K-1 MAX Update: K-1 World MAX 2011 Japan Tournament Press Conference Thursday

A press conference is set to be held on Thursday, at 7:00pm JST (6:00am EST) to announce the match ups for the K-1 World MAX 2011 Japan Tournament Final event on September 25th.

K-1 will be streaming the press conference live on Ustream, with Sadaharu Tanikawa handling the announcements. The promotion has also indicated that there will be English commentary offered during the press conference. Who knows how extensive that will be, but it signals at least a minimal interest in catering to international fans for the long-time kickboxing giant.

More details directly from the official K-1 website:

Fight cards announcement for "K-1 WORLD MAX 2011 -70kg Japan Tournament FINAL" will take place by Ustreaming on August 25!

K-1's event producer Sadaharu Tanikawa is going to make an announcement for the upcoming K-1 MAX. In the Ustream conference, EP Tanikawa will announce 8 participants and match ups of -70kg Japan tournament. Also some K-1 MAX single fights are announced. As a special hint, a big-name fighter is participating the tourney this year!

There will be some English commentary during the ustreaming conference. So please make sure you come on time and don't miss the program!

K-1 WORLD MAX 2011 -70kg Japan Tournament FINAL

- K-1 MAX USTREAM card announcement -

Date: 7pm, August 25th <Japan time / GMT+9 / PDT+16>
Attendant: K-1 EP Sadaharu Tanikawa
K-1's USTREAM Channel: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/k1-channel

Expected tournament participants include Hiroki Nakajima, Yuichiro Nagashima, and surprise Krush 70 kg. tournament winner Kenta. Other fighters, including one-time K-1 MAX champion Albert Kraus, have already been confirmed for non-tournament bouts.

Be sure to check out the K-1 MAX press conference and expect updates to come in soon.

[Update 1:24pm EST]

The match ups for the event were announced earlier this morning, per Nightmare of Battle:

A1. Albert Kraus vs. Yuji Nashiro

A2. Hirotaka Nakajima vs. Takafumi Morita

B1. Yuya Yamamoto vs. Shintaro Matsukura

B2. Yasuhiro Kido vs. KENTA

Tournament Reserve

Go Yokoyama vs. YOSHI

Superfights

-78kg: Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima vs. Kenmun

-63kg: Kizaemon Saiga vs. Valdrin Vatnika