Late but as announced: JLB officially out.

[AKA]

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From fightmag.net, words from his manager.
(I am the commercial agent: I take care of sponsors, seminars, site ,clothes etc... Not the fights/movies contracts)

Too lazy and tired to translate sorry.

[( o Y o )]

Cheers for the news, and the updates up until now have been appreciated by all!!

[AKA]

I'm disappointed..even if I knew that it was almost impossible since more than 10 months! ( At K1 dynamite we already said to K1 that it will not be possible...then at Hero's, the at Amsterdam)
JLB-HCM was such an exciting matchup!

Sorry for the very late news, It was simply not possible to talk....

[Aldrich]

Muller's words are strange, he seems to imply LeBanner's done with K-1 and should concentrate on his acting career for the future. He talks about K-1 in the past tense and complains about the way FEG treated Jérôme, maybe I'm not in the best position to talk but I don't think JLB has been the worst treated K-1 fighter since the beginning of his career...

Hopefully it's just PR talk.

[yauji]

Could anyone help to do a brief translation ?

thanks.

[Mago]

While there's no native speaker translation, this is what I could come up with, using my rusty and bad french, it may contain errors, but just in case someone is curious:

- It says what many already know: that Jerome can't fight simply because he's in full filming process and they have made it known to K1 for a long time before the Elimination event.

- Next week Jerome will be part of 3 filming sessions for Asterix and the olympic games.

- Even after conversations between the manager and one of the film's producers (his friend), the insurance contract make it impossible for them to risk having Jerome injured and unable to perform the needed movie scenes, that they need to respect their commitment.

- I loose a lot of the meaning there and pick up at where he says Jerome has dedicated himself to K1 for many years, but a chance like this (the movie part) is a very big opportunity for him and that he cant let something like this pass.

- He says something like Jerome has fought for K1 for over a decade, but he, as manager, is thinking about what will be his situation in the long-term future - possibly implying that his professional future in K1 is near it's end (Jerome HAS stated his intentions of retiring soon) and other professional alternatives now have their part in his decisions (This could be wrong though).

It then says that after the "scandal" caused by the Jerome - Bonjasky decision issue, another "quake" hit K1 with both Jerome and Aerts (as well as the "star" Bob Sapp) out of this year's circuit, specially when all of those guys are so much apreciated by the japanese fans.

[yauji]

thanks Mago for the translation. :)

Its a sad news to K-1 fans at all. :(

[BEEF]

Thanks AKA.... damn that sucks ass.

[alexey]

I'm disappointed..even if I knew that it was almost impossible since more than 10 months! ( At K1 dynamite we already said to K1 that it will not be possible...then at Hero's, the at Amsterdam)
JLB-HCM was such an exciting matchup!

Sorry for the very late news, It was simply not possible to talk....

AKA, final tournament superfight and Dynamite fight are not possible?

[( o Y o )]

I cannot speak for AKA, but I think LeBanners insurance issue is only a problem until the end of October alexey.

[AKA]

AKA, final tournament superfight and Dynamite fight are not possible?
If JLB get the wild card he will be the must happy man on earth and so would I.
If no Final then I think that they wil put him on Dynamite, but today nothing is planned.....

Boobs is right, his movie scenes will end late in October ( around the 25)

JLB doesnt plan to retire soon. Simply he wants to follow Olivier Muller into this movie adventure because it can be his after K1 carreer.

[alexey]

If JLB get the wild card he will be the must happy man on earth and so would I.
If no Final then I think that they wil put him on Dynamite, but today nothing is planned.....

Boobs is right, his movie scenes will end late in October ( around the 25)

JLB doesnt plan to retire soon. Simply he wants to follow Olivier Muller into this movie adventure because it can be his after K1 carreer.

Thank you, AKA.

I hope we can watch In the near future

JLB vs Sefo
JLB vs Schilt
JLB vs Feitosa
JLB vs Choi

may be
JLB vs Abidi - 2

[sparkles]

JLB doesnt plan to retire soon. Simply he wants to follow Olivier Muller into this movie adventure because it can be his after K1 carreer.

He can be making movies from 40 to 99. But fighting in K-1, which is still his passion, will only be possible in the next couple of years. I understand he takes a break now and then, but still I think he should prefer to fight now instead of movies. Movies is new for him, and as would be the case for everyone, something new is exciting. But he will get used to it and maybe after a couple of years making movies ... he will regret that he cannot fight anymore ...

[AKA]

Well, it seems that the story is not closed.
Just get a message from JLB and as ever I cant say anything but guess what....
That man is crazy, thats why he is such a good friend!

Nothing official, dont share if you want kakutougi to still have the exclusive news from JLB.... Coz I have no idea if K1, movie insurance and some important people are aware of this NEWS!!

Holy fuck....

[il.puparo]

go jerome

[Jofeljoh!]

Aaah, AKA, you're teasing now! But, I assume it's good news, so hell yeah!

[tonypol]

hell yeah...,GOOOOOOOOOOOO JEROME ...IF HE IS STILL IN

[tonypol]

Jerome is carzy ......if he will fight and the movie ensurance dont know ....he will have problem i think.....but he know what is doing

[AKA]

I pray he does not change his mind and doesnt get hurt.
I pray the insurance to be comprehensive!

[tonypol]

I pray he does not change his mind and doesnt get hurt.
I pray the insurance to be comprehensive!


Jerome is ready for this fight ????he was trainning in the last 2-3 weeks??

[Dado]

I hope he fights!

Screw the rational option, thats why hes a fighter.

[alexey]

I pray he does not change his mind and doesnt get hurt.
I pray the insurance to be comprehensive!

I hope it will be fast Ko!!! Go Jerome!!

[Mago]

Couldn't he be prossecuted if he doesn't obey the contract? I know it's not my business, but I would never advise him to fight if that's the case, it coud be extremely negative for him...

[( o Y o )]

I heard from another place so AKA's hint may well be good (as expected). Respect his wishes though nd keep it private until something official is announced.

[sparkles]

I hope JLB doesn't fight. He's a great fighter, but you have to prepare well for such a fight. That means you have to be focussed and well trained and he won't be any of these two factors if he fights. I don't want to see him turn up in very average shape like he did vs Bonjaski. People expect him to beat Choi, he better do in it style. If he turns up out of shape, not only his fans will be dissapointed but also JLB himself.

On the other hand it's a "chance" he has to get among the 8 last. Maybe he take advantage of it, unless he get's a wild card.

[AKA]

ITS OFFICIAL (again) JLB will fight HCM....
New contract ( huge one), he will fly to Osaka the morning of the show and leave the day after!

[Arie-Kanarie]

Wow, great news! Hopefully he will KO the Korean Giant

[Shinbone]

ITS OFFICIAL (again) JLB will fight HCM....
New contract ( huge one), he will fly to Osaka the morning of the show and leave the day after!

OMG, this is so good news! Congratulations, it's awesome!
I don't what to say, it's just fantastic!

War Jerome!!!

[Jofeljoh!]

Great :)

Call me a hypocrite, only thing I want left is a bowling injury to occur, to get Aerts a wildcard ;)

[( o Y o )]

Good news there for sure.

[Lord Gaul]

Jerome should just go to the insurance company and say "Look, I only need about 3 minutes of Insurance money, then I swear I will be out of the ring".

Anyways, I am glad that he is officially back now.

[Paul T]

go JLB!

[CentralKickboxing.Org]

This is too exhausting.
I hope Jerome fights smart.

[( o Y o )]

Choi is checking into the hotel right now

[BEEF]

ITS OFFICIAL (again) JLB will fight HCM....
New contract ( huge one), he will fly to Osaka the morning of the show and leave the day after!


Great news.... I am worried though that this will not give him enough time to get over the jet lag. Is he in good shape?

[BEEF]

This is too exhausting.
I hope Jerome fights smart.


I really hope your ranking will change on Saturday.

[tonypol]

WARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR JEROMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...kill this insignificant Choi ...kill this goliat ......kick he's ass please:d

[CentralKickboxing.Org]

I really hope your ranking will change on Saturday.

So do I.

[AKA]

This is too exhausting.
I hope Jerome fights smart.
same here!

[Blindo]

Battle Cyborg vs Technio Giant sounds so good to me, go JLB!

[CentralKickboxing.Org]

JLB made short work of Jan back in the day. I'm pretty sure he'll do the same to Choi.
Still, I'd like to see him (anyone really) open up on Choi's gloves first and then close the distance.

[tonypol]

AKA how much time Jerome was trainning for this fight ??
i hope he will be in a good shape, i dont want to repeat the storie with Botha...Jerome is evident much better that Choi ,but will be a hard fight ,i hope we will see for the fierst time this goliat down:d

[Shinbone]

AKA how much time Jerome was trainning for this fight ??
i hope he will be in a good shape, i dont want to repeat the storie with Botha...Jerome is evident much better that Choi ,but will be a hard fight ,i hope we will see for the fierst time this goliat down:d

Jerome was injured against Botha. That's why he didn't answer the bell.

[sparkles]

What about Aerts, can't he fight in a wheelchair?

[Shinbone]

What about Aerts, can't he fight in a wheelchair?

Can you type without hands?

[pirespece]

RIP HMC mouhahahahahaaaaa

Thank you Jerome !!!

[( o Y o )]

Aerts is not even in the hotel as far as I know....

[sparkles]

Can you type without hands?

I have voice command. This means that what I say appears my PC screen right away. No need to type anymore!

To get back to the topic, I just don't like the idea of JLB taking this fight with no preparation, no focus, no concentration, a jetlag thus being terribly out of shape for such an important fight!
My reference to Aerts was to indicate that he could probably fight as well, but he chose not to, because of his shape.

I hope I'm wrong!

[( o Y o )]

Well, from what I hear JLB has been doing some training fo the possible chance of fighting, and to stay trim for the movie. On the other hand I hear Aerts was in and out of hospital.

[Shinbone]

I have voice command. This means that what I say appears my PC screen right away. No need to type anymore!

I asked you if you could type without hands? You didn't answer my question.

[Jofeljoh!]

Why would you want an answer to a rethorical question? :)

[Shinbone]

Why would you want an answer to a rethorical question? :)

Because Sparkles, mentioned if Aerts could fight in a wheelchair, that was rethorical, so I asked a rethorical question myself.

[sparkles]

Well, from what I hear JLB has been doing some training fo the possible chance of fighting, and to stay trim for the movie. On the other hand I hear Aerts was in and out of hospital.

Would be great if they could both compete and keep the great fightcard, but I would prefer that both would be in good shape. "May the best man win"
WE know what story is behind those fights, most people don't.
I don't like fights like Goodridge vs Williams 2, where one fighter didn't have the time to prepare properly.

I asked you if you could type without hands? You didn't answer my question.

I don't get where you are heading to but to answer your question, yes I can. I can type with my toes or even with my nose if I want to.

[Shinbone]

Would be great if they could both compete and keep the great fightcard, but I would prefer that both would be in good shape. "May the best man win"
WE know what story is behind those fights, most people don't.
I don't like fights like Goodridge vs Williams 2, where one fighter didn't have the time to prepare properly.



I don't get where you are heading to but to answer your question, yes I can. I can type with my toes or even with my nose if I want to.

Hahaha, this is what I meant.

You asked a rethorical question, if Aerts could fight in a wheelchair. As repons to that I asked you a rethorical question, namely can you type without using your hands?

Your remark about Aerts fighting in a wheelchair doesn't make any sence, so does my question.

I wanted to show you that by asking a dumb question, just like your question about fighting in a wheelchair could be referred to as a 'dumb' question.

You see my point? No, hard feelings, brother.

[AKA]

Guys, I hate JLB training way usually!
but this time he is in shape he is at 113 kg!!!!

I have a good feeling, JLB is a warrior, a pro and its only 3 rounds....
We are going to see a war. i can see HCM make the distance but he will not win the 2 first round imho.

[tonypol]

Guys, I hate JLB training way usually!
but this time he is in shape he is at 113 kg!!!!

I have a good feeling, JLB is a warrior, a pro and its only 3 rounds....
We are going to see a war. i can see HCM make the distance but he will not win the 2 first round imho.



113?????ooooo...he weake a lot ....i trust in him ...he will ko HCM in round 2

[BEEF]

Guys, I hate JLB training way usually!
.

Why...what does he do??





but this time he is in shape he is at 113 kg!!!!

I have a good feeling, JLB is a warrior, a pro and its only 3 rounds....
We are going to see a war. i can see HCM make the distance but he will not win the 2 first round imho.


That is good.... he will have a lot of stamina!

[AKA]

Coz JLB, like Aerts and all the other "old" champ doesnt train that much...
JLB train solo must of the time lol!
Sorry for the guys who thought that they go to the gym everyday etc.. ahahaha

[urdum]

Well Im glad that he;s going to fight against Choi. He realy did suprise us tough. First saying that the movie insurance wont let him and now suddenly hes going to Japan within a few days. How did JLB convince those guys, do you know that AKA.

sorry for the crappy English, Im very tired because of the Ramadan

[BEEF]

Guys, I hate JLB training way usually!
but this time he is in shape he is at 113 kg!!!!

I have a good feeling, JLB is a warrior, a pro and its only 3 rounds....
We are going to see a war. i can see HCM make the distance but he will not win the 2 first round imho.


Well HCM better not win any rounds... The closer the fight, the more legit HCM looks. I was hoping for a nasty bodyshot KO.

[AKA]

JLB is right now at the aerport...Paris Airport hahahahah!
He'll arrive a few hours before the fight, I think he willl do good, I have a pretty good feeling.

He did train solo..... punching bag, no sparring ;)

[tonypol]

JLB is right now at the aerport...Paris Airport hahahahah!
He'll arrive a few hours before the fight, I think he willl do good, I have a pretty good feeling.

He did train solo..... punching bag, no sparring ;)

i hope will not be to tired...but anyway ..GOOD LUCK JEROME!

[tonypol]

how long will be the travel ???

[AKA]

12 hours to Tokyo then 2 hours to osaka....about 15 hours I think!
Or maybe its a direct flight to Osaka....I really dont know.

[il.puparo]

it's not so good, but I guess he will take a nap on the plane

[tonypol]

12 hours to Tokyo then 2 hours to osaka....about 15 hours I think!
Or maybe its a direct flight to Osaka....I really dont know.



fuck ... lot of time ...

[alexey]

JLB made short work of Jan back in the day. I'm pretty sure he'll do the same to Choi.
Still, I'd like to see him (anyone really) open up on Choi's gloves first and then close the distance.

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