Individual interviews

[( o Y o )]

I was present for only a few of them (Sefo Glaube, Leko and Chalid (first 2 and final 2)).

All guys were VERY respectful....no shit talking by any, and Chalid didn`t even go to the point of saying he cannot beat Musashi by JD in Osaka, Japan despite being given the chance to.

Leko said it was absolutely wrong that he had to fight Sefo now.....he said Sefo, Semmy (and two other names I didn`t catch) were the best 4 right now and that the fight is one that should have happened IN the GP, not the Eliminations.

I missed the others as I was watching Team Sefo, Ichigeki and Hoost training. I`m not going to say what each was doing, but fuck these guys can HIT. Supa was airborne several times.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2401/rayld5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6268/lekoes1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Mago]

Any quotes from those guys (other than the ones already written)? You should carry one of those mp3 recorders, would make it much easier to catch what's been said. :D

Thanks for the info and pics.

[( o Y o )]

Well, Ray and Glaube were about 8 hours ago, so I don`t honestly remember too much. They did try and bait Ray into saying he thought Leko was going downhill, but he avoided it and said he told Leko before the LVGP that he was sure he would win it, and he said while being respectful to the other fighters in the GP, it was basically a B grade GP with one very experienced fighter in so...so of course that would shine through. He mentioned thay are both friendly out of the ring, but sadly only one can make it to the GP. He also mentioned how important it was for him he had a stable team made up of family that hasn`t changed since day one....the support they get from each other etc.

Chalid said he expects the best Musashi we have ever seen so far, but that he will impress the judges. HE said it is his time, and though he has huge respect for Musashi due to the fact he has fought ALL of the K-1 greats, he feels it will be his night.

Leko said he hates MMA ("all the holding and grabbing") and his time in PRIDE was not in any slight way helpful for K-1....he is very happy to be back in K-1 and wants to show he is the best. He worked a lot on his stamina as he thinks with Sefo being so good, it could be a long fight. He said he no longer cuts his weird hairstyles as he said that was back when he was young and tryin to look like "Blitz" whee as now he wants to show Blitz from within. He said Semmy should have no trouble winning but he is worried for Chalid because of the home town advantage for MUsashi.

[( o Y o )]

You should carry one of those mp3 recorders, would make it much easier to catch what's been said. :D


I was planning on typing each up between interviews and posting each with a pic...the lure of watching three greats training was all too much though ;-)

[Mago]

Well, now that you made us all jealous, you could at least have remembered to take some shots of them training! :D It was Feitosa, Sefo and Hoost?

Nice comments, thanks again, you did lost Hari's interview, so I guess you saved yourself from hearing some "kitsch" and "not-as-new-anymore" bad boy act? Hopefully everybody is well, this should still be an awesome Semis with so many stars in it. BTW, can you confirm the rumour that has Aerts going to Japan regardless of being in bad shape, so K1 can evaluate him?

EDIT: Hmmm... Forget it, just saw your posts on the other thread. Feeling sorry for Aerts.

[( o Y o )]

Well, now that you made us all jealous, you could at least have remembered to take some shots of them training! :D It was Feitosa, Sefo and Hoost?

Would have been cool to photograph, but there were too many people who would have needed to give permission. All up there were maybe 12 or 14 people among the 3 teams there. Team Sefo and Ichigeki went together, and Hoost just happened to turn up about 30 seconds later.

[Lord Gaul]

Sefo said that Leko won a B grade field and he was right. Other then Iggy no other fighter showed K-1 consistency. I really think that Leko is going to bring a fight to Sefo so that one should be a fight of the year material.