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Post by karaevfan on Aug 10, 2018 20:26:53 GMT 1
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Post by fartsmeller on Aug 10, 2018 21:16:40 GMT 1
The silhouette of the doll in the Stauros poster is killing me
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Post by K1power on Aug 10, 2018 21:51:28 GMT 1
Dunno what the doll silhouette is supposed to be, but it looks like KurizaEither way these posters are awesome. Loving the tournament one! |
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Post by fartsmeller on Aug 10, 2018 22:25:28 GMT 1
Dunno what the doll silhouette is supposed to be, but it looks like KurizaEither way these posters are awesome. Loving the tournament one! I can't find it now but at the press conference where they announced Koji/Stauros, Koji brought a kewpie doll as a stand-in for Stauros |
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Post by K1power on Aug 10, 2018 22:27:31 GMT 1
Man, that's a deep cut inside joke for them to put on the poster. Nice!
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Post by karaevfan on Aug 10, 2018 22:32:35 GMT 1
Dunno what the doll silhouette is supposed to be, but it looks like KurizaEither way these posters are awesome. Loving the tournament one! I can't find it now but at the press conference where they announced Koji/Stauros, Koji brought a kewpie doll as a stand-in for Stauros The doll is now his best friend  |
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Post by K1power on Aug 10, 2018 22:36:54 GMT 1
Hahaha that's awesome!
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Post by karaevfan on Aug 16, 2018 5:18:44 GMT 1
This is a very real fight with very serious beef and truly bad blood
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Post by fartsmeller on Aug 19, 2018 13:44:34 GMT 1
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Post by K1power on Aug 19, 2018 14:30:20 GMT 1
That was actually a nice read and helps making me invested in the tournament participants. McGrath comes across as a well spoken guy and I can only imagine being overwhelmed by the vast cultural differences for a Westerner living in Japan.
About the language thing, I have mixed feelings about it. From one perspective, the Japanese are already strongly represented in the tournaments - by design, but still - and the last thing they want is another quasi-Japanese 'posing' as an American, even if having McGrath hide his Japanese ties ironically drives that point home even further.
On the other hand, look at a guy like Pettas. He was the only foreign participant in one of the All-Japanese K-1 Qualifier tournaments and being fluent in the language (on top of being a Karate-ka) while open about his ties actually helped him becoming a fan favorite amongst the Japanese, or at least that's how it always came across to me. I'm not sure how K-1 initially handled him, but I can recall him speaking Japanese at pressers.
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Post by Shadess on Aug 19, 2018 14:46:32 GMT 1
I thought everything at K-1 pressers was real and spontaneous  |
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Post by fartsmeller on Aug 23, 2018 17:31:21 GMT 1
Nadrov is out again, so instead of Goshu getting obliterated he's fighting Suarek, and the announcement image looks like a direct to dvd sequel to Looper
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Post by K1power on Sept 3, 2018 18:10:48 GMT 1
Update: Boubaker El Bakouri from Siam Gym is replacing Masinissa Hamaili against Uehara. Apparently Hamaili had to drop out due to visa issues: www.k-1.co.jp/news/28538/From what little I've seen of Hamaili he looked pretty solid, but I've seen Boubaker and his twin brother Khalid fight live at A1 WCC events a couple of times and they are both solid, up and coming fighters. El Bakouri has been fighting at more or less the same events as Ibrahim El Bouni, who has already made a name for himself at K-1 Japan. Dutch fightnews sites are already reporting about it: www.vechtsportinfo.nl/nieuws/boubaker-el-bakouri-maakt-debuut-in-k1-world-grand-prix-toernooi-japan/Interesting to note is that El Bakouri is scheduled to fight at Enfusion just two weeks later, on November 17th against Martin Reeijmeyer. |
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Post by K1power on Sept 3, 2018 19:01:46 GMT 1
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Post by karaevfan on Sept 4, 2018 22:22:37 GMT 1
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