Albert Kraus Wins at Beast of the East

Results are in from this weekend's Beast of the East show in Gdynia, Poland. 

In the main event, #5 ranked Albert Kraus continued to build his momentum from last year, defeating Tevik Sucu in the opening minute.  It took barely 30 seconds for the former MAX Grand Prix champion to hit a beautiful two punch combo that sent Sucu to the mat, out cold, in one of the cleanest knockouts of the year. After looking like his time at the top may have been done in 2007 and early 2008, Kraus has quietly put together a very impressive win streak, taking 11 of his last 12 fights, with the sole loss coming against Giorgio Petrosyan.  The veteran continues to show that he is still a factor and can not be overlooked in MAX.  His next fight should be a good one as he takes on the young Hiroki Nakajima in Final 16 action on July 5.

Also at Beast of the East, Markus Oberg scored a nice win over Faldir Chahbari via decision after an extension round.  After sitting out much of 2009 waiting for The Contender Asia Season 2 to film (still hasn't happened) Oberg is looking to rebuild his momentum.  He's gone 2-1 since returning, with two solid wins against Chahbari and Gago Drago.  Chahbari meanwhile is a fighter who consistently puts on entertaining fights, but seems to always find himself on the losing end - a sort of MMA Clay Guida if you will.  He's had great fights lately with Nieky Holzken and Andy Souwer among others, but keeps coming up short.  Still, he remains a fighter I am excited to see on cards, and hopefully will continue to get good match ups.

In the other featured bouts, 2009 MAX Final 16 fighter Aalviar Lima rebounded from his loss to Warren Stevelmans to defeat Lukasz Rambalski by decision, while Beast of the East tournament champion Shemsi Beqiri continued his winning ways, defeating Lukasz Schultz via decision.  Beqiri was slated to fight Michael Glogowski, but Glogowski had to drop out at the last minute.

Complete results available in the full entry.

Beast of the East
Gdynia, Poland
June 12, 2010

MMA 93 kg: Damian Grabowski def Michal Kita, TKO, round 1
K-1 70 kg: Albert Kraus def Tefika Sucu, KO, round 1
K-1 70 kg: Marcus Oberg def Faldir Chahbari, DEC extra round
MMA 70 kg: Maciej Jewtuszko def Edwardasa Norkeliunasa, sub via heel hook, round 1
K-1 75 kg: Aalviar Lima def Lucasz Rambalski, DEC
MMA 84 kg: Robert Jocz def Karolis Liukaitisa, sub via armbar, round 2
K-1 67 kg: Piotr "Kobi" Kobylanski def Lucasz Rajewski, DEC
MMA 93 kg: Hans Stringer def Michael Fijałkę, sub via kimura, round 1
K-1 91 kg: Dariusz Lipsko def Rybarczyk Alexander, KO, round 1
MMA 93 kg: Dion Staring def David Baziak, choke, round 1
K-1 70 kg: Shemsi Beqiri def Lukasz Schultz, DEC
MMA 93 kg: Marcin Gułaś def Edwin Raczynski, DEC
MMA 70 kg: Danny Verhoeven def Gregorz Tuszkowski, DEC