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Post by K1power on Oct 9, 2020 17:54:08 GMT 1
 FightcardHayashi Kenta vs. Gonnapar Weerasakreck Kimura "Philip" Minoru vs. Abiral Himarayan Cheetah Urabe Hirotaka vs. Saiga Kizaemon Murakoshi Yuta vs. Yamamoto Naoki Shimano Kotaro vs. Ashizawa Ryusei Asahisa Taio vs. Hasumi Hikaru Sasaki Daizo vs. Yamato Tetsuya Osawa Fumiya vs. Kawarada Shuji Fukashi vs. Suzuki Hayato Wajima Hiromi vs. Fujioka Yuhei Gunji Taito vs. Kamemoto Yusho Sasaki Junki vs. Riamu Uemura Shinya vs. Meisam Eshghi Hideki vs. Inagaki Rei Seiya vs. Kitamura Natsuki Kurata Eiki vs. Toyoda Yuki www.k-1.co.jp/schedule/16521/ |
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Post by K1power on Oct 9, 2020 17:54:35 GMT 1
No matchups announced yet, but I really like that we're getting another December event.
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Post by shkibb on Oct 9, 2020 23:44:36 GMT 1
Yeeaahhh ! Hope to see Kimura back in action on this one. Will be a great end of the year for K-1 with cards in Nov and Dec.
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Post by K1power on Oct 10, 2020 0:09:19 GMT 1
I actually saw this event listed about a week ago, but then it was still on the calendar for late November.
Figured it might be moved a bit to have it function as a late season closer in December and that's what they did.
As far as I'm concerned the card doesn't have to be mega-stacked as long as we're getting some fun, entertaining fights.
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Post by K1power on Oct 12, 2020 18:48:50 GMT 1
Yeeaahhh ! Hope to see Kimura back in action on this one. Will be a great end of the year for K-1 with cards in Nov and Dec. Looks like your wish is coming true  |
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Post by shkibb on Oct 12, 2020 22:40:03 GMT 1
Yeeaahhh ! Hope to see Kimura back in action on this one. Will be a great end of the year for K-1 with cards in Nov and Dec. Looks like your wish is coming true  Kimura vs Jordan Pikeur would be great ! |
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Post by K1power on Nov 13, 2020 14:06:16 GMT 1
We have a full card! (OP updated) Kimura vs Jordan Pikeur would be great ! Unfortunately it's not Pikeur, but I'm hoping the Himalayan Cheetah is no joke. Kimura vs. Pikeur 2 would be the perfect revenge match for K'Festa 4, though. |
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Post by K1power on Dec 7, 2020 13:28:45 GMT 1
Happening this Sunday!
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Post by shkibb on Dec 8, 2020 0:18:14 GMT 1
Really looking forward to it. Should be good !
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Post by K1power on Dec 12, 2020 22:47:47 GMT 1
I think this kicks off in roughly 8 hours.
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Post by K1power on Dec 13, 2020 8:29:47 GMT 1
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Post by shkibb on Dec 13, 2020 9:58:11 GMT 1
Did I just hear that correctly ? Yoshiki Takei is retiring from kickboxing to pursue a career in boxing. Shocking.
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Post by K1power on Dec 13, 2020 10:20:02 GMT 1
Yup, sucks. When I saw him hand over his belt I felt uneasy and then I heard him say boxing and was like of course...
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Post by K1power on Dec 13, 2020 12:33:10 GMT 1
Full ResultsGonnapar Weerasakreck defeats Hayashi Kenta by Majority Decision Kimura "Philip" Minoru defeats Abiral Himarayan Cheetah by TKO R2 (cut) Saiga Kizaemon defeats Urabe Hirotaka by DQ (low blows) Murakoshi Yuta defeats Yamamoto Naoki by Unanimous Decision Ashizawa Ryusei defeats Shimano Kotaro by KO R2 Asahisa Taio defeats Hasumi Hikaru by KO R3 Sasaki Daizo defeats Yamato Tetsuya by Unanimous Decision Kawarada Shuji defeats Osawa Fumiya by Extra Round Split Decision Wajima Hiromi defeats Fujioka Yuhei by KO R1 Gunji Taito defeats Kamemoto Yusho by KO R2 Sasaki Junki defeats Riamu by Unanimous Decision Fukashi defeats Suzuki Hayato by KO R2 Uemura Shinya defeats Meisam Eshghi by KO R1 Inagaki Rei defeats Hideki by KO R3 Kitamura Natsuki defeats Seiya by KO R1 Kurata Eiki defeats Toyoda Yuki by KO R2 Matsuyama Yuta defeats Umeta Masashige by KO R1 www.k-1.co.jp/schedule/16521/
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Post by K1power on Dec 13, 2020 12:33:23 GMT 1
So many KO's! And I missed the first seven of them lol.
To make matters worse, Takei Yoshiki announced his retirement from kickboxing to move to boxing. I hope he does well and will keep tabs on him, but it sucks he's leaving kickboxing. Big loss for K-1 as well. Definitely the worst thing about this event.
How was I supposed to get behind this event now?
It's funny. It always takes me a while to get into an event - especially when I just woke up and start watching - and the fight that really got me into it today was Shimano/Ashizawa. It was awesome! I thought Shimano was finished after that second knockdown, but then he gets up and scores a knockdown of his own. Then absolute brawl insanity kicked off and while I was hoping for Shimano to make it to the end of the round it was probably the best decision by the ref to end it there even if it came at the very last second of the round.
Unfortunately, Urabe/Saiga went on to completely murder the momentum of the event. I will never understand when fighters stubbornly keep using the same techniques that already landed low on their opponents in the same fight. Penalties must be more severe. One warning, next point deduction, next DQ. I'm confident we'll see less low blow 'repeats' when fighters are more urgently forced to adjust their fighting style. It's a shame, the fight was decent before.
Luckily, Kimura vs. Abiral came to the rescue with the Himalayan Cheetah catching Kimura by surprise in being the first one to score a knockdown in this fight. Kimura looked a bit shaky, but was quick with the comeback after which it turned into a wild brawl and luckily it got past the first round, because I was really liking this fight. Unfortunately, Abiral's cut kept getting worse so it was inevitably stopped. Despite being ended by a cut, I feel this fight really revived the momentum of the fight.
I just hope Abiral gets invited back, because he's fun to watch and tough as nails. I feel like Kimura/Abiral 2 and Kimura/Pikeur 2 are both legit fights to make for K'Festa 4.
Apparently Kimura called out Mayweather after the fight LOL. Well, if some crappy YouTuber gets to fight him, why shouldn't a legit fighter get a chance?
On to the main event. Hayashi/Gonnapar was a very solid, competitive fight with some brawly moments. While I wouldn't have minded an extra round, I was happy that they didn't just spin it in Hayashi's favor here and Gonnapar got the decision after three rounds. While he was mostly backpedaling, he was throwing in higher volume and definitely the more complete kickboxer as Hayashi barely threw kicks. Maybe I'm remembering it incorrectly, but I think this makes him the second Thai champion in K-1 after Kaew..? Either way, good stuff!
Now, I can't speak on the event as a whole yet because I tuned in when Wajima was beating up Fujioka, but will definitely catch up with all those juicy knockouts that came before (and share some additional thoughts after doing so).
Just looking at the stats though; 11 stoppages out of 17 fights is very nice. Sure, some of the results ruled as KO's are TKO's rather than proper knockouts, but that usually means more knockdowns. Can't wait for the KD/KO highlight reel on K-1's YouTube channel.
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