Huge Final 16 News: Ruslan Karaev OUT - Ray Sefo IN Against Tyrone Spong
by Dave Walsh on Sep 21, 2010 4:52 AM EDT
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When there were rumors of a big change happening in the K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16, the immediate thought was that it could involve Badr Hari or Remy Bonjasky, the big names that were absent from the Final 16 this year. Earlier, Michael Schiavello broke the news that it would be Ray Sefo who will be stepping into the Final 16, but even that was ambiguous at best.
Now there are reports that Ruslan Karaev has dropped out of the Final 16, possibly due to injury, and that Ray Sefo vs. Tryone Spong will now go down. Schiavello on his Twitter confirmed this mere minutes ago.
@SugarRaySefo will replace Ruslan Karaev. So it will be my bro Sugar Ray vs Tyrone Spong in the Final 16! CANNOT WAIT!
Ray Sefo had been talking about one final run at the K-1 World Grand Prix, and his MMA career in Strikeforce seems to be at a bit of a standstill at the moment, so Sugar Ray making another run at the Grand Prix is exciting news indeed. The last time we saw Sefo in K-1 World Grand Prix action was in 2008 when he failed to qualify against Gokhan Saki. Sefo had stated that he just wanted one last shot at the K-1 World Grand Prix, and the 2000 WGP Runner-Up has his shot now.
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I will miss Ruslan,but Sefo is a good replacement,not much changed,still I pick Tyrone Spong to win by UD,and still I think this might be the most entertaining bout of the evening.
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I have to say, one of the first things I thought was how sad you would be about this news. It’s a hard life being a Karaev fan.
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by Fraser Coffeen on Sep 21, 2010 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions
What I would have given for Spong vs Karaev. Or Karaev actually having participated in the Heavyweight tourney. I hoped joining GG would help his absenteeism, but sigh.
Just wait till k1wgp gets here.
To take a positive look at it, this means Karaev can’t just blow off all the events before October to qualify for Final 16 next year. I want to see him in a qualifier tournament again next year.
As much as I'm a FAN of Karaev...
he did not belong in the tournament based on the whooping he took his last fight.
I’m still hoping they’ll let Iggy in there but I know that’s probably not going to happen
dammit!
I thought karaev vs spong would be one of the most exciting fights of the night.
I sure hope that this isnt the surprise the voice was talking about is it ?
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by robinhorobson on Sep 21, 2010 3:51 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Iggy
Iggy would have been better in the first place….. Hope he gets a chance!
by Oleg Alexandrov on Sep 21, 2010 4:22 PM EDT reply actions
Iggy is not present because...
Iggy is still injured his knee is done Sadaharu Tanikawa confirmed on his twitter that Iggy isnt recovered
Thanks for the info!
I was really thinking Iggy was blacklisted or something
Sefo got what it takes to win
good replacement Sefo demonstrated in May at K1 Bucharest that he is still in shape i think he can bring the upset
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