Any news when the event will take place? It was interesting to hear that Strikeforce was looking at getting Khalidov in to fight Lawler on late notice even though it was unlikely to come off. Hopefully, we will see him in one of the major shows soon.
Nope. Will most likely be in Warsaw again, but the dates nor anything arent set yet. Pretty much gonna have to wait and see what Polsat does. Would be pretty bad-ass tho seeing Pudzian and Khalidov on the same card. Id defiantly pay for that ****
Mamed is nominated for Rookie of the year in the Ground & Pound Awards International 2009 Pudzianowski is also nominated as "Cult of the year" w/e that means you can vote here no registration necessary. [url]http://www.gnp1.de/limesurvey/index.php?sid=92148&lang=en[/url]
Mamed is going to have a rematch vs. Jorge Santiago in case any of you didnt know.... The first fight was non title, this will be. I got a video and a short interview with Mamed ill post it in a bit.
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This content is protected [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLxvma7qSbk[/ame] Mamed is currently training with fellow Polish KSW stars for for upcoming bout. This video shows lab tests that were taken both by Mamed and his Polish KSW fighters Maciej Gorski and Lukasz Jurkowski
Seems to be a little obsessed with the spinning back kick (which leaves him open to many counters), but looks like he'll rip up any journeymen along his way to the top. Then we will get to see him properly tested.
This interview was taken today from sporty-walki.org ( [url]http://www.sporty-walki.org/content/2010/01/25/141430/index.jsp[/url] ) I translated for those who are interested in Mamed..... In March 7 you will have you next fight in Japan. At first you were suppose to fight with Canadian Joe Doerksen. As it turns out that for the second time you will be fighting Jorge Santiago, and the prize for this fight will be the Sengoku Championship belt. Tell us behind the scene of this fight.. MK: At first we got a proposition with a fight with Doerksen. I agreed to it. But it turns out, that the Japanese wanted for me to with with Santiago again. Sengoku approached us with the proposition and encrouched us, because my promoters were given many different propositions, and then the specifically asked, will you agree to fight the Brazilian one again? Of course I am all for it...to fight him for the belt yo!! (laughs) We all know, how the first fight ended. Please tell us, how do you think this time the fight will turn out? MK: At that time I didn't even know him, but he knew me. We saw his fights on video. This time the fight can look much different. Maybe this time from his side there will be more reassurance, maybe this time there will be from my side. It's hard to say. I believe, that this fight is not gonna be as easy as the one I had in November. He already knows what to expect. I would like, for this fight to end fast and with a good result for us. I am at the stage of preparation. At that time, I only had 3 weeks to train, but this time I got much more time to prepare. Im going to equip myself so that I will win this fight. You reminded us, that in the first fight you could not prepare yourself to the maximum. The Ramadan food restrictions and training didn't go as now. Right now you will most likely have better comfort, particularly mentally? MK: Exactly. I will be in better form for sure. And to add to that, I will be much more calmer mentally. Right before I knew that I am right after the Ramadan, and that i had zero form and only 3 weeks to prepare myself to fight. Everything came all of a sudden and I said, if I can do it, because you have to make weight, and I didnt have much time of training. Right now it is much better and I can peacefully get prepared. How will your preparations look like? MK: Training will defiantly be more accurate, and the rest is in the hands of God. Im counting, that he will give me the strength, the luck....the thing that he always gives me! A few days ago you had a few tests in the KSW Lab. How was it? Are you happy of the results? MK: Yes, I did the tests with Michal Garny. The results of the tests appeared to be much better than before I had the first fight with the Brazilian. At that time I did not train, it was the time of Ramadan and my form was not the best. Right now also I didn't train, but i was always moving, I was always doing something and that game me a positive outlook on the results of the test. We will go back to the fight with Santiago. You beat him on the ground, where he feels the best at. Do you feel, as if this time you will try to avoid fighting on the ground and fight stand up? MK: I dont have any clue how he will want to fight. Before in the interviews, he states that he wanted to fight stand up and I was prepared for that. It turned out, that he did not want to brawl in stand up and he preferred the ground. He made a small mistake and the fight ended with me as the winner. However I do not believe that he will make the same mistake twice. The second fight between us might be much more harder. I have hope, that we will give a great fight and the fans will be happy. A lot of fans are questioning the stimulation of the contract. Do you have in the contract that if you get the World Championship belt in Sengoku, that you have to do at least 1 defense? MK: First I want to get the belt, we can talk later what will happen in the future. Finally, I wanted to ask, where will the Sengoku Belt be placed? Will it be in the Brazilians hands, or will it come here to Poland? MK: Only God knows how its going to be. He is training, I am training, and we both don't know what will happen. But for sure everyone of us will hope, that I will get it. Mamed, thank you for your words, and I wish you luck. MK: Thank you, and I greet all my fans.
For those of you who have not seen the first encounter with Santiago: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHhaQ90G6NI[/ame]
