K-1 WGP 2018 in JAPAN - 65kg Tournament [03-11] Results

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Live Event Discussion Thread

kakutougi.proboards.com/thread/1056/wgp-2018-japan-65kg-tournament

This doesn't kick off for another 12~ish hours.

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Full Results

65kg Championship Tournament
Kaew Weerasakreck defeats Sasaki Daizo by Unanimous Decision
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Kaew Weerasakreck defeats Soda Yasuomi by Extra Round Unanimous Decision
Sasaki Daizo defeats Nakazawa Jun by Unanimous Decision
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Kaew Weerasakreck defeats Yamato Tetsuya R1 KO (Left Highkick)
Soda Yasuomi defeats Mo Abdurahman by Extra Round TKO (2 Knockdown Rule)
Nakazawa Jun defeats Sean Clancy by R1 TKO (Ref Stoppage)
Sasaki Daizo defeats Sam Hill by Unanimous Decision

Tournament Reserve Fight
Matsushita Daiki defeats Fumiya by TKO R1 (2 Knockdown Rule)

Superfights
Alex Rivas defeats Murakoshi Yuta by Unanimous Decision
Jordann Pikeur defeats Kimura "Philip" Minoru by KO R3 (Punches)
Urabe Hirotaka defeats Ashizawa Ryusei by R3 TKO (Ref Stoppage)
Kido Yasuhiro defeats Jonathan Tuhu by Unanimous Decision
KANA defeats Josefine Knutsson by Unanimous Decision
Kato Hisaki defeats RUI by R1 KO (Left Hook)
Egawa Yuki defeats Hayato by Extra Round Unanimous Decision

K-1 Koshien 2018 Finals
65kg / Shinichiro Yamamoto defeats Furukawa Takumi by Unanimous Decision
60kg / Hisagekami Kazuki defeats Ryo Shimoji by R3 KO
55kg / Matsumoto Hyuga defeats Gentaro Iwamoto by R2 TKO

Preliminary Fights
Yokoyama Tomoya defeats Yuya by R1 KO
Jinya defeats Koge Yuki by R3 KO

www.k-1.co.jp/result/16479/

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All fights - aside from prelims & koshien - can be watched at Abema (VPN needed):
abema.tv/video/title/154-96

Post fight interviews/presser vids:
www.youtube.com/user/k1WorldLeague/videos

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Quick Comments:
+ Great event overall.
+ Kaew is back, baby.
+ Strong performances in the tournament by Soda, Nakazawa, Sasaki.
+ Mo Abdurahman looked good in defeat.
+ Every single decision felt fair.
+ Pikeur/Kimura was great.
+ Jonathan Tuhu is fun to watch and fights aggressively, I hope this wasn't just a one-off.
+ Aside from back-to-back losses to Kimura and Allazov, Kido has been winning a good number of fights over the past two years.
+ I was feeling bad and pretty much ready to write off Urabe Hirotaka, then he turned the tables last minute. Feel really happy for him, he needed this.
+ Funny moment when Kato called out Karimian.

- They really need to focus on improving the talent pool for LHW and HW. Defeating RUI shouldn't be enough to put you in title shot conversation.
- More of an overall complaint: I need more K-1 events than 5 per year.

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Karimian reminds me of a certain someone here


Oh yeah