Koya Urabe v. Tetsuya Yamato Fight Video

by Fraser Coffeen on Oct 25, 2010 7:12 AM EDT in Fight Videos

This is one of the fights I've been looking forward to seeing ever since it was announced, and now it's finally available online. From Krush.10 on September 20, here is the main event - K-1's first ever 63kg champion Tetsuya Yamato v. Koya Urabe.

A lot of people favored Urabe here, but I think you have to be surprised at how much he utterly dominated Yamato. Some are not as high on Yamato, but his run through the Grand Prix was very impressive, with wins over many of the toughest competitors in the tournament. He showed a lot in that run, and here, Urabe just shuts him down, using a combination of strong movement and good defense to avoid Yamato's offense, while scoring repeatedly with his own shots to earn the definitive win. Great performance from the young fighter - the big question now is where does Urabe go next?

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>Great performance from the young fighter – the big question now is where does Urabe go next?

Teaching a certain fellow Koshien grad cough Kizaemon cough some respect, I hope.

by Karaev_fan on Oct 25, 2010 10:39 AM EDT reply actions

I don’t understand why Koya didn’t fight in the -63 max tournament? He had the one fight, but wasn’t included in the actual tournament. He would’ve smashed through everyone and won it for sure. His boxing is wicked. Koya was one of the only guys in the MAX tournament that actually stood out a lot.

by jauncey93 on Oct 26, 2010 2:24 AM EDT reply actions