Shinya Aoki and Hong-Man Choi Added to K-1 Field's Dynamite

by Discman2 on Nov 17, 2008 4:12 PM EST Comment 16 comments

Fronted by Luke Thomas.

Dreamfighters is reporting that lightweight grappling wizard Shinya Aoki and the mammoth K-1 fighter Hong-Man Choi have been added to the end of the year Field's Dynamite event.

Neither fighter has an opponent at this time. Expect their opponents to be announced in typical Japanese MMA fashion: a week before the event. It is also not known if Hong-Man Choi will be fighting in a K-1 match or an MMA match.

Here is what the hybrid K-1 and MMA event is looking like thus far:

Middleweight Fight:
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kiyoshi Tamura

Lightweight Fight:
Joachim Hansen vs. J.Z.Calvan

K-1 Koshien Semifinal Fights:
HIROYA vs. Shota Shimada
Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Koya Urabe

Possible Fights:
Mirko CroCop vs. Alistair Overeem
Kimbo Slice vs. Seth Petruzelli

Possible Participants:

Choi Hong Man
Semmy Schilt
Joachim Hansen
Hayato Sakurai
Kazushi Sakuraba
Yuichi Nakanishi
Musashi
Shinya Aoki
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Masakazu Imanari
Atsushi Yamamoto
Takeshi Yamazaki
Ikuhisa Minowa
Seichi Ikemoto
Kiyoshi Tamura
Yoshihiro Sato
Yasuhiro Kido
Mirko Filipovic

via dreamofficial.com

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I love Hong Man Choi and yearn for a true Super Heavyweight division – and not because of all the whiny Randy fans who think it’s oh-so-unfair that Lesnar weighed in at the max. I think of Mark Hunt, Hong Man, Semmy Schilt (who, fingers crossed, may find his way back into the UFC picture), and think – man, if a half dozen NFL trenchmen put a couple of years into the sport, we could see a new division spring up out of nowhere.

Americans love the big boys.

by subo on Nov 17, 2008 4:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm…this fronted post looks familiar.

Oh yeah, I created this thread a week ago.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2008/11/12/659461/what-this-site-lacks-a-lit

by MMASuPreMaCy on Nov 17, 2008 4:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Well at least you aren’t being smug about it. :P

by Chris Nelson on Nov 17, 2008 4:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Aoki and Choi are now officially fighting on the card, pending opponents. A week ago they were rumored to be on it. And yes the rest of the post is similar.

by Discman2 on Nov 17, 2008 5:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

This was their status last week as well.
DreamFighters is a week late getting their info.
:)

by MMASuPreMaCy on Nov 17, 2008 5:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone else read the title and think that the freakshow was on?

by Day Man on Nov 17, 2008 4:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Totally.

And the funny thing is it wouldn’t really have surprised me much.

Word is they’re still trying to make Aoki vs. Akiyama happen but I don’t see it going down.

by Chris Nelson on Nov 17, 2008 5:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I read that title as Aoki taking on Choi and thought, “WTF?” Perhaps that was just my subconscious begging for a little freak show action. I could see the headline now: “Choi eats little man in round one. Has desert at after party.”

by pud333 on Nov 17, 2008 5:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, up until Aoki called out “Mikey” they were in fact trying to get a Choi/Aoki fight together.

by Simco on Nov 17, 2008 6:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Bullshit.

by smoogy on Nov 17, 2008 8:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

“We were thinking about Badr Hari and Choi Hong Man as Aoki’s opponent, but now we are only negotiating with Akiyama.”

by Simco on Nov 17, 2008 10:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Get a source, just for confirmation. I remember reading the same quote, but I don’t remember where it was.

by Discman2 on Nov 17, 2008 11:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

http://www.mmafighting.com/japan/2008/11/16/shinya-aoki-wont-fight-anybody-except-yoshihiro-akiyama-nye

by Simco on Nov 18, 2008 2:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Can you armbar a guy that can curl you?

by Day Man on Nov 18, 2008 1:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

lol kimbo slice and seth again. :)

http://weoweoweo.deviantart.com/

by weoweoweo on Nov 18, 2008 12:22 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Choi can't kick?

I watched K1 and noticed Choi, when he does kick, only throws weak lookin front kicks. I have to believe a round kick from that guy would be debilitating even if you blocked it. Plus it’s probably pretty easy for him to reach your head with those legs

Is Choi instructed to go easy on his opponents? I know in this case Sefo also kinda took an ‘exhibition’ approach to the fight.

I havent seen Choi fight elsewhere expect for the Fedor fight.

Can anyone tell me why he doesnt throw round kicks? Surely he’s capable.

by Headkick on Dec 9, 2008 4:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs