Tarik el Idrissi Withdraws From MAX Europe GP

by Fraser Coffeen on Feb 21, 2010 11:07 AM EST in K-1 MAX News

Tarik el Idrissi via www.kombatleague.net

Tarik el Idrissi has been forced to withdraw from the March 21 K-1 MAX Europe Qualifying GP. El Idrissi made the following statement (translated from Dutch):

We regret to announce that Tarik El Idrissi must withdraw from the matchmaking of Amsterdam Fight Club and K-1 Max Holland. Tarik was in very intensive training for these two fights, however, Tarik has a medical setback and his injury is still not healed enough to participate in these events. Both Team Black Label Fighting and Tarik El Idrissi regret this deeply, both for the fans and to the organizations, which relied on Tarik as part of their matchmaking. Of course we will keep you informed of progress regarding the injury of Tarik.

This is indeed an unfortunate setback for the el Idrissi, who was set to take part in the qualifying tournament, and was one of the early favorites to win and earn the spot in the Final 16. We of course wish him all the best for a speedy recovery.

No word yet on who will take his tournament spot.

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i think Leory Kaestner should replace him.

by k1wgp on Feb 21, 2010 1:56 PM EST reply actions

If Kaestner doesn’t already have a Final 16 spot, then yes, I absolutely think he should be in. I’d also really love to see Faldir Chahbari get the nod.

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by Fraser Coffeen on Feb 21, 2010 9:55 PM EST up reply actions

No he doesn’t already have a final 16 spot because last year he was not in final 8 although Yamamoto ( who was in Final 4 last year ) is in Japan qualifying tournament !!!

by k1wgp on Feb 22, 2010 1:39 AM EST up reply actions

MAX is a bit more loose with who gets the Final 16 slots. Last year Petrosyan, Askerov, Holzken, and Dida didn’t actually do anything specific to earn their spots, they all just came in as wildcards. Since there are only 2-3 qualifying tournaments (Japan and this one for sure, maybe Korea) plus last year’s 8 that leaves 5-6 wild card slots. And as you point out, in MAX those final 8 aren’t even guaranteed a spot – poor Yamamoto has to fight to keep his. So I could easily see Kaestner getting one if he has a strong win here.