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K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16

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#1 ·
Date October 02, 2010
Venue Olympic Gymnastics Arena
City South Korea Seoul, Republic of Korea



Participating Fighters

* Semmy Schilt (K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Champion)
* Alistair Overeem (2009 Grand Prix Semi Finalist)
* Jerome Le Banner (2009 Grand Prix Quarter Finalist)
* Errol Zimmerman (2009 Grand Prix Quarter Finalist)
* Ray Sefo (replacement fighter)
* Ewerton Teixeira (2009 Grand Prix Quarter Finalist)
* Keijiro 'Kyotaro' Maeda (K-1 Heavyweight Champion)
* Freddy Kemayo (K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest Champion)
* Ben Edwards (K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Canberra Champion)
* Peter Aerts (Wild Card)
* Daniel Ghiţă (Wild Card)
* Gökhan Saki (Wild Card)
* Tyrone Spong (Wild Card)
* Hesdy Gerges (Wild Card)
* Mighty Mo (Wild Card)
* Raul Catinas
Final 16 Fights confirmed by K-1:

Semmy Schilt v. Hesdy Gerges
Ewerton Teixeira v. Peter Aerts
Errol Zimmerman v. Daniel Ghita
Gokhan Saki v. Freddy Kemayo
Ray Sefo v. Tyrone Spong
Mighty Mo v. Raul Catinas
Alistair Overeem v. Ben Edwards
Kyotaro Maeda v. Jerome Le Banner

K-1 Super Fights:

Sergei Kharitonov vs Takumi Sato
Chalid "Die Faust" Arrab vs Dzevad Poturak
Min Ho Song v. Hyun Man Myung
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Alistair Overeem vs Ben Edwards In K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16

http://steverattlesnake.cliquezone....-ben-edwards-in-k-1-world-grand-prix-final-16

Ben Edwards on October 2nd steps into his first K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16 and according to Edwards, his first challenge on the world stage is a huge one; Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem.

Overeem made the tough decision to continue on with his K-1 career while Strikeforce’s next challenger, Fabricio Werdum is still on the shelf after having surgery on his elbow. Overeem put his foot down on defending his championship against another fighter coming off of a loss, Fedor Emelianenko, much like his last fight of Brett Rogers. The speculation as to who Overeem would face was running wild as always, and with Edwards announcing this fight the rumors can (once again) be put to rest.
 
#13 ·
Two fights were made official today, Overeem vs Edward (which we'd heard about) and also JLB vs Maeda:

K-1 has officially announced the first two fights for the Final 16, and one is a surprise.

First up, Alistair Overeem v. Ben Edwards. This one was already confirmed by Edwards, and this makes it official. Overeem of course made it to the semi-final round last year, where he was stopped by Badr Hari, while Edwards comes in after setting a record for the fastest K-1 tournament win in the Oceania GP this summer.

The next one is a split from what was rumored as it will be K-1 HW champion Kyotaro v. Jerome Le Banner. I like this fight a lot, as Le Banner has the size and power to simply outmuscle Kyotaro, but Kyotaro has the speed and counter striking to take this. Tough fight to call, and I look forward to seeing how it turns out.

The initial rumors had Le Banner v. Errol Zimmerman and Kyotaro v. Gokhan Saki. Since it won't be Zimmerman v. Saki in the Final 16 (both men train together and are close friends), this throws the rumor match-ups into disarray. Expect more official announcements to come soon.

One final note - Daniel Ghita has confirmed to kombat.ro that he will indeed be taking one of the wild card slots in the Final 16. No word yet on his opponent.
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#14 ·
Arlovski is on the show, but they haven't yet officially announced if he's in the Final 16 or one of the 'Super Fights':

Michael Schiavello broke the news that former UFC heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski will fight October 2nd at the K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16 in Seoul, Korea. During the King of the Cage broadcast, Schiavello added that Arlovski will not participate in the tournament, and he instead will be involved in a superfight against a yet unnamed opponent. Dave Walsh at Head Kick Legend runs down the back-and-forth between FEG and Arlovski:

The Arlovski and FEG saga has been ongoing for about a year now, with Arlovski first rumored to be fighting Tim Sylvia at DREAM last year, with the fight falling through for both men. Then Arlovski and his camp signed on to fight Alistair Overeem at Dynamite!!, only for Bas Boon to decline the fight and FEG to decide it didn't work with their SRC vs. DREAM theme for MMA fights anyway. There were rumors of a fight with Barnett earlier in the year, as well as fighting for the DREAM Heavyweight title against Alistair Overeem only for Arlovski's camp to pull out of the fight when negotiations fell through.

Walsh also notes that "until [K-1 President Sadaharu] Tanikawa let's the words escape his mouth at a presser, take it as a rumor with a chance of showers."
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#19 ·
I don't buy into the speculation that Arlovski has such a bad chin. He has been (T)KO'd 6 times but look at who it was against. Brett Rogers, Fedor, Tim Sylvia, Pedro Rizzo, Ricco Rodriguez and then Viacheslav Datsik which was his first fight. It isn't like he get's KO'd by just anyone. All of those guys are heavy hitters.

I think his chin will be fine.
 
#17 ·
Bummer that Badr Hari is not competing October 2nd at the Final 16, they have moved Arlovski into the 16 instead and announced all the pairings:

Semmy Schilt v. Hesdy Gerges
Ewerton Teixeira v. Peter Aerts
Errol Zimmerman v. Daniel Ghita
Gokhan Saki v. Freddy Kemayo
Ruslan Karaev v. Tyrone Spong
Andrei Arlovski v. Raul Catinas
Alistair Overeem v. Ben Edwards
Kyotaro v. Jerome Le Banner
The Super Fights are:

Chalid "Die Faust" v. Dzevad Poturak
Sergey Kharitonov v. Takumi Sato
Min Ho Song v. Hyun Man Myung
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#20 ·
His negotiations with the company never went through, not sure why he doesn't want to be there. Waiting for him was what made it take so long for the final 16 to be announced.

One of them has been replaced, by the way. Karaev had an injury in training, and they put Ray Sefo in against Spong:

When there were rumors of a big change happening in the K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16, the immediate thought was that it could involve Badr Hari or Remy Bonjasky, the big names that were absent from the Final 16 this year. Earlier, Michael Schiavello broke the news that it would be Ray Sefo who will be stepping into the Final 16, but even that was ambiguous at best.

Now there are reports that Ruslan Karaev has dropped out of the Final 16, possibly due to injury, and that Ray Sefo vs. Tryone Spong will now go down. Schiavello on his Twitter confirmed this mere minutes ago.

@SugarRaySefo will replace Ruslan Karaev. So it will be my bro Sugar Ray vs Tyrone Spong in the Final 16! CANNOT WAIT!

Ray Sefo had been talking about one final run at the K-1 World Grand Prix, and his MMA career in Strikeforce seems to be at a bit of a standstill at the moment, so Sugar Ray making another run at the Grand Prix is exciting news indeed. The last time we saw Sefo in K-1 World Grand Prix action was in 2008 when he failed to qualify against Gokhan Saki. Sefo had stated that he just wanted one last shot at the K-1 World Grand Prix, and the 2000 WGP Runner-Up has his shot now.
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#22 ·
This is who I've got.

Semmy Schilt v. Hesdy Gerges
Ewerton Teixeira v. Peter Aerts
Errol Zimmerman v. Daniel Ghita
Gokhan Saki v. Freddy Kemayo
Ray Sefo v. Tyrone Spong
Andrei Arlovski v. Raul Catinas
Alistair Overeem v. Ben Edwards
Kyotaro v. Jerome Le Banner

No Badr and no Remy. Very strange...
 
#26 ·
Plahing the favorite card? Or just making my picks? lol! I picked AA... he's not really a safe bet...

I don't like zimmerman and find ghita more entertaining. Sefo... I don't like to say past their prime but...

Ich such einfach aus wenn ich gewinnen sehen will...
Arlovski's chin vs Catinas' fists = huge problems for Arlovski!
Glaub mir! :thumb02:
 
#24 · (Edited)
DAAAAAMN!!!!
2 romanians in the FINAL 16!! :praise01::thumb02:
1.Just saw that Raul Catinas is in there against Arlovski.
THIS will be the biggest news of that night!
I'm calling it right now: Catinas will T(KO) Arlovski! :D
And i'm not just saying this because he's romanian like i am.
This kid is only 22 yrs old, is strong as a bull and hits very very hard. He has 3 losses in his young K-1 career, but he has evolved so much in the last 2 years.
His most notale wins are against Carter Williams (TKO) and Stefan Leko (TKO). Plus he has a decision against Poturak.
Arlovski may be the techical fighter, but he had that advantage in all of his last fights. And that didn't help.
When Catinas lands one of his "bombs" on Arlovski's glass chin, AA will fall.
I have no doubt.
And AA doesn't have the power to KO Catinas imo.
2. Second romanian, Daniel Ghita will have a tough fight against Zimmerman. I think it's the toughest fight to call, on paper. Zimmerman has very goos hands and Ghita has incredible leg kicks, especially low-kicks. Lsst year, he lost a decision to Schilt in the Final 16.
Hope he goes to Final 8 this time.

Other things: sux that Hari and Remy won't take part.
That's life. Move on.
And, my picks for this card:


Semmy Schilt v. Hesdy Gerges
Ewerton Teixeira v. Peter Aerts
Errol Zimmerman v. Daniel Ghita
Gokhan Saki v. Freddy Kemayo
Ray Sefo v. Tyrone Spong
Andrei Arlovski v. Raul Catinas
Alistair Overeem v. Ben Edwards
Kyotaro v. Jerome Le Banner
 
#36 ·
Damn, WGP sucks this year imo :(. I'll still watch it tho lol

Edit: Max 70 show streamed for free on K-1 website

Great news here - K-1 has announced that Sunday's MAX Grand Prix Final 16 event will be streamed live on their website. The show begins at 3:00 pm Tokyo time Sunday afternoon, which translates to 2:00 am Sunday morning Eastern time in the US (Tokyo time is +9 GMT). No further details yet, though they should be available at their site when they are set. This is especially good news because MAX shows traditionally are not aired live or on any sort of reasonable schedule. In the US, this show won't air on TV until October 22 when HDNet finally airs it. Great chance here to finally watch some MAX action live.
http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/10/1/1724340/sundays-max-show-to-stream-live-at-k-1-website
 
#37 ·
MMafighting try to talk Americans into staying up late, and give their picks for the fights on the show (Final 16 only):

Many American fans are disappointed that former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski has pulled out of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final 16 in Seoul. But the event still includes (by my count) eight of the Top 10 heavyweight kickboxers in the world, a collection of talent you almost never see on one fight card, in any combat sport.

So if you're an American fan staying up very late Friday night or getting up very early Saturday morning to watch on HDNet, you're not going to be disappointed. We've got the full preview and predictions below.

What: K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16

Where: Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea

When: The event starts at 2 AM ET and is broadcast live on HDNet in the United States.

Predictions on the eight tournament bouts:

Ray Sefo vs Tyrone Spong
The 39-year-old Sefo is one of K-1's greats, but I don't think he has enough left to beat the 25-year-old Spong, who's a little undersized but still getting better while Sefo is past his prime.
Pick: Spong

Gökhan Saki vs Freddy Kemayo
Saki is both younger and more accomplished than Kemayo, and Saki is coming off a very good performance in a TKO win over Melvin Manhoef. But I like Kemayo to use his height and reach advantage and pull off what should probably be considered a small upset.
Pick: Kemayo

Errol Zimmerman vs Daniel Ghiţă
This is a tough draw for Ghita: I think he's good enough to beat most of the kickboxers in the Final 16, but Zimmerman is among the sport's truly elite, looked like an absolute beast in his last fight, and probably wins this one handily.
Pick: Zimmerman

Jérôme Le Banner vs Kyotaro
The French Le Banner is a longtime fan favorite in K-1, but Kyotaro is coming off a great showing in defending his K-1 heavyweight title by knocking out Peter Aerts, and I expect Kyotaro to roll into the Final 8.
Pick: Kyotaro

Ewerton Teixeira vs Peter Aerts
This is yet another match-up of an up-and-comer in his 20s taking on an aging legend of the sport, and although it would be great to see Aerts -- who will turn 40 this month -- in the Final 8, I just don't see him being at a stage in his career when he can still beat an opponent at the level of Teixeira.
Pick: Teixeira

Mighty Mo vs Raul Cătinaş
The short and portly Mighty Mo is a late replacement for Arlovski, and it's hard to see him having much of a chance against Catinas. This doesn't look to me like a competitive match-up.
Pick: Catinas

Semmy Schilt vs Hesdy Gerges
Schilt is without a doubt the best heavyweight kickboxer in the world, and the biggest question about this year's World Grand Prix is whether anyone can stop Schilt from becoming the first five-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion. The two guys who had the best chance of derailing Schilt, Remy Bonjasky and Badr Hari, are both sitting this year's World Grand Prix out, which should mean Schilt rolls. Gerges is a fine kickboxer, but he's not the guy to beat Schilt.
Pick: Schilt

Alistair Overeem vs Ben Edwards
Most American fans wish Overeem would defend the Strikeforce heavyweight title instead of kickboxing in Japan, but I love seeing him test himself in the K-1 ring. Edwards is a heavy-hitting Australian who broke Jerome Le Banner's K-1 record for fastest tournament title, needing just 3 minutes, 28 seconds to win three fights in this year's K-1 World Grand Prix in Canberra -- so don't assume that Overeem is getting an easy knockout here. But I do believe Overeem's size and strength advantage will be too much for Edwards.
Pick: Overeem
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