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Post by themagi on Nov 3, 2016 14:37:35 GMT 1
Fighting Arts Youtube channel has put the main card up in seperate fight form (so it's spoiler central for the tournament bracket) within the last hour in good quality, Power. Better move fast or they will be down soon.
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Post by themagi on Nov 2, 2016 1:02:46 GMT 1
Speed Actor. Now that is a sobriquet.
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Post by themagi on Nov 2, 2016 0:56:29 GMT 1
Lomachenko was one of the greatest amateur boxers of all time, winning 2 Olympic Gold medals back-to-back in 2008 and 2012 (and winning the Val Barker Trophy at the former games), back-to-back World Championships in 2009 and 2011 plus a European Championship Gold in 2007 in a reputed 397 fight amateur career in which he won 396 of those contests.
As a pro he's had just seven fights (losing his second in highly questionable circumstances to Orlando Salido, who didn't even try to make the contracted weight limit and has shown no inclination to rematch Loma despite being offered good money to do so) but has already nabbed WBO titles at Featherweight and Super Featherweight, where he reigns currently. Oh, and he's done all of that before the age of 30. The only sub-par thing about him is his nickname: "Hi-Tech". He should probably think about changing that, really.
For a man who could barely string together a sentence in English less than a year ago, his command of the language is very good.
He fights Jamaica's undefeated Nicholas "The Axeman" Walters in an anticipated bout on November 26th at MSG.
Look out in the background at about the 1 minute mark for a cameo from a man most of us will recognize....
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Post by themagi on Nov 2, 2016 0:27:50 GMT 1
And the guy who came armed with the pics of Hari last year and the infamous recent pic is either as brave as a lion or as soppy as a sack.
He's just been added to Hari's 2017 hit-list alongside hotel receptionists, wine waiters and a trio of refuse collectors.
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Post by themagi on Nov 2, 2016 0:17:25 GMT 1
Cheers for that, Power. I gleaned more from that post than the entirety of the presser.
Right now, I think that JBS-Londt will promise more than it will deliver and that Doumbe may give Holzken a very awkward night. Two potential back to back five rounders, and their respective training camps, in relatively quick succession may leave a toll on the champion.
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Post by themagi on Nov 1, 2016 22:20:51 GMT 1
Perhaps I'm reading too much into things, but Hari's constant facial twitching doesn't look particularly promising. He also looked as if he has aged 5 years in the last 365 days. Was he also being a touch obstructive by insisting on giving his responses in Dutch, despite Tim Hughes' request for both questions and answers in English where possible?
What's the forum's general consensus on how he went about avoiding the staredown? If I had stock in GLORY, I'd be a touch pissed off at him walking away, missing out on photos that would have been seen and shared throughout the world and losing out on a tonne of publicity. My belief is that the whole thing was about him giving GLORY the metaphorical middle finger but in a way made him look a tad scared.
Power, did you see the whole thing? Did we miss out on any interesting quotes that the translator left out?
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Post by themagi on Nov 1, 2016 20:26:55 GMT 1
We have a winner!!! Congrats to h, the answer was indeed "The Black Sniper" Michael McDonald. Sadly, there is no prize for the winner, except the opportunity to punch the air with delight at getting the correct answer. Them's the breaks. Thanks to you-know-who for the cool graphic linked above. And a big thank you to everyone who took part. Cheers, fellas!
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Post by themagi on Oct 27, 2016 23:53:28 GMT 1
If there was any way to make a New Year's Honours list for kickboxers and their achievements then Roman Kryklia would surely be bestowed a prestigious title.
"For services to one night single elimination tournament awesomeness, please step forward Roman Kryklia HRK. His Royal Kneeness."
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Post by themagi on Oct 23, 2016 12:26:12 GMT 1
Apparently, Klitschko-Browne is already off the table for the moment as Browne wants more than the $1m that has allegedly been offered to him to take the fight.
David Haye was said to be part of a double header, that was to be broadcast on Sky Sports Box Office PPV, in December that was all set to be Joshua vs Klitschko for the IBF title with Haye challenging Lucas Browne for the WBA. Klitschko then had a change of heart and decided that HE wanted to fight for the vacant WBA title and the only way a Joshua fight would happen was if the WBA was on the line. They refused to sanction that particular fight, so Klit-Josh was off. With the WBA now knowing that Klit wanted to fight for their title, Haye was somehow muscled out of the picture and now looks set to announce his next fight on Monday/Tuesday and it's rumoured to be on the UK subscription channel BoxNation with Shannon Briggs in the opposite corner, resurrecting that pure fallacy of a "fight".
Vacant WBO title looks set to be Joseph Parker vs Andy Ruiz early next year. Ruiz is a roly poly type whose looks are misleading. The winner has been told they must face Haye within 120 days of capturing the title. Which will more than likely be longer than that as Haye will no doubt want to pick up the easy money in a PPV (in the UK) bout with the abhorrent WBC cruiser champion Tony Bellew around March/April.
Interim WBA champ Luis Ortiz has somehow circumvented a supposedly mandated defense vs Alexander Ustinov that was set to go down in Russia (meaning that Ortiz was to go into the lion's den for the first time in his pro career) by paying around $1m to get out of his contract with Golden Boy Promotions and avoid that fight altogether (Amazing that after bringing him along for a number of years, investing quite a chunk of change in the Cuban, supporting him through a drug test failure and bending over backwards to get him a slot on HBO that as soon as he has to fight a live opponent who has a chance of beating him, Ortiz is happy to pay seven figures to get away from GBP), to sign with Matchroom promotions and will debut for them on Nov 12 against that heavy bag to the stars, Malik Scott, which is a lot more to Ortiz' liking.
F'n heavyweights, eh?
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Post by themagi on Oct 21, 2016 16:15:18 GMT 1
Forward to about 2.50 for the finish. Salikhov is something of a sanshou legend and I believe is a name in China having won a Gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, part of that deal where they competed at the games, lived at the Olympic Village but did not receive an IOC sanction. He trains out of ATT for MMA. I wonder if KLF have offered him a KB rule deal at all?
BTW, Shadess, has there been any movement on the Sanshou/Wushu Gold medalist that Kunlun brought out to challenge Buakaw earlier this year?
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Post by themagi on Oct 21, 2016 13:40:23 GMT 1
Looks like WME-IMG have pulled the plug on TUF as well. With all these legal issues for WSOF, I'm wondering if WME have stopped all financial support to those guys too, Zuffa basically propped them up due to Nevada political favours and in turn, used it to house any recently released UFC fighters who they had an eye on bringing back down the road or simply to stop the competition getting their hands on them.
Also, it looks like the beef between GSP and UFC could be down to the fact that GSP is managed by CAA (Creative Artist Agency) who are the arch nemesis of.....WME.
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Post by themagi on Oct 17, 2016 13:27:28 GMT 1
I noticed when watching some clips of fights from cards past, they have little in the way of sponsorship also. I think they hold a year long 65kg tournament, which seems to be their main thread. What's their status in relation to the other orgs in China? Are they distant 3rd/4th/5th promotion, gaining traction or simply unknown at the moment?
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Post by themagi on Oct 17, 2016 13:15:06 GMT 1
Slap your thigh, split your sides, bust a gut, whatever. Whoever came up with this is a real creative mesomorph. And it's all topped off by that fellow in yellow, who looks a real character.
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Post by themagi on Oct 16, 2016 20:37:47 GMT 1
Pinto and Saenchai fights have made it to Youtube, I'm waiting for full event to appear before I watch them. Shouldn't be too long.
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Post by themagi on Oct 14, 2016 14:34:47 GMT 1
Co-promotion with Thai Fight. These are the bouts that are currently slated for broadcast on Thai television as part of Thai Fight's monthly series, though I doubt that they will all air due to time constraints. Whether this show and broadcast will go ahead with the Thai fighters on it due to current events outside of the sport is another question.
Zhang Chenglong X Victor Pinto-65kg
Jarred Rothwell X Denphanom Rongreankeelakorat-71kg
Jonathan Tuhu X Saenchai P.K.Saenchaimuaythaigym-67kg
Firdavs Boynazarov X Hans Zihao-63kg
Zhu Xu X Santipab Sit-Au-Ubon-60kg
Bobur Tagaev X Payak Samui Lukjaoporongtomkromsappasamit-68kg
Christ Axelsson X P.T.T Petchrungrueng-68kg
Islam Murtazaev X Sudsakorn Sor.Klinmee-73kg
Erik Massion X Tengnueng Sitjesairoong-75kg
I believe EM Legend are scheduled to have a few more fights on the card. These are two of the promotions that are currently in co-operation with GLORY, so maybe one or two of these fighters may pop up on a GLORY event soon. Maybe when GLORY visit Thailand next year?
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