1967 Karate Nationals: Joe Lewis vs. Mitchell Bobrow then John Wooley
1967 International Karate: Joe Lewis vs. Chuck Norris
1968 World Karate Championships: Skip Mullins vs. Pat Burleson, Bob Wall vs. David Moon, Joe Lewis vs. Fred Wren, Pat Burleson vs. David Moon-featherweight Moon breaks light heavyweight Burleson's ribs with a jumping side kick, Final: Joe Lewis vs. David Moon- Lewis breaks Moon's rib with the side kick, so Moon switches stances but Lewis fakes with the hand, pulling Moon's arm up by the gi to open up the side kick.
Bruce Lee demonstrating 6 inch punch on Joe Lewis
Joe Lewis sparring Bruce Lee. Bruce gets Joe with his own side kick, but of course, Brad Pitt could have taken him in between thwarting Manson's minions... Poor VQ
1969 Karate Tournament: Highlights of Joe Lewis & Chuck Norris
Karate: Joe Lewis vs. Leonard Kent-Lee
1/17/70 Kickboxing: Joe Lewis vs Greg Baines R2 0:59.
8/24/75: Joe Lewis vs. Ross Scott 7R. Lewis' right shoulder repeatedly dislocates. Lewis spins Scott all the way around with a left hook.
8/23/75 Kickboxing sparring: Joe Lewis vs Bill Wallace
1970 Karate Long Beach Internationals: Joe Lewis vs Arnold Urquidez then John Natividad
1971 USKA Grand National Heavyweight Title: Joe Lewis vs. Victor Moore
1970 Karate Grand Championship Title: Joe Lewis vs. Bill Wallace
6 More Karate fights
1970 karate: Joe Lewis vs. Tommy Mickens
1970 karate: Joe Lewis vs. Mitchell Bobrow
1970 Kickboxing: Joe Lewis vs. Wally Slocky R3 0:25. Digest
1/24/71: Joe Lewis vs. Ronnie Barkoot R1
6/23/71: vs. Atlas Jess King. Digest
1973 Karate Poor: Joe Lewis Vs Ken Knudson
9/14/74 PKA Full Contact Karate Heavyweight Title: Joe Lewis vs. Franc Brodar R2
Disc 2
7/27/75 Joe Lewis vs. Ron Clay R1. Lewis was married 2 days earlier, and took this fight on his honeymoon without training for it.
8/25/76 Full Contact Exhibition Poor: Greg Wilkinson. Digest
1977 Sparring: Joe Lewis vs. Mark Payne
3/19/83: Joe Lewis vs. Charlton Young 7R UD
4/17/83: Joe Lewis vs. Tom Hall 7R UD
7/16/83: Joe Lewis vs. Melvin Cole R4 1:57. JIP late in R1
10/1/83 Sparring Exhibition: Joe Lewis vs. Anthony Elmore 5R. JIP at the start of R3
10/8/83 PKA US heavyweight Title: Joe Lewis vs. Kerry Roop R4. Though Lewis' last fight, this is his most entertaining. Roop applies massive pressure throughout, and lands a few good high kicks. He's winning the rounds with his volume, but Lewis shows he can hurt him in the 3rd, twice landing big left hooks. Roop cuts Lewis badly with a right hand in basically the same spot that Hall cut him though, leading to the immediate stoppage.
8/6/90 Exhibition: Joe Lewis vs. Bill Wallace 7R Draw
1/7/82 Tokyo Shin Kakutojutsu World Lightweight Title: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Manny Johnston R4 1:52
7/26/74 Tokyo: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Shozo Nakamura R5 1:25
5/17/74 Tokyo: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Saenchin Petchatanun R3 2:24
2/5/83 Tokyo 62kg Open Tournament Final: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Hideo Adachi R3 2:05
6/12/74: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Monchin Djruban
Saensak Muangsurin vs. Vicharnnoi Porntawee
Detrit Itteianuchid (sp?) vs. Weichan Sorpinisak (sp?)
Saensak Muangsurin vs. Vicharnnoi Porntawee
3/18/78 Rajadamnern Stadium Lightweight Title Decision Match: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Mongsawan Ruk Changmai
9/17/77 Toshio Fujiwara vs. Sorponsak Sorhooyoo (sp?)
11/14/77 Toshio Fujiwara vs. Wannaron Piramid (sp?)
6/7/78 Bangkok Rajadamnern Stadium Lightweight Title Match: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Sepree Kiatsompop
WKA Super Lightweight: Benny Urquidez vs. Kunimatsu Okao R4 1:31. Urquidez was the leading light of the Americans full contact fighters (including Howard Jackson & Sam Montgomery) who were now making their way to Japan, and Japanese superstar Okao, the top fighter of the Mejiro Gym, came out of retirement to challenge him in this high-paced barnburner. Set to be Benny's first fight in Japan, the contest was delayed 3 months when Okao was injured in training, resulting in Urquidez scoring a 6th round KO over far inferior last minute replacement Katsuyuki Suzuki. America was still amidst the above the waist dark ages, so despite taking place in Japan, this wound up being a modified rules match where low kicks were legal but knees & elbows to the head were not. Urquidez was very wary of the low kicks having little experience against them, and the threat was enough that Okao was able to instead come over the top with an overhand right for the 1st round knockdown. Urquidez is a slow starter under the best circumstances, but when you add in being rattled and a bit apprehensive, Okao wound up owning the early portion with his high pressure style, throwing everything he had at Benny as Urquidez laid back trying to figure things out. The Japanese knew their style was superior because it was more complete, but did this knowledge combined with Okao's early success swell his head too much? The argument could be made that Okao thought the possibility of the kick was enough, and he could instead mostly just beat Benny with shorter range game even though his training was more suitable to winning at distance (because the Thai fighters own the clinch game) and all he was allowed to do on the inside was punch. However, I think Okao just burned himself out with the combination of pushing so hard for the 1st round KO and probably not being in peak condition given he was no longer a full-time fighter and the injury interrupted his comeback. There's also the fact that Urquidez was just a step or three above the rest, and even having to go slightly outside his box, he had the chin to weather the bad times & the power to capitalize on the good. In any case, while Okao did somewhat leave the low kicks he started with, he's a knockout artist who was trying to finish fast, and the head hunting was a lot more likely to accomplish that than the game of attrition. Urquidez mainly just tried to keep Okao off him in the 1st, particularly with the left front kick, and this may also have contributed to Okao wanting to stay inside kicking range & throw heavy leather. Okao arguably also won the 2nd, but it was his low kick, which he could have thrown at a safer distance, that was now carrying him as Urquidez got his jab going and was now winning the boxing encounters and settling into a fight that was both more comfortable & conventional for him. Okao slowed down noticably in the 3rd, and while he did now shift to a more distance based attack, that was more because he'd tired himself out with two rounds of going all out and didn't have the energy to maintain the all out insanity, or even do the more active distance style he needed. Finally given time, Urquidez was the one who was landing most of the heavy strikes now, taking the round and swelling Okao's eye. Urquidez landed a high kick to start the 4th, but Okao answered backing Benny with a low kick then following with a front kick. Urquidez hurt Okao with a left hook though, and really turned on the gas, blitzing Okao with an endless flurry until Okao finally wilted after a great right cross. Definitely a rocky start for Urquidez, but he got better with each round, as he tends to do. The 1st & 4th rounds were definitely the best, but every round was high action & activity. Very good match.
/80 Imperial Palace, World Super Featherweight Title: Dave Johnston vs. Jorge Angat R4 2:07
Freddie Avilas vs. Sato
English language combat sports documentary
Highlights of Willie Williams taking on a bear, Inoki vs. Ali, breaking techniques including the standing moonsault & headbutting burning blocks, Abdul Bey vs. Susumu Okabe, Paul Fuji vs. Kenji Azuma, Paul Fuji vs. Minoru Ote, Seiji Sakaguchi vs. Umanosuke Ueda, Inoki vs. Bob Backlund, Inoki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh, Wilhelm Ruska vs. Buffalo Allen (Bad News Brown), Seiji Sakaguchi vs. The Lumberjack, Inoki vs. Andre the Giant. Mostly complete matches listed below.
3/18/78 Rajadamnern Stadium Lightweight Title Decision Match: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Mongsawan Ruk Changmai. Fujiwara has a great low kick game with the speed, angles, & power to back it up. Mongsawan was mainly trying to work the middle kick, but Fujiwara just wasn't there for it. As the fight progressed, Fujiwara got his power punching going more & more, first following the low kick then hurting Lukchiangmain with his lead uppercut. Fujiwara pressed his advantage, but got a fluke KO with a high takedown as their heads collided on impact with the canvas. In doing so, Fujiwara became the first non-Thai to win a national Muay Thai championship.
4/10/78: Benny Urquidez vs. Takeshi Naito. Urquidez scores a great KO with a spinning heel kick to the liver.
1/26/80: Benny Urquidez vs. Shinobu Onuki. Urquidez DQ'd for taking Onuki out with a hane goshi, but later switched to a TKO win.
6/7/78 Bangkok Rajadamnern Stadium Lightweight Title Match: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Sepree Kiatsompop. This match shows how far Fujiwara was ahead of his time, as even against a top Thai fighter, he's able to use the front kick to maintain distance so he can continue to brutalize the leg with the low kick. His hands are incredibly powerful though, so he can follow the low kick or do damage if the opponent does manage to get inside. Things begin to get heated when Fujiwara expects a rope break, but the ref allows Kiatsompop to get in a series of elbows to the back of his head & neck. Fujiwara fires up & answers with a leg sweep, and begins to really take over. Fujiwara clearly won the fight, but Sepree got the hometown decision.
8/2/78 Tokyo Den'en Colosseum Kakuto Jutsu World Number-One Lightweight Title Decision Match: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Refugio Flores
Japanese language Kickboxing documentary featuring the following matches.
Benny Urquidez vs. Prayut Srisontob. 2 rounds shown
Toshio Fujiwara vs. Prayut Srisontob. Urquidez lost a 6R decision to Prayut, but then Fujiwara took Prayut apart with his lead uppercut & powerful low kick to beat him via decision.
Toshio Fujiwara vs. Shinsak Sortsuripan (sp?)
10/30/78 Martial Arts 5 Big Title Match Highlights including Shinsak Sortsuripan vs. Priram Swan Nomsakwan (sp?)
10/30/78 Budokan Kakuto Jutsu World Number-One Lightweight Title Match: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Sepree Kiatsompop
Inoki Martial Arts Matches
NJPW 8/2/77 Budokan: Antonio Inoki vs. The Monster Man (Everett Eddy) R5. This match was interesting for their concept of what constituted a real match, but it was often dreadful & embarrassing despite Monster being a good athlete with a lot of potential. The selling was terrible, as there seemed to be no middle ground between horrible overselling (mostly from Monster) & just no selling (mostly from Inoki, which was probably the most realistic thing about the match given it was supposed to be a shoot except it doesn't work combined with the ridiculous theatrical cartoon stuff). Monster really had no concept of grappling, and particularly bungled Inoki's armbar. Monster's flaws were more excusable to me because this was his first work & he's trying to figure out how to not kill Inoki. While Monster wasn't consistent in faking his shots, he had some highlights with a jumping side kicks to the body & the head, enzuigiri, etc, and was generally okay to fun offensively. I mean, he at least knows how to fight & did as passable an approximation of his tournament karate/kickboxing style as he could against an opponent who has no clue how to defend himself against standup fighting (endlessly trying sliding kicks only works on pure boxers, Monster could presumably just chew his legs up with kicks like every other time a fighter tried to use the butt scoot against a striker) & wasn't given him any help whatsoever. Inoki's best defense was when he just stood there with his hands at his waist, slowly backing away from Monster's strikes while still eating almost all of them. Inoki had no attack per se, he just waited around to counter by dropping into some corny schoolyard leg scissors because he doesn't have any wrestling, so his only way to get it to the ground was some kind of trip or the oh so believable doublearm suplex. Things got worse when he started standing around bent over, so literally if he was trying, all Monster had to do was throw a low kick because the only thing Inoki could do was drop down. Inoki managed to take endless shots from Monster without going down, & eventually won with shoot staples the powerbomb & leg drop brutha.
NJPW 10/25/77: Antonio Inoki vs. Chuck Wepner R6. Inoki wore boxing gloves, and in attempting to mimic a boxing stance, he did a much better of keeping his hands up. He was still bending over way too much looking for the vaunted sliding kick/trip, and in a real fight would likely have been flattened with an uppercut. Wepner was one of the worst workers of all-time, barely resembling a boxer, and instead showing every bad technique of movie boxing with loopy no impact love taps. It didn't help that he was seemingly only being allowed to actually do anything by playing heel & hitting him when they were supposed to be breaking. Wepner did get a clean knockdown with some body shots on the ropes in the 4th. Inoki showed some improvement here, and definitely had the better jab of the two, but was all about those schoolyard leg trips as always, and the gloves were mostly just limiting his already limited ability to grapple. Inoki came on in the 6th with a sleeper hold and scored a knockdown with an enzuigiri that completely missed. Wepner got a rope escape on the Boston crab, but then Inoki just dragged him to the center & reapplied to finish.
NJPW 2/27/80 WWF Martial Arts Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Willie Williams R4 1:24. Most of Inoki's "martial arts matches" have been complete embarrassments, but this was truly an epiphany, showing "real" fighting was a style actually worth developing and exploring, something that could look different in a good way rather than just being a less flashy version of the same sideshow shenanigans. Here we had a collision between the top pro wrestler & sort of top karate guy, in an era where karate was still big enough that being the top karate fighter mattered, as they still represented the top means of self defense study in Japan, as well as most other corners of the globe. Williams was the top foreign protege of legendary karate master Mas Oyama, who was famous for defeating animals such as bulls & bears. Willie actually only made it to the semifinals of the 160 man Karate World Championships tournament the year before, but he was already known in Japan for playing himself in a movie where he earned the nickname "The Bear Killer" by following in Oyama's footsteps and taking one out, so he seemed to be the flagbearer in this battle between fake & real fighting, which was actually more something the fans demanded than the usual fight where Inoki just leveraged his money to get world class fighters who would beat him in seconds to lay down for him. While still obviously a work, the heat & intensity were off the charts, and there was genuine desperation, mostly because neither side would agree to do the job, and with such huge stakes, both sides were very leery of a double cross. In a setting where there's genuine suspense & hostility, and thus neither side really wants to compromise themselves or be generous and trusting to make the other look superior, even Inoki's usually feeble attempts to create heat by being chippy came off well because they were applied to something that seemed urgent and ready to ignite, rather than completely farcical and begging to be laughed at. All that being said, the match was mostly good due to Williams having being an amazing athlete who had great skill & wasn't willing to compromise it. After all, while Williams had more of a name in Japan & higher standing in their karate world, this is ultimately the same disaster as the Monster Man match if he didn't deliver the goods. While Williams was never a favorite of RINGS fans, keep in mind that he was 41 when he debuted there. This 28-year-old version is almost a totally different fighter than we saw in the '90's, really a revelation to this style, as he's actually trying to use his length, footwork, & speed rather than reverting back to the established dumbed down, no skill stand around begging to be clobbered hokem the way even most pro wrestlers who have won MMA matches do. When I say Williams was a great athlete, I don't just mean for a 6'7" guy, he seemed like he could have been a dominant power forward in another life, and I have no doubt he could have won the UFC heavyweight title had he been born later, especially if he was competing with today's stiffs such as Derrick Lewis & Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who stand around doing nothing beyond praying the opponent for some reason gets bored enough to just run into their right hand. Williams was an amazingly fast, reactive athlete, and he didn't just make it easy for Inoki as Inoki's other clay pigeons did. Williams may not always have employed modern MMA technique, but he understood how to fight, and he was trying to bring his battle tested reactions to wrestling rather than trying to fit in by doing everything at half speed, and compensating with over the top theatrics. There were great little bits such as Inoki shooting for a single, but Williams stuffing it with an underhook, then immediately peeling off to the side & disengaging so Inoki couldn't make a second attempt at the takedown. The action constantly broke down by spilling to the floor, in part because neither guy wanted to give the other an opening for anything major, to be prone to the point the opponent could take them out if they decided to be a shady back stabber. While this was worked, it's more that 1 guy would do something expecting the other to either take it or not, and then once in a while they'd purposely give an opening. For example, Williams would use his reach to land jabs that Inoki should take because they are solid but not going to knock him out, but then he'd throw a slightly slow & telegraphed high kick that Inoki was supposed to counter. In any case, the real or imagined threat of the opponent choosing glory over honor added a legitimate tension to the fight, keeping both guys on their toes & reacting sooner rather than later. In the 2nd, Williams dodged a rolling thunder & kicked Inoki in the head, but Inoki finally dragged him down. They rolled to the floor though, where things got out of control & Inoki emerged with a bloody head. After a really long break, they finally restarted only to have Inoki escape to the floor to avoid Williams strikes & both guys crashed to the floor (which Inoki tried to recreate in seemingly every UFO match) after Inoki took Williams down. All this smoke & mirrors was keeping the urgency up while limiting exposing the fakery because one of the big problems with Inoki vs. Chuck Wepner particularly was the more Wepner hit Inoki with his obviously pulled strikes, the more the match failed to succeed on any level. Inoki finally seemed to have his chance hitting a hane goshi, but Williams immediately responded with an up kick only to nearly get armbarred trying to follow with ground and pound. The finish where they each threw a dropkick then wrestled each other over the top to the floor, with Inoki getting an armbar but Williams being saved by the double ring out was the only part that seemed obviously scripted. Though Inoki got that bone at the end, Williams owned him for most of the match, certainly doing way better than any of the other martial artists had done against Inoki. In some sense not a lot happened here, but the movement of Williams & the urgency of both made it feel drastically different than perhaps anything we'd seen before. While I wouldn't rank it close to the best match of the 20th century, as it was named in a 2003 poll in Japan, because it's so much better than the previous Inoki martial arts matches that were chores to try to keep a straight face through, it truly felt original, and it has endured the test of time. ****
Amazons in Wrestling. English language Korean women's wrestling "documentary" that's basically just a compilation of complete matches with a couple minutes of behind the scenes footage. Names surely misspelled.
Helen Haley vs. Yeong Kim Chi
The Tigress vs. Eun Ming Yuk
2/3 Falls: Helen Haley & Cho Chomok vs. Yeok Ping Che & Ken Eng Kei
12/16/74 2/3 Falls: Cho Chomok vs. Ken Eng Kei
3-5 minute clips from AJW 1/3/94 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Chikako Shiratori vs. Rie Tamada
Kaoru Ito vs. Numacchi
AJ Title: Mima Shimoda vs. Tomoko Watanabe
Etsuko Mita vs. Suzuka Minami
Kyoko Inoue vs. Sakie Hasegawa
Manami Toyota vs. Bull Nakano
Toshiyo Yamada vs. Takako Inoue
Aja Kong vs. Yumiko Hotta
AJW 1/24/94 Tokyo Ota-ku Taiikukan
Captain Fall Survival War: Numacchi & Chikako Shiratori & Miki Yokoe & Akiko Abe vs. Tomoko Watanabe & Rie Tamada & Kumiko Maekawa & Miho Ikari
Suzuka Minami & Takako Inoue vs. Sakie Hasegawa & Kaoru Ito. Typical good undercard match with regular bursts of fast action interrupted by submissions. Lots of suplexes & dropkicks. Ito was the most energetic, albeit a bit repetitive. Suzuka was good throughout & Sakie came on toward the end, though her uranage has seen better days.
The second installment of the martial arts fighting documentary "Square Jungle" series following King of the Square Ring.
12/16/78: Antonio Inoki vs. Hiro Matsuda
2//6/79 WWF Martial Arts Title: Antonio Inoki vs. Mr. X
8/2/78: Benny Urquidez vs. Prayut Sitiboonlert
8/28/80: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Sinsak Sosripan
10/30/78: Toshio Fujiwara vs. Siprae Kiatsompop
Himanshu Kaushik vs. Egi Rozten 3:33 R1
Muay Thai: Hiroaki Suzuki vs. Mohammed Bin Mahmoud 2:53 R1
Kai Tang vs. Sung Jong Lee 1:14 R2
Muay Thai: Elias Mahmoudi vs. Yukinori Ogasawara 3R UD
Muay Thai: Bangpleenoi vs. Brown Pinas 3R UD
Kickboxing: Hiroki Akimoto vs. Josh Tonna 3R. An incredibly high paced, action packed competitive contest that never slowed down or had a dull moment. Tonna is an aggressive, high pressure fighter to begin with, but because Atsushi Onari called a standing knockdown 45 seconds in after Akimoto landed two liver kicks, he was forced to push even more because he felt he was always fighting from behind. That may not actually have been the case because 2 minutes in, Tonna knocked Akimoto down momentarily, countering the liver kick with an overhand right. Though Tonna pressed for the last minute, Akimoto immediately wobbled him, and probably took the round though it could have been scored even. Regardless of the scoring, Tonna had press & press because Akimoto had a huge edge in the kicking department, and would pick him apart at range if given the opportunity. Tonna wasn't going to make it easy for Akimoto no matter how much punishment he withstood in the process. Though he was in Akimoto's face most of the 2nd, Akimoto could seemingly land kicks no matter how close Tonna was, and was still able to work over his midsection. Akimoto did a great job of beating Tonna's arms up with middle kicks while he was coming in, and even when Tonna was in range, he wasn't having that much success because Akimoto's reflexes were so quick he was able to dodge most of Tonna's short range punches. Tonna showed some better strategy early in the 3rd, working over Akimoto's liver with the step knee & body hook and using these to try to set up the big overhand right. Akimoto reestablished distance though, and things truly went awry for Tonna as Akimoto began working the right low kick, offbalancing Tonna when he tried to check it. This opened up the right middle kick, with Akimoto getting another knockdown midway through the round. Tonna was still okay, but he was forced to defend the body more, and Akimoto was able to back him into the cage following each head punch with one to the body then catch Tonna off guard with a high kick for the 3rd knockdown. Akimoto tried for the finish, but Tonna remarkably still wasn't slowing down or going anywhere, so he had to settle for the unanimous decision. Excellent match.
Reinier de Ridder vs. Rong Fan 1:51 R1
Muay Thai: Rodtang Jitmuangnon vs. Fahdi Khaled 3R UD. Entertaining, high action brawl that unfortunately was never actually competitive. Khaled kept firing, but Rodtang had him on his back foot the whole match & was eating him up. Rodtang was just walking Khaled down in the 1st. Khaled did a better job in the 2nd of firing & circling so Rodtang couldn't just have his way with him against the cage. Still, Khaled was mostly missing or grazing, so there was nothing to deter Rodtang from just walking him down. Khaled's best offense was actually takedowns, which would have been great if they were legal.
Flyweight World Grand Prix Qualifier: Danny Kingad vs. Tatsumitsu Wada 3R UD. An extremely close contest where both had their moments in each round, and generally the fighter who won the first half of the round then lost the second half. Wada is the better grappler & Kingad is the better striker, but in round 1 Wada got the better of the striking, while Kingad got the better of the grappling. After that, the fight reverted more to what you'd expect, and I feel like the scoring comes down to how much you value the ground strikes because Kingad landed the more flashy shots on his feet, but I felt Wada's knees & elbows on the ground were much more damaging shots. Granted, Wada got a yellow card for elbows to the theoretical mohawk, which doesn't cost him a point since they don't use a points system but may have negated the whole lot from the judges consideration. Wada did a nice job of blasting the lead leg & moving early, but he really wasn't able to sustain this tactic moving forward because Kingad made some nice adjustments, using side kicks to extend the distance. Wada got inside with a punch combo & dropped into a takedown, taking Kingad's back, but Kingad managed to roll Wada when he was throwing a knee. Though Kingad didn't do any real damage, he advanced position & was in control for half the round with the crowd going nuts for their countryman. After that, Wada had almost all the control on the ground, but Kingad always kept himself out of real trouble and managed to take the top or escape eventually. Kingad definitely controlled the standup in the 2nd & 3rd rounds, pretty much forcing Wada to come forward with punches to get in on the body. Wada eventually got it to the ground in the 2nd after eating a bunch of hooks on the inside, and was able to land several punishing knees before taking Kingad's back. The third round was by far the closest. Again, Kingad was winning early in standup, but Wada got it to the ground. I thought Wada did enough in the grappling to slightly edge the decision, mainly because his ground strikes were more punishing than Kingad's standing strikes, but the hometown fighter got the nod on all the cards. Good match.
Lightweight World Grand Prix Quarterfinal: Lowen Tynanes vs. Honorio Banario 4:46 R1
ONE Flyweight Title: Adriano Moraes vs. Geje Eustaquio 5R UD. Moraes caught Eustaquio in this crazy banana split groin stretch that bent his knee back against the joint called the Suloev stretch in the 4th, but somehow Eustaquio accepted the injury & just refused to submit.
WKA 1/26/80 WKA World Welterweight Title: Yoshimitsu Tamashiro vs. Howard Jackson 10R. The late California Flash is mostly known today for his association with Chuck Norris, originally a member of his fighting team then working as his bodyguard & personal trainer & having bit parts in several of Norris' 80's movies, but Jackson was also a very significant figure in the barely documented early days of US foot fighting, the first African American to be ranked #1 in karate where he was champion in both semi & full contact and fighter of the year in 1973 & 1974, moving on to world titles in kickboxing & Muay Thai after returning from a debilitating knee injury that robbed him of 2 years. He was even a sparring partner for Joe Lewis, and eventually peaked at #6 in the WBA boxing rankings. Boxing was the big difference in this fight, as Tamashiro tried to savage Jackson's legs with low kicks to take away his speed, but Jackson would get inside & work the body and head with his punch combos. Early on, Tamashiro used knees on the inside to make Jackson pay for this, but as the fight progressed it was all about beating up the knee Jackson had surgery on. These guys fought at such a remarkably high pace & so aggressively for the first 3 rounds I had to keep reminding myself this wasn't the usual 3 rounder we get today. It felt like a brawl because both were just throwing & throwing, almost seeming without regard to what the other was doing. This definitely was not the style we are used to seeing where one fighter throws and the other fighter defends then counters. The fight felt a bit sloppy because they were just machine gunning each other, but the action and workrate were fantastic. Jackson had to somewhat break from the kamikaze style in the 4th because his lead leg had taken so much damage it was buckling on impact & he was beginning to hobble around. He was a lot more reactive going forward and it started looking more like a conventional modern fight with Jackson trying to time Tamashiro & react to him by either stepping back to avoid or stepping in to eat it but land the left hand. The more damage Jackson took to the leg, the less he kicked, to the point the second half of the fight was basically Jackson's punches against Tamashiro's low kicks. It was a very close, tough to score fight in my opinion. Jackson clearly had more athletic ability & talent, but as the fight progressed his athletic ability was severely compromised and Tamashiro started taking rounds on my card. Tamashiro was definitely hurt by never being able to use the low kicks to open up the high kicks or any other part of his offense despite his best attempts, but he did the one thing that was having success so well that Jackson could barely stand in the later rounds, and thus ha a far more difficult time fighting on his terms. American judges were likely to prefer the boxing of Jackson, which was flashier & looked more impactful, but in the 9th Tamashiro had a great run where he'd land 1 low kick after another because Jackson's leg would buckle from the 1st so he wouldn't be able to do anything quick enough to keep Tamashiro from just landing the second and the third. Jackson managed to stay on his feet though, and did a better job of walking Tamashiro down in the 10th despite the low kicks. Jackson won a unanimous decision 87-84, 90-76, 89-83. The first few half was off the charts with their frantic chaotic action then it got more tactical by necessity, but this was still quite entertaining as well. Excellent match.
WKA World Super Middleweight Title: Blinky Rodriguez vs. Bob Ryan
/82 WKA US Super Lightweight Title: Manny Johnson vs. Eddie Newman
WKA US Welterweight Title: Demetrius Havanas vs. Frank Holloway
Tekin Donmez vs. Herman Miser
Hamid El Abbassi vs. Chris Klootwike
Didier Le Borgne vs. Lucien Carbin. Carbin straight up wins this with his first low kick, one of the most brutal leg kicks I've ever seen, completely upending Le Borgne & leaving him unable to straighten his knee.
Lilly Rodriguez vs. Lucia Rijker
Mark Holland vs. Kenneth Plak
Europe Title Match: Gerard Dimier vs. Rik van den Vathorst
Europe Title Match: Walt Rugebrect vs. R. Desjardin
Europe Title Match: Robert Davis vs. C. Bafir
MTBN World Welterweight Title Match: Benny Urquidez vs. Iwan Sprang R5. Sprang beats Benny's left leg up with low kicks, but Benny does a good job countering with the overhand left. After the 1st, Urquidez closed the distance to get inside Sprang's kicks, and was now getting off first with the left hand, mixing the jab & hook. Sprang thus tried to box Benny, but Urquidez's punches were a lot more direct & he had the head movement to avoid Sprang's wide power punches. Sprang tried to use his movement to create space after taking a bunch of solid shots to the head early in the 4th, but he wasn't really firing back much now, and lost a point for having his mouthpiece dislodged 3 times to get breaks. Sprang's left eye was getting swollen shut, and when his mouthpiece again went flying out in the 5th after a series of punches the ref ruled it a knockdown. The ref began ruling knockdowns because Sprang was just too spent to be in any hurry before stopping it because Sprang turned sideways when Benny was about to attack him against the ropes. I thought Sprang probably won the 1st, but after that Benny made all the adjustments and just had too much skill & conditioning.
Tekin Donmez vs. Herman Miser
Hamid El Abbassi vs. Chris Klootwike
Didier Le Borgne vs. Lucien Carbin. Carbin straight up wins this with his first low kick, one of the most brutal leg kicks I've ever seen, completely upending Le Borgne & leaving him unable to straighten his knee.
Lilly Rodriguez vs. Lucia Rijker
MTBN World Welterweight Title Match: Benny Urquidez vs. Iwan Sprang R5. Sprang beats Benny's left leg up with low kicks, but Benny does a good job countering with the overhand left. After the 1st, Urquidez closed the distance to get inside Sprang's kicks, and was now getting off first with the left hand, mixing the jab & hook. Sprang thus tried to box Benny, but Urquidez's punches were a lot more direct & he had the head movement to avoid Sprang's wide power punches. Sprang tried to use his movement to create space after taking a bunch of solid shots to the head early in the 4th, but he wasn't really firing back much now, and lost a point for having his mouthpiece dislodged 3 times to get breaks. Sprang's left eye was getting swollen shut, and when his mouthpiece again went flying out in the 5th after a series of punches the ref ruled it a knockdown. The ref began ruling knockdowns because Sprang was just too spent to be in any hurry before stopping it because Sprang turned sideways when Benny was about to attack him against the ropes. I thought Sprang probably won the 1st, but after that Benny made all the adjustments and just had too much skill & conditioning.
Ronnie Green vs. Joao Vierra
Milo el Geubli vs. Howard Brown
Maurice Smith vs Marchel Swank
Muzaffer Yamali vs. Darryl Penn
WKA World Welterweight Title: Howard Jackson vs. Andre Brilleman
/98 Poland: Remy Bonjasky vs. Alexey Ignashov 5R UD
10/20/85 Amsterdam: Ernesto Hoost vs. Andre Mannaart 5R
11/18/90 Amsterdam: Ernesto Hoost vs. Rob Kaman R5
4/21/91 Amsterdam: Ernesto Hoost vs. Jan Wessels 5R UD
10/20/91 Amsterdam: Ernesto Hoost vs. Leo de Snoo 5R
2/17/91 Amsterdam: Ernesto Hoost vs. Luc Verheye 5R
4/21/91 Amsterdam: Ernesto Hoost vs. Jan Wessels 5R UD
10/20/91 Amsterdam: Ernesto Hoost vs. Leo de Snoo 5R
10/25/92 Amsterdam: Ernesto Hoost vs. Theppitak Sangmoragot R2 2:14
11/13/92 NY: Ernesto Hoost vs. Rick Roufus 12R
Rick Roufus vs. Tony Smith R2. R1 skipped
PKC Light Welterweight Title: Leroy Taylor vs. Jerry Trimble R7 SD. R3 & 4 skipped.
PKC World Heavyweight Title: Jerry Rhome vs. Brad Hefton R7.
PKC World Middleweight Title: Jean-Yves Thierault vs. Bob Thurman 3R. Thurman wanted to fight in a miniature phone booth, so he just kept coming forward endlessly to smother Thierault. He didn't really defend so much as he just kept throwing and throwing and throwing, which meant he was at his most effective in the first round when he was fresh. The pace of this fight never wavered though, and there was great action throughout. Thierault was certainly the much more powerful and precise striker, with superior technique. He wanted to land one or more big shots rather than land a bunch of shots into the block, so he concentrated on defending and countering with a precise power shot, following it if he could. Thierault was better at range though, so he was trying to get Thurman off him, mostly to no avail, even using his elbow to push him back to open up space for a kick. Thurman fared much better in the final 30 seconds of the 1st round when he was able to back Thierault into the ropes or corner, and may have stolen the round. This style continued into the second round, and it started to become apparent that Thierault was simply letting Thurman punch himself out into the block because Thierault really wasn't making much of an effort to use his lateral movement to get off the ropes. Thierault did some nice work to the body, and had a solid overhand right to the eye, but for the most part he didn't do a lot in the first half of the 2nd round. Then he came on big in the later stages when he began to use the uppercut. Thierault's combinations were sharp, and he welted Thurman's left eye with a short range uppercut. Even though the issue was really under the eye, Thurman's eye was quickly swelling shut, to the point he probably needed a KO in the 3rd before the doctor called it. Thierault went all out at attacking the eye, doubling up on the jab and working all his punch combos to the left side of Thurman's head. Thurman's defenses dramatically decreased in the third, as he couldn't really see out of the right eye, and Thierault began to hammer him time after time. The doctor allowed the fight to continue when they checked in the middle of the round, but by the time the round was over, the eye was almost completely shut, so the fight was called. It was unfortunate because the action here was really good, but definitely a good decision because Thurman would have just gotten hammered until he finally dropped. They had a rematch in France 2 years later, which Thierault also won. Good match.
3/17/87 Rockford MetroCentre
Jerry Rhome vs. Ahmad Jihad 6R UD
US Super Heavyweight Title: Brad Hefton vs. John Jackson 5R. Jackson didn't answer the bell for round 6 after being off was saved by the bell in 4 the first 5 rounds.
Manson Gibson vs Roy McCown 7R UD. R6 & 7 only. Gibson cut McCown with a spinning high kick.
/85: Curtis Bush vs Cliff Thomas 5R UD
10/7/86 taped 9/86 Atlanta Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel: Jerry Trimble vs. Pascal Leplat 7R. Trimble was one of the fastest fighters around. His speed helped him generate a lot of power, and he loved to rely on flash because he could. This didn't make him the most consistent fighter in the world, but he was a ton of fun to watch, and this match was certainly no exception. Leplat wasn't as physically gifted, but he knew what he was up against, and fought a smart fight. He tried to survive the early onslaught and rely on his conditioning. Strategically, he wanted to get inside of Trimble's fast spinning kicks, keep the pressure on and make sure he got off first to keep the less disciplined Trimble at bay. Early on, Trimble was much too fast, landing two spinning back kicks to the face in the first 30 seconds. Trimble had Leplat backing up, and the more Leplat backed up, the more Trimble could keep firing fast spinning moves at him. Round one was a big round for Trimble, throwing some great flashy combinations including missing with a spinning back fist but landing the overhand right, left high kick, and reverse spinning high kick. Leplat did a much better job of not only holding his ground, but coming forward after the first round. He still wasn't nearly as active as he needed to be in the second, but now he was too close for Trimble to land his spinning kicks, so Trimble never really got going in this round either. This was a marginal round for Trimble, but round three was a much different story, as Leplat finally let his jabs and middle kicks go, and now Trimble wasn't particular active, and seemed to be tiring already. Trimble adjusted to the counterpunching role in the fourth, quickly going over the top of Leplat's left jab with an overhand right . This wound up being a huge round for Trimble, as he emptied the tying trying to finish Leplat, mostly with right hands, which were out landing cleanly because Leplat was able to clinch. Leplat recovered well, and probably had a slight edge in round five, just doing a good job of coming in throwing then giving up quickly to avoid the counter. These are the sort of rounds that are hard to win when you are fighting the local star in his hometown as sort of a tune-up for next month's big title match with Leroy Taylor. We weren't seeing many spinnings shots from Trimble in the sixth, and suddenly Leplat was actually looked faster, definitely outworking Trimble, and arguably hurting him with 2 lead rights at the very end. Round seven was pretty close, with both looking pretty good. Leplat was again a bit more consistent, but Trimble was more lively and much more aggressive with hard counterpunches than we'd seen in the last few rounds. Trimble won a unanimous decision 70-68.6, 69.2-68.2, 70-64. Due to the knockdown and the first round also being a big Trimble round, I think the decision was fair (at least from the first two judges who actually watched the fight), but this was a very good and close fight that both should be proud of. Very good match.
early /87 Rockford: Jerry Trimble vs. B.J. Lavota R5. Trimble doesn't take his 5'5" opponent seriously, seemingly spending most of the first four rounds working on his defense. He's arguably losing the fight due to lack of aggression, and his corner tells him it's go time, at which point he promptly destroys Lavota's nose early in the fifth with a great overhand right counter to a spinning heel kick, soon leading to the stoppage.
Digest of the tournament.
Top 4 Lightweight were 1. Kenji Midori, 2. Hiroyuki Miake, 3. Hisayoshi Tsuda, 4. Takashi Kimura
Top 4 Middleweight were 1. Yasuhiro Kuwajima, 2. Hidehiko Hashizume, 3. Masahiro Oga, 4. Hisya Kitamoto
Top 4 Heavyweight were 1. Yashuri Shichinohe, 2. Hiroki Kurosawa, 3. Masashi Kimoto, 4. Koichi Okamura
Vol. 1
Shootboxing Cardinal Weight Title Match: Oichi Otsu vs. Katsumi Omura
Satoru Sayama Shooting "demonstration match"
Muay Thai: Sagat Bontauin (sp?) vs. Racty Munslin (sp?)
Thai Featherweight Title Match: Samran Sak Munslin vs. Beddam Rubora (sp?)
Martial Arts Match: Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Ismael Changani
Full Contact Karate Tournament featuring Masaaki Satake & Ryuji Murakami
Vol. 2
Karate Tournament Semifinal: Ryuji Murakami vs. Toshiyuki Yanagisawa
Karate Tournament Final: Masaaki Satake vs. Toshiyuki Yanagisawa
Wallid Hassan Mori breaks apples with nunchakus
Harley Saito vs. Miss A 13:38
Rumi Kazama vs. Cutie Suzuki 8:30
Masanobu Fuchi vs. Kenta Kobashi 9:01
Giant Baba & Tiger Mask vs. Abdullah The Butcher & George Skaaland 10:15
Digest of the tournament.
Top 4 Lightweight were 1. Takahiro Kajiwara, 2. Taichi Nishimura, 3. Toshhiko Imanishi, 4. Mitsuru Sonoyama
Top 4 Middleweight were 1. Hideki Shibata, 2. Masahiro Oga, 3. Takuya Akimoto, 4. Kyoichi Taguchi
Top 4 Heavyweight were 1. Masashi Kimoto, 2. Takehisa Iriki, 3. Hirofumi Kanayama, 4. Yoshihiro Tamura
Singnoom Sitomnoi vs. Tantanannoi Sitsilachai
Changpuek Kiatsongrit vs. Rick Roufus R4 1:23
Ramon Dekkers vs. Joao Vieira R5
Andre Mannaart vs. Ronnie Wagenmaker R5
kickboxer vs. sambo: Freek Hamakers vs. Charlie Lieveld
Jean-Claude Felicie vs. Rick van de Vathorst
Ernesto Hoost vs. Peter Aerts 5R
Ivan Hyppolyte vs. Orlando Wiet
Johan Vos vs. Ivan Thorn
European Title Fight: Ernesto Hoost vs. Kirkwood Walker
Gilbert Ballantine vs. Demee Franco
Free Fight No Rules: Gerard Gordeau vs. Dick Veldhuis. Gordeau DQ'd.
Dutch Title Fight: Michel Ubbergen vs. H. Darnas
2nd Round
Nicolas Da Costa vs. Makus Burcher
Miroslaw Glowacki vs. Michael Thompson
Thomas Ratchack vs. Peko Gabor
Andy Hug vs. Dejan Zelesov
3rd Round
Peter Hunschmid vs. Johanne Versalainen
Michael Thompson vs. Biser Bozkov
Thomas Ratchack vs. Roland Hubschmid
Andy Hug vs. Tomasz Kucharzewski
70kg Final: Janusz Morys vs. Luigi Damico
-80kg Final: Nicolas Da Costa vs. Miroslaw Zuziak
+80kg Final: Andy Hug vs. Michael Thompson
Shoot Boxing 5/26/89: Manson Gibson vs. Caesar Takeshi R1 4:28
Shoot Boxing 7/1/90: Manson Gibson vs. Naoyuki Taira R4 4:01
MAJKF 9/20/91 Manson Gibson vs. Chamnansak
MAJKF 3/21/92: Manson Gibson vs. Sajitkan 5R
MAJKF 1/10/93: Manson Gibson vs. Taro Minato 5R
MAJKF 10/15/95: Manson Gibson vs. Luc Verheye 5R
Shoot Boxing 7/14/96: Manson Gibson vs. Yarsin Loogklongtan 5R Draw
Shooto 4/26/98: Manson Gibson vs. Changpuek Kiatsongrit 3R UD
Leo de Snoo vs, Yvon Cilla
Rick van den Vathorst vs. Dominique Siegler
Peter Smit vs. Luc Verheye
Lucia Rijker vs. Paula Zarbo
Ivan Hippolite vs. Baltazar Banatea
W.M.T.A. Muaythai World Title: Branco Cikatic vs. Ernesto Hoost R2
Shokei Matsui challenges the fourth dan
Renaldo Morris vs. Steve Berryman
Kenneth Plak vs. Francois Corremans
Women's World Title: Corrine Geeris vs. Sandra Moore
Ivan Hippolyte vs. Tony Moore R4
IKBF World Heavyweight Title: Peter Aerts vs. Jan Oosterbaan 2R
John Merton vs. Chanpuang Chanparton 5R UD
Rod Key vs. Jelasak Ponsawaan 5R UD
Dale "Apollo" Cook vs. Superman Osotsapa 5R UD
World Combat Fight #63 Euro Kickboxing Classic taped 5/27/90 Holland Amsterdam Sports Hall Zuid
Ramon Dekkers vs. Charly Wanick
Joao Veirra vs. Superleg
Tommy Van Der Berg vs. Coban
Leo de Snoo vs. Sayid Kan
World Combat Fight #98 WPKL Muay Thai Champion League III Semifinals taped 11/14/98 Amsterdam, Holland
Rayen Simson vs. Jomhod Kiatadisak
Adila Tarzati vs. Jerald Madeus
Jerry Morris vs. Sakmongkol Sithchuchok
Digest of the tournament. The top 4 finishers were
Lightweight: 1. Kenji Midori, 2. Kensaku Yamamoto, 3. Ken Kato, 4. Toru Sakata
Middleweight: 1. Kyoichi Taguchi, 2. Shinegori Sakamoto, 3. Toshiya Sasaki, 4. Toshiaki Iizumi
Heavyweight: 1. Tatsuya Iwasaki, 2. Iwao Takita, 3. Yoshiharu Eguchi, 4. Nobuaki Kakuda
Note: early bouts digested
Karate Real Champion Decision Tournament '90 1st Round highlights
Shinobu Kandori & Oscal Tomo vs. Devil Masami & Scorpion
Karate Real Champion Decision Tournament '90 2nd Round highlights
Pegasus Kid vs. Hiro Saito
Kickboxing: Manson Gibson vs. Hideo Suzuki
Karate Real Champion Decision Tournament '90 Semifinals Round highlights
Shootboxing: Ceasar Takeshi vs. Junie Reynolds
Kickboxing: Yamazaki vs. Ponshiri Poramtay (sp?)
Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tatsutoshi Goto
Karate Real Champion Decision Tournament '90 Final: Ryuji Murakami vs. ?
KICK World Bantamweight Title: Denise Taylor vs. Kathy Long 12R UD
Peter Thijssen vs. Bernard Thierry
Renaldo Morris vs. Pon
Bayran Colak vs. Jomhod
Tekin vs. Samaiseuk
Ivan Hypolyte vs. Kietprasanchai
Gilbert Ballentine vs. Sangtienoi
W.M.T.A. Muay Thai World Title: Ernesto Hoost vs. Seyoke
Corrine Geeris vs. Danielle Sommers
10/15/90 Korakuen Hall: Ramon Dekkers vs. Boonchai Sor. Towanon
9/3/91 Lumpinee Stadium: Ramon Dekkers vs. Sangtiennoi Sor.Rungroj 5R UD
2/28/92 Lumpinee Stadium IMF World Welterweight Title Decision: Ramon Dekkers vs. Coban Lookchaomaesaitong 5R UD
8/31/90 Lumpinee Stadium: Ramon Dekkers vs. Superlek Sorn E-Sarn 5R UD
Tom van de Berg vs. Moesid Akamrane
Peter Aerts vs. Jan Wessels R3
Rob Kaman vs. Ernesto Hoost R5
bonus: Alex Gong vs. Fernando Yguado
11/27/90 Lumpinee Stadium: Ramon Dekkers vs. Issara Sakkreerin
12/18/90 Korakuen Hall: Ramon Dekkers vs. Boonchai Sor. Towanon
3/22/91 Korakuen Hall: Ramon Dekkers vs. Sangtiennoi Sor.Rungroj
4/21/91 Paris: Ramon Dekkers vs. Coban Lookchaomaesaitong
8/6/91 Lumpinee Stadium: Ramon Dekkers vs. Coban Lookchaomaesaitong
9/3/91 Lumpinee Stadium: Ramon Dekkers vs. Sangtiennoi Sor.Rungroj
11/26/91 Lumpinee Stadium: Ramon Dekkers vs. Sakmongkol Sithchuchok
2/28/92 Samut Pragaan Crocodile Farm: Ramon Dekkers vs. Coban Lookchaomaesaitong
6/2/95 Korakuen Hall: Ramon Dekkers vs. Taro Minato
10/15/95 Korakuen Hall: Ramon Dekkers vs. Hector Pena
3/16/96 Korakuen Hall: Ramon Dekkers vs. Fernando Calleros
4/26/98 Yokohama Arena: Ramon Dekkers vs. Hiromu Yoshitaka
11/27/90 Lumpinee Stadium: Peter Smit vs Changpuek Kiatsongrit 5R
9/24/91 Lumpinee Stadium: Namkabuan Nongkee Pahuyuth vs Sangtiennoi Sor.Rungroj 5R
Lumpinee Stadium Lumpinee Junior Heavyweight Title: Namkabuan Nongkee Pahuyuth vs Cherry Sor Wanich 5R
Lumpinee Stadium: Superlek Chor Sawat vs Oley Kiatoneway R2
10/20/92 Lumpinee Stadium: Chamuakpet Hapalang vs Pepsi Biyapan 5R
Dougmaipa Por. Phongsawan vs Laghin Wasantsitt 5R
10/20/92 Lumpinee Stadium: Jongsanan Luklongbangkaew vs Nuataranee Tongracha 5R
9/3/91 Lumpinee Stadium: Cherry Sor Wanich vs. Wangchannoi Sor Palangchai 5R
Charndet Sor Palangthalay vs. Deedar Deerek
Daeng Muangsurin vs. Caesar Deerek
Saengmuangnoi Rukejaubo Mahesag vs. Jaroensak Ghatnakhonchon
6/9/92 Lumpinee Stadium: Lamnamoon Sor.Sumalee vs. Langsuan Panyuthaphum 5R
Petchdam Sor. Bodin vs. Jeongsanan Luklongbanggew
12/25/92 Lumpinee Stadium: Yodkhunpon Sittraiphum vs. Singdam Or.Ukrit 5R
5/31/91 Lumpinee Stadium Lumpinee Flyweight Title: Langsuan Panyuthaphum vs Jaroensap Kiatbanchong 5R
Laghin Wasantsitt vs Senmusan Isan
Noppadee Sor. Rewdee vs. Channoy Simongkon
Daraegu Shirrunsatsu vs Senmusan Isan
Misaki Muroto vs. Tawachai Pettaoapon
Bovy Chowaikung vs. Taro Minato
Mongutton Por. Plumgamon vs Satoshi Niizuma
12/15/90 Korakuen Hall
Changpuek Kiatsongrit vs. Luc Verheye
Bobby Becker vs Jarunthorn Ghatbangchon
3/22/91 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Chinchai Sakdaroon vs. Misaki Muroto
Michael Leofurt vs Panthong Sonchai
Harold van Hagen vs Sagitkan Gatpattern
5/24/91 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Michiaki Yamazaki vs "Rambo" Pongsiri Por. Ruamredy
Knockwee Davy vs Issara Sackreelin
Marlon Benjamin vs Champua Gessonrit R2 2:18
12/18/90 Tokyo: Ramon Dekkers vs. Boonchai Sor. Towanon
12/15/91: Changpuek Kiatsongrit vs. Luc Verheye
Knock Davey vs. Gerard Suwanu
Michiaki Yamazaki vs. Masato Kusunoki
Ponshiri Poramtay vs. Shyai Sadar
Harold Pregers vs. Abby
Just vs. Lesley Tunk
Derk Banfield vs. Marco Blokland
Gerard Swaanen vs. Tahir el Jadir
Mario van de Spek vs. Juan van Gool
Wahid Wennekes vs. Andre Masseurs
Abdeilla Quaij vs. Marcel Wille
European Title: Frank Lobman vs. Bas Rutten
Peter Kley vs. Patrick Jannsen
Harry Hooft vs. Gibraldie
Brian Pieters vs. Marlon Boldewijn
Leo de Snoo vs. Rick Van De Vathorst
Maikel Lieuwfat vs. S. Laevadee
Mousid vs. Jaksing
Ivan Hippolyte vs. Kiat Prasarnchai
Ernesto Hoost vs. Luc Verheye 5R UD
Akane vs Hayata
Chinchai vs. Misaki Muroto
Michael Leofurt vs Pantone
Harold van Hagen vs Sajitkan
Michiaki Yamazaki vs. Rambo
Ramon Dekkers vs. Saengtiennoi Sor. Rungrot
4/21/91
Peter Freer vs. Gerard Mamadeus
Glenn Brasdorp vs. Rick Van De Vatrhorst
Orlando Weit vs. Ivan Hippolyte
Ernesto Hoost vs. Jan Wessels
World Combat Fight #49 Amsterdam Absolute Championships Mix Fight Tournament 4 taped 10/25/98 Amsterdam, Holland Party Center 2000 AKA International Absolute Fighting Council-Pankration European Championship 1998
Note: Mostly Highlights
Mix Fight: Ronny Rivano vs. Pedro Van Hemert
Muay Thai Rule: Rene Rooze vs. Helder Lopez
Mix Fight: Tjerk Vermanen vs. Vidal Serradilla. Serradilla got kneed in the forehead when he shot and there was blood everywhere, so they stopped it.
Muay Thai Fight: Rodney Favers vs. Samir Benazzouz
Mix Fight: Glenn Brown vs. Herman Vantol
Mix Fight: Remco Pardoel vs. John Dixon
Mix Fight: Bob Schrijber vs. Moti Horenstein. Brutal slugfest. Schrijber wound up with a big lump under his eye.
Bijen vs. Duquay
Harry Hooft vs. Baifore
Peter Freer vs. Gerard Mamadeus
Leo De Snoo vs. Pla
Marlon Boldewijn vs. Curtis Bush
Peter Kley vs. Anchez
Glenn Brasdorp vs. Rick Van De Vatrhorst
Orlando Weit vs. Ivan Hippolyte
Ernesto Hoost vs. Jan Wessels
9/3/91: Ramon Dekkers vs. Sangtiennoi Sor.Rungroj 5R UD
8/6/91: Ramon Dekkers vs. Coban Lookchaomaesaitong R1
4/21/91: Ramon Dekkers vs. Coban Lookchaomaesaitong R1 1:00
martial arts demonstration
Australian Super Light Heavyweight Title Match: Peter Blumson vs. Clinton O'Hello
WKA World Heavyweight Title Match: Maurice Smith vs. Stan The Man Longinidis 12R split decision
11/27/90 Bangkok, Thailand Lumpinee Stadium, IMTF World Light Heavyweight Title Match: Peter Smit vs. Changpuek Kiatsongrit
11/26/91 Bangkok, Thailand Lumpinee Stadium: Ramon Dekkers vs. Sakmongkol Sitthichok
Jos van Beijnen vs. Yacub Comert
Peter Theijsse vs. Nicco Anches
Iwan Hippoliet vs. Brian Pieters
Ernesto Hoost vs. Leo de Snoo 5R
Murat Comert vs. Anokoune
Jos van Beijnin vs. Jacob Comart
Peter Teijsse vs. Nico Anches
Ivan Hippolyte vs. Brian Pieters 5R UD
Ernesto Hoost vs. Leo de Snoo
Anoukoune vs. Murat Comart
Affie Shalom vs. Tschernickin
Peter Kley vs. Richard Hooft
Harry Hooft vs. Jan Lomulder
Noel van den Heuvel vs. Murat Comart
Rik van den Vathorst vs. Frank Scheuerman
Teddy Boulon vs. Jacob Comart
Jean-Marc Christophe vs. Mustapha Lakhsem
Jim Stevens vs. Patrice Minouflet
Farid Kenniche vs. Perry Ubeda
Ramon Dekkers vs. Joel Cesar
Anoukoune vs. Murat Comert
Teddy Boulon vs. Jacob Comert
Jean-Marc Christophe vs. Mustapha Lakhsem
Jim Stevens vs. Patrice Minouflet
Farid Kenniche vs. Perry Ubeda
Dida Diafat vs. Stuart Balentine
Samy Khebchi vs. Hughes
Jean-Yves Theriault vs. Klaus Nonnenmaker
Rob Kaman vs. Zigo Polyo
Ramon Dekkers vs. Joel Cesar
C Spierings vs. H Pregers
Zimmerman vs. Redding
Andre Masseurs vs. Wahid Wennekes
Noel van den Heuvel vs. Mahmoud Kirat
World Title: Iwan Menes vs. Marcel Wille
Bas Rutten vs. Alexis Burger
WMTA World Heavyweight Muay Thai Title: Frank Lobman vs. Peter Aerts 5R UD. Very good
IMF World Welterweight Title Decision Match: Ramon Dekkers vs. Coban Lookchaomaesaitong 5R
Jos Keendy (sp?) vs. Dogmaipa Bow Bonsawan (sp?)
11/13/10 Las Vegas: Xu Shan vs. Shane Oblonsky
WMAC Women's Feathweight Title: Kathy Long vs. Kyoko Kamikaze 5R. Very tough matchup for 21-year-old Kamikaze as Long has the experience, but also the speed & reach, and she happens to be a great fighter to boot. Typical high paced women's bout with a lot of action, but much better than average technique. It was pretty much one-way traffic though with Long winning every round, including dropping Kamikaze twice in the 5th, but failing to get the finish mostly because Kamikaze was tough & refused to surrender.
WMAC Heavyweight Title: Dennis Alexio vs. Branko Cikatic R3 1:54. Alexio comes forward applying massive pressure and getting inside to take away Cikatic's kicking game. Cikatic is also strong with the knees, but the rules don't allow clinch knees, which is a massive advantage for Alexio, who is now free to work his uppercuts on the inside because Cikatic can't exactly answer properly. Cikatic is nonetheless losing points for violations, and gets a bad cut over his eye in the 2nd. In the 3rd, legendary karate champion Pat Burleson loses complete control of the fight when Alexio's foot pad falls off, but they don't put it back on. Cikatic goes to the ropes, and then comes back toward the center seemingly to say something to Burleson, who appears to restart the fight without setting the fighters back up and getting them ready and then seems to try to delay the fight because he realizes Cikatic has his hands down & isn't looking, but Alexio just cold cocks a completely unsuspecting Cikatic, who is looking at Burleson rather than defending himself, with a left hook. Luckily, Alexio mostly misses the 2nd hook and whiffs on a kick as Cikatic is more or less on the canvas. Cikatic's seconds then came in the ring to attend to him, and Burleson didn't make any kind of decision as to what to do. Eventually, the doctor decided Cikatic couldn't continue, and since this occurred before 3 rounds were completed, it was ruled a technical draw. It's hard to blame Alexio because the ref wasn't breaking & he threw after he said go, and this referee mishap probably cost him a win, albeit a lucky one (though he was already way ahead). Certainly, the fans lost out on the conclusion of a fairly entertaining fight.
Satoru Tanaka vs. Taro Minato R4 1:45
Pantorn Saenchai vs. Ryuji Yao R4 2:49
Hiromi Terada vs. Katsuo Katahira R2 1:07
Akira Yamamoto vs. Katsuhito Funatsu R2 1:10
Manson Gibson vs. Sajitkan 5R. Good match. Read Review
Bantamweight World #1 Decision: Kimihiko Akatsuchi vs. Toshiyuki Toki 5R. Good match. Read Review
Dutch Super Featherweight Junior Title: A.H. Selder vs. Ed Kluivers
Pethe Wattaya vs. Bolem Belaini 5R. Good match.
IKBF Junior Heavyweight European Title: Frank Lobman vs. William van Roosmalen r4
Sandra Bettendorf vs. Corrine Geeris R1
Teddy Boulon vs. Nordin ben Salah R2
World Light Weight Title: Chanoy vs. Gilbert Ballentine 5R
Darius Alibec vs. Peter Aerts R2 2:05
European Middleweight Title: Habib ben Salah vs. Antoine Druif 5R. Good match.
World Super Middleweight Title: Bounsima vs. Glenn Brasdorp
David Taylor vs. Fabien Khodry 7R. Good match.
W.K.A. Full Contact Super Light Heavyweight Title: Mark Russell vs. Rob Kaman R2.
Maurice Smith vs. Peter Aerts 9R UD
Willie Williams in USA. Highlights of the 1991 U.S. Open tournament in Connecticut
The latest knee kicking technique of Hakuren Kaikan
3/8/92 Karate highlights
3/27/92 SHOOTO highlights
Karate tournament highlights
*Matches are digested*
Milton Felter vs. Willy Martina
Bob Schrijber vs. Harold van Haagen
Ivan Hippolyte vs. Steve Scott
Lucia Rijker vs. Kathy Petereit
Ernesto Hoost vs. Joe Caktas
Rick van de Vathorst vs. Kenneth Felter
Andre Mannaart vs. Jan Wessels
Tom van de Berg vs. Yacup Comart
Darren Hedgecock vs. Faisel Redding
WKA Australian Super Light Heavyweight Title Decision Match: Rick Cool vs. Nick Terakorias
WKA World Super Heavyweight Title Match: Stan The Man Longinitis vs. Branko Cikatic
Shigeaki Koganemaru vs. Compet Sissahahan
Oleg Bahilev vs. Atsushi Taisei R1 2:20
Takeshi Kyozaki vs. Osamu Sakai 3R
Koichiro Kimura vs. Toshiyuki Ito 1R
Michael vs. Minkisen 3R
Kenichi Iimura vs. Tishonov R2 2:03
Kazuki Ichihara vs. Michael Evstignev R1 2:30
Ekkachai Sosawath vs. Kiyohisa Kato 3R
Kenichi Nagata vs. Potai Chowaikun 3R
Kickboxing highlights
Karate (block breaking) highlights
Kickboxing: Katsuhito Funatsu vs. Hiromaki Tamaki
Kickboxing: Satoshi Nizama vs. Akikatsu Oshima
Shootboxing: Takeshi Caesar vs. Takachi Tadashira
Karate sparring
Kickboxing: Taro Inato vs. Shinpet Ruranshi (sp?)
Kickboxing Japan Flyweight Title Match: Eiichi Fukutomi vs. Akira Yamamoto
Black Cat vs. Masanobu Kurisu
Tiger Mask (Koji Kanemoto) vs. Osamu Nishimura
Malcolm Hanning vs. Jim Teteris R3 0:10
David Hamsar (sp?) vs. Nick Teteris
Sam McCullas (sp?) vs. Rick Chibars (sp) R6
WKA World Super Heavyweight Title: Stan Longinidis vs Grant Barker R3 1:16. In round one, Stan just walked Barker down, keeping him against the ropes with the upper thigh kick and front kick. Barker was clearly looking for a huge counterpunch, but since he wasn't holding his ground, Stan had no reason to overcommit. Barker tried to correct that in the 2nd, but when he tried to come over the top of Stan's low kick with his own middle kick, Stan just dropped in with a big left hook. Stan tried to pour it on, but even though Barker was missing, he fired back so heavily that you had to respect his capabilities. Round two was a big round for Stan, and though Barker had no quit in him, it was not a good sign that his thigh was beginning to give him problems. Early in round three, Barker's left leg kick gave out from a low kick. Stan went right back to the low kick, and Barker tried to answer with his own right low kick, but the plant leg was compromised, and I think that did him in more than Stan's subsequent left hook.
ISKA Full Contact Light Heavyweight World Title: Rick Roufus vs. Ernesto Hoost 12R UD. A very entertaining match, though also a somewhat disappointing one because you would expect a match between two of the all time greats to actually be somewhat competitive. Hoost did win some rounds in the second half of the fight, but Roufus had virtually clinched the decision by the point that it became a back and forth fight. Roufus was giving up 2 or 3 inches in height, but was able to keep Hoost at bay with his long, flashy kicks. The key factor here was the lack of low kicks, which allowed Roufus to much more successfully fight out of the side stance, and sprinkle in his spectacular spinning and jumping kicks. Hoost accidentally forgot the bad rule, and was scolded heavily for a leg kick early in the second round. Roufus' hands were ready when Hoost tried to close the distance, and he would often push forward with a punch combo as soon as he saw Hoost was going to kick. Roufus simply closed and extended the distance much faster, so he was able to stay outside and score with his kicks, or get in fast and score with his hands then get away without taking punishment. Roufus was really relaxed and flowing here, and while not doing a ton of damage, was kind of humiliating Hoost. Even though Hoost hadn't hit his prime yet, you never expect anyone to be able to make him look like a fool. Hoost was really struggling offensively because he just never seemed to be able to get into range, the side stance keeping Roufus so far from Hoost's right hand. Even though Roufus was winning every round easily, he still had to act like he was nearly crippled from taking a kick to the hip, trying to milk a point deduction. That being said, things were getting comical as Roufus kicks so high that seemingly every time Hoost tried to answer with his own kick, it was some kind of foul that had Roufus hunched over on the ropes for 30 seconds. In actuality, I think Roufus was getting pretty tired from throwing so many high dexterity kicks, but he did also appeared to be more than a bit hobbled. In the second half of the fight, he started standing around more, and thus Hoost finally had a target. Hoost may have won the seventh and eighth rounds, and after that Roufus switched to mostly boxing on the inside, which he probably got the better of, but certainly not to the extent he did fighting on the outside. Roufus did a better job of digging in to the body, and his goal was to get Hoost on the ropes, as when Hoost had space to just back away, he now had a pretty easy target, as Roufus was no longer closing distance with any speed. Roufus wasn't kicking much more than he had to in the final rounds, but managed to put an exclamation on the win, posterizing Hoost with a jump spinning heel kick in the 12th. Good match.
European Lightweight Title Match: Corrine Geeris vs. Bettina Volker R6 of 6
Bolem Belaini vs. Michael Lieuwfat R7 of 7
Vincent Vyent vs. Darrell Simmons 3R of 5
European Muay Thai Middleweight Title Match: Antoine Druif vs. Habib Bensalah 3R of 5
IKBF World Junior Welterweight Title Match: Stuart Ballantine vs. Iwan Meenis 7R
Mohamed Kassrioui vs. Theo Wielsen 3R
IKBF World Title Match: Rick Verheyen vs. Reid Poljo 9R
Ramon Dekkers vs. Gilbert Ballantine 5R
Muay Thai World Heavyweight Title Match: Peter Aerts vs. Frank Lobman R3 1:31. Good match.
Hassan Ziani vs. Jack Kiatniwat 5R UD
Ivan Hippolyte vs. Vichan Chorrojanack 5R UD
Gerald Zwane vs. Jomhod Kiatadeesak R3
Affie Sjalom vs. Sombat Sorthanikul 5R UD
Peter Teijsse vs. Peter Kley R3. Good match.
Muay Thai World Title: Kenneth Felter-Kamakura vs. Harold van Haagen 5R UD
W.M.T.A. Muay Thai World Title: Ernesto Hoost vs. Theppitak Sangmorag R2 2:14
The culmination of 13 years of Daido Juku, highlighting the 20 most famous matches in the history of the promotion.
Patrick de Bont vs. Gert van Kooten
Samir Ben Azzouz vs. Tunay Kirat
Mohammed Lechkar vs. Pieter Terhell
Frank Lobman vs Mark Russel
Johan van Laarhoven vs. Pim Zys
Don Kempers vs. Reginald van Osch
Halil Oskan vs. Clarence Breeveld
Rafael Rafinski vs. Olaf van de Broek
Rayen Simson vs Lodewijk Vercouteren
European Title: Luc Verheije vs William van Roosmalen
John Baks vs. Luuk van de Borne
Peter Aerts vs. Peter Selkthorphe
Kirsten vs. Christina Yao
Ayhan Ozcelik vs. Michael Wubke
Thomas Jefferson vs. Rahiminia Morteza
Juri vs. Bruce Ozbeck
Markus Fuckner vs. Darius Alibek
Sanchai vs. Yavuz Ozdan
Dechasawin Sayam vs. Andre Masseurs
Tongsuriya vs Said Ben Dohhou
Ramon Dekkers vs. Chanoy Pon Tawee 5R UD
Allen Blokland vs. Cliff Adrianis
Dutch Middleweight Title Match: Marvin Irion vs. Theo Wirsen
Corrine Geeris vs. Saskia Habraken 5R
Dutch Jr. Welterweight Title Match: Ahmed Gounane vs. Vincent Vain
Gilbert Valentini vs. Evan Meenis
Dutch Middleweight Title Match: Faizel Reding vs. Hassan Etaki
Boulem Belaini vs. Doris
European Light Heavyweight Title Match: Rik van de Vathorst vs. Bernard Cherry
Peter Aerts vs. Maurice Smith R4 2:07
Oscar Achmed vs. Omar Usdemer
Christiaan Spierings vs. Samir Ben Azzouz
Andre van de Oetelaar vs. Rene Vallentin
Frank Lobman vs. Rene Rooze
Iwan Menis vs. Khomsing
World Title: Abdella Quay vs. Chanoy Pon Tawee
World Title: Ramon Dekkers vs Dechasawin Sayam R2
Digest of the 3 day tournament that featured 345 karate fighters.
Top 4 Lightweight were 1. Kensaku Yamamoto,
2. Seiji Yamane,
3. Katae Minoru,
4. Makoto Yokoyama
Top 4 Middleweight were 1. Hidenori Aoki,
2. Toshiaki Iizumi,
3. Masanori Nagatomo,
4. Eiji Kawamoto
Top 4 Heavyweight were 1. Kenji Yamaki,
2. Kunihiro Suzuki,
3. Hiroki Kurosawa,
4. Kentoku Saeki
4/2/88 Karate Tournament R2: Masaaki Satake vs. Masashi Aoyagi
4/2/88 Karate Tournament Semifinal: Ryuji Murakami vs. Toshiyuki Yanagisawa
4/2/88 Martial Arts Match: Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Ismael Changani
Kickboxing: Lee Myun Zhu vs. Hiroaki Tamaki
Kickboxing: Satoshi Niza vs. Naron Shicondin (sp?)
Shoot Boxing: Nobukazu Katori vs. Masahiro Okamoto
Kickboxing: Hon Jyun Min vs. Hiroshi Soda
Karate Glove Match: Yoshitaro Hiraoka vs. Ryuji Murakami
Puroresu: Jushin Thunder Liger & Shinjiro Otani vs. El Samurai & Tiger Mask (Kanemoto)
Ricardo Nassy vs. Alan Blokland
Faisal Redding vs. Raymond Koeiman
Dutch Title: Theo Wielzen vs. Marvin Irion
IMTA World Title: Gilbert Ballentine vs. Lomisarn
European Title: Bolem Belaini vs. Michael Lieuwfat
Jerry Morris vs. Hassan Kassrioui
Peter Aerts vs. Rob van Esdonk
Digest of the tournament. Top 8 fighters were 1. Hajime Kazumi, 2. Yoshihiro Tamura, 3. Toru Okamoto, 4. Yashuri Shichinohe, 5. Hidenori Aoki, 6. Hiroki Kurosawa, 7. Kenji Yamaki, 8. Toshiyuki Nogami
1998 DVD release with highlights of RINGS HOLLAND FREE-FIGHT & RINGS Holland shows
Daniella Somers vs. Saskia Habraken
9/20/92: Corrine Geeris vs. Bertine Volkers
Kerstin Kotyrba vs. Bertine Volkers
Regina Halmich vs. Tabuso Maria
Corrine Geeris vs. Saskia Habraken
1998 DVD release with highlights of early 90's Dutch kickboxing featuring Hoost, Aerts, etc.
Battle of the Champions 7/25/93, WKA World Super Heavyweight Title Match: Stan the Man Longinidis vs. Gary Sandland R3
Taipan 1 Best of the Best Quarterfinals
Stan the Man vs. Bob Schrijber 3R UD
Dino Homsey vs. Watori Uchido
Lawrence White vs. Achilles Roger
Vladimir Golovinski vs. Chris Van Rensbert
Semifinals
Stan the Man vs. Dino Homsey R1
Achilles Roger vs. Vladimir Golovinski
Stan the Man vs. Vladimir Golovinski
THE CLASH /94: Sam Greco vs. Simon Sweet
THE SHOWDOWN 5/22/94 Sam Greco vs. Zennie Reynolds
WKBA North American Junior Welterweight Title: Danny Steele vs. Jose Juarez 5R MD
IMTA Continental Junior Welterweight Title: Fernando Caieros vs. Sai Minbopha
IMTA Continental Junior Lightweight Title: Sakson Janjira vs. Vince Soberano
IMF World Welterweight Title: Hector Pena vs. Coban Lookchaomaesaitong R2
Tournament digest
Lightweight Final: Kou Tanigawa vs. Ryu Narushima
Middleweight Final: Hiroyuki Miake vs. Yoshinori Ikeda
Heavyweight Final: Niiho Satoshi vs. Kunihiro Suzuki
World Title: Dida Diafat vs. Sai Mai
World Title: El Quandili vs. Farina
World Title: Rob Kaman vs. Orlando Breinburg
I.S.K.A. Full Contact Light Heavyweight World Title: Rick Roufus vs. Ernesto Hoost R11 1:02
Glove karate punch technique, sparring, match highlights, training
10/87 Strong Open Tournament, 7th All Japan Karate Tournament Final
1/91 Glove Debut Match: Ryuji Murakami vs. Yukata Hoshikawa
Yamaki goes 83-12-5 with 22 knockdowns in the 3hr 27 min 100 man challenge.
Boxing vs. Taekwondo: Kirk Stingle vs. Shane Stafford 3R UD
Judo vs. Wrestling: Bill Simpson vs. Frank Trigg
Kickboxing vs. Muay Thai: Ricky O'Kane vs. Sitisak Saksuwon 5R UD
Kickboxing vs. Kung Fu: Jason Smith vs. Pech Chiundai 3R UD
Muay Thai vs. Taekwondo: Chungpuang Champuthong vs. Mike Stidum
Muay Thai vs. Shoot Boxing: Anthony Anderson vs. Chumuwad Kiattiesak
World Super Middleweight Muay Thai Title: Dale Apollo Cook vs. Robert Hicks
Full Contact Rules: Lester Phillips vs. Randy Katlett 0:46
RINGS Jiu Jitsu Rules: Kevin Nix vs. Chad Talbert 0:45
Full Contact Rules: Jan McMillan vs. Kato Kiyotaka R2 1:06
RINGS Jiu Jitsu Rules: Keith Livingston vs. Tommy Walkikngstick 5:57
Full Contact Rules: Greg Voidachec vs. Wayne Emmons R1 1:16
RINGS Jiu Jitsu Rules: Tsuyoshi Kosaka vs. Scott Sullivan 3:00. Entertaining bout in the old, aggressive submission loses position but it doesn't matter (because my opponent will give it right back when his submission fails...) grappling style. Kosaka had the quick takedown, & applied most of the pressure, but Sullivan had a few tricks up his sleeve, including nearly hitting an armbar.
Full Contact Rules: Sugar Miyuki vs. Brenda Rouse 5R. Miyuki is known to wrestling fans for fighting Kumiko Maekawa on AJW's Tokyo Dome show, but she was the Shootboxing champion at 104 pounds. She's at a considerable height & reach disadvantage to 5'2" 108 pound kickboxing champion Rouse, a Oklahoma native who wound up training with Tommy Morrison & switching to boxing where she won a few of their zillion titles. Rouse has a wide variety of distance kicks that were all finding their target more often than not in the 1st round. I really like the adjustment Miyuki makes in the 2nd, a reverse psychology style where she knows straight up distance isn't going to work, but rather than getting hit darting in to get in range, she uses her movement to stay out of Rouse's range, forcing an impatient Rouse to come forward. Miyuki times Rouse's approaches well, consistently hitting her with a reverse combo of sorts, a low kick as soon as she's in kicking range then as many punches as she can get in as soon as she's walked into punching range. Though Miyuki made the fight more strategic, both have a high volume output, and the crowd is responding to their constant action with much bigger & more consistent pops than any of the previous bouts had. Rouse probably still wins the 2nd round, & they skip the 3rd for unknown reasons, but Miyuki has taken control in the 4th with her cardio. Rouse has her moments when she gets Miyuki on the ropes, but generally Miyuki is able to keep circling away. Rouse comes out energized in the 5th, and looks like a new fighter now as she's closing the distance quicker & generally attacking faster & more aggressively. Rouse has a considerable advantage in weight of shot, & Miyuki has a hard time dealing with the larger opponent when she's coming at her so fiercely. Rouse stuns Miyuki with a left hand early, and continues to get her hands through to close things out. Even with the dominant final round, it's still only a split decision win for Rouse 50-48, 46-49, 49-47. Good match.
Full Contact Rules: Dale "Apollo" Cook vs. Mark King 5R. Though in his late thirties & coming out of a three year retirement, Cook was still so fast & fluid out there. Cook has an amazing arsenal of attacks, & mixes them so much you almost wonder if he's trying to hit every strike in the arsenal & land something to every part of the body just to keep from being bored. Who else throws things such as a jump spinning high kick, spinning high kick combination? In the most basic reading, on the outside, he beats you with his kicks, on the inside, he beats you with his knees, but he has that Giorgio Petrosyan ability to avoid everything you throw while always being able to hit you with something. Cook often employed the side stance, but is very aggressive & flashy out of it, throwing powerful mid & high kicks & using it to set up the spinning high kick. King was totally overmatched early, but got himself into the match with a powerful series of knees with Cook stuck on the ropes. King eventually got Cook on the ropes again in the 2nd, but this time Cook weathered his flurry of hooks & dropped him with a right uppercut left hook combo. King kind of shut down & shifted to survival mode after getting knocked down with a knee to the midsection at the end of the 2nd, but Cook dropped him again with a spinning back elbow in the 4th. Cook fought the 5th with his hands at or below his waist, just begging King to attack him, but was still so quick he still landed crushing punches out of a silly taunting softball wind up for another knockdown. Yeah, surely turned out to be a jobber match even though King is the All-Marine junior heavyweight kickboxing champion, with Cook winning 50-41 on two judges cards, but it was so flashy & spectacular you didn't even care. Unfortunately, Cook reportedly broke his arm & a few knuckles during the fight, which sent him back to retirement. Good match.
Quarterfinals
Stan the Man Longinidis vs. Nathan Briggs
Mitch O'Hello vs. Hiriwa Te Rangi
Sam Greco vs. Simon Sweet
Ben Hamilton vs. Stuart Green
Superfights
Alan Drew vs. Yodsana Sit
Michael Kenna vs. Anthony Vella
Semifinals
Stan the Man Longinidis vs. Mitch O'Hello
Sam Greco vs. Ben Hamilton
Non Leck vs. Uthai Pornikomn
Final: Stan the Man Longinidis vs. Sam Greco
Boulem Belaini vs. Yilmaz Demkapov
Petsetsas Spyridou vs. Faizel Reding
Jan Lomulder vs. Bob Schriber
Gilbert Ballantine vs. Bruno Fuzo
Perry Ubeda vs. Gerard Zwane
Abdullah Quay vs. Noel Van den Hewell
WMTA Heavyweight Title: Peter Aerts vs. Hubert Numrich 5R UD
Training then 17 matches from the 16th All Japan Karate Championships to the 6th World Karate Championships. Includes his win of the 16th All Japan Tournament, the 1st player to finish 1st place in his first attempt, Kurosawa's famous win over Peter Smit that left him unable to continue to the quarterfinals of the 4th World Championships, his run to 4th place in the 5th World Championships, losing to eventual champion Kenji Midori, and his remarkable 3rd top 8 appearance in the 6th World Championships, losing to Kenji Yamaki.
Documentary of the Kyokushin Karte dojo showing the training and sparring the fighters did to prepare them for the 6th World Open Karate Tournament with highlights of their tournament matches. Featuring Nicholas Pettas, Hajime Kazumi, & Francisco Filho
Lightweight Semifinals
Hideto Otsu vs. Bob Schirmer
Thomas Krausz vs. Pat White
Middleweight Semifinals
Bob Handegan vs. Tony Otero
Jeff Harrington vs. Bo Medenica
Heavyweight Semifinals
Jeff Allen vs. Moti Horenstein
Peter Vines vs. Dimor Horenstein
Lightweight Final: Pat White vs. Bob Schrimer
Middleweight Final: Tony Otero vs. Bo Medenica
Heavyweight Final: Peter Vines vs. Moti Horenstein
ISKA. Muay Thai World Super Heavyweight Title Match: Curtis Schuster vs. Jerome Le Banner 5R
ISKA Full Contact Title Match: Rick Roufus vs. Igor Sharapov
ISKA Muay Thai Title Match: Dida Diafat vs. Peter Cunningham
Martial Arts Festival
Undercard digest
Boxing: Sugar Miyuki vs. Tomomi Dan
Kickboxing Bantamweight Title: Takahiro Seki vs. Issei Fukutomi
The Great Sasuke & Naohiro Hoshikawa vs. Tiger Mask & Gran Hamada
S-Cup '96
Takehiro Murahama vs. Charlie Jeremy
Rayen Simson vs. Roni Lewis
Taro Minato vs. Mohammed Ouali
Hassane Kassrioui vs. Davy Bille
Rainbow Sor Prantale vs. Hiromu Yoshitaka
Vale Tudo: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kimo
Digest of the tournament.
Tournament Semifinal: Ivan Hippolyte vs. Andre Masseurs
Tournament Semifinal: Perry Ubeda vs. Giel de Jager
Faisel Redding vs. Michael Dumcic
Peter Theysse vs. Nico Anchez
Tournament Final: Ivan Hippolyte vs. Perry Ubeda
Michelle Oboro vs. Fieni Klue
Martin Van Emmen vs. Freek Ezechiels
MMA: Chris Dolman vs. Frank Touber
M. Didi vs. Cokay
Olaf Bekkers vs. PerryValle
Leon van Bilzen vs. Said el Bouani
Polyo vs. Breineburg
Lario Lovritz vs. Stefanos Verkanos
F.Lubbers vs. Paes
Twan van Asten vs. Karim
Jens Hemmerich vs. Jurgen Kastelijns
Samir Ben Azzouz vs. Ted van Rijn
WMTA World Heavyweight Muay Thai Title: Peter Aerts vs. Andreas Sidon 5R UD
Tsuyoshi Hiroshige kyokushin karate instructional featuring Hajime Kazumi.
The direct bible video of the Jonan branch, showing the essence of the actual battle instruction of champion class instructor Tsuyoshi Hiroshige. Featuring Takeshi Yamaki & Hajime Kazumi.
Samir Taleb vs. Lee Stevens 3R MD
Abud Sayeh vs. Chris Chrisopoulides R3. Sayeh gets a point deducted for charging at Chrisopoulides and kicking him while he's down.
Stuart Ritchie vs. Delaney Park 3R UD
Nidal Taleb vs. Steven Barnsley 3R
Tibor Vermes vs. Ilaz Elshani 5R UD
World Light Welterweight Title: Julian Howell vs. Baris Nezif R5
WKA World Cruiserweight Title: Stan Longinidis vs Grant Barker R2 1:00
Irma Verhoef vs. Merel Dorgelo
Olivier Sikking vs. Dennis Strijbis
Ozkan Oktay vs. Satoshi Kobayashi
Semifinal: Remy Bonjasky vs. Peter Verschuren 3R
Semifinal: Lloyd van Dams vs Peter Kramer 3R
Henry Hooft vs. Zijo Poljo
Final: Remy Bonjasky vs Lloyd van Dams 3R
Featuring Toru Okamoto (winner), Hajime Kazumi, Nobu Ishihara, & Kunihiro Suzuki
Japan kyokushin ace Hajime Kazumi's super training video, with lots of match clips.
Documentary & training video of the kyokushin karate master
Thai Boxing Champions League Tournament
Mongon Yuk vs. Stethen Verselic
El Amarani vs. Rayen Simson
Danny Bille vs. Kamel
Stethen Verselic vs. Rayen Simson
Junior Middleweight Tournament C Block
Christian Garosse vs. Jerry Morris
Ramon Dekkers vs. Abdelkader Tarzati-Mousid
Jerry Morris vs. Abdelkader Tarzati-Mousid
DRAKA Intercontinental Lightweight Title: Satybek Isakeev vs. Danny Steele R3
DRAKA Junior Super Middleweight World Title: Malik Borbashev vs. Coban 12R
Exhibition: Don "The Dragon" Wilson vs. Jim Mullen 3R
DRAKA Intercontinental Title: Dmitry Tyukalov vs. Hitoshi Ogasawara R3
DRAKA World Super Heavyweight Title: Maurice Smith vs. Jean-Claude Leuyer 12R. I like kickboxing better as a 5 round sport than a 12 round sport because the fighters are forced to push a lot harder each round rather than to conserve energy for the long haul, but the durability of some of these old fighters is pretty extraordinary, especially when you consider the general inconsistency in rules & lack of weight classes they had to deal with. In these days, Smith was alternating between MMA fights in the US that rewarded you for being as large as possible, kickboxing matches in K-1 that were five three minute rounds with no weight classes or steroid testing so most opponents were huge, kickboxing matches in the US that had a bunch of weight classes but were sometimes twelve two minute rounds & had inconsistent kicking rules, all or partially worked fights in Pancrase & RINGS that still mar his MMA record for reasons known only to Sherdog & the like, and now DRAKA which was essentially Shoot Boxing without knees. Leuyer was one of the top US fighters of the era, a dominant force in the California scene with numerous ISKA titles, but unfortunately he will mainly be remembered for all his losses because his K-1 fights where he was just billed as Jean-Claude make up the majority of the footage that still floats around. Wikipedia claims a 39-11-1 career record, but Leuyer is 8-11-1 in the fights they actually have results for. A decade younger than Smith, Leuyer was in his prime here & focusing all his efforts on kickboxing whereas Smith had predominantly transitioned to MMA by this point, but was getting back into kickboxing after the frustration of Randy Couture laying on him for 21 minutes to take his UFC title. Smith was a better kickboxer in his younger days when he was lighter & relied more on his speed to find the opening for the big high kick KO or simple beat up your legs enough that you wilted before he needed it. Having spent so much time trying not to get taken down in MMA, Smith mainly relied on his boxing here, perhaps because he had an issue with his right ankle, but either way this wasn't his biggest strength in the prime of his kickboxing career despite having a powerful right hand. DRAKA rules allowing takedowns seemingly gave the edge to Smith, who probably stole the first with one, but Leuyer reversed him in the 3rd & the 7th, so overall it wound up being a disadvantage. Smith was a slow starter regardless as he looked to figure the opponent out & exploit their weaknesses while he warmed up, but this fight started extra slow because both were also pacing themselves. It was another example of why I hate rounds scoring, as the activity was low enough in the early rounds that no one was winning the rounds decisively & the scores wound up being all over the place. Leuyer spent more time walking forward & threw more kicks, but Smith landed more cleanly & crisply as well as doing the better work with short punches on the inside. The fight began to pick up in the 5th when Smith tried to back away from Leuyer's double jab, but Leuyer nailed him with a long overhand right. Still, it was essentially even through 6. Leuyer took control with a big 7th round where he began to finish his combos with clean left hooks. Round 8 was another close round, but while the arguement could be made that Leuyer won it, it was more notable for Smith changing his tactics & finally pushing forward, which led to the fight turning in his favor as he finally opened up in the subsequent rounds. Smith continued to box aggressively in the 9th, which was the biggest round of the fight for either, stunning Leuyer early with a few jabs then working him over with his hands on the ropes. Smith landed a solid left hook early in the 11th that slit Leuyer's eyelid all the way across, a cut similar to when Stallone had the corner cut it so he can see in Rocky though not that gruesome. Leuyer gave his back early in the 12th to avoid a takedown & Smith just released & nailed him with a short right hook in the corner then went to work on him, stunning him with a short right hand then getting a high kick in. Smith was a little tired & Leuyer did a good job of tying Mo up while he recovered to survive the round. This wasn't as bad a decision as either GGG vs. Canelo fight, but was kind of similar to their 2nd match where you were impressed by the lesser fighter early but then the better fighter really took over only to leave with nothing for his efforts. Blinky Rodriguez & Phil Stone both had Smith marginally ahead after 6 whereas I thought it was like 2-2-2, but Smith won the last 4 rounds, with 9 & 12 being dominant rounds & 11 being the biggest damage of the fight with a nasty cut. To have this be a majority draw where 1 judge had it 7-5 Leuyer was pretty inexplicable beyond the fact that Leuyer was fighting in his home state. Good match.
Tournament Semifinal: Cung Le vs. Gaik Israelyan 5R (5th round not shown). This was Le's 2nd professional fight, and it was a fantastic watch as always, being thrown into the deep waters with an 18-3 fighter who held a couple of titles. Justin Gaethje has higher quality matches on a more consistent basis as he fights better competition, but there may not have been a more purely exciting fighter in combat sports than Le, certainly no one who could repeatedly make opponents look more foolish. Le was probably even been more exciting in Sanshou than in MMA because he was able to use his throws without worrying about the fight getting stuck on the ground. In typical Le fashion, he went right to the highlight reel material, starting off with a spinning high kick then dropping for a double leg, but instead scooping Gaik up & essentially powerslams him. Le's striking wasn't as impressive here as in later years, but he was regularly able to do variations of this slam, throwing his strike & then just dropping down at will before Israelyan could throw his counter & doing some sort of scoop slam variation. Le was just too quick & unpredictable early on. You always had to be on guard becuase he would do low percentage moves, but he could follow them up while the opponent was off guard, for instance missing a left spinning backfist, but then immediately landing a nice right hook. One of these low percentage specials eventually backfired on Le, as he missed an axe kick in the corner & was able to avoid Israelyan's right hook counter but then there was no space for him to evade the subsequent left hook. This could have been ruled a knockdown, and that would likely have changed the fight. I think what saved Le, aside from the ref having a bad angle where Gaik's back was in his way, is he immediately went into a desperation takedown once his knee hit the mat. Le wasn't doing much to keep Israelyan off him in the 4th, and Israelyan, who was primarily a boxer, was now able to overwhelm him with hooks in the corner for a knockdown that was scored. Le got up quickly, but wobbled from the neutral corner to his own, and the ref inexplicably brought the doctor in to check him after giving him the standing 8 count then let Le walk back to his corner, so almost 45 seconds passed before Le had to fight again. Le eventually got his senses back & took Gaik down with a beautiful jumping leg scissors then Gaik took a cheap shot, kicking him in the face before they got back up. Le had two more takedowns before the round ended to somewhat negate the knockdown. Sadly the PPV signed off before the start of the 5th round because the 3 hour window was up. The final round saw Le using more scissor takedowns, and Gaik again cheap shot him for his trouble, which at least cost him points. Le was expending a lot of energy as always, and Gaik was able to work him over with boxing because a tiring Le no longer possessed the kind of footwork & movement he had early in the fight, but Le did fire back with some powerful right hooks. Overall, Gaik's inability to adjust to the takedowns & actually stop some was the difference in the fight, and kind of what made it memorable as these techniques, albeit eventually a bit repetitive, were always amazing. Le got the unanimous decision here then won the final in the 1st round. Excellent match.
Digest of the tournament.
Top 4 Lightweight were 1. Hiroyuki Kidachi, 2. Koji Yasuda, 3. Masafumi Tagahara, 4. Shin Ito
Top 4 Middleweight were 1. Yuji Arai, 2. Khosro Yaghoubi, 3. Tadashi Honma, 4. Makoto Yokoyama
Top 4 Heavyweight were 1. Atsushi Kadoi, 2. Naoji Mikoshiba, 3. Keiichi Hayashi, 4. Masatoshi Kawaoka
Top 4 Super Heavyweight were 1. Kiyoyuki Shida, 2. Yasuhiko Kimura, 3. Gun Irisawa, 4. Ryuta Noji
Digest of the tournament.
Na Shun Gerile vs. ?
Liu Hai Long vs. Phinit Somphet
Buck Smith vs. ?
Full match list coming soon
Digest of the tournament won by Nicholas Pettas.
Glaube Feitosa vs. Yasuhiko Kimura
IKF Super Heavyweight Full Contact Title Decision Match: Kevin Rosier vs. Mike Labree R10 0:26. Rosier's last kickboxing match.
IKF Heavyweight International Rules Title Decision Match: Stan the Man Longinidis vs. Rick Roufus 9R. At the time, this was a super fight between two of the best kickboxers of the decade, both in their mid 30's. Stan came in at a claimed 48-6-3 and Roufus as 50-5, and on paper had edges because he'd fought his whole career at heavyweight (despite only being 215 or so pounds) & his career had been under real kickboxing rules with his signature win being a :15 second TKO title victory over Dennis Alexio on 12/6/92 where Stan handed the champ his 2nd loss (after Don Wilson) breaking his lead leg with the 1st low kick of the fight. Meanwhile, being from America, Roufus had often fought under the corny no low kicks rules that we saw earlier in the night when he wasn't fighting internationally, and he'd also been a light heavyweight most of his career (though by this point he's actually the bigger of the two). Stats & pedigree always take a back seat to health though, and Stan was coming off a complete knee reconstruction, and was no longer the same fighter, retiring in '00 (though he fought a few times after that) whereas Roufus had his 1st MMA bout at 41 in 2008 & fought in the Final 16 of the K-1 WGP at 46 in 2012. Roufus got off to as slow start because he was standing in front of Stan too much & was throwing singles shots, which allowed Stan to close the distance, getting inside Roufus strike & landing his own counter punch. In the 1st 2 rounds, Stan was coming forward & either chopping at the lead leg or attacking with punches, it didn't necessarily matter whether he led or countered because Roufus was in range & wasn't keeping him on the defensive. Once Roufus got into his rather unique jogging karate style, it it was difficult for Stan to find his target consistently because Roufus didn't care about fighting any kind of a consistent, percentage style. Roufus would just use his movement if Stan attacked, not looking to counter, so Stan was rarely able to land anything but the low kick. Roufus was very offensive for a fighter using a karate stance though, essentially staying out of range then coming forward really quickly with a long distance closing strike that was either a a wild feast or famine strike that would probably miss but might end the fight if it didn't or a roundhouse kick or hook to start a lengthy combos that was hard to counter because he was through the pocket to the inside quickly & threw 3 or 4 shots all to different areas that you couldn't just ignore. The big difference here was the speed advantage for Roufus, he was just the more dynamic athlete, and he was also the rangier fighter. Early on Stan was able to beat on Roufus' lead leg, and although this was the one consistent area of his game, he was never able to slow him down. As the fight progressed, Roufus instead got looser & more daring, happy to be the showman with his high kicks & spinning techniques, but also slowing Stan down by tenderizing his leg. The fight could have been 2 rounds a piece going into the 5th, but Roufus distanced himself with his daring, mising a 1-2 then a right hook & a fake left straight that turned out to a left high kick that caught Stan totally off guard for the knockdown. Roufus was now willing to exchange on the inside with Stan, using several effective uppercuts as he poured it on, but although Stan didn't have his legs back, he had a few effective combos as well, making this the best round of the fight. Stan came back reasonably in the 6th, but Roufus landed more low kicks than Stan did, and was also able to follow a left low kick with a high kick. Southpaw Roufus had mainly been using the outside kick to the back leg, but increasingly worked the inside kick to the front leg, trying to get Stan thinking low but not knowing low where so he could instead land a spinning middle kick, high kick, or lead uppercut. More and more, Roufus seemed to just be having fun out there, picking the opposition apart by keeping him standing there guessing. Early in the 9th, Roufus hurt Stan following the left low kick with the left high kick, and spent most of the round beating on him against the ropes, bobbling his head repeatedly with nasty uppercuts. Stan's legs were gone, and he was just surviving on heart & willpower. I thought Stan wasn't moving because of the punishment, but he was hobbling once the round ended, and couldn't come out for the 10th due to a broken bone in his right foot. Good match.
IKF Cruiserweight Full Contact Title Match: Dick Kimber vs. Don "The Dragon" Wilson 3R. Wilson's 1st fight in 8 years. He drops Kimber twice in the 3rd, with Kimber seemingly being saved by the bell as the 2nd knockdown from a barrage of short punches came with just 2 seconds left. As the announcers are expecting Wilson to protest Kimber being given the reprise as you can only be saved by the bell in the last round, the referee visits Kimber on the stool & tells him the fight is over because he didn't bother to answer the 10 count, just getting up when he felt like it & making his way to his corner.
IKF Welterweight Full Contact Title Match: Paul Biafore vs. Bernard Robinson 5R
Maison Haidar vs Nick Savva R1
Julian Balzano vs Adam Skinner R2
Zelko Petrovic vs Greg Foley R3
Muay Thai: Chris Allen vs Daniel Dawson
Jake Behic vs Steve Douet 6R UD. An insane all offense war operating entirely under the best defense is a good offense mentality. Douet was the more dangerous fighter in the early rounds because his hooks were so powerful, but having had the flu the past 2 weeks, this nutso pace of fighting 6 two minute rounds like it was a 1 round fight was a big advantage to Behic, who just never gave him any opportunity to rest & completely broke down his footwork as the fight progressed. Douet was really effective when he could throw his hooks on the inside, but Behic was going to keep coming forward & make Douet to burn a ton of energy no matter what, either forcing Douet against the ropes or making him press forward to hold his ground but still fight on the inside in a more advantageous position. Douet was most successful when he could cut off the ring and just throw a flurry of hooks, but generally Behic had a lot better footwork & more energy to prevent this. Douet excelled a lot more when he was able to make it a wild brawl, but while Behic was the better technical fighter, he was trying to win the long game so he more than willing to engage in his share of high activity exchanges. Behic finishing his combos with low kicks whereas Douet was mostly looking to pile on another hook really contributed to the attrition aspect of his game. Douet's legs began to go in the 2nd half, but because his inside fighting was so strong he was able to hang with Behic even with his back on the ropes, using the hooks to set up the right uppercut. Both fighters landed so many shots in each round it was hard to feel confident about the scoring. It felt like Behic was winning because he had the better tactics, ring generalship, & cardio, but his corner emphasized that he needed the last 2 rounds. Behic's best round was the 5th, really wearing on Douet with body hooks & low kicks against the ropes. Before the final round, Douet's corner told him, "If you don't pick it up the next round, I'm going to stop it after that round, alright? It's finished!" Douet gave a big effort in the 6th, landing some nice body hooks & uppercuts with his back against the ropes, but Douet began to take over midway through after a big uppercut & worked him over in the corner with his relentless pressure. Behic won a unanimous decision. Excellent match.
ISKA World Super Middleweight Title: Gurkan Ozkan vs Tibor Vermes R4. Tarik Solak emigrated to Australia from Turkey when he was five, and went from running a gym featuring fighters of Turkish decent such as Ozkan to promoting his own shows in 1993, eventually running the K-1 Oceania shows. Promoters of a league are always going to be more invested in one fighter than another, but at least since both fighters are under contract with the promotion one man's loss tends to be the other man's gain a lot more often. In this case, Solak was simply promoting a superfight with his officials based around one of his top stars fending off a younger, undefeated fighter who was poised to be the next big thing except Solak had no vested interest in him. The result was cringeworthy even to someone who grew up watching Gary Shaw Productions. As a kickboxing fight, it was an entertaining action oriented affair, but with the amount of nonsense, it could easily have been a pro wrestling match booked by a Vince. Ozkan was overmatched, but got himself worked up enough to make it a fight after getting KO'd Bisping style at the end of the 2nd. Vermes had the length & the speed, and was able to keep coming in & beating Ozkan up with clinch knees. Ozkan's strategy was to land a big shot while Vermes was coming in, and he certainly had some success with this, but Vermes was landing consistently & controlling the range while Ozkan was hoping to land a single shot. Vermes' size advantage was such that he could land the step knee coming in then just grab the clinch & continue with a series of knees. Ozkan's shenanigans started early when he landed a left straight then ducked into a bodylock & tripped Vermes, which would have been a great move if this was MMA rather than kickboxing. Ozkan landed some punches when Vermes gave him space, but wasn't able to use them or anything else to keep Vermes off him. Vermes opened up a bad cut above the left eye late in the 2nd. In the closing seconds, he clearly KO'd Ozkan with a clinch knee against the ropes with Ozcan crumbling to a knee then faceplanting, but instead of calling the fight they just let the round end. Ozkan did manage to get up, and I think the timing was legitimate, but referee Dave Hedgecock ignoring the way he fell & just worrying about getting Vermes to the opposite corner seemed odd. Ozkan fought most of the 3rd with his back on the ropes, but Vermes burned himself out failing to finish, which allowed Ozkan to finally come on, landing a right that was his best punch of the fight and actually getting Vermes on the ropes for a few seconds. Ozkan started taunting Vermes before the start of the 4th & seemed energized fighting on negative emotion. Hedgecock called time out & admonished Vermes' corner after breaking the fighters with Ozkan in the ropes, and while he had his back turned Ozkan just charged over to Vermes & started fighting again, which should have been a point deduction. Once Hedgecock restarted the fight, Vermes got one of his many clinches, but this time Ozkan dragged him down in a headlock & started choking him out like it was a schoolyard scrum. When Hedgecock finally pulled Ozkan off after telling him to break & tapping him failed, Ozkan grabbed Vermes around the neck as he was getting up & pushed him, which again should have been a point deduction. Vermes was all rattled & out of sorts by this street fighting nonsense & while Hedgecock was busy threatening to finally take a point if Ozkan cheated some more, Vermes stepped out of the ring seemingly to leave. He got back in the ring after his cornerman patted him on the side, but Hedgecock turned around in time to see him on the outside. Nonetheless, he ensured Vermes that it wouldn't happen again, as if he was in any sort of control, & claimed he was actually going to take a point to assuage him. Hedgecock was about ready to restart the fight, though no point had been taken, however Solak had jumped on the ring apron & waved the fight off then hopped in the ring & raised his fighters hand. Hedgecock should have disqualified Ozkan for his promoter being in the ring, but given that Solak is Hedgecock's boss, he instead played toadie & called the fight off when he was informed by his superior that the fight was over because Vermes left the ring, a rule Vermes' team clearly didn't know of given his trainer Dana Goodson actually asked Solak to show him the rules. Efforts were made to continue the fight, but not on Solak's part as that obviously would not have benefitted the guy he wanted to win. Nor would the suggestion of going to the scorecards given his fighter had lost every round. The fans were verging on rioting before Solak got on the mic, and things were just getting worse the more he acted like a cheap, sleezy dick. Shadiness to this extent may be unsurpassed in western kickboxing, but luckily the result wound up being switched to a no contest by the commission. This should have set up the the "rematch of the century", but it never happened as Vermes never fought again, getting busted as part of a weed enterprise. Ozkan was also imprisoned years later for a high speed chase with the police after they tried to bust him for doing 170km in an 80km residential. Good match in spite of the nonsense.
MMA: Zoltan Pura vs. Eddie Bakker R1
Muay Thai: Mark Russel vs. Peter Verschuren
Muay Thai Euro-Continental Title: Erkan Gokum vs. Karim Mrabet
Muay Thai: Rob van Esdonk vs. Jan Wessels
MMA Dutch Title: Martijn De Jong vs. Richard Plug R1
IKBO Thai Boxing World Title: Gerald Mamadeus vs. Kamal El Amrami
Thai Boxing Battle Tournament Final: Remy Bonjaski vs. Peter Verschuren R1
MMA European Title: Bob Schrijber vs. Toon Stelling R1
Thai Boxing: Ivan Hippolyte vs. Perry Ubeda
MMA: Willie Peeters vs. Peter Varga
Joerie Mes vs. Tommy Walraven. Round 5 only
Dutch Title Fight: Allan Blokland vs. Dennis Strijbis 5R
Big Mo T vs. Barrington Paterson 5R
European Over 95KG Title Match: Remy Bonjasky vs. Stanislav Bahchevanov R2. Bonjasky has major size, speed, & power advantages, and just mauls Bahchevanov with brutal knees. Bahchevanov's only answer is volume, but at best, as soon as he stops throwing robotic arm punches, he gets hit back several times with a lot more impact. Bahchevanov is game, but is so overmatched it looks like he showed up to a duel without his sword.
Dutch Under 76KG Title Fight: Peter Kleij vs. Rayen Simson 5R
J.C Campos vs. Gert Arendse
Karim Mrabet vs. Wahid Wennekes
Remy Bonjasky vs. Atilla Karacs R1
Faldir Chahbari vs. Marcel Doomernik Dec
MMA: Rafles La Rose vs. Ronny Rivano 0:55 R2
Stefan Leko vs. Andrey Zuravkov R2
Jerrel Venetiaan vs. Big Mo T
Peter Verschuren vs. Dimitri Alexudis
MMA: Andrey Semenov vs. Martijn De Jong 2:12 R1
Rayen Simson vs. Khamal El Amrani 5R Dec
MMA: Bob Schrijber vs. Peter Varga 4:45 R1
Perry Ubeda vs. Nuengtrakarn Por Muang Ubon 5R Dec
Digest of the tournament. The top 4 finishers were
Lightweight: 1. Yuuki Fukuii, 2. Shiro Yaginuma, 3. Koji Yasuda, 4. Osamu Shiojama
Middleweight: 1. Yuji Shin, 2. Tatsuya Fukuda, 3. Tadashi Honma, 4. Masataka Ino
Heavyweight: 1. Yoshinori Ikeda, 2. Masashi Nakagawa, 3. Fumihiro Sugiyama, 4. Norihiro Seto
Super Heavyweight: 1. Atsushi Kadoi, 2. Shinji Adachi, 3. Tsuneya Ichikawa, 4. Hirokazu Kondo
Kyokushin training video
Jose Lantiqua vs. Simone Capecchi
Foad Sadeghi vs. Gerold Mamadeus
Chico Swerts vs. Attila Nagy
Marco Fidanzia vs. Eddi Saban
Paulo Balicha vs. Mustafa Dede
Fadi Merza vs. Mohamed Ouali
Quarterfinals
Daniel Dawson vs. Prince Hamid Boujaoub
Warren Elson vs. Aaron Dixon
Shane Chapman vs. Alexei Pekarchyk
Jeremy Allen vs. Darren Reece
Semifinals
Daniel Dawson vs. Warren Elson
Shane Chapman vs. Jeremy Allen
Super Fight: Nick Kara vs. Chad Walker
Final: Daniel Dawson vs. Jeremy Allen
Boonchu Cup Shootboxing vs. Muay Thai 1 7/28/02 Queensland Southport Sharks
WMC Australia 55kg Title: Aaron Leigh vs. Kristian Triming R4
WMC Australia 68kg Title: Bruce Macfie vs. Brad Hull Dec
WMC Intercontinental 68kg Title: Shannon Forrester vs. Hiroki Shishido SD
X-PLOSION ON JUPITER 7/7/00 WMTA World Middleweight Title: Daniel Dawson vs. Kenichi Ogata
Boonchu Cup Shootboxing vs. Muay Thai 2 12/15/02 Gold Coast Southport Sharks
Hiroki Shishido vs. Brad Hull
Daniel Dawson vs. Ryland Mahoney
John Wayne Parr vs. Ryuji Goto 5R UD
Kickboxing: Stephen Thompson vs. Eli Thompson. Neither of these guys protected themselves well. They were offensive minded, with Stephen being too powerful and much more advanced as a boxer.
MMA: Jose Tabora vs. Michael Bencic. Pretty remedial. Taboras had no ground defense at all, so I couldn't tell you if Bencic is good or Tabora was just so bad.
Kickboxing: Luis Ruiz vs. Tony Ventura. Good fight. Ventura dominated R1, but it was an even round because he had a point deducted for his spinning back fist turning into an elbow. Ruiz did better in R2 because he fought inside more. Ventura fights like a karate guy rather than a kickboxer, so he was better from a distance. This was especially true since he used so many spinning strikes. His spinning kicks weren't impressive, but his back fist bloodied if not broke Ruiz's nose in R3. Ruiz didn't have great stamina, but he grew in effectiveness as he figured Ventura out.
ISKA Light Heavyweight Championship: Orlando Rivera vs. Kadir Kadri. This looked like it would be onesided with the smooth veteran champ just being too talented and experienced for the young challenger that was about half his age. Kadri had a very good tank and even better heart. It looked like Rivera was playing with him in the beginning, but it was Kadri that eventually came on, making the final rounds the best of the fight.
MMA: Royler Gracie vs. Henry Matamoros. Matamoros went for submissions at the expense of position, which tends to be a poor strategy unless you think it's your only chance. Gracie took his back when Matamoros made a feeble attempt to straighten his arm. I really like the way Gracie finished this. He controlled his body so well with a figure 4 waistlock that he didn't need to hurry to get the hooks in.
Kickboxing: Don "The Dragon" Wilson vs. Eddie Butcher. These guys combined age is 90. Wilson is still in shape, but Butcher dropped in excess of 60 pounds since March to make weight. He actually looked like the better fighter when he pressured Wilson, kicking with good power. He was severly lacking in stamina though, so this only happened in a couple early rounds and then he got tentative. Wilson was seriously rusty, hesitating to pull the trigger on his punches throughout the 1st half. He's still cool to watch because he's probably the only kickboxer that's succeeded at a high level fighting out of a side stance. He's always hoping around, often fighting on one leg as he fakes side kicks. Wilson broke his rib somewhere along the line. He eventually let his punches go, cutting Butcher in the 8th and finding some semblance of his old rhythm. Decent fight.
WCK 12/5/09 WBC Muaythai Inetnational Super Bantamweight Title Match: Romie Adanza vs. Kunitaka Fujiwara
Tournament digest
Women's Final: Mari Kaneko vs. Tamami Nakamura
Masters Final: Shunichiro Miyashita vs. Nobuaki Aoki
62.5kg Final: Yoshitaka Ohata vs. Takao Shimizu
72.5kg Final: Manao Kumagai Takashi Ozawa
82.5kg Final: Yoichi Imazu vs. Teruhiko Kubo
Over 82.5kg Winner: Tsuyoshi Ozawa
Also featuring Takao Yamamoto & Kenji Akiyama
Digest of the tournament. Top 8 fighters were 1. Hajime Kazumi, 2. Hitoshi Kiyama, 3. Kentaro Tanaka, 4. Tadakuni Tokuda, 5. Osamu Sumitani, 6. Gun Irisawa, 7. Naoki Ichimura, 8. Taisei Kou
Kota Kawahata vs. Masataka Hiraga 1:17 R1. Kawahata KO'd Hiraga powerbombing his way out of a triangle.
2019 Strawweight NEO BLOOD Tournament 1R: Satoshi Miyokawa vs. Keisuke Tachibana 3R SD
2019 Flyweight NEO BLOOD Tournament 1R: Kiyoshiro Akasaki vs. Satoshi Date 3R UD
2019 Flyweight NEO BLOOD Tournament 1R: Yohei Misawa vs. Katsuyuki Hironaka 3R UD
2019 Flyweight NEO BLOOD Tournament 1R: Satoru Enomoto vs. Tatsuki Okano 3R UD
2019 Bantamweight NEO BLOOD Tournament 1R: Nobuaki Yamamoto vs. Seio Date R3 0:36
2019 Bantamweight NEO BLOOD Tournament 1R: Yuki Nagai vs. Kenzo Hirokawa 2:49 R1
2019 Bantamweight NEO BLOOD Tournament 1R: Junpei Ueno vs. Hiroki Otani 2:31 R1
Kohei Maeda vs. Junichi Hirata 3R UD
Mitsuhiro Taki vs. Ryo Iseki 3R UD
Ukyo Abe vs. Yutaka Kobayashi 3R UD
Yoko Higashi vs. Seo Yoon Jung 2:14 R1
Yusuke Ogikubo vs. Tatsuyuki Nakamura 3R UD
Taiki Akiba vs. Ryuichi Miki 3R SD
Michinori Tanaka vs. Vladimir Leontyev 3R UD
Shohei Masumizu vs. Rilley Dutro 3R UD
Yoshinori Horie vs. Hiroshige Tanaka 1:41 R1
Hiroto Uesako vs. Salimkhan Sadulloev 0:16 R2. What a weird match. The ref seems to stop the fight when Sadulloev is overwhelming Uesako, but it turns out he was instead warning Sadulloev for a kick to the head of a downed opponent, which was actually a kick to the armpit & thus legal. After a long break, Uesako recovered enough to survive the round. At the start of the 2nd, Sadulloev crumbled from a kick to the left knee, and couldn't continue, though he was holding his rib rather than the knee, so I'm not sure what the injury was or when it occured.
Bantamweight King of Pancrase Title: Rafael Silva vs. Kenta Takizawa 3:22 R1
No Respect 2/17/03 Melbourne (Ex VQ): Stan The Man Longinidis vs. Gurkan Ozkan. Stan came back after a 2 year absense to face Tarik Solak's champion Ozkan in an open weight grudge match with a $100,000 bounty for injuring Paul Orndorff, I mean, winning by KO. Stan had a noticable size advantage, but was at the very end of his career, in fact this wound up being his last match despite it supposedly being the 1st of a 3 match contract. He was out of shape, quite rusty, & didn't move very well at this point, so he was thus all about throwing a setup shot to try to finish with a huge overhand because power is the last thing to go, and Ozkan was naturally a super middleweight. While the 2 minute rounds favored Stan's aggressive style, Ozkan wanted no part of eating these haymakers after getting dropped in the 1st, and settled into a strategy of working over Stan's bad knees from the outside while trying to creep forward behind the jab. Ozkan said he would out kick Stan, and this was a good strategy given how many knee surgeries Stan has withstood, but no matter what he was out to avoid getting caught with the end of Stan's combination. If Stan was anywhere near his prime, he would likely have finished Ozkan by the 2nd round, but the fact he wasn't made for an interesting fight, especially to Michael Schiavello, who was as much Ozkan's personal cheerleader as play by play man. The match had a pro wrestling feel to it as many of Solak promoted shows tended to, including the combatants going head to head during the pre match instructions until Stan pushed Ozkan off for a big pre match pull apart. Stan dropped Ozkan at the end of the 1st with the basic combo he was using all night, the low kick setting up just try to reach the opponent with the big overhands or hooks. This one worked because the low kick turned Ozkan so he couldn't back to avoid the punches. Ozkan had a better 2nd round, giving Stan some of his own medicine landing the low kick, avoiding the counter, and stunning Stan with a right hook. Ozkan followed up well, using the jab to back Stan then throwing heavy punch combos when he had him on the ropes. Ozkan tried to use his jab & low kick to hold the center & inch forward, but Stan would back him when he took the initiative, which unfortunately was less & less often as the fight progressed. Stan just wasn't active enough, and it was Ozkan taking the rounds by beating up Stan's old knees. At the start of the 9th, Ozkan landed a couple right hooks then backed Stan into the ropes and upended him with some low kicks. Stan didn't seem particularly hurt, and got up at the 8 count, but his corner threw in the towel. The fight seemed legitimate up until this point, but many people believe it was fixed because there was no reason for the fight not to continue there. Stan was down a couple rounds so he would likely have lost the decision, but he didn't seem particularly hurt or injured, certainly not to the point he couldn't finish the fight.
3/6/03 Quarterfinals
Zabit Samedov vs. Alexander Shlakunov
Kanatbek Sydygaliev vs. Leonid Lebedev
Vladimir Todorov vs. Maxim Ivanov
Dmitriy Shakuta vs. Alexey Kharkevich
3/12/03 Semifinals
Zabit Samedov vs. Kanatbek Sydygaliev
Dmitriy Shakuta vs. Vladimir Todorov
3/19/03 Final: Dmitriy Shakuta vs. Zabit Samedov
1st, 2nd, & 3rd round KO highlights
Lightweight
Lightweight 4R onward digest
Semifinals: Atsushi Ono vs. Takahiro Fukuda, Osamu Shiojima vs. Hiroyuki Owatari
3rd Place: Takahiro Fukuda vs. Hiroyuki Owatari
Final: Osamu Shiojima vs. Atsushi Ono
Middleweight
4R onward digest
Semifinals: Toshihiro Kanamori vs. Shin Ito, Hisashi Noka vs. Joji Hibino
3rd Place: Joji Hibino vs. Shin Ito
Final: Toshihiro Kanamori vs. Hisashi Noka
Heavyweight
4R onward digest
Semifinals: Masato Ikeda vs. Naoji Mikoshiba, Yoshinori Ikeda vs. Masataka Ino
3rd Place: Masataka Ino vs. Naoji Mikoshiba
Final: Masato Ikeda vs. Yoshinori Ikeda
Super Heavyweight
3R onward digest
Semifinals: Norihito Sato vs. Shinji Adachi, Hirokazu Kondo vs. Masaki Takao
3rd Place: Shinji Adachi vs. Masaki Takao
Final: Hirokazu Kondo vs. Norihito Sato
7/16/03 81kg Quarterfinals
Ubaidula Chopolaev vs. Maxim Neledva
Vitaly Shemetov vs. Magomed Magomedov
81kg Semifinal: Magomed Magomedov vs. Maxim Neledva
7/23/03 81kg Quarterfinals
Yury Barashyan vs. Dmitriy Borulko
Alexey Gonchar vs. Timur Deniev
81kg Semifinal: Yury Barashyan vs. Alexey Gonchar
9/10/03 81kg Final: Magomed Magomedov vs. Yury Barashyan
6/18/03 86kg Super Fight: Dmitry Shakuta vs. Magomed Magomedov
Girls SHOCK 2 9/7/03
Kazumi Sakaguchi vs. FUKY 510
ASAMI vs. Toshie Yotsuuchi
Eri Ishiyama vs. akinori
Yuko Okamoto vs. Hiromi Kanai
Tsubaki Oshima vs. CHIHIRO
Naoko Sakamoto vs. Shiho Yokota
Kei Himeguchi vs. Noriyo Narizawa
NORIKO vs. Jet Izumi
Lee Kap Yi vs. Glacier Aki
Girls SHOCK 3 11/11/03
Ayako Watanabe vs. akinori
ASAMI vs. Junko Masaki
Tsubaki Oshima vs. Hisako Hoshino
Kei Himeguchi vs. Subaru
WINDY Tomomi vs. Sylvia Barisheri
Glacier Aki vs. Hisae Watanabe
Bonus
Girls SHOCK 1 1/26/03 Digest
Special Public Practice & Interview 11/7/03 AJ Public Gym
Wissam Fattal vs. Nick Kara
Jenk Behic vs. Steve Douet
Serkan Yilmaz vs. Danny Lewis
Chris Johnson vs. The Headhunter
Baris Nezif vs. Paul Le
Title Match: Mike Zambidis vs. Gurkan Ozkan R12
Super Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal: Scott Archer vs. Felesi Lenui 3R SD
Super Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal: Tama Tehuna vs. Charlie Lufe 3R UD
Cameron Wilson vs. Daniel Collins 3R SD
WKBF Australian Light Middleweight Title: Stacey Willis vs. Ramano Senna 5R SD
Arman Prcanovic vs. Damien Bishop 3R UD. Good match.
NSW State Super Middelweight Title: Alexander Gusa vs. Khalil Kobessi R1
Raphael Tai vs. Dave McKewon R3
Super Heavyweight Tournament Final: Scott Archer vs. Tama Tehuna 3R UD
Shaun Linley vs. Shane Caldwell
Adrian Fitch vs. Aaron Wadey
Livi Tugana vs. Milan Milosevic
Scott Chiswell vs. Kris Baynton
James Davis vs. Matt Smedley
Thirapong Saenddeng vs. Ben Burton
Pryun Thangwang vs. Kurt Finlayson
Weera Mingthong vs. Aaron Leigh
Paul Slowinski vs. Sio Vitali
Windy Tomomi vs. Claudia Fontebasso
NORIKO vs. Kalipi Yeltsidon
Oshima Tsubaki vs. Namwarnnoy R-Siam
Aki Graycer vs. Caroline Heoberebis
Hisae Watanabe vs. Jacqueline Roos
Forms competition
Augusto De La Pena vs. Ali Ouassi
Stephane Bassi vs. Edy Faetmi
Samir Hassoun vs. Mickael Magliano
Coco Coralie vs. Andrew Grimason
Mendy Cafary vs. Omar Benamar
Samir Berbachi vs. Mabel Abdalah
Sabina Ritter vs. Barbara Delaney
Gary Hamilton vs. Fabio Pinca
Farid M'Laika vs. Samir Dourid
Patrick Kinigamazi vs. Abel El Quandili
WKN Muay Thai World Super Heavyweight Title Match: Jerome Le Banner vs. Oliver Van Damme
Reserve: TURBO (Takashi Nagatsuka) vs. Susumu Daiguji 3R UD
Semifinals
Masahiro Yamamoto vs. Tomohiro Oikawa 3R UD
Naoki Ishikawa vs. KAWASAKI 3R MD
Yasuhiro Kido vs. Kenshi 1:30 R2
Jet Izumi vs. Hisae Watanabe 3R UD
HAYATO vs. Ali 1:51 R2
Final: Masahiro Yamamoto vs. Naoki Ishikawa 2:05 R3
Hinari Fukatsu vs. Joseph Fadil 5R SD
Exhibition: Rumina Sato vs. Ozo Takeda
Samkor Kiatmonthap vs. Kazuya Masaki 5R SD
Hiroki Ishii vs. Thongchai Bunlat 1:23 R1
Toshio Matsumoto vs. Rayen Simson 5R Draw
Anuwat Kaewsamrit vs. Riki Onodera 1:28 R2
Kickboxing: Yuzo Matsumoto vs Daisaku Kaze
Kickboxing: Junichi Maruyama vs TakuroMoriya
Kickboxing: Bruce Mcafie vs Anahisa Ogawa
MMA: Yasuhiro Urushitani vs Daniel Lima
Pro-Wrestling: Yuki Ishikawa & Munenori Sawa vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Katsumasa Inoue
MMA: Takumi Yano vs Song Un-Sik
MMA: Katsuya Inoue vs Kim Haeng-Ki
Kickboxing: Nathan Corbett vs Alex Roberts
MMA: Yushin Okami vs Bang Ji-won
Riko Fukuyama vs. Mayu Seto
Saki Yamada vs. Mako Yamada
Itsuki Okamoto vs. Erika Kamimura R1 0:25
J-GIRLS Shodai Mini Flyweight Title Decision Tournament 1R
Mai vs. Mayumi
MITSUKI vs. Yukiko Seki 3R UD
Diamond Rie Sakai (Rie Fujishiro) vs. Masako Yoshida 4R UD
Super Fight: Jet Izumi vs. Atsuko Okada 3R UD
J-GIRLS Shodai Bantamweight Title Decision Tournament 1R
Nozomi Satake vs. Bison MIHO 3R MD
Mikiko Ishii vs. AZUMA R1 0:22
J-GIRLS Shodai Featherweight Title Decision Tournament 1R
Mai Yanagikawa vs. Masae Omi 4R UD
Hitoko Sasaki vs. Maki Koyagayo 3R UD
J-GIRLS Shodai Flyweight Title Decision Tournament 1R
Yoshimi Ohama vs. MIKU R1 0:22
Yuki Tanaka vs. CHIZU 3R UD
Shoko Hayashida vs. Kimiko Sugi 3R MD
Noriyo Narizawa vs. Ariya 3R UD
Riko Fukuyama vs Leona Hayashibe
Rie Murakami vs. Satoko Ozawa
Yui Takada vs. Tama*chan
Puroresu: Cherry vs Yuri Urai
J-GIRLS Shodai Featherweight Title Decision Tournament Semifinals
Ryuko vs. Hitoko Sasaki
Shin vs. Masae Omi
J-GIRLS Shodai Mini Flyweight Title Decision Tournament
Hisako Hoshino vs. Mayumi
Jet Izumi vs. Ayumi
Atsuko Okada vs. MITSUKI
Tsubaki Oshima vs. Masako Yoshida
Semi Pro Rule: Erika Kamimura vs. Madoka Jinnai
Haru Tajima vs. Aya
Momi vs. Michiko Kido
Mai Yanagikawa vs. Yumiko Kaga
Diamond Rie Sakai vs. Mai
J-GIRLS Shodai Bantamweight Title Decision Tournament Semifinal
Seri vs. AZUMA
Noriyo Narizawa vs. Nozomi Satake
J-GIRLS Shodai Flyweight Title Decision Tournament Semifinal
Yuki Tanaka vs. MIKU
Gracier Aki vs. Masako Hayashida
Contains almost all of Yuka Kobayashi's 199 karate matches since her debut on 5/4/00.
Karen vs. Ayumy
MITSUKI vs. Mayumi 3R UD
Hisako Hoshino vs. Masako Hayashida 3R UD
J-GIRLS Shodai Mini Flyweight Title Decision Tournament Semifinal: Tsubaki Oshima vs. Jet Izumi 3R MD
Madoka Jinnai vs. Mako Yamada 2R UD
Erika Kamimura vs. Saki Yamada 2R Draw
Takako Yamaguchi vs. Asami Furuya 3R UD
Haru Tajima vs. Chiharu 3R UD
Momi vs. Diamond Rie Sakai 3R UD
CHIZU vs. Kimiko Sugi #R UD
Mai Yanagikawa vs. Nozomi Satake 3R Draw
Yui Takada vs. Ryuko 3R Majority Draw
J-GIRLS Shodai Featherweight Title Decision Tournament Final: Shin vs. Hitoko Sasaki 3R UD
J-GIRLS Shodai Bantamweight Title Decision Tournament Final: Noriyo Narizawa vs. Seri 3R MD
J-GIRLS Shodai Mini Flyweight Title Decision Tournament Final: Jet Izumi vs. Masako Hayashida 3R UD
J-GIRLS Shodai Flyweight Title Decision Tournament Final: Gracier Aki vs. Yuki Tanaka 3R UD
Makiko Machii vs. Tomiko Suzuki
Tsukasa Ishihara vs. Sachiko Imai
Emi Goto vs. Nanako Hoshino
Keiko Shirai vs. Yoshiko Kim
Tomomi Tachikawa vs. Yuko Oya
Mariko Umezawa vs. Horikoshi Fumino
Asami Kitajima vs. Hiromi Yano
Madoka Jinnai vs. Tsukasa Ishihara
Mika Nagai vs. Mii
Momi vs. Motoe Abe
Reiko Mikami vs. Asami
Kiyo Narizawa vs. Junko Masaki
Masako Hayashida vs. Junko Yamada
Mayumi vs. Kim Tae Kyung
Atsuko Okada vs. Jean Eun Jung
Satoko Sasaki vs. Zan Young-ae
Flyweight New Heroine Tournament Final Match Survival Match: Takako Yamaguchi vs. Asami Furuya
Mini Flyweight New Heroine Tournament Final Match Survival Match: Haru Tajima vs. Mai
3 amateur matches
Motoe Abe vs. MIKA 3R UD
Asami vs. MANA 3R UD
Junkoto Yamada vs. Mai 3R UD
AZUMA vs. Nozomi Satake 3R UD
Flyweight Champion Challenger Decision Tournament Semifinal: Yoshimi Ohama vs. Asami Furuya 3R MD
Flyweight Champion Challenger Decision Tournament Semifinal: Kimiko Sugi vs. Yuki Tanaka 3R UD
Sae vs. Ryuko 4R UD
Shoko Hayashida vs. Masako Yoshida 3R UD
J-GIRLS Bantamweight Title: Seri vs. Junko Masaki 5R UD
4/13/02 Quarterfinals
Jose Ignacio Paricieres vs. Francisco Jimenez
Ricardo Duenas vs. Chinto Mordillo
Carlos Lopez vs. Juan Garcia
Norberto Ruiz vs. Pablo Pla
J.L. Petavino vs. Hens Reitz
Semifinal: Juan Garcia vs. Norberto Ruiz
Yassine Hargrhine vs. Ismael Herranz
Final: Juan Garcia vs. Ricardo Duenas
6/30/07
Gregory Choplin vs. Jan de Keyzer 5R
WFCA World Muay Thai Title: Abraham Roqueni vs. Kit Sitpholek 5R
DEAD OR ALIVE TOURNAMENT '07 1R
Yuki vs. Yusuke Ikei R2 0:25
Daisuke Komiyama vs. CRAZY884 R1 1:04
Ryuji vs. Yabiku R2 2:59
Kenshi vs. Hinata 3R UD
Semifinals
Yusuke Ikei vs. CRAZY884 R1 2:23
Ryuji vs. Hinata R2 1:40
Yukihiro Komiya vs. Tomoaki Suehiro 3R UD
Jaideep Singh vs. Fabiano Cyclone (Aoki) R1 2:45
Final: Yusuke Ikei vs. Ryuji R3 1:51
Takaosamitsu vs. Shingo Garyu
Tsukuru Midorikawa vs. Isorasack Shisexkan (sp?)
Koichi Pettas vs. Kuniyoshi
Kirekazu Akusawa vs. Fabricio Bergamini
Ryuta Noji vs. Gen Shiro
Christopher Mertens vs. Kazuya Masaki
Dendanai PK Stereo vs. Gosuke Kikuchi
Nobu Hayashi vs. Ben Edwards
Ryuji Goto vs. Nobumitsu Sudo
Kaede Ogawa vs. Miho Arai 2R SD
Yukie Hirako vs. Mami Nihei R1 0:26
Aiko Sato vs. Nana Matsuda 2R UD
Mai Torizaki vs. Hiromi Kudo 2R Draw
Nana Kusakabe vs. Mao Muronaga 3R UD
Ruri Shiraishi vs. Rumi Kurihara 2R UD
PIRIKA vs. Masae Marunaka 2R UD
Yukino Oishi vs. Tsubaki Oshima 3R SD
Masako Hayashida vs. NANA*SE R3 2:06
Flyweight #1 Contender Tournament Reserve Match: Yuki Tanaka vs. Takako Yamaguchi R2 1:59
Ayano Oishi vs. Noriyo Narizawa 4R SD
Mini Flyweight Reserve Match: Momi vs. Motoe Abe 3R MD
Haru Tajima vs. Park Woo Young 3R UD
Kimiko Sugi vs. Soboyon R1 1:15 seconds
Hitoko Sasaki vs. ChehijiKO R3 0:50
Mini Flyweight #1 Contender Tournament Final: Erika Kamimura vs. Little Tiger 3R UD
Flyweight #1 Contender Tournament Final: Aki Gracyer vs. Asami Furuya 4R SD
Yoko Onoyama vs. Yukie Sudo 2R UD
Sachiko Imai vs. Mami Nihei 2R SD
Ayumi Sato vs. Mai Torizaki 2R Draw
Toshie Chiba vs. Miyo Yoshida 2R UD
Kaede Ogawa vs. Miho Arai 2R UD
Ikue Tanimura vs. Etsu 3R UD
Japan Queen Tournament 2009 1R: Yuki Tanaka vs. MITSUKI 3R UD
Japan Queen Tournament 2009 1R: Shoko Hayashida vs. Yoshimi Ohama 3R UD
Japan Queen Tournament 2009 1R: Motoe Abe vs. Takako Yamaguchi 3R UD
PIRIKA vs. yu-kid 3R MD
Noriyo Narizawa vs. Emi NFC 3R UD
Mini Flyweight Final: Miho vs. Little Tiger 3R SD
Japan Queen Tournament 2009 Semifinal: Masako Hayashida vs. Motoe Abe
Japan Queen Tournament 2009 Semifinal: Yuki Tanaka vs. Momi
J-GIRLS Bantamweight Championship 1DAY Tournament Semifinal: Ayano Oishi vs. NANA*SE
J-GIRLS Bantamweight Championship 1DAY Tournament Semifinal: AZUMA vs. Shiho Mizuno
Ikue Tanimura vs. Madeline Phoenix
PIRIKA vs. Bara
708 Naomi vs. Okada
Little Tiger vs. Jun Yamada
Japan Queen Tournament 2009 Final: Yuki Tanaka vs. Motoe Abe
J-GIRLS Featherweight Title Match: Niko Sasaki vs. Noriyo Narizawa
J-GIRLS Bantamweight Championship 1DAY Tournament Final: Shiho Mizuno vs. Ayano Oishi
J-GIRLS Flyweight Title Match: Kimiko Sugi vs. Aki Gracyer
J-GIRLS Mini Flyweight Title Match: Haru Tajima vs. Erika Kamimura
Monica Alfredolin vs. Aiko Sato 2R UD
First Atomweight Next Championship Challenger Decision Tournament 1R: Junko Yamada vs. Miho 3R UD
First Atomweight Next Championship Challenger Decision Tournament 1R: Aya Tanabe vs. yu-kid 3R SD
First Atomweight Next Championship Challenger Decision Tournament 1R: Mai vs. Yuka Okumura 3R UD
First Atomweight Next Championship Challenger Decision Tournament 1R: Little Tiger vs. Masae Marunaka 3R UD
Madoka Jinnai vs. Suzuna Nakamura 3R SD
First Atomweight Next Championship Challenger Decision Tournament Semifinal: Junko Yamada vs. Aya Tanabe 3R SD
First Atomweight Next Championship Challenger Decision Tournament Semifinal: Little Tiger vs. Mai 3R SD
J-GIRLS Junior 50 Title: Mako Yamada vs. Nana Kusakabe 2R UD
Rie Murakami vs. Laura Janjira R1 1:50
Nussian Po Plumuk vs. AZUMA 3R Draw
RISE78 6/4/11 Shinjuku FACE: Erika Kamimura vs. Silvia La Notte
RISE80 7/23/11 Korakuen Hall
Yuto Nakaegawa vs. Taisuke Maeguchi
Fabiano Cyclone vs. Joey Kaputai
Erika Kamimura vs. Titiana van Polanen
3rd RISE Middleweight Champion Decision Match: Yukihiro Komiya vs. Takafumi Morita
2nd RISE Heavyweight Champion Decision Match: Makoto Uehara vs. Raomaru
RISE83 9/23/11 Differ Ariake
Yuto Watanabe vs. Shunsuke Oishi
Jaideep Singh vs. Tsutomu Takahagi
3rd RISE Bantamweight Champion Decision Match Semifinal: Dyki vs. Kazuyuki Fushimi
3rd RISE Bantamweight Champion Decision Match Semifinal: Takama Tobe vs. KENJI
Super Lightweight Next Challenger Decision Match: Yasuomi Soda vs. Kotetsu
Koji Yoshimoto vs. Hiroshi Mizumachi
RISE85 11/23/11 TOKYO DOME CITY HALL
RISE HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT 2011 1st Round: Makoto Uehara vs. Stefan Leko
RISE HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT 2011 1st Round: Mighty Mo vs. Raomaru
Kosuke Komiyama vs. Sergio Wielzen
3rd RISE Bantamweight Champion Decision Match: Dyki vs. KENJI
1st RISE QUEEN Decision Match: Erika Kamimura vs. RENA
RISE HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT 2011 Final: match Makoto Uehara vs. Jaideep Singh
Masahiro Yamamoto vs. Genki Kanazawa
Souta Ichinohe vs. Tatsuya Kusakabe
Satoru Sayama & Toshio Fujiwara & Antonio Koinoki vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Alexander Otsuka & Genki Man
Shigeru vs. Takahito Fujimaki
Taiki Watanabe vs. T-98
Yousuke Morii vs. Genji Umeno
#42
Olivier de Feyter vs. Idris Demirci
Belgium Heavyweight Muay Thai Title Match: Kirk Krouba vs. Tom Baert
Hassan El Hamzaoui vs. Kenni Haben
#43
Valdrin Vatnikai vs. Mansour Yaqoubi
Yourie Smans vs. Khalid Lariffi
9/24/11: Romie Adanza vs. Shuichi Wentz
RISE-86 1/28/12 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Ryoma Hasumi vs. Yuta Shishu
KENJI vs. Pajonsuk Por. Pramuk
Koji Yoshimoto vs. Yasuomi Soda
RISE-87 3/24/12 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Tadashi Maeguchi vs. Tomoaki Iemoto
Motochika Hanada vs. Yuto Nakaegawa
Mohan Dragon vs. Yusuke Sugawara
KENJI vs. Mikihito Yamagami
Yuki vs. Yuto Watanabe
RISE-88 6/2/12 Tokyo TDC Hall
Kengo Shimizu vs. Raomaru
Hinata vs. Henri van Opstal
KENJI vs. Franck Gross
Yuki vs. Sunghyun Lee
Makoto Uehara vs. Crafton "Blaze" Wallace
Kosuke Komiyama vs. Motochika Hanada
RISE-89 7/1/12 Tokyo Differ Ariake
Takashi Ono vs Seiya Rokugawa
Lee Sung-hyun vs. Yuto Watanabe
RISE-90 10/25/12 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Yuto Watanabe vs. Yuji Sugawara
Dyki vs. Takashi Ono
Kengo Shimizu vs. Raomaru
Yuki vs. Javier Hernandez
RISE 91/M-1MC INFINITY 12/2/12 Tokyo TDC Hall
Ai Takahashi vs. Itsuka
Chan-hyun Lee vs. Daiki Nagashima
Lee Sung-hyun vs. Buakaw Willasaklek
Dyki vs. Mikihito Yamagami
Masahiro Yamamoto vs. Mansour Yaqubi
Koji Yoshimoto vs. Raz Sarkisjan
Taisei Kondo vs. Daichi Hirao
Dynamite Kakizaki vs. Keijiro Yasuda
Daichi Yamato vs. Yu Tsujide
Sho Ogawa vs. Yuta Nogami
Soichiro Miyakoshi vs. Danilo Zanolini
Yuya Yamato vs. Kanonsook Willasaklek
Ayano Oishi vs. Jemyma Betrian
Tsutomu Takahagi vs. Gyro Kusunoki
Alex Roberts vs. Thomas Salara
Masaaki Noiri vs. Raz Sarkisjan
Tetsuya Yamato vs. Sergio Wielzen
Opening Bout Digest: Satoshi Takaaki vs. Satoshi Mino, Yuki Nakano vs. Takumi Kashima, Satoru Haba vs. Masahito Konishi, Kazuya Ozawa vs. Yuki Kurihara, Hiroyuki Oba vs. Yoshihito Tomihira
RISE91 M-1MC ~INFINITY~ 1/6/13 Korakuen Hall
Hiroki Maeda vs. Seiya Rokugawa
Kazuyuki Fushimi vs. Hiroki Maeda
Yuto Watanabe vs. Genki Kanazawa
Yuki vs Sunghyun Lee
RISE92 3/17/13 Korakuen Hall
Chanhyeong Lee vs. Genji Umeno
Dyki vs. Seiya Rokugawa
Koji Yoshimoto vs. Yasuomi Soda
Kengo Shimizu vs. Makoto Uehara
RISE93 6/9/13 Differ Ariake
Yuto Watanabe vs. Yukimitsu Takahashi
Kosuke Komiyama vs. Yuki
RISE94 7/20/13 Korakuen Hall
Raomaru vs. Kusunoki Gyro
Masahiro Yamamoto vs. Sergio Wielzen
Dyki vs. Daniel Williams
Yasuomi Soda vs. Sung Hyun Lee
RISE95 9/13/13 Korakuen Hall
Erika Kamimura vs. Momii
Kosuke Komiyama vs. Ichito
RISE96 11/4/13 Differ Ariake
Riki Goshu vs. Yuma Yamaguchi
Taiki Watanabe vs. Danilo Sanolini
Yasuomi Soda vs. Kevin Eiberg
MMA: Eduard Vartanyan vs. Sergey Khandozhko R2 4:02
MMA: Alexei Nazarov vs. Mindaugas Verbickas 2R
Semifinal: Artur Kyshenko vs. Yury Bessmertny 4R unanimous Decision
Alexander Emelianenko vs. Bob Sapp R1 1:15
Enf 12/2/12 Men’s 85kg Tournament Semifinal: Franci Grajs vs. Sahak Parparyan 3R
Alim Nabiev vs. Vyacheslav Borschev 3R
Semifinal: Artur Kyshenko vs. Yury Bessmertny 4R unanimous Decision
Semifinal: Dzhabar Askerov vs. Enriko Gogokhiya R2 2:58
Zabit Samedov vs. Badr Hari R2 2:16
Tournament Final: Dzhabar Askerov vs. Alim Nabiev R3 1:33
Niko Sasaki vs. Maria Pantage
Fukashi vs. Yuto Tsujide
Sho Ogawa vs. HIROKI
Daichi Yamato vs. Maki Pinsayam
WPMF Japan Super Bantamweight Title Match: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Sota Ichido
Saenchai PK SAENCHAI MUAYTHAIGYM vs. Yosuke Mizuochi
Yoshihiro Sato vs. Yuichiro Nagashima
Hoost Cup KINGS DIGEST: tatsuya vs. Nilton Batista, Atsushi Sato vs. Kyosuke. Man*Goro vs. Mizuki Otaka, Yuma Yamaguchi vs. Keijiro Yasuda, Shiho Mizuno vs. Kanako Tanimura, Masato Fukuda vs. Yodokumpon
Hoost Cup SPIRIT2 DIGEST: Ryukei vs. Yoshihito Tomihira, Ryosuke Kumai vs. Kaito Fukuda, Byakuro vs. Yuji, Daichi Yamato vs. Emu Rajasaklek, Fukashi vs. Maki Pinsayam
Yoshiaki Iwata & Yuta Urano vs. Mikiya Sasaki & Tomoaki Ueno
Teruko Kagawa & Batten Tamagawa & Hiroaki Moriya vs. Drake Morimatsu & Animal Hamakuri & Rising KID
Kick rule: Kazuki Takeichi vs. Ryuho
Kick Rule: Renato Benfica vs. Naoki Hashimoto
Women's Special Exhibition: Kumi Namba vs. Hyakuhana
Heterogeneous fighting battle Pro-wrestling vs. Judo: Megumi Yabushita vs. Antonio Koinoki
Wakashoyo MMA & Kick Retirement Match: Samurai Tadashi vs. Wakashoyo
Hideki Kado & La Pete vs. Sorakibe & Gameras
Active Masked City Council Tag: Super Delfin & Skull Reaper A-ji vs. Otokomori & Takaku Fuke
Nobuki Hayashi Special Public Sparring: Nobuki Hayashi vs. Hiromi Amada & Takashi Izumi
Masashi Aoyagi Higashikunimiya Cultural Medal Award Commemorative Match:
Masashi Aoyagi & Akitoshi Saito vs. Shodai Tiger Mask & Tiger Shark
MMA
Eduard Vartanyan vs. Florent Betorangal 3R UD
Alexander Yakovlev Paul Daley 3R. Not the most scintilating contest to be certain, but a beautiful example of smart, well timed grappling technique trumping muay thai violence. Daley would come out aggressive, stalking Yakovlev but either fail to cut off the ring or have Yakovlev drop down into a takedown or a body lock to work the clinch game when Daley thought he did. Daley might land a punch or two in the process, but as soon as he finished his combination, Yakovlev immediately got hold of him and turned it into a grappling match. Yakovlev's offense wasn't that impressive, but he was really slippery, negating & smothering all of Daley's offense and showing perfect timing on his lock ups/takedowns. Kind of a late Demian Maia performance from Yakovlev, except his conditioning was as strong in the 3rd as it was in the 1st. Yakovlev won a UD. Average match.
Alexey Oleinik vs. Mirko Filipovic R1 4:30. Oleinik wasn't going to stand & bang with Cro Cop, & Cro Cop couldn't keep him off him long enough to get going. Once Oleinik got Mirko down, you knew it was trouble. Cro Cop tried for a triangle, but Oleinik shook it off, passed to side mount, and beat him with one of those submissions so lame - little more than a schoolyard headlock - no one knows what to call it.
Kickboxing
Agron Preteni vs. Andrei Stoica 3R
Chingiz Allazov vs. Warren Stevelman 3R
Big 4 Tournament Semifinals:
Zabit Samedov vs. Melvin Manhoef 3R
Pavel Zhuravlev vs. Sahak Parparyan R1 2:36
Badr Hari vs. Alexey Ignashov 3R
Big 4 Tournament Final: Pavel Zhuravlev vs. Agron Preteni R1 0:46
Alim Nabiev vs. Armen Petrosyan 3R
Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong vs. Mohamed Khamal 3R
Enrikho Gogokhia vs. Alessandro Campagna R1
Paul Daley vs. Alexander Surjko R3
Andy Souwer vs. Yuri Bessmertny 3R
Pavel Zhuravlev vs. Michal Turynski 3R
Murthel Groenhart vs. Dzhabar Askerovnew R1 2:17
8/12/11 Enf S3 1st Round: Michael Kongold vs. Franci Grajs R1 1:01. Round 1 was pretty even until the final 10 seconds when Grajs wobbled Kongold with punches against the ropes. Kongold got out of the corner, and tried to fire back, but Grajs dropped him with a right hook counter at the bell. I thought they probably could have stopped it here even though it looks bad when the round is over, but Grajs soon backed Kongold into the corner and finished him with a right hook and a knee.
Arirak Sitmonchai vs. Dane "Daddykool" Beauchamp
Matt Smith vs. Matthew Burgoyne
Damon Goodwin vs. Luke "Hellboy" Hume
"King" Kurtis Staiti vs. Chaowalit "Singpayak" Yodpongsa
Paul Abdul Rahman vs. Chris Anderson
Nic Reiter vs. Kosta Masmanidis
Andrew "KO" Keogh vs. Brett Johnston
Nick Chasteen vs. Clement Lacroix
Josh Shepard vs. Jose Lopez
Victor Saravia vs. Sam Poulton
Malaipet Sasiprapa vs. Ben Yelle
Tiffany Van Soest vs. Chajmaa Bellekhal
Super Lightweight Title: Kevin Ross vs. Tetsuya Yamato
Brian Del Rosario vs. Tom Morales 5R UD
Christine Ferea vs. Calie Cutler R4 0:49
Gaston Bolanos vs. Damien Earley R4 3:00
Anthony Castrejon vs. Jason Andrada 5R SD
Women’s Featherweight Title: Tiffany Van Soest vs. Bernise Alldis R4 1:44
Super Welterweight Title: Jo Nattawut vs. Salah Khalifa 5R UD
Romie Adanza vs. Daniel McGowan R3 2:19
Mike Lemaire vs. Andrew Kapel R5 2:35
Victor Saravia vs. Stan Mancebo R3 3:00
Rungrat Sasiprapa vs. Kevin Ross R2 2:13
Women’s Featherweight Title: Tiffany Van Soest vs. Martyna Krol 5R UD
Liam Harrison vs. Malaipet Sasiprapa 5R SD
Julio Pena vs. Yeison Berdugo R5 0:31
Chris Mauceri vs. Nicolas Parlanti R3 1:06
Super Welterweight Title: Jo Nattawut vs. Charlie Peters R3 1:56
Lightweight Title Decision: Ognjen Topic vs. Stephen Meleady 5R UD
Ky Hollenbeck vs. Richard Abraham 4R TD
Ming Freeman vs. Jason Andrada R5 2:53
Joe Gogo vs. Marvin Madariaga R3 2:32
Romie Adanza vs. Anthony Castrejon R3 3:00
Women’s Welterweight Title: Jorina Baars vs. Martina Jindrova 5R UD
Super Middleweight Title: Cosmo Alexandre vs. John Wayne Parr 5R UD
Pedro Gonzalez vs. Sean Fagan 5R UD
Julio Pena vs. Tim Amorim R3 2:59
Josh Shepard vs. Ben Peak 5R UD
John Nofer vs. Victor Saravia 5R UD
Nick Chasteen vs. Turan Hasanov R3 0:25
Travis Clay vs. Jared Papazian 5R UD
Brian Del Rosario vs. Chris Culley 5R UD
Kronphet Phetrachapet vs. Gaston Bolanos 5R SD
Women's Super Bantamweight Title Decision: Tiffany Van Soest vs. Ashley Nichols 5R UD
Welterweight Title: Fabio Pinca vs. Charlie Peters 5R UD
Asa Tenpow vs. Turan Hasanov R3 0:47
Bryce Lawrence vs. Yeison Berdugo R1 2:33
Chris Mauceri vs. Nick Chasteen R1 1:55
Ky Hollenbeck vs. Justin Greskiewicz R2 2:09
Lightweight Title: Sergio Wielzen vs. Ognjen Topic R3 0:50
Super Welterweight Title: Jo Nattawut vs. Cedric Manhoef 5R UD
Zakaria Zouggary vs.Yosuke Mizuochi 2:28 R5
Taisuke Maeguchi vs.Haruaki Otsuki 0:47 R3
Yosuke Morii vs.Hikaru Machida 0:13 R4
Digest: Shinya Fujino vs. Atsushi Tateshima UD, Kengo vs. Yusa Ryusuke Draw, Ken Hasegawa vs. Ryu Sato Draw, Seangatit vs.Shigeru MD
Tenshin Nasukawa vs.Keisuke Miyamoto 0:26 R2
Genji Umeno vs. Starboy Diamond98 Draw
Diego Llamas vs. P.J. Sweda R2 2:42
Asa Ten Pow vs. Bryce Lawrence R4 1:34
John Nofer vs. Jared Tipton R4 1:57
Travis Clay vs. Julio Pena R2 2:45
Ognjen Topic vs. Dechsakda Sitsongpeenong 5R MD
Regian Eersel vs. Jo Nattawut R5 2:02
Yeison Berdugo vs. Isaac Tijerina R3 0:22
Amine Ballafrikh vs. Joe Logan 5R UD
Eddie Martinez vs. Nick Chasteen 5R SD
Sergio Wielzen vs. Arthur Meyer 5R SD
Ky Hollenbeck vs. Mark Holst R4 1:52
Brett Hlavacek vs. Brad Mountain 5R UD
Antonina Shevchenko vs. Paola Cappucci 5R UD
Iman Barlow vs. Jeri Sitzes 5R UD
Tum Sityodtong vs. Gaston Bolanos 5R UD
Women’s Welterweight Title: Jorina Baars vs. Angela Whitley 5R UD
Anthony Castrejon vs. Cody Moberly R5 1:34
Gabriel Mazzetti vs. Josh Shepard R2 0:19
Victor Saravia vs. Kendrick Latchmann 5R UD
Romie Adanza vs. Ming Freeman 5R MD
Middleweight Title Decision: Jo Nattawut vs. Malaipet Sasiprapa 5R UD
P.J. Sweda vs, Andres Jeudi 5R SD
Chip Moraza-Pollard vs, Brett Hlavacek 5R SD
Super Middleweight Title: Regian Eersel vs, Jake Purdy R2 2:41
Women’s Lightweight Title: Antonina Shevchenko vs, Ilona Wijmans 5R UD
Super Welterweight Title: Jo Nattawut vs, Hasan Troy 5R UD
Grigoriy Kichigin vs. Tarek Suleiman R1
Pavel Kusch vs. Christophe Van Dijck 2:26 R1
Moise Rimbon vs. Bruno Silva 4:12 R3
Izzeddine Al Derbani vs. Jonathan Tuhu 3R. Al Derbani is one of the top fighters in the middle east, holding the Desert Force featherweight title in MMA & also competing in their lightweight division as well as in muay thai, which is what this was. His hand speed is very impressive. Tuhu threw monster wide power punches, but as much as he wanted to come forward & press the action, Al Derbani was able to stunt his progress & maintain distance by consistently beating him to the punch. Once Tuhu's forward progress was stopped, Al Derbani would back him with kicks, particularly to the body. Tuhu had to get all the way in to the clinch to prevent it from being one way traffic, but then it was rather sloppy with neither creating enough space to land that cleanly & Tuhu eventually taking Al Derbani down even though that wasn't scoring him any points. There were a lot of flashy misses in the fight, with Al Derbani trying a leaping elbow, spinning high kick, spinning elbow, etc., which mainly served to create more distance so it was easier for him to go back to landing the low & middle kick. Both guys are inexperienced & rough around the edges, but if they were going to miss, they were going to miss big, and the fight was entertaining because they were going for it. I liked the fight more the first time, but the 3rd round impressed me because despite Al Derbani presumably being up 2 rounds, he tried at least as hard to get a finish in the 3rd as Tuhu did. Tuhu countered Al Derbani's spinning switch kick with a right hand, but it didn't connect cleanly & was rightfully ruled a slip. Just before the closing bell, Al Derbani hurt Tuhu with yet another low kick then followed with a high kick for the knockdown to seal the fight. Al Derbani won a unanimous decision. Good match.
Kassem El Khatib vs. Ibrahim El Sawy Unanimous Dec
Mahmoud Radwan vs. Akram Hassan Split Dec
River Daz vs. Diego Llamas
Gabriel Mazzetti vs. Nick Chasteen 5R UD
Anthony Njokuani vs. Chris Harrington R3 2:44
Women’s Super Bantamweight Title: Iman Barlow vs. Meryem Uslu 5R UD
Super Middleweight Title: Regian Eersel vs. Dewitt Pratt R1 2:29
Jafar Toshev vs. Yeison Berdugo R3 1:26
Andra Aho vs. Jeri Sitzes R3 2:35
Chip Moraza-Pollard vs. Scott Noble 5R UD
Naruepol Fairtex vs. Amadeu Cristiano 5R UD
Super Welterweight Title: Jo Nattawut vs. Kengsiam Nor Sripueng R3 2:40
Amine Ballafrikh vs. Jonathan George 5R UD
Eddie Abasolo vs. PJ Sweda R5 1:36
Amadeu Cristiano vs. D.C. Pratt 5R UD
Paul Banasiak vs. Brett Hlavacek 5R UD
Lerdsila PhuketTopTeam vs. Jacob Hebeisen R2 2:16
Ahmed Labban vs. Ahmed Ibrahim R1
World Muay Thai Council & Phoenix Double Title Match: Pakorn Musipon vs. Morgan Adrar 5R UD
Steven Banks vs. Wendell Roche R2
WMC Super Light Heavyweight Middle Eastern Regional Title Match: Kassem Daher vs. Mohammad Salama R5
Phoenix Muay Thai Title Match: Saenchai vs. Azize Hlali 3R UD
Geoffrey Then vs. Soap Am 5R UD
Steve Walker vs. Lewis Rumsey R1 2:04
Eric Rocha vs. Alexander Olave R1 0:45
Amine Ballafrikh vs. Johncy Lindor R3 2:23
Cruiserweight Title: Chip Moraza-Pollard vs. Paul Banasiak 5R UD
Super Bantamweight Title: Jo Nattawut vs. Petchtanong Banchamek 5R UD
Cris Mims vs. Brian Bogue R2 0:25
Steve Walker vs. Robert Morrow R3 2:49
Jafar Toshev vs. Jonathan George R1 1:47
Brett Hlavacek vs. Timothy Woods 5R UD
Elijah Clarke vs. Juan Jackson 5R UD
Super Middleweight Title: Regian Eersel vs. Matous Kohout R5 1:01
Karate Jr. Fight: Yosuke Nagai vs. Kaito Hori
Karate Jr. Fight: Kotaro Mizushima vs. Ryomasa Okazaki
Kickboxing Jr. Fight: Manatsu Ikemoto vs. Shinosuke Yugami
Monomane Live: Daiyoshi Miyagawa, Al, Antonio Koinoki, & Katrina Yoko. puroresu comedy
Special (kickboxing) Exhibition: Go Yokoyama
Kickboxing Exhibition Match: Naohiro Takahashi vs. Suguru Tamura
K-ness vs. Stalker Ichikawa
Don Fujii & Shachihoko BOY vs. Shun Skywalker & Yuki Yoshioka
Lethee Moe vs. Thway Thit Maung R4
Shew Sin Min vs. Nou Srey Pov 3R UD. 1st WLC women's fight.
Light Welterweight Myanmar National Championship Tournament Semifinal: Saw Darwait vs. Pat Kyaw Lin Naing R1
Saw Ba Oo vs. Tha Pyay Nyo. Nyo's eye was all but closed 2 minutes into the fight, but he still managed to work on the inside, and even kept throwing the headbutt. This wound up being a close fight, with Nyo seemingly winning a couple rounds despite being half blind, but Oo ultimately got the UD.
Chit Maung Maung vs. Si Thu 5R UD. High paced competitive fight.
Light Welterweight Myanmar National Championship Tournament Semifinal: Ba Htoo Maung vs. Kyaw Zin Latt R3 2:07. All combat sports are brutal in many ways, but Lethwei or Burmese Boxing as it used to be called, surely takes the cake as the most brutal sport on the planet. In theory, it's probably most similar to muay thai, but apart from fighting with taped fists rather than gloves, the huge difference in the 9th limb, the headbutt. If you think Shibata was nasty, these guys will literally charge in with a combo that includes an all out noggin knocker, as Latt displayed here. Elbows are very popular here since it saves your gauzed fists, but Latt literally leads with the head with the same ferocity he leads with the elbow. The ref has a ton of leeway when you go down, ruling knockdowns far more conservatively than in GLORY or elsewhere, starting with Maung dropping Latt momentarily with both an elbow & a left hand counter that didn't elicit a count. Just before the end of the 1st, Maung did score a knockdown catching Latt off guard with a left jab. Latt came back strong in the 2nd, doing a nice job of mixing middle kicks or step knees with overhand rights. Latt dropped Maung with a left hook counter & then a big knee to the midsection, but somehow with Maung being put down twice within 10 seconds neither were scored knockdowns. Another reason Lethwei is known for its savagery is even the vaunted 12-6 elbows are legal, and not only did no one die from them, when Latt put Maung down with them just before the end of the 2nd, he still didn't even get credited with a knockdown! One of the reasons Latt was able to turn this fight around is Maung was just loading up too much, particularly with the right hand, while Latt was fighting a lot more fluidly, and recognizing when his opponent was going to swing big. Maung got his knees going in the 3rd, and began to take over, but Latt just fired up & started headbutting like a billy goat until he scored the KO. Good match.
Middleweight World Lethwei Title: Too Too vs. Vasyl Sorokin 5R UD
-70kg World Championship Qualifying Tournament Reserve Fight: Bubigere vs. Liu Jixin 3R
-70kg World Championship Qualifying Tournament Quarterfinals
Tian Xin vs. Liu Hainan 3R
Zhu Baotong vs. Lu Xiaohan R2
Liu Yaning vs. Song Shaoqiu 3R
Hu Yafei vs. Feng Xingli 3R
Sun Zhixiang vs. Ban Yungsong
Anissa Haddaoui vs. Anke Van Gestel 3R
MMA: Asihati vs. Alexander Belikh R3 0:49
Wei Ninghui vs. Kenta Yamada 3R
Wang Wenzhong vs. Miran Fabjan 3R
World Championship Qualifying Tournament Semifinals
Liu Yaning vs. Zhu Baotong R2
Liu Hainan vs. Feng Xingli R1
Tan Xiaofeng vs. Mohammad Ghorbanpour 3R
-70kg World Championship Qualifying Tournament Final: Feng Xingli vs. Liu Yaning 3R
Marcus Burke vs. Torin O’Brien 3R UD
Richard FAnos vs. Sulaiman Hashemi 5R UD
Jayden Wright vs. Tanner Gumatsas 3R UD
Aaron Goodson vs. Jono Almond R3
IWKBF Australian Title: Steven Baldacchino vs. Elliot Glenister 5R UD
IWKBF World Heavyweight Title: Steve McKinnon vs. Chris Bradford 5R UD. Both fighters are old enough for Bellator, but McKinnon has continued to beat everyone you never heard of since his 0-2 stint in GLORY while Bradford has been relatively inactive in the ring with a bumb ankle, though he's continued to train & run his gym. McKinnon was the big favorite here, especially since Bradford more of the Muay Thai specialist of the two, and this was under K-1 rules so no elbows were allowed. That being said, it was way more competitive than expected or the scores would lead you to believe. It was totally a kicker vs. puncher match, with McKinnon being the far more consistent fighter, keeping a high workrate with his kicks, which he mixed up well. Bradford is a huge slugger, and he landed some bombs, with virtually every big shot that connected coming from his fists. McKinnon did a nice job of mixing both middle kicks with the left inside leg kick, which landed almost every time. Bradford was badly outvolumed in the first round, and each additional, but began to walk through McKinnon's kicks in the second & punish him with powerful punches against the ropes. This should have been a Bradford round (and I still gave it to him), but the thing he lacked all fight was consistency. He just didn't have the stamina to keep attacking, so he kind of let McKinnon off the hook, backing because McKinnon went back to throwing his kicks as soon as Bradford stopped attacking with punches & failing to make any kind of late push that would have guaranteed him the round. Bradford was tired & barely threw in the 3rd until he hurt McKinnon with an overhand right counter late in the round & flurried on the ropes, landing a nice uppercut. McKinnon tried to go back to his inside leg kick, and landed low, which I don't think was intentional, but was awfully convenient given he was under fire. Bradford took a series of kicks after this, finally throwing and landing an overhand right just before the bell. Stan the Man kept calling for Bradford to throw 6 or 8 punches instead of 1 or 2, and certainly that would have won him the match if he had the stamina to keep it up, but he did manage himself well, not wasting energy & making what he threw count. You really got the feeling that Bradford didn't feel like McKinnon could hurt him, and was content to block as much as he could to the head & body, eat the low kicks, and just wait for his moment to knock him out. You also felt that McKinnon knew as long as he kept firing, & managed to stay on his feet, he was going to win this fight. Bradford had a few brief moments of offense against the ropes in the 4th, but McKinnon was throwing the whole round while Bradford barely threw anything until he had McKinnon on the ropes. Bradford hurt McKinnon with a left hook early in the 5th, but McKinnon quickly came back with a high kick. Bradford was again inactive for much of the round, trying to finish strong, but missing, while McKinnon was still able to land as much as he did in the opening round, and just kept chipping away. I had it even going into the 5th, so for me this was a fight that Bradford could have won if he could have found a little more energy. McKinnon won a unanimous decision 48-47, 49-46, 49-46. Good match.
Sun Zhixiang vs. Saranyoo Intharaprasoet 3R UD
Zhang Yang vs. Andronikos Evripidou R1
Law Chosing vs. Tengnueng Sitjesairong 3R UD
MMA: Yan Xibo vs. Edison Dondon R1
Chaimongkhon Kitsamak vs. Li Zihao 3R by decision
Muay Thai: Chamrat Ketleng vs. Jiao Zhou 3R UD
Yang Yu vs. Ishimbaev Ilnar 3R UD
Mergen Bilyalov vs. Huang Kai 3R UD
Superbon Banchamek vs. Dzianis Zuev 3R UD
Razanajatovo Fazaraly vs. Hao Yang 3R UD
2018 60KG Mulan Legend Quarterfinals
Anissa Haddaoui vs. Shi Lijiang 3R UD
Zhu Mengjia vs. Vinnikova Ekaterina 3R UD
Nili Block vs. Li Mingrui R1
Wang Cong vs. Niamh Kinehan 3R UD
2018 60KG Mulan Legend Semifinal: Zhu Mengjia vs. Anissa Haddaoui 4R SD
Fang Feida vs. Lin Qiangbang R4
Wei Ninghui vs. Jordan Kranio R2
Zhang Lipeng vs. James Chaney R1 2:18
2018 60KG Mulan Legend Semifinal: Wang Cong vs. Nili Block 3R UD
2018 60KG Mulan Legend Final: Wangcong vs. Zhu Mengjia 3R UD
70kg Tournament Reserve Match: Wang Baoduo vs. Yiliyasi 3R
70kg Tournament Quarterfinals
Dzianis Zuev vs. Vlad Tuinov 3R MD. Not sure what the judges were watching here, guess the scored coming forward & just missing. Zuev did a good job when he was kicking Vlad's legs, but mostly he was content to make it a boxing match with a far superior boxer, vs. Tuinov would just keep evading with lateral & head movement & landing the left hook. Zuev stole the last round with a couple good shots in the final 15 seconds, but otherwise he was thoroughly outmanuevered.
Feng Xingli vs. Jonay Risco 3R MD
Davit Kiria vs. Nordin Ben Moh R3
Marouan Toutouh vs. Anatoly Moiseev 3R UD
70kg Tournament Reserve Match: Zhu Baotong vs. Li Shiyuan R2
+100KG World Championship Tournament Quarterfinals
Daniel Sam vs. Asihati R2
Rade Opacic vs. Liu Wei R1
Martin Pacas vs. Roman Krykila 3R UD
-70KG World Championship Tournament Semifinals
Davit Kiria vs. Feng Xingli R3
Dzianis Zuev vs. Marouan Toutouh 3R MD
-70KG Reserve Fight: Tomoyuki Nishikawa vs. Zhu Baotong 3R UD
-70KG Final: Davit Kiria vs. Marouan Toutouh 3R MD
+100KG World Championship Tournament Semifinals
Asihati vs. Iraj Azizpour R3
Rade Opacic vs. Roman Krykila R2
+100KG Final: Iraj Azizpour vs. Roman Krykila 3R UD
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Matthew Stevens vs. Asif Mousawi
Stephanie Glew vs. Kim-Alina Baldacchino
Isaac Tomlinson vs. Tristan Papadopoulos
Nattakit Pakkawan vs. Sulaiman Hashemi
Brian Amos vs. Atdhe Bunjaku
Brad Davies vs. Marcus Burke
IWKBF World Muaythai Heavyweight Title: Chris Bradford vs Joe Boobyer
IWKBF World K1 Super Middleweight Title: Steve Moxon vs. Aaron Goodson
Hein Tun Aung vs. Than Zaw R4
Thway Thit Maung vs. Aung Hein 5R UD
Eh Eh vs. Huynh Ha Huu Hieu 3R UD
Saw Min Min vs. Aung Aung Htoo R3
Thway Thit Aung vs. David McCarthy 5R UD
Burutlek Petchyindee Academy vs. Kyaw Zin Latt R1
Mite Yine vs. Morn Samet 5R SD
Reserve Fight: Sun Weipeng vs. Zhao Junchen
-75kg World Championship Tournament Quarterfinals
Saiyok Pumpanmuang vs. Xu Liu 3R UD
Dzianis Zuev vs. Jiao Fukai 3R MD
Vitaly Gurkov vs. Yiliyas 3R
Mergen Bilyalov vs. Wu Sihan 3R MD
-75kg World Championship Tournament Semifinals
Saiyok Pumpanmuang vs. Jiao Fukai 3R MD
Vitaly Gurkov vs. Wu Sihan R2
-75kg World Championship Tournament Final: Saiyok Pumpanmuang vs. Vitaly Gurkov
Yang Bin vs. Sohrab Barhrami R1
MMA: Marchenko Andrei vs. Banmaduoji 3R
Bartosz Batra vs. Wei Ninghui 3R UD
MMA: Ednilson Jose vs. Zhang Lipeng
Andy Ristie vs. Kong Lingfeng 3R UD
Saw El Kaluu vs. Saw Lin Lin
Aung Paing vs. Paing Thet Aung 5R UD
Hein Tun Aung vs. Linn Htet Aung 5R UD
Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat vs. Izat Zaki 5R UD
Souris Manfredi vs. Eh Yanut 3R UD
Light Middleweight World Lethwei Title: Sasha Moisa vs. Artur Saladiak 5R UD
Cruiserweight World Lethwei Title: Dave Leduc vs. Seth Baczynski R2 2:40
Gu Jiayi vs. Zhang Siyu
Han Jiawei vs. Zhao Chao
Hang Zixin vs. Wang Shunli
Zhang Zihao vs. Zhao Xiran
Ren Yawei vs. Ouyang Feng
Liu Haoyang vs. Tang Guoliang
Sun Yaowei vs. Zhang Ye
Evarard Augustine vs. Kong Lingfeng
Izzeddin Nafez vs. Wei Ninghui
MMA: Valodya Ayvazyan vs. Zhang Meixuan
Wang Aogong vs. Komson Hanchana 3R UD
KLF 70kg Intercontinental Championship Reserve Fight: Niclas Larsen vs. Liu Hainan 3R UD
Zhang Ye vs. Swasing 3R UD
KLF 70 kg Intercontinental Championship Semifinal: Dzianis Zuev vs. Zhu Baotong 3R MD
KLF 70 kg Intercontinental Championship Semifinal: Artem Pashporin vs. Song Shaoqiu 3R UD
MMA: Zhang Lipeng vs. Mohmmad Naeemi
Seyedisa Alamdarnezam vs. Feng Xingli (China) 3R UD
KLF 70 kg Intercontinental Championship Final: Dzianis Zuev vs. Artem Pashporin 3R UD
Alexandru Popescu vs. Cezar Buzdugan
Daniel Manole vs. Nicu Buceac
Alexandru Constantin vs. Florin Pirtea
Adrian Bacu vs. Serghei Zanosiev
Dragos Petrigor vs. Dumitru Malis
Viorel Ionita vs. Mirel Dragan
Ionut Spatarelu vs. Adrian Gagiu
Eugen Mailat vs. Ion Grigore
Costin Dinu vs. Daniel Arandjelovic
Alex Gavris vs. Claudiu Alexe
Tiberiu Constantin vs. Costin Mincu
Cristain Manta vs. Djordje Rajic
Mihajlo Rajic vs. Ionut Sugacevschi
WPKL Champions League Jr. Tournament 5/2/98
Najim Eduhari vs. Jomhod Kiaatisack
Kurt de Pauw vs. Aduj Kuei
D Block Final: Jomhod Kiaatisack vs. Aduj Kuei
Chen Xinyang vs. Wu Yufei
Huang Linbin vs. Hong Wei
Zhang Songshan vs. You Long
Shang Xifeng vs. Xu Yanwei
Ilias Iliasov vs. Zeng Jiawu
Lu Wenlong vs. Farhad Mandomi
Aili Mulatebleke vs. Mamurov Akamaljon
Iamal Yusupov vs. Liao Shuwu
Vasily Sorokin vs. Wu Sihan
Gu Jiayi vs. Sun Yuqiu
Gao Zilong vs. Zhu Chang
Feng Tianhao vs. Chen Xiaofan
Ran Junhua vs. Hu Erkang
Lu Jiahui vs. Li Shuai
Chang Juncheng vs. Chu Shihao
MMA: Li Haojie vs. Rustamov Asadullo
Ali Zarinfar vs. Wei Weiyang
Dzianis Zuev vs. Ouyang Feng
Huang Ziqi vs. Zhang Junjie
Sun Luyao vs. Bruna (BRA)-TKO
Ma Le vs. Liu Xiyuan -TKO
Bian Mengchao vs. Lv Jie
Guo Wentao vs. Zhang Lin
MMA: Akhmedov Umedjon vs. Tuerdibieke
Kuang Fei vs. Shima Pezeshkiaghadam
Zheng Zhaoyu vs. Sosthene Umucunauzi
Saw Kaung Htet vs. Saw Min Naing 5R UD
Auk Chin Lay vs. Tun Aung 5R SD
Thway Thit Maung vs. Omar Elouers 5R UD
Elite Peakday vs. Shuklaine Min 5R SD
Mite Yine vs. Nguyen Thanh Trung 5R UD
Thway Thit Win Hlaing vs. Burutlek Petchyindee Academy R2 2:21
Robert Hu Hua Long vs. Alexandru Parnica 3R UD
Marian Soare vs. Ionel Balan Decision 3R SD
Nicu Buceac vs. Dan Tudoran R3 2:05
Adrian Gagiu vs. Catalin Anton 3R UD
Dumitru Cavliuc vs. Dumitru Malis R2 1:30
Andreea Cebuc vs. Dalia Ciocan 3R UD
Mirel Dragan vs. Mihajlo Rajic R2 1:43
Ion Grigore vs. Dejan Arandelovic R1 0:35
Cristian Manita vs. Paul Cucerzan R1 1:40
Claudiu Alexe vs. Janilson da Cruz R1 0:50
Eh Mwe vs. Thar Win Tun R5 1:47
Saw Hla Min vs. Tun Lin Aung R2 0:46
Hein Tun Aung vs. Em Sothy 5R UD
Souris Manfredi vs. Tran Thi Lua R2 1:51
Somiong Luktupfah vs. Sok Rith R2 1:31
WLC Middleweight Title: Too Too vs. Naimjon Tuthaboyev 5R SD
Robert Tiprigan vs. Marvin Belecciu
Andrew Tate vs. Miralem Ahmeti
Florin Pitea vs. Stefan Astefanoaie
Nicolai Buceac vs. Paul Cucerzan
Ion Grigore vs. Aleksandar Aleksic
Max van Gelder vs. Antonio Zovac
Cristian Manita vs. Adrian Voda
Mirel Dragan vs. Vanja Dumitrov
Robert Craiu vs. Catalin Graure
Alexandru Vasiloanca vs. Alexandru Ianculescu
Myagmasuren Borkhuu vs. Nur Mohammad 2:20 R4
Omar Mahir vs. Tophik Abdullaev 1:24 R1
Sherzod Kabutov vs. Nakha 5R UD
Nabil Anane vs. Saw Phoe Khwar 5R UD
Kristof Kirsch vs. Gligor Stojanov 5R UD
Somiong Luktupfah vs. Artur Te 5R SD
Inaugural WLC Women’s Bantamweight Title: Souris Manfredi vs. Maisha Katz 3:00 R4
bonus
Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Brad Armstrong
The Great Sasuke & Jinsei Shinzaki vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita
Yosuke Morii vs. Shoki Nishikawa 0:43 R3
Yugo Kato vs. MASAKING 1:28 R1
Manazo Kobayashi vs. Maki Goto UD
HIROYUKI vs. Ryu Hanaoka Draw
Kaito Fukuda vs. Ryota Mawatari UD
Issei Ishii vs. Yuya Iwanami 2:09 R2
Melty Kira vs. Alice Takahashi UD
Kenta Yamada vs. Tomo Kiire MD
Reiya vs. Shinsuke UD
Ryu Hanaoka vs. Sanchai TEPPEN GYM SD
HIROYUKI vs. Masayoshi Kunimoto UD
Katsuji Takahashi vs. Kiyoto Takahashi Draw
Kaito Ono vs. Tsukuru Midorikawa 0:57 R3