At a glance: K-1 World GP 2009 Final 16 (Pic)

by Jesse Holland on Sep 25, 2009 11:19 AM EDT

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Be sure to catch all the action LIVE on HDNet from the Olympic Gymnasium Arena in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday, September 26 at 12:30 a.m. PT/3:30 a.m. ET. The event will also be replayed that Saturday evening at 11:00 p.m. ET.

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I look forward to this every single year. I have last years
still recorded on my DVR. Probably watch it once a month.

Hopefully Bard Hari and Remy match up again at some point.
Don’t sleep on Ruslan though…

Is Singh jaideep that big young guy from India thats been popping up all over???? help please

by Big Zino on Sep 25, 2009 11:28 AM EDT reply actions

Not sure who Singh is, but like you, I am very excited about this event.

I cant tell you how lucky you are that you have HDnet!

Hari/Remmy 2 is a must see fight! Really hope they cross paths again!

when will the match ups be announced?

Always llook forward to seeing Manhoeff!

by john G on Sep 25, 2009 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions

Singh won Asia GP. Not too impressive on a technical level or athletic skills. Gritty though. He’ll quick see that the skill level jumps up a considerable level here.

by NameNotRequired on Sep 25, 2009 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions

actually it would be hari/remy 3 if it were to happen again

by brendan on Sep 25, 2009 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions

heres their first fight: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3pux0_badr-hari-vs-remy-bonjasky_sport

if you havent seen it you are missing out!!!

by brendan on Sep 25, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions

John, matchups were announced a while ago. I am still waiting for BetUs to wake up and get the odds up there. They have been on Bodog since this morning. I also noticed they had odds for the ADCC as well.

Badr/Remy/Zimmerman/Texiera is a parlay I want to place, and I want to put some money on Ghita to upset Semmy. GHita is for real, it just sucks that he drew Semmy in the first round.

Not sure if I plan on staying up all night tonight or watching it tomorrow…

by ViolentMike on Sep 25, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions

I think Hari won their first meeting!…

by RoBerto on Sep 25, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

me too roberto, i think he got robbed, but man that was fight of the century right there!

by brendan on Sep 25, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah, awesome fight!

I wish betus would let me bet this event!!!!!!!!!!!

by john G on Sep 25, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions

^ I believe so, but I’m picking Texeira over Jaideep. Of his 34 wins, I think he only has 4-5 KO wins (mind you, 2 of them were in the single-night tournament he won to get here), and in the WGP, I don’t think that will play into his favour.

My picks for the Final 16 are:
Schilt (a lot of people are picking Ghita, don’t know why)
Bonjasky (don’t think Manhoef will win the rubber match)
Hari
Overeem (Aerts is good, but I want Overeem to take this)
Feitosa (I hope he gets his revenge on Zim)
Le Banner (please let this be his year to win it all!)
Karaev
Texeira

by Belisarius on Sep 25, 2009 11:36 AM EDT reply actions

Have you seen Ghita do work on people’s legs. That’s some serious grown man business. Also the fact that Semmy is a late replacement and didn’t do so good in his last outing. I’ve got Ghita doing good work from close range and taking the UD.

Manhoef just doesn’t have it in him. Or doesn’t care it seems. I got Teixeira as my dark horse in this thing. Karaev’s chin is kinda suspect right now so not sure about him.

by NameNotRequired on Sep 25, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Looking forward to this event. Badr Hari is one of my K-1 faves….after Buakaw anyway.

by introvert on Sep 25, 2009 11:38 AM EDT reply actions

yeah man, I ove Hari, but Buakow is one of my favorite fighters in all combat sports!

by john G on Sep 25, 2009 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Badr is my fav

by ViolentMike on Sep 25, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Badr here too!

by RoBerto on Sep 25, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions

So let me get this straight Overeem is too hurt to defend the Strkeforce belt but he’s ok to fight in K1.That’s Chewbakka dude……it doesn’t make sense.

by Chipmunk on Sep 25, 2009 11:44 AM EDT reply actions

I guess he has to wait until all of that horsemeat is out of his system

by stevo on Sep 25, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions

In an interview his trainer said something like they didn’t want to deal with M-1 and as far as their strikeforce contract, they would try to get out as long as they are copromoting.

by fmx on Sep 25, 2009 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions

So does that mean he’s relinquishing the title

by Chipmunk on Sep 25, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Alistair said in his latest interview with Japanese reporters that he’s set to face Fedor in 2010 for the title, though that’s looking past Grim. The reporters presumably said something about his hand (though it looked like they were zooming into his balls) but I don’t speak Japanese and Alistair never mentioned it. Personally I don’t see him fighting in the US ever again, unless he drastically loses his “horsemeat” physique.

by David W-S on Sep 25, 2009 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions

cant wait to see what Singh is all about

by vibeee on Sep 25, 2009 12:07 PM EDT reply actions

Badr Hari curb-stomp for the win

by stevo on Sep 25, 2009 12:07 PM EDT reply actions

Singh Heart is a Indian fighting out of Vancouver Canada. He had an easy tournament to get through. I would say he didn’t really strike me as someone who could challenge.

The dark horse is Daniel Ghita out of Romania. He has some very wicked leg kicks and some power. He was hitting people so hard the stuffing was coming out of the gloves. He did get lucky when Melvin got hurt I’ll add that. Ghita won in record time. Like a total of just less than 3 mins fighting in total for the whole tournament.

Saki hurt himself at the Asia Tournament in an exhibition fight a Ukrainian. I wonder if he’ll be up for it.

Zabit Samedov is a Bulgarian nice a quick and has been to this point before. I think has gotten rather far in the past. But I think he is past he prime now.

by Mr. Jitters on Sep 25, 2009 12:32 PM EDT reply actions