Additional K-1 MAX July 5th Fights Announced

The K-1 MAX July 5th event continues to take shape as K-1 President Tanikawa did yet another press conference to announce a few more fights for the upcoming event. This will be the night that sees three bouts for the standard 70kgs division, with the final 10 fights in the Final 16 participating in a K-1 MAX event in Europe, on top of that, will see the -63kgs division through to the finals.

While the ever-entertaining and emotional Fire Harada was on hand, no bout was announced for him, sadly. I understand that many will bag on Harada for not being a top level kickboxer, but K-1 has never just been about talent vs. talent, and a fighter like Harada will make them money and attract tons of attention. Three reserve bouts were announced for the -63kgs tournament, which will, in an odd turn of events, involve Kazuhisa Watanabe. Once again, K-1 isn't always about winning and losing as much as it is television ratings and fan interest. Watanabe always puts on amazing fights that draw in fans, so expect K-1 to continue to give him shots at glory.

The reserve bouts are as follows;

Shohei Asahara vs Toshiki Taniyama
"Kyoken" Yuji Takeuchi vs Koya Urabe
Kazuhisa Watanabe vs Kazuyuki Miyata

The full card is after the break, courtesy of Dan Herbertson at MMAFighting.com (it is too early for me to type this all out, you know?)

K-1 World MAX 2010 - July 5th at Yoyogi Stadium 1st, Tokyo, Japan

70 kg World Championship Tournament Final 16
Yoshihiro Sato vs Yuya Yamamoto
Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima vs Andre "Dida" Amado
Hiroki Nakajima vs Albert Kraus

63 kg Japan Tournament Quarterfinals
1. Daisuke Uematsu vs. Yoshimichi Matsumoto
2. Yuta Kubo vs. Keiji Ozaki
3. Naoki Ishikawa vs. Kizaemon Saiga
4. Tetsuya Yamato vs. Yuki

63 kg Japan Tournament Semifinals
1. Winner quarterfinal 1 vs. winner quarterfinal 2
2. Winner Quarter Final 3 vs. Winner Quarter Final 4

63 kg Japan Tournament Final
Winner semifinal 1 vs. Winner semifinal 2

63 kg Japan Tournament Reserve Matches
Shohei Asahara vs Toshiki Taniyama
"Kyoken" Yuji Takeuchi vs Koya Urabe
Kazuhisa Watanabe vs Kazuyuki Miyata

70 kg Opening Fight
Tahir Menxhiqi vs Yukihiro Komiya