Of course not... It's not that big in England at all. There is nowhere to watch it on the TV or on payonline I really love K1 as it helps me with my Muay Thai a little more than watching MMA as the fighters have to think about the takedown so strike less. I am watching it at work at the moment however:thumbsup Lynchburg
This was a satisfying event top to bottom...with the possible exception of seeing Fujimoto needlessly slaughtered. Aerts is a bad mother****er. Overeem is savage!
It will be interesting to see how this effects Overeem, with some guys winning that first big title(and lets be honiest the SF HW title isnt that big yet) seems to give them even more confidense where as sometimes it causes them to let their foot of the gas pedal. I'm hopeful its going to be the former with Overeem as this is really only the 3rd time he's had a shot at the bigtime(2005 MWGP and last years K1 WGP). With Mirko I think being the nearly man so many times made the OWGP win that much more speical and much harder to carry on from at the same level.
If K-1 stays with us, Overeem-Schilt HAS to happen in 2011. :deal That and/or a Hari rubbermatch would make for a great year to go along with whatever Alistair achieves in MMA. His 2010 was good but it wasn't quite the display of dual-sport dominance he could have had.
well I dont know what the laws are in Holland but 128 kilos = ****ed in the US! That would be the end of his career. Good fighter, hope its just a mix up but thats unlikely.
The Dutch will probably just sentence him to 20 hours of community service. :!: Seriously, though...that is bad.
"Because of major financial problems at the Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG), the Japanese organizer of K-1 events, all of the contestants at the K1-GP in Tokyo are still awaiting their money. The FEG are in debt with the likes of reining world champion Alistair Overeem, Semmy Schilt and Peter Aerts. All three fought last December. In previous years the payments by the FEG took quite a while, but in order to survive the FEG has no other choice but to change course and make a cut in its costs. Via their managers the fighters have been told that the FEG is working on a reorganization, which is necessary in order to prevent bankruptcy. To avoid getting into larger debts - rumors having the debt runs as high as several millions US dollars - the FEG won't be holding any events this year. The earliest events are expected in july 2012." :-(
yea loved k1 but BADR HARI would knock every heavyweight in k1 or its showtime out waar BADR HARI!!! COME AT ME!!! STEP MAAR IN DE RING!
So, it seems the K-1 brand is trudging on under new management after being sold from FEG to real estate firm and combat sport newcomers Barbizon. They are holding a MAX tournament on September 25th, but it isn't being billed as the World MAX tournament (so it won't sully the lineage of Kraus/Masato/Buakaw/Souwer/Petrosyan all 2x each except for Kraus). Instead it's a "70 kilogram Japan tournament" - and indeed all the participants are Japanese...except - Kraus? :blood This content is protected Did nobody mention to him that winning this isn't going to get him in the two-time club with all his peers? Anyway, he should be the favorite to win it as the guys who are a clear level above him (Sato, Petrosyan) aren't involved. There are some decent talents - Yamamoto for instance put up a good fight against Sato in their rematch last year; Kenta is the Krush -70kg champion; Morita is undefeated with a high KO% - but this should be Albert's for the taking. It remains to be seen if Barbizon plans a continuation of the partnership with HDNet in the United States.
****, nobody cares? Mods, move this to the Lounge please. There might actually be some interested parties there and besides, K1 isn't MMA any more than boxing is. I don't want to have to come digging through a forum dedicated to a sport I don't follow anymore anyhow. :good