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[Yodsanan]

19. September: 60Kg Tournament





11. November: 55Kg Tournament

 

[Karaev fan]

K-1 57.5kg Tournament on November 3rd

Quarter Final #1: Ozawa Kaito vs Josh Tonna
Quarter Final #2: Tobe Ryuma vs Elias Mahmoudi
Quarter Final #3: Kanbe Shota vs Yun Qi
Quarter Final #4: Takeru vs. Jamie Whelan

Follow up superfight announcements

- Kido Yasuhiro vs Sanny Dahlbeck
- Kubo Yuta vs. Makihira Keita (former Krush 67Kg champ)
- Soda Yasuomi vs. Fawad Seddiqi

Kubo will be moving up to 67.5kg.

 

[Mafanofe]

Follow up superfight announcements

- Kido Yasuhiro vs Sanny Dahlbeck
- Kubo Yuta vs. Makihira Keita (former Krush 67Kg champ)
- Soda Yasuomi vs. Fawad Seddiqi

Kubo will be moving up to 67.5kg.

glad to see Kubo back but one fight here call all my attention:Kido vs Dahlbeck!!

Kido was one of my LW japanese kickboxers in k-1 max era since k-1 bankrupt he turned to national competition again,good to see him facing a good new generation dude like Dahlbeck,hope he control a dangerous guy like dahlbeck in the trading middle kick games and hold a cool win again

 

[Karaev fan]

glad to see Kubo back but one fight here call all my attention:Kido vs Dahlbeck!!

Kido was one of my LW japanese kickboxers in k-1 max era since k-1 bankrupt he turned to national competition again,good to see him facing a good new generation dude like Dahlbeck,hope he control a dangerous guy like dahlbeck in the trading middle kick games and hold a cool win again

Its probably gonna be a good fun fight.

Kido has been on a mini-roll this year. Three clean wins. The word was that he was more interested in goofing off rather than training recently, but he seems to have rediscovered his motivation now that he can fight in K-1 again

Fight vs. Robert Stoica two days ago

 

[Mafanofe]

Its probably gonna be a good fun fight.

Kido has been on a mini-roll this year. Three clean wins. The word was that he was more interested in goofing off rather than training recently, but he seems to have rediscovered his motivation now that he can fight in K-1 again

Fight vs. Robert Stoica two days ago

wasnt know about this fight,thanks bro!

 

[Karaev fan]

REBELS.46 on October 23rd. Umeno Genji will be challenging Yodlekphet Or.Pitisak for the Raja belt again.

Also T-98 will be defending his Lumpinee title in Thailand vs. Navi Eaglemuaythai

 

[Cocakillbana]

REBELS.46 on October 23rd. Umeno Genji will be challenging Yodlekphet Or.Pitisak for the Raja belt again.

Nice

Also T-98 will be defending his Lumpinee title in Thailand vs. Navi Eaglemuaythai

Gross

 

[Karaev fan]

Gross

Lol can't you take solace in the fact that he'll probably lose? I don't think a farang has ever defended a stadium belt in Thailand, and I doubt T-98 will be the first

 

[Cocakillbana]

Lol can't you take solace in the fact that he'll probably lose? I don't think a farang has ever defended a stadium belt in Thailand, and I doubt T-98 will be the first

No

One of them leaves with the title. That's what's gross.

 

[SuperLuigi]

Is T-98 Takuya Imamura?

 

[Karaev fan]

Is T-98 Takuya Imamura?

Yup. Presumably he spells his name with numbers now to be more Thai-like

 

[SuperLuigi]

Yup. Presumably he spells his name with numbers now to be more Thai-like

I think he is actually Raja champ. Interestingly I think Navi had the same title before him.

 

[Karaev fan]

I think he is actually Raja champ. Interestingly I think Navi had the same title before him.

He won the title from Navi in Japan at a REBELS event in June. He's going to Thailand to defend it against Navi in October in an immediate return match.

 

[Karaev fan]

T-98 will be fighting Nagashima Jienotsu in a upstart muay thai promotion 'KNOCK OUT' on Dec 5. Now, KNOCK OUT has a lot of steam behind it for reasons I've touched on elsewhere, but just imagine. In 3 months, "Anime cosplayer and part-time kickboxer Nagashima Jienotsu has a win over the reigning Lumpinee stadium champion" can be a totally legit statement to make.

 

[Karaev fan]

Kaew is out of the next K-1 event happening on Monday Japan time (got the mumps). Yamazaki Hideakai is instead fighting Gonnaper Weerasakrek.

 

[Karaev fan]

isn't t-98 raja champ?

You're right. I effed up.

 

[SuperLuigi]

Kaew is out of the next K-1 event happening on Monday Japan time (got the mumps). Yamazaki Hideakai is instead fighting Gonnaper Weerasakrek.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Yodsanan]

 

[Karaev fan]

Comments from the tournament fighters

'Tomorrow I plan on throwing down, being aggressive and showing my power. I plan on putting on a fight that all the fans watching will be entertained.'

(On the staredown at the weigh-ins) 'Every fighter here is here with the goal of winning. So I hold nothing against Taiga just because we stared down and I plan on showing respect to anyone who will be my opponent.'

(Who do you want to fight in the Finals) 'I want to fight Koya. I think Koya is the best in this division. I've lost to him once before, but then I made a mistake. Next time there will be no mistakes.'

'I think tomorrow is going to be my event. I said I will KO three people and I will KO three people'.

(On the condition of his opponent) 'My impression of my opponent has not changed. Its no different from any other opponent.

(On the staredown at the weigh ins) 'I want to thank him for going into this fight with such aggression, I'm looking forward to the matchup now. I felt that his head was pretty hard when we locked foreheads, so tomorrow I plan on crushing it open.

(Who do you want to fight in the Finals) 'I want to fight Paulo Tebar.'

(Some other fighters are marking you out) 'I'm happy to be getting the attention. But no matter who I face, I will KO them all. Also, tomorrow the champion (Hirotaka) will be participating as well, but if he loses I want him to abdicate the belt. I don't want to have to fight him twice for it.

'I am prepared to put it all on the line for the first fight and put off my best. After that, I will work hard to advance.'

(Who do you want to fight in the Finals) 'Winning the first fight is whats important. From there I will focus on taking things step by step.'

'Tomorrow is a tournament to prove to everyone watching that I am the champion. A lot of things happened this year, but if I win that's all forgiven so I'm prepared.'

(On the condition of his opponent) 'Tebar, Bennoui and Koya seem to be big. Besides them, I'm not too worried.'

(On your own condition) 'I've put in a lot of physical training and I'm at the 120% mark now. I've had a lot of time to prepare so in that sense, being sidelined with injury was good.'

(Who would you want to fight in the FInals) 'No one in particular. As a Champion, I'm planning on just winning and looking for the next level of stardom so that's all.'

(On Taiga's request that you abdicate) 'Its a moot point since I'm only thinking of winning. Well, really, [Taiga] can't win. He can't win'

'Tomorrow I plan on putting on a good fight to entertain the Japanese fans.

(Who you would like to fight in the Finals) 'I'm just focused on the first fight. I can face anyone in the Finals.'

'I am at my best condition. Tomorrow I'm going to do it. Please watch out for me.

(On the condition of his opponent) 'He seems to be strong and in good condition. He looks tough so it my be a difficult fight, but I plan on fighting three times.

(Who would you like to fight in the Finals) 'I'm not thinking ahead. Just focusing on one step at a time, so first fight I plan on getting my revenge on Bennoui'

'Konnichiwa. I feel now I'm hungry, but no problem. Tomorrow its all right. I feel good for the fight tomorrow. But today, I want to drink and eat. Sushi.

(Who do you want to fight in the Final) 'I think the Taiga. Because he's a good fight, he's a leftie like me, his power, and he's beautiful too huh. So everyone is in condition to get to the final, I take it step by step. First fight. Second fight. And I hope he's in the final too.'

'Osu. So tomorrow we can finally decide who is number one in this division. I plan on being the last man standing. I will build up K-1 and I will build up combat sports.'

(On the condition of his opponent) 'I said on the K-1 TV show that Tebar is built like a rhinosaurus, but actually that's the impression I get from everyone here.'

(Who do you want to fight in the Final) 'I've never fought any of the Japanese fighters here today, so I would like to fight one of them. Especially Urabe Hirotaka since we were once slated to fight only for it to be canceled.'

Reserve fight: Koji vs. Toshi

Koji: I'm going to take out this muddy old man and... you know on NYE, I'm sure Minoru-kun would be lonely if its just him up on Rizin so maybe I'll go and help him out too.

Toshi: I've been saying this forever, but first thank you mom for looking after my kids while I was preparing for this fight. As for the fight... I was planning on saying I wanted to get on NYE too (lol) This is just an opener fight, but I'm sure I can make this the best one on the card, so look forward to it.

Q. Can you both tell us a bit about your preparation for this fight?
Koji: My condition is fine, but yeah, I haven't really trained for this at all. I can beat the old man anytime so its fine. Yeah.

Toshi: When I was preparing for Leona-kun, I was training my ass off, but maybe I'm at half of that level. He keeps calling me an old man, but he was actually already 27 or something himself so I was surprised.

Q. I think this is a match that's getting a lot of attention despite being a reserve fight. Anything you want to appeal to the fans?
Koji: Yeah. I think the guys in the tournament should be grateful towards myself and the old man. (Phone starts ringing) I'm in a presser with the old man now so I'll call back. Sorry. What was it? Yeah, the tournament fighters should thank me. If it wasn't for us, nobody would care to watch this. Tomorrow, our fight will be the best.

Toshi: See, I was hoping that since Kaew couldn't fight we would be slotted up to the co-main, but I guess that didn't pan out. But yeah, our first fight, its definitely gonna end in a KO.

Koji: But you better be raising your guard praying that you won't be getting knocked out.

Toshi: Nah... Yeah if this goes into the 3rd round, I'm prepared to throw down with my hands down.

Happening Midnight US Pacific time

 

[Yodsanan]

let's hope Abema works better this time.

when's the japanese starting time?