K-1 Dynamite Results

K-1 ran their December 31st Dynamite!! show at the Osaka Dome, claiming 52,918 paid. The number paid was much lower, as there was paper for the show. Results:

Opening Fight (MMA rules): The Predator defeated Kristof Midoux in the 1st round in 1 minute, 11 seconds with a neck-lock.

0. MMA Rules: Bobby Ologun defeated Cyril Abidi after three rounds by a 3-0 judges' decision.

1. MMA Rules (with rope escape): Yoshihiro Akiyama defeated Frans Botha in the 1st round in 1 minute, 54 seconds by submission with the arm-lock.

2. MMA Rules (with 30 second rule): Kaoru Uno defeated Chandet Sopandrey (Muay Thai) in the 2nd round in 19 seconds with a choke sleeper.

3. MMA Rules: Yoshihiro Nakao defeated Don Frye after three rounds by a judges' decision.

4. K-1 Rules: Ray Sefo defeated Gary "Big Daddy" Goodridge in the 1st round in 33 seconds by TKO.

5. K-1 Rules: Musashi defeated Sean O'Haire in the 2nd round in 44 seconds by TKO.

6. K-1 Rules: Masato defeated Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto after three rounds by a 2-0 judges' decision.

7. MMA Rules: Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Karam Ibrahim in the 1st round in 1 minute, 7 seconds by KO from a right hook.

8. K-1 & MMA Mixed Rules 4-round bout: Bob Sapp and Jerome Le Banner went to a draw.

9. MMA Rules: Royce Gracie defeated Akebono in the 1st round in 2 minutes, 13 seconds with a Jiu-Jitsu submission (modified wrist-lock).

info by Zack Arnold

awesome sefo.
any idea if its on eurosport in england at all?

Whats the deal with the Lebanner/Sapp bout? K-1 AND MMA rules? How does that work?

round 1 and 3 lebanner was to beat the living tar out of sapp.

round 2 sapp was to sit on jerome.
round 4 was to role around together.

I just watched it...

Sapp has to move on. He is going to loose too many brain cells taking those shots. I know he is just doing this for the money, but he need to take a different road.

http://humzus.free.fr/lebanner/Jerome.Le.Banner.Vs.Bob.Sapp-round1.wmv

http://humzus.free.fr/lebanner/Jerome.Le.Banner.Vs.Bob.Sapp-round2.wmv

http://humzus.free.fr/lebanner/Jerome.Le.Banner.Vs.Bob.Sapp-round3.wmv

Mark Hunt

The best fight was definitely Masato vs Kid Yamamoto for the K-1 event.

After this event i don't see i great future for Cyil Abidi. He lost against a television star!!


Mark Hunt vs Wanderlei Silva from what i heard was also a great match. Maybe the best in this Pride event.

Congratualtions to Mark Hunt, that's awesome to see him beat a well respected opponent in Pride. I hope he keeps the hard training up and continues to do well. Nice one bro!

Sonik, Abidi was actually injured for the fight and was booked in to have an opperation on his leg on Monday.

Not to mention the rules of the fight themselves were heavily stacked against him from the start.

Hum didn't know about that. But if that's the case then why did accept the offer?

Money.

He was originally supposed to fight Akiyama but it was changed at the last minute due to Bernardo dropping out.

I guess it was seen as an easy pay day. You`ll notice before the fight they didn`t show any video of him training like they like to....because when TBS went to France to record 10 days before the event, he still couldn`t walk well and wasn`t able to train at all.