SuperKombat - WAKO-pro WGP series

The king is gone, long live the king

After preliminary discussions starting with K-1 WGP Bucharest in May last year, when WAKO President Ennio Falsoni visited Romania, Eduard Irimia, former promoter of K-1 brand and owner of the local show Local Kombat have decided to join forces and, upon the exit of K-1 from the scene, launch a WAKO-pro and Local Kombat international co-promotion titled SuperKombat. European countries (amongst which Italy, France, Greece, Serbia, Hungary, Bosnia, Russia were mentioned, and of course, Romania) will join forces to sustain pro tournaments (after due preliminaries and selections) at 5 weight divisions other than the classic -70 kg and open which K-1 featured, plus the two already existent. 60, 67, 70, 75, 85, 95 and open weight tournaments will be featured in all the participating countries, with the winners entering in a final supertournament with prize money around 50k for the winners and the best fighter receiving also a Mitsubishi jeep from the owner of the car brand and sponsor of the circuit. Ambitious projects were announced to feature tournaments in Asia and a super-event might happen in Las Vegas, for which Iftimoaie-Sefo II was announced as possible.
Aside the tournaments, there will be country vs. country local challenges starting with Romania-Italy at Ramnicu Valcea, Romania, March 18-th (the event will feature also superfights with Ignashov, Kemayo, Morosanu, Catinas, possibly Ben Edwards and other heavyweight stars). Greece-Italy and Serbia-Hungary, possibly Serbia-Romania and Russia-Romania will follow, with 5 fighters of each country clashing at each event.
Please check the press conference clip, some of the talks are in English, I will come back with more details soon.

http://www.gladiatorium.ro/?p=1227

Posted on : 03/12/2010 - 17:22

At : http://www.wakoweb.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?Ctn=84157


Dear Friends,

Following our conversations regarding the 2011 TEAM WAKO-PRO WORLD GRAND PRIX, I would like to inform you about the general rules we decided which are the following:

1.
K1 Rules is the style we have definitely chosen for the tournament.

2.
We will have 8 national teams in the tournament composed of 5 male fighters each in the following weight classes:
-kg. -60 , -66.800, -75, -81.400, -94.100.

3.
All matches will be on 3 rounds of 3 minutes. 1 minute break in between.

4.
All teams can have a maximum of 2 coaches .

5.
The national Federations involved in the Grand Prix will cover the transportation costs of their teams.

6.
Each fighter will get 1000 Euro per match, and 500 each coach.

7.
Promoters of each event, will have to cover the purse money of the fighters and coaches , the hotel accommodation, the local transportation, the meals in a 4 stars hotel.

8.
A national team taking part in any event, will arrive at least the day before the match and leave the country the day after the match (2 nights minimum).

9.
Official weigh in will be at 19.00 on the day before the fight.

10.
Victory will be determined by number of victories (3-2, 4-1, 5-0).

11.
In case of a draw, an extra round will be ordered.

12.
The tournament will be with direct elimination.

13.
At the moment we have the following countries: Italy, Hungary, Serbia, Russia, France, Spain, Croatia, Ukraine and logically I need your confirmation as soon as possible. After that, I will go into the official drawing of the tournament and inform everybody about that.

14.
If one of the above mentioned countries will give up, I will be free to ask any one else.

15.
In order to finish the whole tournament, we will need 7 Galas, 7 events in different countries. Serbia would like to start at the end of February, but we need to fix a calendar quickly and your cooperation to that regard is fundamental.

16.
Every promoter will also guarantee a TV production of good quality. Particular attention must be given to the lights above the ring!

17.
The format of each Gala we are planning should consist of : 3-4 national “pro” title bouts; 1 team event of the Grand Prix; 1-2 Wako-Pro title fights.

18.
Wako-Pro will give TV networks the team fight and the Wako-Pro title fights only.

WAKO-PRO will guarantee to the final promoter of the Grand Prix 50.000 USD to the two final teams which will split 30.000 to the winner and 20.000 to the loser.

whos all fighting in this ?

WAKO Pro GB will host all the details as and when they become available on their website at:

www.wakoprogb.co.uk

The website is due a brand new facelift but the link to the Grand Prix will remain throughout. (It is available now)

All enquiries can be made through the official contact form on the site also.

WAKO Pro GB H.Q.