K-1 World MAX 2009 Finals on July 13th, Kawajiri, Yamamoto Participate

by Leland Roling on Jul 11, 2009 8:15 AM EDT

In case you haven't been paying attention to the world of K-1, the final media run for the participants is taking place this week. Here's what the rundown of the card looks like according to Nightmare of Battle:

FieLDS K-1 WORLD MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament -FINAL8-
Date: July 13th, 2009
Place: Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan

Superfight (3×3):
11. Masato vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri

K-1 World MAX 2009 Tournament FINAL8 Reserve Fights (3×3, 1×3 Ext.):
10. Yoshihiro Sato vs. Joeri Mes
9. Yasuhiro Kido vs. Leroy Kaestner

Superfights (3×3, 1×3 Ext.):
8. 60kg: Atsushi Yamamoto vs. Kazuhisa Watanabe
7. 62kg: Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto vs. Jae Hee Cheon

K-1 World MAX 2009 Tournament FINAL8 Fights (3×3, 1×3 Ext.):
6. Buakaw Por.Pramuk vs. Nieky "The Natural" Holtzken
5. Artur Kyshenko vs. Andy Souwer
4. Giorgio Petrosyan vs. Albert Kraus
3. DRAGO vs. Yuya Yamamoto

Superfight (3×3):
2. 62kg: HIROYA vs. Kiko Lopez

Superfight (3×3, 1×3 Ext.):
1. HINATA vs. Dzhabar "Chengiskhan" Askerov

Opening Fight (3×3):
0. Go Yokoyama vs. Jae Gil Noh

There are some must-see fights on this, most notably the superfight between Tatsuya Kawajiri and Masato. "Kid" Yamamoto will be participating in a superfight as well, along with Buakaw Por. Pramuk, Artur Kyshenko and Andy Souwer, and the technical prowess of the great Giorgio Petrosyan. Oh yeah... boring HIROYA is fighting as well. Get excited for that one.

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by RoyalB on Jul 11, 2009 12:05 PM EDT reply actions

Originally by Tonley:

Shameless self-promotion! http://twitter.com/scb0212
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by Scott C. Broussard on Jul 12, 2009 3:52 AM EDT up reply actions

good to see...

This didn’t get lost in the weeds with all the coverage on 100 going on this weekend.

Kyshenko vs. Souwer is a helluva a Final 8 matchup.
I’m looking forward to several of these fights.

For those interested, HDNet is showing this (on delay)…next Friday 7/17
http://www.hdnetfights.com/events/fieLDS-k-1-world-max-2009-final-8

by The Real T-Bone on Jul 11, 2009 12:16 PM EDT reply actions

Oh for fuck’s sake. Who do I have to kill to get some live K-1

by Derek Suboticki on Jul 11, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I’d tell you but then I’d get yelled at.

by Ahhhoki on Jul 11, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I was gonna rec this ’til you hated on Hiroya.

Can’t wait for this show.

by Chris Nelson on Jul 11, 2009 5:20 PM EDT reply actions

I can’t stand Hiroya, and there are a LOT of hardcore K-1 fans who feel the same way. The reason… K-1 babies this fucking guy. He easily lost a couple decisions in some past events and was given gift wins. I can’t stand that bullshit.

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by Leland Roling on Jul 11, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions