(Spoiler) K-1 WORLD GP 2008 in Fukuoka -Japan GP. June 29.

[kyofighter]

That is what I know also -he is training at the Ichigeki Academy in Tokyo.

[Sonik]

To bad Feitosa lost that match. Hari was on fire and Feitosa seemed a bit too relaxed which cost him the fight. Myabe he was too confident after his last fight i dunno.

As for Teixeira, i have to congratulate him for the victory, bur with all due respect, his last opponent (Keijiro Maeda) should be expelled from K-1. He just just spends too much time running away from his opponents.

This fighters are just warm-up matches for Teixeira. He hasn't fought any top fghter yet and i don't think he's ready yet to do so. There's still a lot of work to do but i can tell he has potential. At least he seemed a lot more improved since his last fight.


And i think Takumi Sato also did well although he lost his second match. I guess he's not used to tournaments yet. He sure got pretty tired after his fight against Mitsugu Noda which was a nice fight by the way. You could see a lot of spirit there from both fighters.

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[Dent]

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Originally Posted by smoothsake

Here's a direct link to Le Banner vs. Semmy:

Thanks for that link, SmoothSake. LeBanner looked sharp at the start, but it seems he was struggling with all those up punches.

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[niceguy]

Originally Posted by Dent

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Thanks for that link, SmoothSake. LeBanner looked sharp at the start, but it seems he was struggling with all those up punches.

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Size matters.Fighting someone as huuuuge as Semmy is alway going to be a struggle.Semmy's reach advantage was just too much.

[Dent]

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Originally Posted by niceguy

Size matters.Fighting someone as huuuuge as Semmy is alway going to be a struggle.Semmy's reach advantage was just too much.

Oh yes, size does matter! I do think that he was looking tired by the end of the first though. Comparing the sting in his kicks from the first round to where he was in the third, I wonder if he's just carrying too much weight?

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[Jake_Osu]

Originally Posted by kyokushin4life

Is Glaube training in Brazil? I thought he would be training for K-1 in Japan with Ichigeki team?

Im 90% sure he is training out of team Ichigeki, unless something has changed in the last month. AS for his performance it wasn't that bad nor out of character. Glaube has always been a slow starter in K-1, he takes a while to find his rhythm in each fight but after a tew minuts he realy starts to unload.

The problem was that Hari is very aggressive and pressured Glaube from the start not allowing him to settle and hence he got put away. Unfortunately his boxing defense isnt that strong, Ewerton may face the same problem if he dosent focus on it. It was great to see him take the tournament. I hope we see Pitchkunov in the final elimination as well, that would be great for kyokushin.

[Martin H]

Originally Posted by kyokushin4life

Is Glaube training in Brazil? I thought he would be training for K-1 in Japan with Ichigeki team?

From what I heard the bulk of his training for this fight was done in the Ichigeki Brazil branch, under Filho.

[Shamo]

I felt sad seeing him like that, but Feitosa will rise again, shake it off and go back to work. I believe like many here, that Texeira needs to improve his boxing overall, it takes time, but I'm sure he will pull through.