[( o Y o )]

I have now heard this from three different locations so it seems very solid.

It will be a K-1 event (not DREAM or MAX).

I have heard Tokyo/Yokohama and dates of either August 11 or 12 (unofficial public holidays in japan).

Fingers crossed!

[alexey]

Originally Posted by ( o Y o )

I have now heard this from three different locations so it seems very solid.

It will be a K-1 event (not DREAM or MAX).

I have heard Tokyo/Yokohama and dates of either August 11 or 12 (unofficial public holidays in japan).

Fingers crossed!

They had plan - main event Peter Aerts vs Alexey Ignashov. But now Iggy is injured

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From k-1fans about this event.

Indeed I yust spoke Thom Harinck that Peter not fight Iggi because he is hurt Now they look for other oponent.12 aug is only Japanese fighters with one main internatinale fight Peter Aerts vs.......


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I think it will be not very big tournament. But it is good news

[( o Y o )]

^ That rumoured fight has been talked about in the Iggy thread hear too. I have heard of at least two other non-Japanese fighters possibly on the card, and not against each other.

[Lord Gaul]

I would love a Remy rematch or Gluabe. If they want to give a new hungry fighter a chance I would love it if the brought in Ghita for him to fight. Hope its true and I am looking forward to it. Another fight I would love to see is a Aerts vs Slowinski.

[Dado]

Aerts vs Slowinski would be a good fight! ^

[depechemode]

Zimmerman vs. Slowinsky would be better,
or Zimmerman against any of the top fighters, I like to watch his fights , none of them are boring

[K1power]

About time we heard something!

[alexey]

Sergey Lashenko (Lodz GP finalist) will fight Japan Gp.

[sparkles]

Originally Posted by alexey

Sergey Lashenko (Lodz GP finalist) will fight Japan Gp.

Nice, he has quite some potential. Good hands and kicks, good power and speed with both his hands and kicks.

I also remember Catinas from the Lodz GP as well as Olas, these are at least 3 guys from this tournament who can definetely have a nice future in K-1.

[Kenshin]

Originally Posted by alexey

Sergey Lashenko (Lodz GP finalist) will fight Japan Gp.

Superfight or tourney?

[heckyl]

Originally Posted by alexey

Sergey Lashenko (Lodz GP finalist) will fight Japan Gp.

that is freakin awesome to hear. great news hes back at least one more time at a minimum.

[Razor Bump]

Originally Posted by alexey

Sergey Lashenko (Lodz GP finalist) will fight Japan Gp.

Lashenko is dope! (Dope means good or so bad the affects slaughter). I could not believe he fought in a Muay Thai tournament.... and won.... got on a plane to fight in Poland and made it to the finals with Zabit Semedov. It appeared if he would have been fresher for the fight he could have won the tournament.

I would like to see a card in August. They are really spreading these out pretty far.

[alexey]

Originally Posted by Kenshin

Superfight or tourney?

He said in interview that he has an invitation to tournament. Superfight or tournament? it is question... But he said about final16 ticket, may be tournament....

[jaco]

The schedule for this years K-1 World GP has finally been announced. The Asia GP will be held on August 2nd in Seoul in South Korea. Planned participants are promising Kyokushin Karate fighter Takumi Sato, KOICHI, TKD fighter Park Yong Soo, Ssireum fighter Kim Young Hyun, J-Network Heavyweight champion Singh Heart Jaideep, and Ko Taisei.
On August 11th there will be a Last Chance for the preliminaries GP in Tokyo. In a superfight, 2nd Generation Heavyweight champion Keijiro Maeda will face the very good Kyokushin Karate fighter Jan Soukup.
Planned participants for the event are Peter Aerts, Rico Verhoeven, Alex Roberts, Daniel Ghita, Makoto Uehara, Sergei Lascenko, Ramazan Ramazanov, Brice Guidon, Sebastian ?, Yuto Watanabe(?), Kengo Shimizu, and another Japanese figther (dont know the name yet).
The FINAL16 will take place in Seoul in South Korea on September 26th and the finals on December 5th in the Yokohama Arena.

from mixfight/nightmareofbattle blog.

[miscmisc]

Originally Posted by jaco

Sebastian ?, Yuto Watanabe(?), Kengo Shimizu, and another Japanese figther (dont know the name yet).

Sebastian Ciobanu from Romania
Yuto Watanabe is correct. Kyokushin karateka.

"another Japanese fighter" is Kazuo Doi, a former pro-wrestler and now karate black belt from Seido Kaikan.

[Rictor]

Originally Posted by miscmisc

"another Japanese fighter" is Kazuo Doi, a former pro-wrestler and now karate black belt from Seido Kaikan.

For a second I thought about Hiroyuki Doi

Many new faces appearing. Is this Kancho's doing or it's just that they are cheaper than the "old guard"?

[Dado]

Im excited to see Ramazan finally enter K-1, hes a very good fighter and there are some awesome potential matches for the future with him.

Also im interested to see Rico Verhoeven fight, ive read about his fights for the last year or so but have yet to see any of them.

And Daniel Ghita is gonna be a threat to the super heavyweights in K-1.

[Kenshin]

Finally At least some new names there.

[miscmisc]

Originally Posted by Rictor

For a second I thought about Hiroyuki Doi

To be honest, I don't even know if I read his first name correctly. Could be pronounced differently. He used a ring name when he was a pro-wrestler, and now he fights under his real name. I just went with the most conservative way to read the kanji.

Many new faces appearing. Is this Kancho's doing or it's just that they are cheaper than the "old guard"?

Kancho has been in Europe for a while, trying to set up a global K-1 association type of thing (for amateurs, I believe). He wants to have the headquarter in either Geneva or Zurich. I don't know how serious he is, but that's what he says he's working on.

And of course, it's safe to say that he is involved in almost every decision FEG makes, especially since he's been out of prison.

[Rictor]

Originally Posted by miscmisc

To be honest, I don't even know if I read his first name correctly. Could be pronounced differently. He used a ring name when he was a pro-wrestler, and now he fights under his real name. I just went with the most conservative way to read the kanji.

Ahh, forget about it, misc I just thought for a second about this guy http://www.k-1.co.jp/jp/fighter/play...ht2=&index=doi but he only has the same surname I would bet. For some reason I just remember him, maybe cause he is from Shootboxing.