Hesdy Gerges vs. Yusuke Fujimoto Set for K-1 World Grand Prix Final 8

by Dave Walsh on Dec 2, 2010 11:52 PM EST in K-1 News

In a bit of positive K-1 news, Hesdy Gerges has finally found an opponent for December 11th at the Ariake Colloseum at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final 8 in a Super Fight. He is now set to fight Yusuke Fujimoto, in what will mark Fujimoto's apparent last appearance in K-1 and serve as his retirement bout.

Note what is missing here? This will not be a reserve bout as originally intended for Gerges.

So no matter what, Hesdy Gerges is out of the K-1 World Grand Prix for this year and will only be participating in a Super Fight. It is a shame that Badr Hari couldn't sort out his legal matters earlier and make the huge rematch happen, but that will have to wait until next year.

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It’s Showtime mentioned this fight earlier today, and at first I assumed it was a reserve fight, which sounded like a terrible idea. But if it’s a retirement fight for Fujimoto, I have no complaints. Would have liked to see Gerges get a reserve fight as planned, but it will be nice for him to get a K-1 win finally.

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by Fraser Coffeen on Dec 2, 2010 11:54 PM EST reply actions

Yeah, I’ve mixed feeligns too. All the respect for Fujimoto, but it would have been great to see Gerges against Zimmerman or Edwards. Still, he does deserve a highlight reel win on the big stages.

by Karaev_fan on Dec 3, 2010 12:53 AM EST up reply actions