K-1 Japan - 60kg World Grand Prix Tournament

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Bennoui on the backpedal for most of the first round, being chased by Urabe Koya.

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Who else is watching?

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Bennoui on the gaspedal in the second round. Much more exchanges now that both guys are moving forward. More or less even round. Bennoui some moments here and there and a nice teep by Urabe Koya near the end of the round.

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Round 3 was more similar to the first, with Urabe chasing Bennoui more.

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Urabe Koya defeats Karim Bennoui by Unanimous Decision.

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This was a pretty decent fight.

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Up Next:
QuarterFinal #4
Komiyama Kosuke VS Paulo Tebar

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Taiga vs Hernandez was wild. Loved Koya vs Karim as well

I sorta get the feeling Tebar is gonna steamroll over Komiyama. For this one Komiyama was in a zoo saying that he was getting inspiration for new moves from watching animals. He said Tebar is a rhinosaurus and he's gonna take him out like a matador

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lol

Edit: his Twitter handle is k12dragonkick though, so we might be in for a surprise!

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Fan vote finds that 83% of fans think Tebar is winning

[karaevfan]

Darn. Dragonkick is laying it down.

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Komiyama did pretty well in the first round!

[karaevfan]

Cool, both Kameda brothers and Uchiyama are in the audience. The tournament winner can fight one of them on NYE

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If Komiyama takes this, the tournament will be an all-Japanese affair.

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Komiyama Kosuke defeats Paulo Tebar by Unanimous Decision.

He might be whiped out in his next fight though.