Shinya Aoki and Hong-Man Choi Added to K-1 Field's Dynamite
by Discman2 on Nov 17, 2008 4:12 PM EST
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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
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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 Derek Suboticki on Nov 17, 2008 4:20 PM EST reply actions
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
:)
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
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.
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
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
Actually, up until Aoki called out “Mikey” they were in fact trying to get a Choi/Aoki fight together.
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.
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