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beast
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| K-1 doesn't hold a candle to Pride which in turn doesn't hold a candle to UFC, but a fight fan learns to appreciate each style for what it's worth. Sure would love to see that tall, weird looking Korean guy fight Fedor in Pride FC. Get him on the mat and pound the crap out of him and then snap his scrawny legs like twigs. |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:33 am Post subject: |
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| manlyboy wrote: |
| Why'd they put Sapp up against Frankenstein anyway? They're both big drawcards, and both should've been seeded against lesser opponents so they could progress to the Tokyo Dome. It just makes good business sense. |
Yeah. I just saw a replay earlier tonight.
I think it might have been fixed, though. Sapp looked like he was stunned by the big goofy Choi guy almost the entire fight. Looked just a wee bit suspicious.
If it wasn't fixed, Choi deserved the win on that particular one. He made Sapp look small, and Sapp didn't know what to do with him. |
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jade
Joined: 01 May 2005
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 4:22 am Post subject: |
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Pride does not hold a candle to UFC? Every UFC fighter is fighting to become a Pride fighter FYI. UFC always calls off the fights far to early. Pride is where the best of the best meet.
Unbelievable to see Wandalay Silva get beaten by his own country man after 3 years as the middle weight champ.
Good luck to Choi Hong Man. I met him before his first fight in Seoul and his hands really are that big they are like sledge hammers. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 5:27 am Post subject: |
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Saw Choi hongman at the soccer match today in Seoul. He sure looked funny dwarfing the maskot with the oversized head. The way he walks is even funnier.
What I'd really like to see is that 170lb Thai ace with the buck teeth knock him out with a perfectly placed kick. |
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beast
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Jade, You say UFC calls off the fights too early. Well in UFC you won't get a yellow card for using your elbows. Also, weight classes simply suck. You don't need weight classes. Mixed martial arts should simply be two men one on one, anything goes until you can't go no more. |
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Wishmaster
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:04 am Post subject: |
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| Whenever Sapp fights, he always has that stupid, dazed and confused look on his face. No wonder he always wins...he's always beating up on those scrawny Japanese or Korean guys. He's as worthless as the Giant Silva dude....KFD |
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manlyboy
Joined: 01 Aug 2004
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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| Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Here's the draw for the finals:
A: Korean Frankenstein Guy
B: Remy Bonjasky
C: Ray Sefo
D: Semmy Schilt
E: Jerome Le Banner
F: Peter Aerts
G: Musashi
H: Ruslan Karaev
K-1 World GP '05 Final Draw
Written by Monty DiPietro.
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TOKYO, September 25, 2005 -- This year's K-1 Final Eight fighters were determined with fists and feet at the Osaka Dome on Saturday. Today, in front of hundreds of fans and media at the outdoor arena of the Roppongi Hills Complex in Tokyo, a draw was held to establish who will fight whom at the November 19 Tokyo Dome Final.
The pairings were determined under K-1's traditional selection system, which combines elements of choice with a bit of good old fashioned luck. All eight fighters first reach in turn into a box to blindly choose from balls, these bearing the numbers one through eight. Next, fighters proceed, in the order dictated by their number, to the stage. There they are free to stand in any available fighters' spot indicated as A through H. This becomes the tournament tree -- A vs B and C vs D being the first bracket; E vs F and G vs H being the second.
Generally, fighters opt to position themselves in earlier bouts (positions A and B being the first fight), as these spots on the card will afford longer rests for those who advance. But after the first selection has been made, strategy also enters into the process. If, for example, the selector likes his chances against someone already committed, he can place himself beside that fighter if the position is still available. Or, if the selector prefers to avoid an already committed fighter, he can install himself elsewhere -- beside either another fighter or a vacant position.
Picking along with Defending WGP Champion Remy Bonjasky of Holland today were Peter Aerts (Holland), Hong-Man Choi (South Korea), Ruslan Karaev (Russia), Jerome LeBanner (France), Musashi (Japan), Semmy Schilt (Holland) and Ray Sefo (New Zealand).
Sefo got first ball, and installed himself in position "C," the red corner of the second bout. Next up was Hong-Man Choi, who elected to avoid Sefo and instead take the blue corner for the first bout. When Bonjasky selected third, he was faced with the choice of taking a second bracket berth or else lining up beside either Sefo or Choi. After careful consideration, Bonjasky decided to step into the red corner of the first bout and a date with Choi.
Said Bonjasky: "I chose Choi because he is the new guy in K-1, and he's a great guy and I want to test him. He's big and tall, but I think if I jump then I can reach him with my knees!"
Semmy Schilt had the next number and rather venture into the second bracket, walked straight up and paired off with Sefo.
"I had a feeling beforehand that I was going to end up fighting one of the big guys, either Choi or Semmy" said Sefo, "and that prediction came true. I have another prediction, which I am going to keep to myself for now, but you will all find out when the night of the Final arrives."
Jerome LeBanner then went to the red corner for the third bout, giving the next selector, Ruslan Karaev, the opportunity to step in beside him. But Karaev declined, preferring to take his chances in the fourth bout. Musashi drew the seventh ball, and was so had the choice of either LeBanner or Karaev. After a quick huddle with his brother Tomo, the Japanese fighter planted himself in the red corner of the last match, beside Karaev. It therefore fell by default to Aerts to fight LeBanner in the third bout.
Said LeBanner, "I would have preferred to fight a young guy, because Peter is my friend, but as Peter knows it's friendship outside the ring and war inside the ring!"
After Karaev remarked that he was going to focus his training on defensive techniques in advance of the Final, Musashi drew a laugh from the crowd with his comments: "If Ruslan wants to fight more defensively, then I will oblige him by fighting even more aggressively!"
The K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 Final is set for Tokyo Dome on Saturday November 19. It will be same-day broadcast across Japan by the Fuji TV Network. The official tournament tree and complete fighter profiles are here: www.so-net.ne.jp/feg/k-1gp/b05_1119.htm |
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HapKi
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL
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| Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I saw the draws on tv. They all looked very personable in their street clothes, and were joking around with each other, hugging, etc.
None of that posturing you see in the ring.
Remy picked Hong Man, and said he wanted to give him a go as he's fairly untested. He joked in the preceding interview that he'd have to jump to reach Hong Man's head in his infamous roundhouse kicks. |
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stumptown
Joined: 11 Apr 2005
Location: Paju: Wife beating capital of Korea
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:57 am Post subject: |
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| When is this next round? I don't have a TV so I have to go the Ramyun shop nearby. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| stumptown wrote: |
| When is this next round? I don't have a TV so I have to go the Ramyun shop nearby. |
I think it's 19 Nov. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| komtengi wrote: |
| choi's stance is too open, and much to wide. need to work his legs, sweeping from the inside to the out. |
Yeah, he kind of reminds me of King Kong swatting away airplanes when he fights. |
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