lero
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Post by lero on Sept 28, 2023 21:21:52 GMT 1
Mejia saying he's ready for Petch, because he fought Tawanchai and Noiri isn't necessarily a great selling point when you consider he lost to both. Totally forgot he fought Noiri BTW. Both fights were competitive. Noiri and specially Tawanchai are bigger than Petchpanomrung. Petch should take it, but the fight should not be easy for him. Rooting for the only colombian to ever make it in the Kickboxing biggest stages
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Post by K1power on Sept 28, 2023 22:30:50 GMT 1
Fair enough, I can't really remember any of Mejia's fights to be honest.
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Post by K1power on Oct 2, 2023 9:06:34 GMT 1
Happening this Saturday.
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Post by K1power on Oct 2, 2023 18:15:01 GMT 1
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Post by K1power on Oct 4, 2023 22:17:48 GMT 1
Fight order adjusted and local prelims added:
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Post by K1power on Oct 5, 2023 19:56:18 GMT 1
I don't think Badr has been seriously training for this, which is an allegation I've heard left and right surrounding a number of his recent fights. He obviously still packs some power and speed, but his gastank has gotten pretty bad. Not a good thing when you can't take shots anymore. Videoland has done an interview with Badr where he talks about his decision not to fight in France, his upcoming fight with Uku and the Grand Prix, among other things. A few interesting bits: - Badr says there is no real difference between McSweeney and Uku, because they're both bad. - Says he'll definitely win and place himself, but isn't even sure he wants to enter the tournament. - His eagerness to enter the GP depends on the field, Rico entering and the prize money. - In the same breath says while he has faith in winning, he doesn't want to look past Jürjendal yet. - Feels 500k is a puney prize for fighting three times. - Says he didn't answer questions during the last presser, because he thinks Glory does weak press events and invites terrible journalists that don't do their homework. While I totally agree with him on the Glory presser part, he's obviously looking past Uku otherwise he would have been training properly. Uku landing that left hook is an accident waiting to happen.
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Post by K1power on Oct 6, 2023 14:11:57 GMT 1
Weigh-in videoNot sure why it's only on Facebook, it'll probably appear on YouTube later. Edit: Gotta admit, pretty decent weigh-in/presser. Probably smart not to air it live after the technical debacle in some of the other recent press events. They've opened bleacher seating to be able to sell more tickets. Wonder if the venue will look filled out tomorrow.
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Post by Shadess on Oct 6, 2023 18:53:09 GMT 1
Both Tavares and Stoica came in overweight. High expectations both guys have prepared extremely well for this.
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Post by K1power on Oct 7, 2023 8:35:35 GMT 1
You'd think they wouldn't stray that far from target weight if their preparation was that good.
At least hey both fucked up and this isn't anything title related.
I am intrigued by the matchup, though. Mike said he did what he could with Tavares in the 4-5 weeks he had to work with him, but that things look promising. As for Bogdan, it's been a while he's faced anyone decent.
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Post by K1power on Oct 7, 2023 8:41:54 GMT 1
Prelims kick off in 9 hours:
Not sure if the local prelims can be watched anywhere.
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Post by K1power on Oct 7, 2023 8:58:44 GMT 1
Event stream will be available for free in Morocco and for people who attended G88 or bought PPVs for it. I read somewhere the fight order was shuffled so Badr fights at a better timeslot for the Moroccan timezone. Either way, the one championship bout is the main event, which is how it should be.
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Post by Shadess on Oct 7, 2023 15:30:03 GMT 1
Terpstra out due to an injury. Rigters fighting Ion Taburceanu instead.
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Post by K1power on Oct 7, 2023 15:48:13 GMT 1
That's weirdly late, since he was at the weigh-in yesterday. Perhaps he wanted to push through it, but couldn't.
No clue about Taburceanu, but multiple places list him as a welterweight?
Perhaps there are multiple fighters with the same name.
Essentially the same as Rigters getting a wildcard, I guess.
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Post by K1power on Oct 7, 2023 17:24:48 GMT 1
Local prelims going on as we speak (no idea on any potential broadcast).
Glory prelims kick off in ~30 minutes.
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Post by K1power on Oct 7, 2023 18:02:34 GMT 1
We're live.
Plazibat co-commentating with Valtellini.
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