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Badr Hari Provisionally Released From Prison
The results from Badr Hari's court appearance yesterday have finally found their way online, as it appears that the prosecution in the case was looking to further detain Badr Hari for 30 days, but the Amsterdam court saw no need to further detain the world-famous kickboxer and ordered him to be...
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...
K-1 Announces MAX Grand Prix Line-Up
It's about time. K-1 has finally announced the line-up for both the 63 and 70kg MAX Grand Prix events, and there's some very intriguing matches here. First up, the 63 kg GP. As previously announced, this tournament will conclude on July 5, with a one night 8 man tournament. Quarter final fights...
It's Sapp time in South Korea
According to the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Bob Sapp has become a huge mainstream star in another Asian country, this time in South Korea. He went over as a wrestler (instead of an MMA fighter or kickboxer), won the local "world title," and became a superstar in the same...
Head Kick Legend Previews the K-1 World MAX Finals
DREAM is in the books, which means it is time for the K-1 World MAX Finals for this year, where we are down to four men; Giorgio Petrosyan, Yuya Yamamoto, Andy Souwer and Buakaw Por. Pramuk. Three of those four names are expected, with Yamamoto the pleasant surprise. Who will take the tournament...
Watanabe Ready to Knock Out the "Guy Who KO'd KID"
Kazuhisa Watanabe, the Japanese boxer turned kickboxer is ready to knock the block off of Korean fighter Jae He Cheon. Cheon is best known as the man that derailed KID Yamamoto's return to winning to the world of fighting with a devastating left hook. Cheon was a hand selected opponent for KID...
Hardonk vs. Barry; UFC's Battle of Former K-1 Fighters
Leland Roling at BloodyElbow has a preview up of UFC 104's battle of the former K-1 fighters. Neither man really found their groove in the K-1 circuit but have made names for themselves in MMA as "K-1 fighters." It is laid out quite well by Roling. Hardonk was finished off by Cheick Kongo via...
American MMA Ignorance is Bliss in Regards to Alistair Overeem
The overwhelming outrage over Alistair Overeem not defending a rather meaningless title against meaningless opponents in the United States has to stop. Until we get Overeem vs. Fedor scheduled in Strikeforce, the outrage needs to end. As we've covered in the past linking to interviews with Alistair...
Giorgio Petrosyan is Awesome
Giorgio Petrosyan is one of the early favorites for the K-1 World MAX Tournament this year, and if you are wondering why, he has a whole career worth of fights for you to watch. Check out this fight from 2008 against Raffik Bakkouri where he just decimates him. Petrosyan's opponent, Yuya Yamamoto...
Ultimate Glory 11 Results
GLORY 11; A Decade of Fights Golden Glory's 10th anniversary show is in the books, and our friends at BloodyElbow stayed in on this lovely afternoon to give us the results to this event, which was strange to say the least. The big stories...
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