K-1 WORLD GP 2019 JAPAN K'FESTA.2

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Takeru defeats Yodkitsada Yuthachonburi by KO R2 (Punch)

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LOL

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FULL RESULTS

~Main Card Part II - Japan vs the World~
Main Event: 59kg Catchweight Superfight
Takeru defeats Yodkitsada Yuthachonburi by KO R2 (Punch)

Co-Main Event: 60kg - Super Featherweight Superfight
Koji defeats Jan Szajko by Unanimous Decision

68kg Catchweight Superfight
Kimura "Philip" Minoru defeats Wajima Hiromi by KO R1 (Punch)

51kg Catchweight Superfight
Josefine Knutsson defeats KANA by Majority Decision

57.5kg Featherweight Superfight
Jorge Varela defeats Ashizawa Ryusei by TKO R1 (three knockdowns)

67.5kg Welterweight Superfight
Jordann Pikeur defeats Noiri Masaaki by Majority Decision

55kg Super Bantamweight Superfight
Takei Yoshiki defeats Martin Sandro* by TKO R1 (Right Hook)
*Replaced Alex Rivas

~Main Card Part I - Title Fights & Superfights~

67.5kg - Welterweight Championship
Kubo Yuta defeats Kido Yasuhiro Extra Round Unanimous Decision

57.5kg - Featherweight Championship
Murakoshi Yuta defeats Urabe Hirotaka by Unanimous Decision

65kg - Super Lightweight Superfight
Anpo Rukiya defeats Sasaki Daizo by Unanimous Decision

65kg - Super Lightweight Superfight
Soda Yasuomi defeats Matsuhana Masaya by Unanimous Decision

60kg - Super Featherweight Superfight
Komiyama Kosuke defeats Goshu Masanobu by Unanimous Decision

55kg - Super Bantamweight Superfight
Kaneko Akihiro defeats Kumura Shuhei by Extra Round Unanimous Decision

62.5kg - Lightweight Championship
Hayashi Kenta defeats Urabe Koya by Extra Round Unanimous Decision

85kg Cruiserweight Championship
Sina Karimian defeats Kato Hisaki by Unanimous Decision

62.5kg - Lightweight Superfight
Shinohara Yuto defeats Osawa Fumiya by Extra Round Unanimous Decision

62.5kg - Lightweight Superfight
Gonnapar Weerasakreck defeats Liu Wei by Unanimous Decision

67.5kg - Welterweight Superfight
Kondo Kaisei defeats Ruku by TKO R2

57.5kg Featherweight Superfight
Ozawa Kaito defeats Hayato by Extra Round Unanimous Decision

~Opening Fights~

65kg - Super Lightweight Preliminary Fight
Nakano Kota defeats Fumiya by KO R3 (Punch)

60kg - Super Featherweight Preliminary Fight
Yutaka defeats Kawaguchi Takuma by KO R3 (Punch)

55kg - Super Bantamweight Preliminary Fight
Morisaka Riku defeats Kuroda Yuto by Unanimous Decision

53kg Catchweight Preliminary Fight
Riamu defeats Rira by Majority Decision

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Good show but the watermark left by the last K'Festa was "magical". Would much prefer next year if they figure out a new hook (a champ against a reigning stadium champ like this is a good start) rather than just "card big. card real big". Because if you don't get lucky with tons of great fights it can drag.

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Worth noting, I may have heard wrong but the guy who handed Takeru the trophy was an Abema executive? Make it happen

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Quick Notes

THE GOOD
+ Awesome looking opening ceremony
+ Mostly close, competitive fights.
+ Takeru
+ Takei Yoshiki
+ Noiri Masaaki vs. Jordann Pikeur
+ Kaneko Akihiro vs. Kumura Shuhei
+ No "when-in-doubt-give-decision-to-hometown-fighter" situations
+ I liked the "Japan vs. The World" theme, they should do more with themes as it adds to the narrative
+ Kido's VTR (though it came to my understanding some people don't like art so they'll have it as a negative)

#HatersGonnaHate

THE BAD
- A bit similar to Glory yesterday: too many decisions. At least we've gotten some extra rounds with mostly clear decisions as opposed to the split decision fest we got yesterday, but it's still too many. Again not really any one to blame for that. It just didn't happen.
- A crazy amount of groin shots during the prelims. There were like 6 of them in 3 out of the 4 prelims. While it's not intentional, I at least in part blame the fighters: when you fight orthodox and your opponent is a southpaw (or vice versa) there is a higher chance of lowkicks hitting your opponents groin. If that happens once, abandon the lowkicks to the back leg and to the inside leg. It's not going to work for you in this fight.
- Some technical issues i.e. random channel switching during the early portion of the event.
- While I have no problem with the length of the K'Festa cards due to their quality and once a year frequency, I would still say less is more: trim out some of the flab and keep the amount of fights between 15-18. That way it's still a bigger than usual event, but it's a bit more streamlined.

I really liked K'Festa 2, but the first portion of the main card definitely wasn't as good as the Japan vs. The World portion. It had too many decisions, too few knockdowns/KO's and too few upsets. However, its highlights were really high i.e. Kaneko vs. Kumura .

Also, there may be portions of the card (mainly during the first half) I have to rewatch where I potentially missed some good stuff due to being half asleep and barely registering what was going on. I didn't really think of the logistics and forgot the K'Festa cards start a lot earlier than the regular ones so in the last 48 hours I got about 3 hours of sleep.

Either way I had a great time and wanna thank to everybody who joined. I hope lero has some fun stories about his experience after he gets some rest.