Tons of Results With Kyshenko, Koshien, Kraus, Carnage, and More

The end of the year is always busy in the kickboxing world, but this weekend the news was fast and furious.  To get you caught up, here's a giant stack of results:

In Europe, the big action was at Rumble of the Kings.  This K-1 Scandinavia show featured a number of big names in action.  Of particular note - #9 Artur Kyshenko got back in the winner's circle with a decision victory over #24 Marcus Oberg.  Good win here for Kyshenko, who has had a somewhat miserable 2010 and really needed to end strong.  The main event was less impressive as Bob Sapp once again came in, took one shot, and immediately turtled up, crashing to the mat.  His corner threw in the towel - the crowd threw in the boos.  Sapp's opponent was Jorgen Kruth.  Another MMA fighter was on hand, as Gary Goodridge faced Catalin Morosanu.  Morosanu took the easy victory in rd. 2 in what has been described as a pretty ugly fight.  Also on the card, Dzhabar Askerov def. William Sriyapai via TKO in rd 2, and Rickard Nordstrand def. Jiri Zak via dec.

Also in action this weekend was #4 Albert Kraus.  He defeated Muhammed Gur via decision at a Klash event in Germany on Saturday.  Pretty impressive for Kraus to be back in action so soon after the MAX Grand Prix, but he's always been a busy fighter - this is his 5th fight of 2010.

Australia also hosted a major event as Evolution presented the Muay Thai card Evolution 22.  In the main event, #12 Nathan "Carnage" Corbett defeated Frank Munoz via KO in the 3rd round.  Bruce "Preacher" Macfie, fresh off his upset victory over John Wayne Parr, was upset by Frankie Giorgi.  Giorgi KO'd the Australian veteran in the 2nd round.  Rising Aussie fighter Eli Madigan won over Harlee Avison via cut stoppage.  And Michael "Tomahawk" Thompson, an exciting fighter I look forward to seeing more from, lost a split decision to Yud Rawai.

In more Muay Thai action, Khem Sitsongpeenong defeated Abdallah Mabel by Decision at the Nuit des Champions event in France.

Finally, in an event that slipped by us last week, K-1 presented the finals of the 2010 Koshien tournament.  Defending champion and tournament favorite Masaaki Noiri lost in the 2nd round to Keigo Ishida.  Your new Koshien champion is Shoei Hareyama, who made his first Koshien tournament showing here.