this tournament is good, the rest of the card delivers some cool fights:
- Urabe vs Artur Sorsor is an hell of a mismatch,but not bad with it since Urabe last fight he KTFO one of the toughest opponents he ever had, same to Noiri vs the italian dude that i never saw and didnt seem to have experience even against mid lvl competition..
- Kimura vs Melsik is gonna be a banger, Going for Melsik by KO since Kimura didnt seem that he has improved at all on his defense and his chin is weak.
- Kido vs Glunder and Hideaki vs Nakazawa are good matchups, Hoping Kido and especially Hideaki wins to get back on track.
- Gonnapar vs Rukiya is gonna be Violent,picking Rukiya by winning it in a violent way but cant count out Gonnapar at all..
- Uehara vs Hisaki Kato is interesting, Uehara can be consdered the best HW kickboxer in japan since 2010´s and Kato haves an especial place in my heart for Knocking schilling twice.
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The tournament:
- Yuta Murakoshi (former RISE champ, the favorite to win the tournament imo... Had 2 fights with tenshin,last one was an good fight that ended in a majority decision loss, has also lost a close fight against Haruma Saikyo, an very strong name to be an future K-1 Champ and a Victory over the guy who is also in the tournament Ryusei from last year.)
vs
- Elias Mahmoudi (Fun to watch,Semi finalist on K-1 57.5 kg world tournament, losing in the semi finals to Ozawa, Has also fought the strong Haruma Saikyo last year)
- Ryusei Ashizawa ( A gifted brawler that always goes for the ko, amazing fights winning or losing)
vs
- Silviu Vitez (Never watched him but i liked a lot his badass promo... the hitman, one of the best K-1 promos)
-Jorge Varela(im pretty sure i watched one of his fights times ago, anyways i watched some of his fights last week and he looked pretty good,strong dutch kickboxing base, not sure about his competition but he looked amazing in this fights)
vs
- Ozawa Kaito (well, everyone knows him, his ups and downs against the k-1 competition..AKA takeru and Haruma Saikyo, who should be in this tournament, also handled him twice without problems. Still a very good fighter and #2 seed imo.)
