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K-1 Recap
October 11, 2003 Japan
Here's a quick recap of what went down yesterday at K-1 in Japan.
Fight 1 - Super Fight Bjorn Bregy wins by knock out at 2:50 of the first round over Michael McDonald
Fight 2 penalized a point for an elbow in the second round and the doctor stopped the fight due to swelling and possible eye injury of Sefo - bout stopped in second round
Fight 3 Sam Greco wins by TKO at :30 of the second round over Peter Graham - stoppage (towel thrown in) - Graham may have broken his leg
Fight 4 but most of them were blocked. Both fighters start measuring themselves and really don't do anything till the end of the round - with about a minute left, Bernardo lands some great punches to the head and body - that's how the round ends.
Round 2 - Ignashov keeps with the same game plan - attacking with the kicks - he throws another low kick, this one landing to the back leg of Bernardo almost sending him down - after a few more seconds, Ignashov lands a left right punch combo then another low Thai kick to the leg sending Bernardo down in pain - Bernardo wasn't able to get up in time and he was out.
Fight 5 a good right but cannot capitalize - Venetiaan recuperates - Aerts lands another right hurting Venetiaan but he lasts the 10 seconds left in the round.
Round 2 - Aerts pushes the fight - stalking Venetiaan, landing some good punches - Venetiaan counters with kicks keeping Aerts at bay till the end of the round.
Round 3 - Venetiaan comes out extremely active, throwing punches and kicks but Aerts makes him pay for that by landing a left and a right to the face of Venetiaan - Aerts keeps on moving forward throughout the rest of the fight landing a bit more punches and kicks than Venetiaan - the fight ends. Aerts wins by decision.
Fight 6 Leko pushing the fight but at times, Filho doing more damage as he counters. Leko throws a spinning heel kick that misses, then Filho delivers his own spinning heel kick but he throws it low to the leg area and lands it clean on Leko's leg just below his knee. Soon after, the bell rings.
Round 2 - Leko pushing the fight again, landing punch after punch but just can't seem to put the right combination together to take out Filho - Filho is a tough cookie - Leko out punched and out kicked Filho throughout the round.
Round 3 - Leko finds the openings, catching Filho many times with jabs and rights and kicks to the legs - the whole round goes the same way - Leko landing with Filho countering or at least trying to counter - even though Leko found many openings, he was unable to put the right combo to put Filho down and out - the fight ends - winner Leko by decision
Fight 7 back - Abidi goes down, not by a punch but what seemed to be a slip as he was crowded and going backwards - Botha leaned over Abidi as he was down and delivers an uppercut to the face of Abidi - the ref steps in and stops the fight - Abidi cannot continue so Botha was disqualified for hitting a downed opponent.
Fight 8 Remy Bonjasky vs. Bob Sapp - This round was filled with action - Sapp charged Bonjasky - Bonjasky moving and punching, lands many punches and kicks to Sapp's body and face - Sapp delivers his own punches but Bonjasky covers and moves really well - Sapp looks winded at the end of the round.
Round 2 - Sapp comes out again as in the first round taking the fight to Bonjasky, pushing him to the ropes with punches - Bonjasky defends by moving and countering - Bonjasky lands a left round house to Sapp's face - immediately follows it up with a right cross sending the massive beast down to the canvas - not for long though, Sapp gets back up and pushes Bonjasky with punches but not many landed - Bonjasky falls back as he is backpedaling - Bonjasky is on the ground and Sapp is right over him - Sapp delivers a devastating punch right to the face of Bonjasky - the ref steps in and stops the fight - another disqualification Sapp is DQ'ed for hitting a downed opponent.
Folks, I'm speechless as to the last two fights. All I can say is, what's next? Al
(10/11/03)
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