fight Fest

From June 30 to July 6 FEG will hold an event in Akasaka Sacas (Click here for directions) . Every day next week some of the biggest stars of FEG and DREAM will be there.

If you are in the area, this is something you should go and check out!

6/30 19:00-20:00 DREAM: Yamamoto "Kid" - Q&A
7/1 18:00-19:00 K-1 MAX: Masato - Open practice
7/1 19:00-20:00 DREAM: Shinya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Mitsuhiro Ishida, Masakazu Imanari, Hidehiko Hasegawa - Special interview/talkshow and open practice + price giveaways.
7/2 18:00-19:00 K-1 MAX: Haruaki Otsuki, Daisuke Uematsu. Susumu Daiguji, Saiga Kizaemomu, Hirotaka Tode - Open practice and interview.
7/2 19:00-20:00 DREAM: Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuyori Shibata + more pro-wrestlers
7/3 18:00-19:00 K-1 MAX: Yoshihiro Sato, Yasuhiro Kido - Open Practice
7/3 19:00-20:00 DREAM: Caol Uno, Hideo Tokoro - Open Practice and interview
7/4 18:00-20:00 K-1 MAX: Buakaw, Andy Souwer other foreign MAX fighters - Interview and charity auction
7/5 13:00-15:00 DREAM: Yoshihiro Akiyama and others, making promotion for DREAM special on July 13.
7/5 16:00-20:00 K-1 MAX: Special match, 3-4 fight + Muay Thai/Karate fights

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7/7 K-1 World Max Final 8 - Fights

FEG has announced a number of Superfights for the Final 8 event to be held in Nippon Budokan on July 7.

One of the fighters that will be interesting to see is Dida, the fact that he is fighting in a K-1 event shows the advantage FEG has. They are able to use fighters in both their organizations, it will be interesting to see how long it takes before Mark Hunt is fighting in DREAM now...

Anyway, the card for July 7:

World Max - Quarter-Finals (Semi-final and Final Oct. 1):
Block A
Masato vs. Drago
Yoshihiro Sato vs. Buakaw Por. Pramuk

Block B
Andy Souwer vs. Warren Stevelmans
Yasuhiro Kido vs. Artur Kyshenko

Superfight (Tournament Reserve Fight):
Albert Krause vs. Mike Zambidis

Superfights:
Andre Dida vs. Remigijus Morkevicius
Haruaki Otsuki vs. David Douge
Susumu Daiguji vs. Konstantin Trishin
Daisuke Uematsu vs. Eddy Juozapavicius

K-1 Youth Fights:
Hirotaka Urabe vs. Denis Telitsa
Kizaemon Saiga vs. TBA

Opening Fight:
Alviar Lima vs. Mark Vogel

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7/7 K-1 World Max Final 8 - Matchups

K-1 has today announced which fighters will meet in the quarter finals to be held in Nippon Budokan July 7. The finals will be held October 1.

Masato vs. Drago
Buakaw Por. Pramuk vs. Yoshihiro Sato
Andy Souwer vs. Warren Stevelmans
Yasuhiro Kido vs. Artur Kyshenko

That's right, Yoshihiro Sato gets another shot at Buakaw. For those who remember, their fight in Feb. was very close. Sato almost KO'ed Buakaw in the final seconds of the extention, but Buakaw took a close decision.

http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/k1/headlines/20080410-00000022-spnavi-fight.html

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4/9 K-1 WorldMax-World Championship Final 16 - RESULTS

Well, I kind of missed the boat on this one... Anyway, here are the results. An awesome event, rare to see so many top fighters in an event outside of Tokyo and Osaka (event was in Hiroshima).

I will update the results as they become available (I am watching this on delayed TV broadcast).

Unfortunately I have been unable to find the remaining results, so they will have to wait until tomorrow.

World Championship Tournament FINAL 16 : K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R
Masato Def. Virgil Kalakoda by KO Round 0:22
Buakaw Por. Pramuk vs. Albert Kraus by decision after extention
Artur Kyshenko vs. Jordan Tai by decision after extention
Andy Souwer Def. Mike Zambidis by KO, ext. round 2:05
Yoshihiro Sato Def. Murat Direcki by decision 3-0
Warren Stevelmans Def. Saro “The Sicilian Don” Presti by KO Round 2 1:06
Yasuhiro Kido Def. Chi Bin Lim by KO Round 1 0:40
Drago Def. GORI by KO Round 3 2:56

K-1 World Youth fight:
HIROYA Def. Tsukasa Fuji by decision 3-0

Opening fights:
Yuya Yamamoto Def. Marfio “The Warrior Tiger” Canoletti by decision 3-0
Shota Takiya Def. Vitalij Lisnyak by decision 2-1

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4/9 K-1 WorldMax - World Champtionship Tournament Final 16

K-1 will hold their tournament final 16 in Hiroshima April 9. If you are in the area, this is a good one. How often do you get to see fighters like this outside of Tokyo and Osaka?

Not only that, but some high profile fighters will be eliminated, as Buakaw fights Albert Kraus and Andy Souwer fights Mike Zambidis.

Personally, I am not a fan of the Youth Tournament thing they are doing, because I think Hiroya is way over exposed. Especially considering he didnt even win the one day tournament they held during Dynamite! Still, the fights are on occations competitive and exciting.

World Championship Tournament FINAL 16 : K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R
Masato vs. Virgil Kalakoda
Buakaw Por. Pramuk vs. Albert Kraus
Andy Souwer vs. Mike Zambidis
Yoshihiro Sato vs. GORI
Saro “The Sicilian Don” Presti vs. Warren Stevelmans
Chi Bin Lim vs. Yasuhiro Kido

K-1 World Youth fight
HIROYA vs. Tsukasa Fuji

Opening fights:
Yuya Yamamoto vs, Marfio “The Warrior Tiger” Canoletti
Shota Takiya vs. Vitalij Lisnyak

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K-1 Middle Weight Tournament 10/3 - Result

Main Event：Final K-1World Max Middle Weight Tournament
Andy Souwer by TKO towel thrown after round 1 VS. Masato
Andy Souwer got in a few good leg kicks, after round 1 it was clear that Masato was not able to continue. Leg kicks from both Buakaw and Kyshenko also probably played a part.

Fight #9： Super Fight
Su Hwan Lee by decision 3-0 VS. Kazuya Yasuhiro

Fight #8: Semi Final （2）
Andy Souwer by decision 2-0 VS. Albert Kraus　
A very hard fight between the 2 dutch fighters. Andy Souwer edges out Kraus by decision.

Fight #７: Semi Final （１）
Masato by KO Round 2 0:30 VS. Artur Kyshenko
Masato will go fresh into the final after getting past Kyshenko in the 2nd round. First round was close, I would probably have given it to Kyshenko, and I believe he will be a fighter to watch in the future.

Fight #6 : Quarter Final (4)
Andy Souwer by KO Round 2 1:39 VS. Drago
In what had been a close fight Souwer KOed Drago with a right.

Fight #5 : Quarter Final (3)
Albert Kraus by decision 3-0 VS. Yoshihiro Sato
Kraus won a very deserved victory. In the end it was boxing skills and experience that made the difference, Sato failed to keep Kraus at a distance.

Fight #4 : Quarter Final (2)
Artur Kyshenko by decision 3-0 VS. Mike Zambidis
After 3 rounds we had a draw, and we had a 4th round in this fight. Kyshenko made his Superior reach count and went through in a close fight.

Fight #3 : Quarter Final (1)
Masato by decision 3-0 VS. Buakaw Por. Pramuk
Masato made Superior boxing skills count and won a deserved decision against Buakaw.

Fight #2 : Reserve Fight (1)
Virgil Kalakoda by KO Round 2 1:56 Takayuki Kohiruimaki　

Fight #1 : Super Fight
HIROYA　by decision 3-0 VS. Kwon Eolzzang

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