Full Card for Krush.10 Including K-1 GP Champion Tetsuya Yamato

As K-1 lets their roster wait quietly for another show, Krush is there to pick up the slack in a big way.  Their next show, Krush.10, is scheduled for September 20 and will feature some pretty great fights in the 63kg division.

In the main event, K-1's inaugural 63kg Grand Prix champion, Tetsuya Yamato will face fellow GP participant Koya Urabe.  This is an excellent fight and a real crossroads for both men.  For Yamato, this will be his first challenge since the high profile GP victory.  For Urabe, this is a chance to demonstrate that he is the real GP champ.  Because of the weird structure of the 63kg GP, Urabe was never actually eliminated from the tournament; he won his opening round fight, but then was moved to a reserve fight instead of the final 8.  In that reserve fight he easily handled the tough Yuki Takeuchi, showing that this former Koshien fighter is now a real force in K-1.  A lot of people, myself included, see big things in Urabe's future.  But Yamato looked dominant in his run through the GP. This is a tough fight to call, but should be a stellar fight.

The semi-main event is also a keeper, as Koshien champion Masaaki Noiri faces Hirotaka Urabe, brother to Koya.  Hirotaka was knocked out of the GP in the opening round, but still should be a good challenge.  Noiri has been on a rampage over the past year, winning the Koshien tournament and looking stronger in every outing since then.  This is a good chance to keep building his resume with another notable name.

Two other K-1 GP fighters also appear on the card as final 8 participant Keiji Ozaki faces Kaoru Shinya Sazaki, and Shunsuke Oishi (Koya's round 1 opponent) takes on AKIRA.  Check the full entry for the rest of the card.

Overall, this looks like another great show in a line of strong shows from Krush this year.  It's excellent to see the 63kg division get to hold the spotlight here.  Now let's hope K-1 follows their example and gets some high quality fights out there soon.

KRUSH.10

Tetsuya Yamato (Yamato Gym) K-1 WORLD MAX 2010-63kg Japan Tournament Champion
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Koya Urabe Team Dragon) K-1 Koshien Runners 2008

Masaaki Noiri (OISHI GYM) K-1 Koshien King 2009
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Hirotaka Urabe (Team Dragon) New Japan Karate Champion 2007 K-2 medium-weight light

T. (Heart Association Monday) New Japan Karate 2006 K-2's third medium-weight light
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TSUYOSHI (Team Dragon) super featherweight third from Japan

Maeda Osamu (GET OVER)
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Yamasaki Hideaki (Team Dragon) 2009 K-Japan Karate's third new medium-weight light 2

Tasuku Hiroshi Endo (WK / Suruga Dojo)
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Keisuke Nakamura (Team Dragon) New Japan Karate Champion 2010 K-2 medium-weight light

TARO (Mon Heart Association)
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Takumi (Team Dragon)

Wataru Hutoshi Taki Tani (Keio cherry) from Japan # 1 Bantamweight
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Mizuhara Hiroaki (Jim Light) J-NETWORK ☆ super bantamweight champion his first Krush

Kaoru Shinya Sasaki (INSANITY) Total Fighter / Boxing record three wins (3KO) ☆ over his first 4 Krush
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Keiji Ozaki (Team Dragon) 2007 K-1 WORLD MAX's third

Shunsuke Oishi (OISHI GYM) J-NETWORK Light welterweight champion
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AKIRA (Team Dragon) M-1 super featherweight champion

Kenta (NJKF / ESG) NJKF super welterweight champion
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Watanabe Masakazu (Team Dragon) sixth former welterweight Japan

Yu Hirono (NPO JEFA) Krush 70kg Tournament runner-2009
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Kawabata Takeshi (Team Dragon) J-NETWORK fourth Super Welterweight

Ishiguro Tatsuya (Free) Krush from his first welterweight champion NJKF ☆
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Daisuke Tsutsumi (Team Dragon) J-NETWORK second Welterweight

Konishi Taku (M-BLOW) 2009 NJKF amateur champion 70kg class
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Komuro Takashi (Team Dragon) New Japan Karate-weight champion in the 2008 K-2