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New K-1 12/31 Osaka Dome card
By Zach Arnold | December 25, 2006
- HERO’s rules: Tokimitsu Ishizawa (Kendo Ka Shin) vs. Kin Tai Ei
- Badr Hari vs. Nicolas Pettas
- Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
- Masato vs. Choi Yong-Soo
- Hideo Tokoro vs. Royler Gracie
- Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto vs. Istvan Majoros
- Musashi vs. Randy Kim
- Ken Kaneko vs. Andy Ologun
- Katsuhiko Nagata vs. Shuichiro Katsumura
- HERO’s rules: Akebono vs. Giant Silva
- Genki Sudo vs. Jackson (Damacio) Page
- HERO’s rules: Choi Hong-Man vs. Bobby Ologun
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Eh…something for everyone I guess. Freak shows, celeberities and some actual fights.
Is there a difference between the fights that say HERO’S rules, and the fighst that don’t but are clearly MMA? (At least I hope they are… don’t fancy Tokoro vs. Royler in K1 rules…
Choi Hong Man vs. Bobby Ologun will be the ratings stealer of the night, methinks…
Choi/BOBBY = Andre/Maeda
monkeymatt- I think Hero’s rules has modified striking rules…I could be wrong.
MASATO, Hari & Musashi-fights are K-1 rules, rest are different HERO’s rules(Nagata fight has 3min rounds instead of 5 and Sakuraba-fight has 10+5+5. Rest are 5+5+5). Not sure why it has been listed like it has here. Sloppy!
Okey, Ishikawa vs. Kin Tai Ei is now also listed as 10+5(+5), and Nagata – Katsumura has normal 5min rounds.
Looking forward to the KID and Sakuraba fights. That’s about it on this one
I’m going to have to give this one a big “meh”. I always look forward to seeing Kid, Genki, and Masato fight, but there aren’t a lot of compelling matchups on this card.
I guess the Sakuraba-Akiyama bout could be interesting.