KNOCK OUT vol.0 [05-12] Results

[K1power]

Fightcard

Genji Umeno VS TBA
Tenshin Nasukawa VS TBA
takuya Imamura VS Youichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima
Yosuke Morii VS Yodwandee Nitisamui
Haruaki Otsuki VS Starboy
Keisuke Miyamoto VS Masahide Kudo

liverkick.dvewlsh.com/fight-card-for-knock-out-vol-0-on-december-5th/

As Karaevfan pointed out in the news thread, this is K-1 Japan's new rival promotion.

[karaevfan]

Card change!



Kudo Masahide is out after he was defeated at REBELS.46. Ogasawara Eisaku--who defeated Kudo in 43 seconds via KO and took the REBELS title--will be fighting Miyamoto instead.

Here is Ogasawara's fight if you are interested.


Both fighters have expressed their desire to fight Nasukawa Tenshin if they win this one, so this is being marketed as an effective contender fight. Miyamoto is on a mini-roll going 3-0-1 since being butchered by Tenshin, including a 2R KO over Chuchai Kaewsamrit that won him the WPMF title. Should be a fun scrap though I don't see either posing much of a threat to Tenshin.

Also this card will be live streamed on abemaTV 

[themagi]

Speed Actor. Now that is a sobriquet.

[Shadess]

Not really that bad but still kind of reminds me of the random English shit the Chinese often like to write on things
Just have English words it'll seem luxurious.

[karaevfan]

Nov 2, 2016 1:02:46 GMT 1 themagi said:

Speed Actor. Now that is a sobriquet.

So Speedy that they misspelled it on this otherwise handsomely made and very educational profile page.

[karaevfan]

KNOCKOUT announced the main fights today and Holy shoot. They are not pulling punches

Co-Main: Nasukawa Tenshin (BLADE Tournament champion, RISE BW champion, ISKA BW champion) vs. Wanchalong P.K.SaenchaiGym (Reigning Lumpinee Super FLW Champion)





Main: Umeno Genji vs Sirimongkol P.K.SaenchaiGym

[fartsmeller]

There's countless regional bad boys, but he's the bad boy of an entire direction? Now that's bad.

[karaevfan]

Guys, i'm not sure what went on, but this one just happened and I think some sort of witchcraft was involved
6 fights. 5 KOs. There were a lot of doubt about KNOCK OUT going into this, but with this one event they've managed to prove their worth as a real opposition force vs. K-1 Japan.

Otsuki vs Starboy

Miyamoto vs Ogasawara

Morii vs Yodwandee

Nagashima vs T-98

Tenshin vs Wanchalong

Spoilers

I think the key takeaway is that Takeru vs. Tenshin needs to happen and it needs to happen today.
Seriously. Tenshin is an 18 year old that just KO'd the reigning Lumpinee champ in the first round in his muay thai debut and is on a 16 fight win streak. Takeru is on a 25 fight win streak or something and he just won his 2nd K-1 belt. Gotta happen.

Results

Otsuki Haruaki defeats StarBoy KwaythongGym via KO 1R 0:45 (Right Hook)
Ogasawara Eisaku defeats Miyamoto Keisaku via KO 3R 2:53 (Left High Kick)
Morii Yosuke defeats Yodwandee Nitasamui via KO 3R 1:54 (Right Elbow)
T-98 defeats Nagashima Jienotsu Yuichiro via KO 2R 2:50 (Right Straight)
Nagashima Tenshin defeats Wanchalong PK.Saenchaigym via KO 1R 2:33 (Spinning Back Kick)
Umeno Genji defeats Sirimongkol PK.Saenchaigym via 5R decision (49-47, 49-46, 50-46)

[dvewlsh]

My god I'm so happy.

[fartsmeller]

Fuuuuuuck that spinning back kick is brutal

[Shadess]

Dec 5, 2016 17:00:48 GMT 1 karaevfan said:

Seriously. Tenshin is an 18 year old that just KO'd the reigning Lumpinee champ in the first round in his muay thai debut

If I was a salty coca it'd be time to make a sherdog thread on how Thais suck. Lose to Japanese kids in 1 round and Buakaw, Yod etc. rather fight kickboxing since it's clearly a superior sport. Oh crap, the fight wasn't in Thailand so it doesn't really count since they don't take any fights seriously when they're elsewhere :/ Damn.

[K1power]

I COMPLETELY forgot this was happening.

Man that back kick KO was brutal. Also, I completely missed that elbows were allowed so I was pretty shocked when I saw the spinning back elbow knockdown during Otsuki vs Starboy. Good start for them, it helps when there are lots of KO's in a promotion called KNOCK OUT.

Dec 5, 2016 18:52:15 GMT 1 Shadess said:

Dec 5, 2016 17:00:48 GMT 1 karaevfan said:

Seriously. Tenshin is an 18 year old that just KO'd the reigning Lumpinee champ in the first round in his muay thai debut

If I was a salty coca it'd be time to make a sherdog thread on how Thais suck. Lose to Japanese kids in 1 round and Buakaw, Yod etc. rather fight kickboxing since it's clearly a superior sport. Oh crap, the fight wasn't in Thailand so it doesn't really count since they don't take any fights seriously when they're elsewhere :/ Damn.

Haha some of those guys would retire from the internet.

[karaevfan]

Dec 5, 2016 20:50:57 GMT 1 K1power said:

I COMPLETELY forgot this was happening.

Man that back kick KO was brutal. Also, I completely missed that elbows were allowed so I was pretty shocked when I saw the spinning back elbow knockdown during Otsuki vs Starboy. Good start for them, it helps when there are lots of KO's in a promotion called KNOCK OUT.

Dec 5, 2016 18:52:15 GMT 1 Shadess said:

If I was a salty coca it'd be time to make a sherdog thread on how Thais suck. Lose to Japanese kids in 1 round and Buakaw, Yod etc. rather fight kickboxing since it's clearly a superior sport. Oh crap, the fight wasn't in Thailand so it doesn't really count since they don't take any fights seriously when they're elsewhere :/ Damn.

Haha some of those guys would retire from the internet.

Some of the elbows in there were pretty brutal. Credit to Miyamoto for getting up after Ogasawara made half his face explode with one.

It is a trial to stay classy on sherdog.

Overall the show was super exciting though some questions remain for them in the long term.
Pros
- Lots of exciting KOs
- Ruleset allowing for full clinch and elbows did not slow down action at all
- They were able to announce a roadmap for their next few events
- They got a full crowd despite not paying their fighters with tickets (that's a real gamechanger for Japanese fight sports)

Cons
- Overall lower production values compared to even the modest K-1 Japan
- Few fights per card (just 6 on this one with no prelim fights). Raises questions about whether they have the capacity to put on tournaments/build up new stars
- There's something slimey about the way they use their ring girls (I can't quit put my finger on it)

[dvewlsh]

Yeah, I was wondering if there were unaired prelims or something, because this is a VERY brief card.

The production wasn't great, it looked dim and like those lower-end shows like NO KICK NO LIFE (well duh), REBELS and the such. That's okay, but Japanese fans have shown time and time again that the flash helps a lot. Hell, I'm all for KNOCK OUT right now and I wish they'd do things on a bigger scale.

[karaevfan]

Dec 6, 2016 8:54:17 GMT 1 dvewlsh said:

Yeah, I was wondering if there were unaired prelims or something, because this is a VERY brief card.

The production wasn't great, it looked dim and like those lower-end shows like NO KICK NO LIFE (well duh), REBELS and the such. That's okay, but Japanese fans have shown time and time again that the flash helps a lot. Hell, I'm all for KNOCK OUT right now and I wish they'd do things on a bigger scale.

It is supposedly by design.

The Bushiroad CEO has been quoted as saying that 6-7 fights is the maximum length a casual viewer would be able to pay attention as he drinks beer or something and it encourages the arena audience to come in and stay for the full event. Bold move. Sure those long K-1 events have pretty brutal pacing at times, but it also gives them the flexibility to pull off one night tournaments, Koshien, prelims and all those other fights that help them build up narrative for their top billed fights. If you're gonna be pulling off shorter events, you'd think you also want to be doing events fairly frequently and not every 2 months or so.

As you said, the production values is almost entirely lifted from NO KICK NO LIFE. It might change with their next event as this was a relatively smaller pilot (Volume 0) in a smaller arena (2Kish vs. 3-4K for their next event). 2017 is when their TV deal starts kicking in as well though.

Again, great start, but its still clearly experimental with a lot of stuff ported over from NO KICK NO LIFE. They need to start tailoring things for mass consumption. Their matchmaking is basically "We got a decent legit guy from Thailand, lets see if this Japanese guy can beat him". Building credibility in their talent is important, but you also want to be building up prospects and setting up narratives for the next event (which is what K-1 Japan does really well). Some of their aesthetic (e.g. their ringgirls, who were apparently all pinup girls) also gives the impression of sleazy underground Japanese KB.