The Big Kickboxing News & Rumors Thread [2023]

[K1power]

Since not everything needs its own thread.

Immediate results are allowed to be posted and discussed in this thread!

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Full rankings for January 2023 at beyondkick.com/rankings/2023-1/

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The rankings explained.

I like this. It won't shut everybody up, but should help reasonable fans understand better.

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Former K-1 Champion Rukiya Anpo Latest In A Slew Of Stars Leaving The Promotion



beyondkick.com/news/former-k-1-champion-rukiya-anpo-latest-in-a-slew-of-stars-leaving-the-promotion

Quite a few big names leaving in quick succession. K-1 needs to make some big moves in 2023 to maintain relevant.

[vampiro]

This has been well known for a while that Anpo was leaving. He voiced his displeasure over the summer (around August) because of how restrictive the contracts are and how little money K-1 pays. He probably makes more from his social media as he's very popular on YouTube.

He isn't the last. I've been saying that the next is likely going to be Noiri and then Sattari.

I like to cross compare Beyond and Combat Press rankings.

[K1power]

The one that I find unfortunate is Kido leaving. I know probably few fans care about him, but he was part of the K-1 MAX generation and I would have liked him to finish his career in K-1.

At 40 he's not gonna have a serious run anymore anyway and will probably finish his career fighting for Big Bang or another smaller promotion. Eh, it is what it is.

[lero]

I am guessing they are going to prop up their 80kg+ divisions with more international fighters and let RISE dominate the -65kg scene.

[Shadess]

lol

http://instagr.am/p/Cm_1-VVo7yU

[K1power]

This idiotic idea absolutely blew up in their face? What a huge surprise!

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Ilias Ennahachi Vacates Flyweight Kickboxing Title Due to Not Being Able to Make Weight & Hydration, Superlek to Face Daniel Puertas Gallardo on January 13

beyondkick.com/news/ilias-ennahachi-vacates-flyweight-kickboxing-title-due-to-not-being-able-to-make-weight-and-hydration-superlek-to-face-daniel-puertas-gallardo-on-january-13/

This is a good thing. People shouldn't fight at weights that give them unfair advantages. I really like this hydration rule by One and wish more promotions would introduce something similar.

IIRC Nathan Corbett mentioned something like Spong weighing in around 108kg the day of the Glory LHW tournament they were in. This would eliminate such BS.

[lero]

Spong fits better at LHW IMO, maybe he could just lose a little bit of muscle.

[Shadess]

Something like the hydration rules in ONE could work I suppose, if they actually cared about it, but how ONE actually does it is just bs that adds complication. If fighters fail hydration they literally just tell them to go pound down waters so they can try and pass hydration later. If you fail hydration it would actually need to mean you failed it but that's not at all how it is in ONE.

People cut just the same in ONE, sexyama openly talked about cutting 13 kg, JWP documented his cut and it was just made extra hard by the hydration not less.

[K1power]

I never really kept tabs on One's enforcement of the system, but hearing they're half-assing it is too bad, albeit not very surprising.

Jan 5, 2023 3:47:19 GMT 1 lero said:

Spong fits better at LHW IMO, maybe he could just lose a little bit of muscle.

I'm fine either way, but when you compete at ~95kg, you shouldn't be able to abuse the system to show up at 108kg on fight day.

And I get it: it's a gray area and 'everybody's doing it', but it defeats the purpose of weightclasses to begin with. I guess the only true solution would be stepping on the scale before entering the ring.

[Shadess]

[K1power]

Pretty exciting! Will they announce Plazibat vs. Rico?

Too bad it's during business hours for me.