So, a K-1 Show Happened
Posted by Dave Walsh on August 11th, 2009
Melvin Manhoef once against disappoints, this time due to injury from apparently leg kicking Ramazanov a little too hard. Young up-and-comer Daniel Ghita leg kicked his way to a tournament victory and a promise of more to come for him this year for him. There was some hype in the UK around John Love making his K1 debut, and, well, Ghita kicked his legs out from him until he was limping around, then leveled him with a left hook to seal it.
Peter Aerts showed why it was a rather awful idea to wear shoes in a K-1 matchup and not be allowed to throw kicks. You’d think fighters would look into K-1 history and see that this has never worked out for anybody and not do it, but Yosuke Nishijma; not that guy, apparently.
Full report at K-1 LEGEND:
Final: Daniel Ghita (1R – 2:19 KO – Right Low Kick) Sergeii Lashchenko
Superfight: Peter Aerts (3R – 1:24 KO – Right Low Kick) Yosuke Nishijima
Superfight: KYOTARO (3R – 1:20 KO – Right Hook) Jan Soukup
Semi-Final: Sergeii Lashchenko (2R – 0:24 KO – Right Straight) Brice Guidon
Semi-Final: Daniel Ghita (1R – 1:28 – Right Low Kick) YUKI (Manhoef injured)
Quarterfinal: Brice Guidon (3R Decision – 3-0) Rico Verhoeven
Quarterfinal: Sergeii Lashchenko (3R Decision – 3-0) Sebastian Ciobanu
Quarterfinal: Daniel Ghita (1R – 1:28 KO – Left Hook) John Love
Quarterfinal: Melvin Manhoef (1R – 2:16 KO – Punch) Ramazan Ramazanov
Reserve Fight: YUKI (3R – 2:00 KO – Punch) Prince Ali
Opening Fight: Yuto Watanabe (3R Decision – 3-0) Nobuhiro Ko
Opening Fight: Kengo Shimizu (1R – 0:34 KO) Shinkuyu Kawano
Opening Fight: Kazuo Doi (1R – 1:02 TKO – Towel) Katsuhara Ebisawa