Recent fights/results/news from Japan II

[lukeuidswords]

Well that's a risky fight to take right before Tenshin, but i guess he wants a challenge.

I should've clarified; it's an exhibition bout. 2 rounds with bigger gloves. Gunji pushes a high tempo so it should be good for Takeru to knock the rust off regardless

 

[Nova44]

I should've clarified; it's an exhibition bout. 2 rounds with bigger gloves. Gunji pushes a high tempo so it should be good for Takeru to knock the rust off regardless

Ah, that makes more sense.

 

[mightywang1]

I can't follow K-1 Japan, due to language barrier.

 

[Tayski]

Does anyone know where I can watch the recent K1 GPs in full? I just finished watching Noiri vs Anpo and want to watch the event in full.

There is a lot on youtube otherwise the UFC Fight Pass has a lot of the K-1 events in its media library, as well as Showtime events:
ufcfightpass.com

You can sign up for a month and watch the K-1 events and you can cancel your membership anytime.

 

[lukeuidswords]

 

[Nova44]

Shame it's his last match.

 

[Khonda]

Shame it's his last match.

He's not going anywhere...

 

[Nova44]

He's not going anywhere...

Yeah, for some reason i thought it was Kudo. I must've been tired.

 

[MitsuyoshiOhara]

Unfortunately, COVID restrictions have caused the next K-1 Grand Prix to be entirely domestic and outside of a decent fight for RIAMU, the quarterfinals look pretty lackluster.

Hopefully if all the favorites win, then the Semis and Final look fantastic.

 

[lukeuidswords]

Tenshin’s final RISE fight has been announced - against Teppen Gym team-mate Kazane

 

[Nova44]

Tenshin’s final RISE fight has been announced - against Teppen Gym team-mate Kazane

As weird as this is it's better than Tenshin fighting Kazuki in his last fight. At least this way it stays in-house at Teppen and doesn't affect Kazane vs Kazuki.

 

[lukeuidswords]

K-1 have announced a 1 night Cruiserweight GP for their K'Festa 5 show in April

 

[Monte Moku]

K-1 have announced a 1 night Cruiserweight GP for their K'Festa 5 show in April

Neat!

 

[Vaio]

Any news on the future of kimura minoru?

He's headed to the boxing ring.

 

[Aarkan]

He's headed to the boxing ring. View attachment 907333

Yeah i saw today on twitter
I guess its better than mma for him, that crazy horse KO was a bad sign

 

[Nova44]

He's headed to the boxing ring. View attachment 907333

He'll get destroyed in boxing. Too much muscle, throws everything like a KO punch and is weak to the body.

 

[Aarkan]

So what about this akihiro kaneko guy?
From what i read it looks like he is japan biggest hope for a new star
Dude has knockout power, which always helps

 

[Loriquero]

So what about this akihiro kaneko guy?
From what i read it looks like he is japan biggest hope for a new star
Dude has knockout power, which always helps

That would be Nadaka Yoshinari

And Kaneko is great, but his last fight against Kumura in the 55kg finals should have been ruled a draw

 

[Aarkan]

That would be Nadaka Yoshinari

And Kaneko is great, but his last fight against Kumura in the 55kg finals should have been ruled a draw

Yoshinari is with rizin now right?
I thought he was more focused on muay thai
This fight was great indeed

I think kaneko has more star potential than yoshinari( could been wrong)
Specially in things that dont "involve" fighting, like appearance,bigger weight class etc

 

[Nova44]

Yoshinari is with rizin now right?
I thought he was more focused on muay thai

Nadaka mainly fights for BOM, but he does participate in Rizin too. Interestingly, if you see Nadaka has a match in Rizin under kickboxing rules... it's not actually kickboxing rules. All his Rizin matches have allowed clinching, elbows and dumps.