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Battle Genesis vol.10! Yamamoto Vs. Krat
The RINGS Battle Genesis series that returned with vol.9 earlier this year will hold the vol.10 event on May 27th. Click here to check out the card. Ryosuke Tanuma and Toshihiro “Kamen Rider Hiro” Shimizu will also participate on the card.
Vitali Krat is a typical RINGS Russian discovery and fought at the RINGS Reincarnation event where he got a solid KO win against Hisato Izawa.
Participant Koji Mori's last fight:
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Ishiwatari Returns! Versus KID's Student
Exciting Bantamweight King Of Pancrase Shintaro Ishiwatari will return at the June 2nd Pancrase event to take on KRAZY BEE's Nobutaka Hiyoshi who hasn't fough in MMA since 2008. Hiyoshi is a hard puncher with many amateur Boxing fight under his belt. He is 2-1 in MMA (all fights in Cage Force) with both victories having come via (T)KO.
Also announced for the card, DEEP Future King Tournament 2011 winner Yuki Baba will face Masaomi Saito.
Previously announced fights for the card include the big fight between Ryo Kawamura and Shungo Oyama which was reported about here.
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King Of Pancrase Vs. King Of Road! Champions Clash
Fights have been announced for the June 2nd Pancrase event and the main event is something special as MIddleweight King Of Pancrase Ryo Kawamura will defend his title against Road FC Middleweight champion, the legendary Shungo Oyama.
An Interim Featherweight King Of Pancrase fight between champion Takumi (Nakayama) and the undefeated challenger Jon Shores.
A Featherweight fight between Shooto fighter Guy Delumeau and Masakazu Takafuji was also announced.
Ikkei (Nagamura) who took on Ryo Kawamura in the Middleweight title fight will battle Yuji Hisamatsu.
The much improved Yuki Yasunaga will look to take his 7th in a row against Goro Kobayashi in a Super Flyweight fight and Seiji Ozuka will take on Yuki Uejima in another Super Flyweight fight.
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K-1 Rising 2012! World MAX FINAL 16
The first fights for the K-1 RISING 2012 in MADRID event on May 27th have been announced.
K-1 World MAX 2012 FINAL 16
Mike Zambidis vs. Chahid Oulad El Hadj Andy Souwer vs. Abraham Roqueñi Artur Kyshenko vs. Su Hwan Lee Xu Yan vs. Yasuhiro Kido Gago Drago vs. Andy Ristie Yuji Nashiro vs. Reece McAllister Harut Grigorian vs. Murthel Groenhart Chain Superpro Samui vs. Chris Ngimbi
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Mosab Amrani vs. Zeben Diaz
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HEAT 23! Strasser Kiichi Vs. Gyu Myung Lee
A HEAT MMA rules fight has been added to the June 23rd HEAT 23 event.
Pancrase Welterweight ranker and recent title challenger Strasser Kiichi will take on undefeated Korean prospect Gyu Myung Lee who is 2-0 in HEAT and 3-0 overall in MMA.
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Krush.18! Ryuji Kajiwara X HIROYA
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Road FC 008! FINAL 4 - Bitter Rivals
Road FC 008. FINAL 4 - Bitter Rivals & Young Guns 4 will take place on June 16th at Chiak Gymnasium in Wonju, South Korea. The finals of the Bantamweight tournament with Kyung Ho Kang, Andrew Leone, Jae Hoon Moon, and Min Jung Song. Hopefully Kang gets a rematch against Leone after the decision in the quarterfinals (which got Kang another shot at advancing to the FINAL 4).
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K-1 Rising 2012! Badr Hari Returns
Superstar Badr Hari will fight at the K-1 RISING 2012 ~ in MADRID event on May 27th in Spain. Hari last fought and beat Gokhan Saki at an It's Showtime event in January of this year. That was to be his last Kickboxing bout before converting to Boxing. However now it's been announced that he will participate in K-1 2012 and his aim is to become the 2012 champion.
K-1 Heavyweight Participating Fighters:
Badr Hari (Morocco) Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (Croatia) Daniel Ghita (Romania) Anderson "Braddock" Silva (Brazil) Paul Slowinski (Australia) Rico Verhoeven (Netherlands) Loren Javier Jorge (Spain) Sergii Lashchenko (Ukraine)
K-1 WORLD MAX Participating Fighters:
Andy Souwer (Holland) Mike Zambidis (Greece) Drago (Armenia) Artur Kyshenko (Ukraine) Yasuhiro Kido (Japan) Yuji Nashiro (Japan) Su Hwan Lee (Korea) Abraham Roqueni (Spain) Chahid (Morocco) Longern Superpro Samui (Thai) Harut Grigorian (Belgium) Chris Ngimbi (Congo)
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World Featherweight Title Fight! Okazaki Vs. Ogikubo
The May 18th Shooto event is shaping up.
A Shooto Featherweight World Title Fight between champion Koetsu Okazaki and challenger Hiromasa Ogikubo. It will be Okazaki's first fight in over a year.
Also on the card, the 77kg fight between KTaro Nakamura and veteran Yuki Sasaki.
Kuniyoshi Hironaka will participate on the card.
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K-1 Rising 2012 In Madrid! Shaping Up
K-1 RISING 2012 ~ in MADRID, the first K-1 event of 2012, will take place on May 27th and some participants have been announced.
K-1 Heavyweight Participating Fighters:
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (Croatia) Daniel Ghita (Romania) Anderson "Braddock' Silva (Brazil) Paul Slowinski (Australia) Rico Verhoeven (Netherlands) Loren Javier Jorge (Spain) Sergii Lashchenko (Ukraine)
K-1 WORLD MAX Participating Fighters:
Andy Souwer (Holland) Mike Zambidis (Greece) Drago (Armenia) Artur Kyshenko (Ukraine) Yasuhiro Kido (Japan) Yuji Nashiro (Japan) Su Hwan Lee (Korea) Abraham Roqueni (Spain) Chahid (Morocco) Longern Superpro Samui (Thai) Harut Grigorian (Belgium) Chris Ngimbi (Congo)
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Rin Nakai Returns! May 20th Pancrase Shapes Up
Undefeated and popular female fighter Rin Nakai will finally make her MMA return after the first draw in her MMA career in at Pancrase in September of last year. She will take on fellow undefeated Japanese Kyoko Kimura whose MMA career started late.
Other fights announced for the card are Tatsuya So vs. Hanareme Monjiro TK who hasn't lost since 2010, Shinya Irei vs. Shinya Kumazawa at Featherweight, and TAG (Toshihiro Taguchi) vs. Michael Romero at Lightweight.
Previously announced fight is the female fight between Shino VanHoose and Kikuyo Ishikawa.
Flyweight King Of Pancrase Mitsuhisa Sunabe and Kazuma Sone will participate on the card.
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Final Chance! Yoshihiro Akiyama Vs. Thiago Alves Announced
Yoshihiro Akiyama's second fight at Welterweight and possibly his last UFC fight in case of a loss will be against Thiago Alves at UFC 149 in Canada on July 22nd.
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Uruka Sasaki Vs. Jungle Ito! Main Event At Gig Tokyo Vol.9
2010 Shooto Lightweight Rookie Of The Year Tournament winner and grappling specialist Uruka Sasaki and Jungle Ito will main event the April 14th Shooto Gig Tokyo Vol.9 event. Sasaki lost for the first time in September of 2011 but got back on the winning track in January of this year at a DEEP event. He should be successful against Ito in his Shooto return.
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Kakutogi! Week 14, 2012
The biggest event this week, on April 7th, is definitely DEEP Cage impact 2012 in Tokyo. Click here for the card. Don't be surprised if Wada defeates Otsuka. Wada is a much improved fighter since he started his MMA career.
Today we have Masakatsu Ueda and Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura participating in the Bellator Bantamweight tournament.
On the 8th we have a ZST SWAT! event, GLADIATOR 32 with many Japanese and Korean fighters as usual, and a Shin Nihon Kick event.
HEAT 22 is also on Sunday where champion Hiromi Amada will defend his HEAT Kick title against Fabiano Cyclone. Masanori kanehara makes his Bantamweight debut in a HEAT MMA rules fight. Magnum Sakai will participate in a HEAT Kick rules fight as well.
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Kakutogi! Week 13, 2012
This week has three MMA events to look out for.
In Japan on April 1st Pancrase will make another stop on their 2012 Passion Tour. The main event is very interesting as Koji Oishi will defend his Lightweight KOP title against Pancrase LWGP 2011 champion ISAO (Kobayashi) whose only career loss came against the champion Oishi. The event will be aired same-day on Samurai TV in Japan with a three-hour slot. Check out the fight card here.
Besides Pancrase there are a couple of smaller RISE and Shooto events as well as a few other smaller Kickboxing promotions (J-Network, J-Girls, etc.) holding events in Japan on the 1st.
Legend FC are holding their eighth event today with the preliminary fights being aired on YouTube for free right now. I posted about broadcast options for the main card earlier today (Ustream outside of the U.S. and PPV in the U.S.).
The biggest card this time is probably the One FC: War of the Lions event in Singapore tomorrow (31st). Check the fight card, which features some very notable Japanese names, below.
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K-1 2012! Starting With Madrid Event
K-1 - THE WORLD’S MOST EXCITING AND PRESTIGIOUS MARTIAL ARTS FIGHTING SPORT IS RISING - WITH MORE THAN TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN PRIZE MONEY IN 2012.
Today, the new “K-1 Production team” announces the rise of K-1, offering millions of devoted fans and new audiences, an established world-class brand of combat.
A wide array of the world’s best stand up fighters, square off face to face, bringing together their own techniques born from Karate, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, and other martial arts. Few other sports share the global interest, elaborate the showmanship and the popularity of K-1, along with the deep spirituality and ritualism practiced over centuries by millions of martial artists.
WHERE AND WHEN: Seven major, worldwide K-1 heavyweight (K-1 World GP) and K-1 middleweight (K-1World MAX) events are planned for 2012, where the world’s top warriors will battle in a survival series of explosive, three-round, single-elimination fights.
May 27th - K-1 officially rises with a spectacular K-1 Tournament and Celebration at the Palacio Vista Aletre in Madrid, Spain, as we begin the search for the world’s best fighters.
June-October - Tournaments span the globe with events in the US, Europe and Asia.
Early September – US Regional Tournament takes place in Los Angeles.
Later October – The K-1 World GP Final16 takes place in Asia.
November - The K-1 World MAX Final takes place in Asia, with a $300,000 Grand Prize (total prize money for MAX: $500,000).
December - The K-1 World GP Final in New York City, with a ONE MILLION DOLLAR grand prize (total prize money for WGP: $1,500,000).
Since 31st January 2012, K-1 Global Holdings Limited has been working to rebuild the K-1 brand, by bringing together a wide array of world-class fighters, top global venues, sponsors and broadcasters, and assembling a global organization and management team.
WHAT’S NEXT: Over the next few weeks, K-1production team will be releasing full details of each event in 2012, including locations around the world, venues and participating fighters.
All the best,
Douglas Kaplan Head of Operation K-1 Global Holdings Limited / USA http://www.k-1.tv
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Explosive Fight! Melvin Manhoef Speaks
Feared Dutch Striker Melvin Manhoef prepares to take on Deep Champion Yoshiyuki Nakanishi this weekend at ONE FC War of the Lions.
Originally scheduled to take on Babalu Sobral many feel that although not as well known in the western world, Nakanishi's all action style could make for an even better fight come the weekend. Melvin himself eagerly awaits the new matchup and is not disappointed in the rescheduled bout as he explains:
"No, I’m not disappointed. Of course I would have liked to fight him (Babalu) a lot, but who knows maybe in the future it will happen. I’m also excited to fight my new opponent. I know he’s a strong complete fighter so it will be a hard fight."
With an astonishing 96% finishing ratio with 23 of his 24 wins coming via knockout or tko Melvin is still regarded as one of the most exciting fighters on the planet. Moving up to the light heavyweight division to take on the Japanese champion, Melvin can still be confident in the knowledge that he has knocked out opponents bigger than him in the past, including the likes of Mark Hunt and Ian Freeman. Far from fearing his bigger opponent he is relishing the opportunity to fight Nakanishi:
"I've fought bigger guys most of my career. Of course it's hard for me to fight the heavier guys since most of them are naturally heavier and taller than me, but I like the variation and the challenge!"
Deep champion Nakanishi has suggested he is willing to meet Melvin in the centre of the cage come event time although the Dutchman has his doubts:
"I really don't know if he will stand with me, but as with most of my opponents I think he'll prefer to take the fight to the ground".
Manhoef is excited to be a part of an excellent ONE FC card this weekend that is available completely free of charge in HD quality around the world:
"I know ONE FC are a young ambitious organization. They have a lot of great plans and I'm honored to be a part of it. I hope to fight many times for them and help them build the organization."
As far as a prediction for the bout Melvin is only sure of an exciting fight for the fans:
"It's always hard to predict the fight. The only thing I can tell you is that I'm ready and focused. I think it's going to be a hard explosive fight".
ONE FC War of the Lions will be streamed live and completely free on ONE FC's YouTube channel. Please head to http://www.onefc.com/ for complete details.
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