K-1 WORLD GP 2018 JAPAN K'FESTA.1

[Fox]

I cant read the name Takei without thinking of George Takei. "Mr. Sulu, set phasers to KO!"

[karaevfan]

See Kubo even forgot that Takei was K-1 MVP of 2017.

Prob not a guy you wanna piss off

[K1power]

There's Koji... then there's Kubo Kenji

[K1power]

Takei Yoshiki defeats Kubo Kenji by KO R1 (punches)

[karaevfan]

Man it has been just an endless stream of HOLY SHIT moments.

PLEASE TAKERU DELIVER US OUR FINALE

[fartsmeller]

I want Takei Vs Tenshin so bad

[K1power]

Mar 21, 2018 12:00:28 GMT 1 Fox said:

I cant read the name Takei without thinking of George Takei. "Mr. Sulu, set phasers to KO!"

There, fixed that for ya!

[K1power]

The Tournament Final and Main Event:

TAKERU vs. Komiyama Kosuke

[Shadess]

Kyotaro-ish movement in this fight.

[K1power]

TAKERU defeats Komiyama Kosuke by TKO R3 (three knockdowns)

[K1power]

Komiyama tried, but he just didn't have an answer for Takeru.

[K1power]

I'm sure Hirotaka is happy for Takeru and Koya, but it must hurt to go out in the first round like that. He's had a lot of trouble finding consistency.

[fartsmeller]

Yeah Komiyama doesn't have the tools to keep a pressure fighter of that calibre off of him, but valiant effort to get him to walk onto a kick. He's got really impressive dexterity in his legs but seems like he could do with training outside of his dad's dojo for his hands

[karaevfan]

Takeru broke him.

Apparently Hirotaka implied he's retiring in the post-fight presser.

Some waning in the midpoint, but this tournament defo lived up to expectations.

[K1power]

Full Results
Main card (Part 3)
TAKERU defeats Komiyama Kosuke by TKO R3 (three knockdowns)
Takei Yoshiki defeats Kubo Kenji by KO R1 (punches)
Urabe Koya defeats Wei Rui by KO R1 (left straight)
Hiramoto Ren defeats Kaew Weerasakreck by KO R2 (punches)
Kido Yasuhiro defeats Issam Chahid by Unanimous Decision
Kimura 'Phillip' Minoru defeats Hirayama Jin by KO R1 (punches)

Main card (Part 2)
Chingiz Allazov defeats Hinata by KO R2 (left hook)
Noiri Masaaki defeats Yamato Tetsuya by TKO R3 (ref stoppage)
TAKERU defeats Goshyu Masanobu by KO R1 (punches)
Komiyama Kosuke defeats KOJI by Unanimous Decision
Nakazawa Jun defeats Soda Yasuomi by Majority Decision (2-0)
Gunji Taito defeats Tosaka Takumi by Unanimous Decision
KANA defeats Polina Petukhova by Unanimous Decision

Main card (Part 1)
Roel Mannaart defeats Antonio Plazibat by Unanimous Decision
Kubo Yuta defeats Melsik Baghdasaryan by Unanimous Decision
Goshyu Masanobu defeats Dennis Wosik by Majority Decision (2-0)
TAKERU defeats Stauros Exakoustidis by Unanimous Decision
Komiyama Kosuke defeats Suarek Rukkukamui by KO R1 (left highkick)
KOJI defeats Urabe Hirotaka by Extra Round Decision

Preliminary Fights
Oiwa Tatsuya defeats Yokoyama Takumi by Majority Decision (2-0)
Hayato defeats Toushi by TKO R1 (three knockdowns)
Kondo Kaisei defeats Hara Shouta by KO R1 (punches)
Ruku defeats Kato Kona by Majority Decision (2-0)
Sano Junpei defeats Matsumura Hideaki by TKO R3 (lowkicks)

This is it guys, the 9 hour marathon has ended. Honestly, other than the uncomfortable starting time I was fine and the length of the event wasn't an issue.

This was a great event with tons of WTF moments and upsets (in a good way)
My only minor gripe is that between main card parts 1 and 2 there was a stretch of 8 fights that went to a decision that could have used some KO's.

And it would have been cool if Melsik, Hinata and Plazibat would have performed better.

Other than that it was all good though.

Thanks everybody for joining and for the few that were in here from start to finish you are troopers!