I just heard it's Remy vs Choi now

[LethalSassonic]

You guys know how it is, things change close to event times, I am not 100%, but I just heard from a pretty good source, that Remy is fighting Choi, and Goodridge is in but against someone else, and I think there's still one slot left in Final Elimination...

[sparkles]

Would make sense. Aerts and JLB out; they just shift the opponents. I'm not too fond of this match, we have seen it before.

[El Presidente]

this card had such potential...

[urdum]

Well with this change I hope the card isnt getting even more worse...

[( o Y o )]

hmmm.....so we get a rematch? I shall have to try and contain my excitement.

Thanks for the update though.

[Blindo]

Choi vs Remy sounds pretty good to me. Remy will win again imho. But what will be the last fight? I thought Big Daddy isnt avaiable?!

[Titan]

LOL

[heckyl]

Remy doesnt do good vs the big bullies. watch Choi get the KO. it will piss so many people off so i hope he lands this big retarded knee from hell and puts him on the canvas.

[Mago]

Nah, it'll be just a low-kick lesson again, but this time Remy won't have to save his shins for later, so I would expect Choi to be (T)KOed, Remy's motivation is back.

It's also a pretty uninsteresting match-up if this happens, nothing really new, I don't think they are trying to get Choi in this time, Remy can handle him easily, like last time.

This would indeed leave a match slot open, if Goodridge is one of the fighters, I wonder who will be the other...

For a nuthugger like me, this would make it easier for Ignashov to be in the GP after all those years agai, because he already proved he can handle Gary even when completely out of shape (see their first fight). But its all assumptions so I'll save my latin for later, when things get a little more solid...

Certainly not as pumped anymore, but what the heck...

[El Presidente]

Choi can still fluster Remy and smother him for a knockdown if he's not careful.

As for Iggy... well its Belorussian Roulette every time he steps into the ring. You dunno when the real Scorpion is gonna fight.

[Shinbone]

If this is true, why just don't have 7 fights and give Aerts a wild-card, problem solved.:D

[Paul T]

Would make sense. Aerts and JLB out; they just shift the opponents. I'm not too fond of this match, we have seen it before.

I have not been following well enough,
Why is JLB out???

[Jofeljoh!]

If this is true, why just don't have 7 fights and give Aerts a wild-card, problem solved.:D

Well for me personally I would like that, but it's not very fair to JLB, he deserves one too then right?

So, what about a reserve-fight between the Lumberjack and the Cyborg?

[( o Y o )]

Why is JLB out???

Movie insurance conflict.

and this could well mean now they are going to give two fighters that were neither regional champs or best 8 a chance to fight here just so the winner can be kicked out and replaced by Aerts/JLB due to the winner suddenly pulling out injured a week before the GP.

[CentralKickboxing.Org]

I hope Remy doesn't fight Choi like he did last year. Choi has such glaring weaknesses that no one has capitalized on. It requires thinking a little outside the box but not that much. The man is over 7' tall. Why would anyone think that conventional strategies are the best?

[Mago]

Hehe, the infamous "arm injury while playing poker" excuse...

I hope they come up with prepared fighters, but right now I cant really think of anyone (anyone who has proved he can hang and argue for the title - Abidi is injured, Ignashov probably too, McDonald, Carter, Magomedov, Nordstrand, Veneetian, etc all share the "strange to the mass fan" status, etc).

[alexey]

If this is true, why just don't have 7 fights and give Aerts a wild-card, problem solved.:D

If Choi-Remy and Aerts - will card....

Possible 5 holland in final. Schilt, Hoost, Hari, Remy, Aerts....

[( o Y o )]

if FEG realise that, there goes any chance of Aerts getting a wild card if all the other Dutch fighters win ;-)

[alexey]

if FEG realise that, there goes any chance of Aerts getting a wild card if all the other Dutch fighters win ;-)

It is possible

30 sept - 7 elimination fight and they can add one fight (Gary vs TBA) and the winner this fight will be in reservefight 2 dec (like Bregy vs McDonald 2003)

And wild card for Aerts or LeBanner

[BEEF]

I hope Remy doesn't fight Choi like he did last year. Choi has such glaring weaknesses that no one has capitalized on. It requires thinking a little outside the box but not that much. The man is over 7' tall. Why would anyone think that conventional strategies are the best?


I am not sure what you are thinking of, but I have been saying for a while that nobody has tested Choi's ability to take a shot to the liver or rest of the body for that matter.

[alexey]

If this is true, why just don't have 7 fights and give Aerts a wild-card, problem solved.:D

If we have only 7 elimfight. For me - Choi-Remy - not good.

Choi - Bregy, Hoost - Bonjasky, Schilt - Fujimoto - better

[CentralKickboxing.Org]

I am not sure what you are thinking of, but I have been saying for a while that nobody has tested Choi's ability to take a shot to the liver or rest of the body for that matter.

Against a normal sized opponent, a jab is directed at a legit target, usually the head. Against Choi, the distance is wrong. Remy and others ended up running at Choi to make the glove touch a target. Choi's whole training is to hit guys running at him.

Outside the box, a smart fighter would start the combo on Choi's gloves. Choi will either have his gloves out of position or will stiffen up to receive combos targeting his hands. This is how kendo works. Rigid fencers are slow and vulnerable. Also, Choi's been seen in the ring craddling his arm. He would not like to collide punches with anyone.

Someone like Remy could in theory be a nightmare for Choi by finishing these kinds of combos with a low kick.

Other outside the box things include stepping on Choi's enormous feet to break his balance. I remember reading Yamashita's judo book. He described this as an opprotunistic technique. The truth is that he made these opportunities all by himself.

Jousting with Choi is just plain silly.

[Long Fist]

Choi's opponents have been like magnetically drawn towards his big head.

Remy is probably the most difficult kind of opponent to Choi, because he is so slippery, evasive and fast and Choi is not the most accurate puncher around.

[El Presidente]

I still think back to Kaoklai vs Choi... and wonder how the hell that ever happened.

[Shinbone]

Well for me personally I would like that, but it's not very fair to JLB, he deserves one too then right?

So, what about a reserve-fight between the Lumberjack and the Cyborg?

Well, I really want Jerome in the finals and I don't want to sound like a jerk, but Jerome could have known that this might happen. He announced that he won't fight the finals and chose to make a movie. He can't do both.

Aerts has a injury and you can't blame him for an injury.

I don't like to see a reserve match Aerts vs Banner. They don't like to fight each other, so not good.

Alexey, I don't like to see 5 Dutchmen in the finals. Although I'm patriotic, I think it is really bad if a sport/entertainment thing is dominated by one country. IMHO they should have let Hoost out, Hoost is too old and announced his retirement and now he wants to compete in the finals again. So, if you made a decesion, stick to it and don't chance your mind.

Badr Hari didn't deserve to fight in the Final Eliminations, because he lost his match against Peter Graham.

If FEG complains about too many Dutchman, they could easily put Hoost and Badr out, but that would be bad for the money.

[Dado]

Have they ever complained about too many dutchmen?