Ubereem won the k-1 grand prix

just wow, it seems that not so long ago, most were discrediting his stand up creditential in MMA

 

thought he seemed lucky that Saki was injured coming in thier fight

 

great event btw, far better than last year garbage. Just disapointing to see Saki and Aerts barely putting up a fight vs the REEm

 

I don't see how Aerts was injured,maybe a little bit tired but Overeem victory over Spong was probably more draining to him than Aerts vicotry over Schilt was to Aerts( and both had a freebie in Mo and Gaki respectively ). Probably that Aerts, being so old, didn't recuperate as fast as Allister but that's the name of the game of the k-1 GP.

 

Plus, Saki was looking good in the later rounds of the Giha fight, the reem power and menacing presence probably had a lot to do with his injury making him unable to continue.

 

it was a one night tourney. if the guys that overeem beat were injured or exhausted, that shit was expected considering they all fought more than once.

 

ALIIIIIIIIIISTAAAAAAAAAAR!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcWij5ubTiw

i was most surprised by peter aerts to beat schilt and actually make it to the finals. he looked very vulnerable the last few times i saw him and thought he should've retired after the first whupping he got from alistair last year

 

Big deal. He beat a decrepid old man.

 

and he beat 2 of the best young fihgters in the game right now

 

C'mon man. You serious? Saki was injured from the Ghita fight and Spong is a small heavyweight who was recently beat by old man LeBanner.

 

All kickboxers suck really.

No use picking apart people's accomplishments. Hell, Schilt is good in today's era. Far cry from when Hoost was dominant.

He's still the Grand Prix winner.

 

Spong was a small hw, the only reason he lost to lebanner was because he seemed scared of him and weary to engage in the early going ( and a flash kd if I'm not wrong ). BUt once he found his rythm, he was puttin it on on JLB. Now, Spong added a lot of muscle to his frame, he's not small anymore, and he shown improved maturity by not being intimidated by Overeem ( who's even more intimidating that JLB ) and taking it out to him. Plus, with his new physique, he won't be manhandled as easilly as JLB did to him in the early going. But Allistair weathered the early storm and came back to whoop Spong big time. And if the stupid no thai clinch rule wasn't there ( and I think they'll remove it very soo ), he would have stopped him.

Saki didn't seemed 100% coming into the fight, probably a sore rib, but still, it's Overeem who shatered his arm with a kick. And he was looking very good in the late round of the Ghita fight

 

Good for Overeem. Now maybe he will actually do some MMA.

 

What are you talking about? He defends his SF title every decade.

 

He wants to fight at Dynamite!

 

I fear it's going to be the other way around, now, Overeem purses from k-1 will be bigger than the one he gets from SF ( or at least, I think so ). Unless the UFC offers him a mega contract, his mma career may be game over ( maybe he'll continue fighting a scrub from time to time but I wonder if he'll ever make a serious run again ).

 

he needs to fight badr hari

 

or vice versa. badr hari is a bitch. he's fun to watch and very dangerous when he's hot, but when things don't go his way, he pulls a terry norris.

btw, what do you guys think of k-1? when i was in korea, the fights were televised live, so i actually anticipated in watching them and thought they were quite fun to watch. i went to one of the grand prix quarter finals in seoul and the crowd was very lively and the production (ala ring entrance, arena setup) was at a high-level (superior than that of ufc which i think its live production could be better)

 

Personally I hate a ton of production. It's one of things I like most about the Bellator broadcast. They are basically stripped down, void of frills and just ring walks and fights.

I don't think the UFC or SF go overboard by any means, but I can do without the production BS.

 

I like K-1. I used to watch a lot of kickboxing, but now it's just not shown on TV here. I used to enjoy ISKA back in the day and they don't air that anymore either. Wasn't it aired on ESPN? I would watch K-1 more if it was available to me. I'll watch fighting of any kind really.

 

i used to love how cheesey the Pride intros were

that shit was the bomb

 

it was a few months ago i think. hari got DQed for stomping or kicking a guy who was down. it was on an event called 'it's showtime'. he also did that to bojansky a few years ago. you can youtube both fights