Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Pro Quality. Fan Perspective.
Login-facebook
Around SBN: Upon Further Review: Bo Knows Longreads

Krush Announces March 19th Tournament Semifinal Bouts

via cdn2.sbnation.com

The semifinalists for the Krush 63kg. tournament were all decided with the conclusion of the promotion's event on January 9th. Along with the 55kg. and 60kg. tournaments, that tournament is set to conclude on March 19th. I can now inform you that the semifinal matches for all three tournaments have been announced.

Koya Urabe will meet Takuya Shirahama in the first semifinal bout held at the 63kg. limit. Both Urabe and Shirahama escaped Krush's January 9th event with extension round decisions. Urabe narrowly defeated South Korean Sung Hyun Lee, while Shirahama topped Yuki Yamamoto. The other 63kg. semifinal will, of course, see Kizaemon Saiga take on Ryuji Kajiwara. Both fighters scored unanimous decision victories in their quarterfinal bouts.

Masaaki Noiri, the K-1 Koshien champion from 2009, will meet Yuji Takeuchi in the 60kg. semifinals. Noiri has been having real success since his victory in 2009, scoring numerous knockout victories and seemingly adjusting well to his drop in weight from the 63kg. division. Another K-1 Koshien fighter who also dropped from 63kg, Hirotaka Urabe, will meet Dynamite Yuta in the other 60kg. semifinal bout.

The 55kg. semifinals will see Shootboxing champion Ryuya Kusakabe square off against Hiroaki Mizuhara. Kusakabe had an excellent quarterfinal bout against R.I.S.E. 55kg. champion Nobuchiko Terado back in December. In the second 55kg. semifinal bout, KENJI meet with Shota Takiya.

More news related to non-tournament bouts should be coming soon, and we'll keep you updated on information related to further Krush events later in the year. A quick listing of the bouts again after the jump.

Star-divide

63kg. Tournament
Semifinal bout: Koya Urabe vs. Takuya Shirahama
Semifinal bout: Ryujia Kajiwara vs. Kizaemon Saiga
Final bout: Urabe/Shirahama vs. Kajiwara/Saiga

60kg. Tournament
Semifinal bout: Massaki Noiri vs. Yuji Takeuchi
Semifinal bout: Hirotaka Urabe vs. Dynamite Yuta
Final bout: Noiri/Takeuchi vs. Urabe/Yuta

55kg. Tournament
Semifinal bout: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Hiroaki Mizuhara
Semifinal bout: KENJI vs. Shota Takiya
Final bout: Kusakabe/Mizuhara vs. KENJI/Takiya

Comment 0 comments  |  0 recs  | 

Do you like this story?

Comments

Display:

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recent FanPosts

Lebowski_excited_grin_small
The Face of Women's MMA, Ronda Rousey, Kicking Butt at Maxim
25880_430110059545_421130034545_5432509_7604580_n_small
Please Help #rallyformarkhunt
Small
The return of Mr Perfect
Small
Super Fight League 2: Minowaman and Todd Duffee on card
Small
Fight Code Milan Results
Small
NEW YouTube channel IT’S SHOWTIME!
Small
Glory World Series -70kg tournament line-up
Small
Seven Major K-1 Events Planned For 2012
Small
Can Jose Aldo be Beaten? A Meditation on Perfection in MMA Today
Small
24 yr old aspiring journalist did 3 interviews already for yous gonna do hundreds

+ New FanPost All FanPosts >

Recent Posts


Managers

Strangesuspense_small Rainer Lee

Editors

Lightbulb-orange_bigger_small David Castillo

Lebowski_excited_grin_small Cory Braiterman

Authors

Princeton_shield_small Anthony Pace

Kari_sweets_2_small ElliotMatheny

Doggylets_small Chris Hall

Small Patrick Wyman

408031_10151137119550462_571520461_22348230_944591543_n_small Chad Raynard

Monocle_man_small Earl Montclair

5cyt7k_small Jack Slack