Yesterday,the post bring me the six videos of all the six K-1 fight-nights from
Switzerland. With six times andy hug in the mainevent and he won them all.
My question is: Who of you was a visitor of the K-1 fight-night ?

I have most of the Fight-Night videos. The the one where Andy axe kicked the big Thai Sadau into the gound is by far my favorite.

I can only wish I was at the fights live...

dirk where did you get the videos from i have been trying to get them for a while but nobody wants to send them to australia OSU!

hi amir,
i have them from the k-1 switzerland and this is the adress:
http://www.firstpromotion.com/
greetings dirk.

Well I must say,that is a great poster of the fight with Mike Bernado and
Andy Hug,I like the wording The Decision,I might call my next fight night
the same......
I would have liked to have been there for that night...
Regards
Lucy Tui

i think the name came from the criticism that mike was injured when he fought andy in the grand prix. this fight would decide once and for all who the best really was.

i especially liked andy's response to the interviewer. " no. i'm not coming to defend. i'm coming to judge."

mike looks in shape. haven't seen him look that strong since.....well, 1997.

He does too, eh Felix? 95, 96 where his best years weren't they.

hi lucy,
it's good to hear that you like the poster,here's the poster of the fight-night 1998.

I worked Andy's corner and was a member of Team Andy.
Anyone who wasn't there really and I mean really missed out.
The fans loved him.They were so proud of their countryman.
We would show up 5-6 weeks for the training in Switzerland.
Of course it was the best training.Andy's training regiment and focus
were legendary.Very few in any sport can balance the mind,body,and
spirit like the man himself.With the hallenstadium jam packed and
the fans all at once cheering ANDY! ANDY! ANDY! or everyone would
stomp their feet and go HUG! HUG! HUG!--Trust me! The videos do not
do any justice to being there live with that electricity!!!!
No other K-1 fighter will ever get that in their own country-never!
And talk about a man unbeatable in his own country-Now there was
a man with tons of pressure RISE to the TOP and perform so beautifully.
His aura was immense and what he brought to the ring was like no other
fighter-ever.Rest in Peace my friend.

I was at both Hug v Bernardo fights in Switzerland and the one where Andy fought Peter Aerts and Peter Crooke fought Delflorin. Great Shows.You are right - the atmosphere was amazing. The stadium was packed to the rafters.
I've got posters from the Hug v Aerts show and the first Bernardo fight on the wall in the gym signed by Andy and Aetrs, and Andy and Mike Bernardo.
One of the things that always impressed me about Andy Hug was the fact that he was prepared to take on such dangerous opponents in front of his home crowd.

Hi Dirk, my dear friend!

Great pictures/posters from some of the K-1 Fight Night in Switzerland. So finally you got the tapes on video, I guess that it is not that bad turning 41...LOL!


Felix:

Mike do looks very fit on the poster from the 1997 Fight Night, he "almost" looks like Andy. I wonder why he never stayed in that weight and fitness, because he was very fast and strong back in the middle and late 90´s, better than he is today.... But also younger.



T-Hill:

What is your really name? I hope that it is ok that I ask you, because I think that I know how you are, but I am not sure? Please let me know. Am I totally wrong if I am saying that you are on the poster from the 1998 K-1 Fight Night? Please mail T-Hill, thanks!!!! Respect from Copenhagen.

the poster of the k-1 fight-night 1999

In my eyes the best fight night, was the 2000 K-1 fight night where Andy was fighting CroCop.... What a great fight!! It got it all, and then it was Andy last farewell to his home crowd and fans.

R.I.P Andy. Gone but not forgotten!!

T-Hill ??

T-Hill ??

here's the poster of the k-1 fight-night 2000,this one is especially for oliver,
he's the one who made me a great big andyfan. thanks for it,oliver !!

goodbye andy hug !! you allways live on in the hearts of your fans.

Thanks Dirk!!!!

mr.ishii in the ring in switzerland on the first fight-night in 1996.

andy hug vs dennis lane,the mainevent of the fight-night 1996.

andy hug as the winner of the fight-night 1996.

I have to hand it to you Oliver.Well done.OSU.

Love the Posters & Pics....thanks Dirk.....

Great Fighter definetly one of my favourites in the K1...he will always be remembered ....may you rest in peace Andy Hug........
Regards
Lucy Tui

Xhavit Bajrami is that the real name T-Hill?

OSU and respect from Denmark, lots of respect!

T-hill !!! I haved seen you in ahoy one year ago,where you fought Hoost in mainevent.Well next time you fight here,i want to shake your hand.
I love your fights in the Fight-Nights!!!!!
OSU !! and also lots of respect from dordrecht/holland .

I know that the picture above NOT is from a K-1 Fight Night in Switzerland!

But the reason why I post is, that I guess that the gentleman to the right for Andy Hug is T-Hill?

OSU!

T-Hill, do you have this special CD made in honor to Andy?

Hi T-hill,
Do you remember that i must said hello to Peter Smit ?
I haved just call him and told him about you,i must give you the deepest respect from him and he say that you have the True Fighting Spirit,Peter hope to meet you again in the future.
OSU !! from Peter Smit & Dirk Stal.

ANDY VS CROCOP IN THE FIGHT-NIGHT 2000

Fight Night 2000

Is it Majstorovic on the picture above?

the guy in the black is Azem Maksutaj and i am pretty sure that the guy in Team andy shirt is not Majstorovic there is a picture of majstorovic on the 98 fight night poster and T-hill if you are xzavit Bajrami i just want to say i really respect you as a fighter and also respect you cause you are from Kosova and Kosova people are some of the proudest people i have ever mett OSU!

I dont get it??????

First I thought that T-Hill is/was Xhavit, but now I am not that sure?

I found this old topic here on the Axe, and by reading it, it do not sounds like T-Hill is the great Xhavit.

" .... The picture above where everyone is sitting was part of the ceremony.
You can barely see me to the right of Xhjavit's head. It was very
hard on him because it was his first time back in Japan since Andy's passing.
He was in Switzerland at the time preparing for a K-1 tournament. It was very difficult emotionaly. I don't know how Xhjavit could go ahead and fight a week or so after Andy's death but he did.It was very hard for him. Well,I hope I was able to answer some questions for you. I hope to hear from you soon Oliver.
Greetings,T-hill......."


........" I will give Xhjavit a OSU for you and I will also tell him of your article....."


......" Yes,I always keep in touch with Xhjavit.We have a bond for life.
We lived together at the Seido house.He is doing well.He had a boxing fight in South Africa not so long ago and did a great job. As for me, I had minor knee surgery at the end of summer......"


T-hill, please let me know who you are. Osu!

I wouldn't say that the people from kosovo(the albanians) are the proudest,for me they are the worst.But lets not mix that with someones fighting ability. T-hill if you are Bayrami,what happened to you man,after Andy's death i haven't seen you on any K-1 cards. You were doing quite well, then they screw you at the K-1 croatia 2000.

Oliver do you have the picture of the ceremony OSU!

Seido:

Yes I got a lots of pictures from Andy Hug´s funeral in Japan and in Switzerland, and also from the K-1 ceremony.

Osu !

Osu !

Ilona Hug

Oliver there is a picture that has Team Andy members at the ceremony thats is the one that T-hill is reffering to i have seen it on ax before but do you have a copy sorry if i am bothering you OSU!

Are we talking about thise pictures?

Are we talking about thise pictures?

Are we talking about thise pictures?

Are we talking about thise pictures?

this is the one T-hill is supposed to be person on the right behind Xavit Xzavit is the guy in the front on the left T-hill said that half of his face is missing in the photo but this photo is too bluury but i have a felling we will manage to solve the T-hill mystery thank you for photos Oliver Regards from Australia OSU!

I hope that T-Hill himself will tell us who he is.

But as Seido says above, it is a mystery, but we will manage to solve the big question sooner or latter. I got a good feeling!

I highly respect T-Hill, no matter who he is, because he was a member of Team Andy, and because he knows the spirit of Osu. And then he seems to be a gentleman and always polite in his messages.



(T-Hill, could you please tell me if Maria Crisp is on one of the pictures above?)

Deflorin?

T-Hill:

Did you take part in this training session and Team Andy promotion in Switzerland in Mai 2000??

Please confirm!

T-Hill:

Did you take part in this training session and Team Andy promotion in Switzerland in Mai 2000??

Please confirm!

Am I getting close, or am far out in the wood?

"If" T-Hill not is Xhavit, Deflorin or Majstorovic.... Well then I am back on ground zero. (I still got a few good cards left, but I think it is time for T-Hill to throw the dice first, before I show him my hand).

The thing that confuse me the most and makes it so dam difficult is, that T-Hill English is perfect! T-Hill use words, sentence and grammar when he is writing and answering messages, that only an American or Canadian will use. And as far as I know, there was no English member in Team Andy?

You are giving me gray hair T-Hill, but I guess that it is a part of the game?

Have a nice day and stay healthy. Osu and respect from Denmark,
Oliver.




P.S. T-Hill, did you ever meet Maria Crisp?

I belive that there was 1 fighter in that team from England and that should be Michael Thompson .
I met him in Basel when i fought Majstorovic and they also had Deflorin on the card .
That gala was dedicated to Andy Hug .......

/Fredric

Hi Frederic.

I know that Andy Hug and Michael Thompsen was very good friends, and also that Michael was a "member" or helper of Team Andy. But Michael and Andy has been friends long before 1999, so that is the reason why I didn’t mentioned his name!

Michael Thompsen

Frederic:

Do you know who T-Hill is?

Michael Thompsen and Andy have been fighting against each other in Kyokushin a couple of times back in the 80´s, and also in Seidokaikan karate back in 1995. (Michael defeated Andy on weight at the 1987 Kyokushin European championship)

I know that Michael Thompsen and Andy was good friends! The both visit Michael Wedel in Holland when he became professor, they travel a lot together and was close friends. So Michael Thompsen is a possibility, but if you read some of T-Hills former messages, it seems impossible, because T-Hill says that they started to train together back in 1999. Michael and Andy left the Kyokushin organization after the 5th World Open in 1991. It just doesn’t make any sense?

I have not read the old messages but he was my first guess after reading some of the later posts .
He is a very nice guy and he was talking about coming to Sweden because he´s got a Swedish wife .
I told him if he ever does that i hope he could visit our gym i Malmo .
He was surposed to fight Larry Lindwall a couple of years ago i Copenhagen for the WKA European title .

If it is not him then i realy can´t guess who it is ........

Thanks Frederic.

So you think that T-Hill is Michael Thompsen. Well, maybe "T" stands for Thompsen?

Here I have been trying for a looooooong time to find out who T-Hill is, and then it might be one of my biggest inspirations and heros, when I started to train Kyokushin back in 1985. Andy Hug, Michel Wedel, Michael Thompsen and Hiroki Kurosawa were my big inspirations, when I as a young fighter started to fight Kyokushin knock down.

When are going to fight in Copenhagen the next time Frederic?

Well now i guess it is up to T-Hill to tell us if we are on the right track or not.......?

I will fight this weekend in Kalunborg against Soren Hansen .
The event will take place in Kalunborgshallen ( i think that´s the name ).

Frederic:

Good luck against Søren Hansen, I hope for the best!

Take cares and stay healthy.

Thank you Oliver !

I remember in one of the old threads T-hill said that he is in the picture from the ceremony and that he is in the last row at the back on the right side of xzavit bajrami and you can only see half of his face.Also as oliver said thompson,bajrami,majstorovic have been with Andy before 99 and he has excellent english like americans and canadians well check out the photo Oliver and tell me what is your opinion OSU!

Mike Mcdonald?????????????????????????

I don’t know what to think Seido?

First I thought that T-Hill is/was Xhavit, but reading some of the old messages here on the Axe, it can not be him?

Then I thought it could be Deflorin or Majstorovic? But they have both known Andy before 1999. I got pictures of a young Deflorin together with Andy from the late 80's early 90's....?????

Michael Thompsen is also out of the pictures - He has been in business long before 1999. Andy and Michael Thompsen was best friends, they knew each other from their time in Kyokushin. They both left Kyokushin after the 5th World Open back in 1991. So if "T-Hill" says that he learned to know Andy back in 1999, Thompsen is also out of the picture?

McDonald is a possibility. He took part in the funeral, he speaks perfect English and is also an active fighter, but I am not sure?

oliver check some of the very old posts,i think somebody mentioned that T-Hill is Mike Mcdonald.Good luck

Here is T-Hill's own words:

".... The picture above where everyone is sitting was part of the ceremony.
You can barely see me to the right of Xhjavit's head....."

If it is to the right from Xhavit, well.... Then it is NOT McDonald!


(Here are the address to the old topics with T-Hill: http://message.axkickboxing.com/index?action=dispthread&topic=3286&junk=1006785143



But I am sure that my friend Dirk Stal will find out pretty soon. Dirk is best friend with Peter Smith, whom has been in Japan together with T-hill. So we will know sooner or latter:)

Who the hell is T-Hill??

Is he the touristguy:)

LOL!!

Who the hell is T-Hill??

Is he the touristguy:)

LOL!!

Is it it you T-Hill in the red Team Andy shirt to the right on the picture?

Oliver it could be this one.

yes, that is our friend!

I think this is T-hill

Nah, this is T-hill

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oliver i know it looks like Mcdonald is on the left but if you turn yourself in position that xzavit is in he is right

Oliver if it is the fighter in the red tshirt in picture above his name is Bjorn Bregy he trains now with VOS GYM OSUmy danish friend.

Wow,I go away for a few days and I come back to this!
Some of these posts are cute boys.It looks like this will take
some time to respond to.Something I don't have at the moment.
But I will try to respond to everyone in short soon.
Oliver...I really hope this isn't giving you grey hairs!

Grey hair, believe me T-Hill, you have given me lots of grey hair!

Please response on some of my messages above T-Hill, please.

(Like the one where I ask if you took part at the training session and Team Andy promotion in Switzerland in Mai 2000... Pictures above, and if you ever heard of Maria Crisp??)








Bjorn Bregy?

Seido:


Thanks!

Thats allright anything for my danish friend OSU!

Bregy is too tall,you showed too pictures and on both T-hill is not taller than Andy.

in the first one he is holding pads and leaning down a bit and second he is standing in the background and looks shorter

I an not sure if it is T-hill on the picture above where he is holding pads. I think that it is Xhavit, but i am not 100%.

xavit is one head taller than Andy,it's not him.

No, I don’t believe that T-Hill is Xhavit, not any longer.

I think that T-Hill is from Canada or USA, but who is he? First I thought that it might could have been Arne Soldwedel from Seidokaikan, but I don’t believe that it is him, because as far as I know, he wasn’t at the Nippon Hospital when Andy passed away - but T-Hill was according to some of his earlier messages.







Dear T-Hill, stop playing and please tell me who you are...... Please!!!!!!!!!

T-Hill:

It is easier to find information and pictures of Hamburger Hill, than it is to find information’s about you.




HELP!

Come on !!! T-HILL,
let us know who you really are !!!

andy training for the fight-night.

I think T-Hill is Mike McDonald. This came up on another thread a while back. If so, he is probably very busy right now with the K1 USA!!!!!

T-Hill, do you know Judd from Vancouver?

Have McDonald been a member of Team Andy?

yep mcdonald joined team andy in98 or 99 he is on picture with andy three msgs above wearing blue and yellow shorts OSU!

McDonald is a far as I know on The "Andy Hug Samurai videotape", where there is a small clip of Andy sparring with McDonald in a gym in Japan, but otherwise I haven’t seen McDonald together with Andy. Not walking to or from the ring in any tournament, not in Japan or in Switzerland. And I have not seen any private pictures of the two together?

Maybe I have been blind, it might be McDonald?

(P.S. Congratulation with the victory in Las Vegas McDonald!!)



T-Hill lets us know who you are, this might be funny, but it is also torture:)

T-Hill:

Here are a couple of questions that I would like you to answer, please! If you please would take the time to answer these question, I would be very happy - and most of all, if you are cable to answer them, then I think I know who you are, or most important... Who you are not?

1) Did you take part in the training session and Team Andy promotion in Switzerland in Mai 2000 - see photos above??

2) Did you know who Maria Crisp is?? (Just need to answer yes or no)

3) Being a member of Team Andy, you told me/us that you always will keep in touch with Xhjavit, and that you two have a bond for life. What about Thomas Kastl, is he also a friend of yours?

4) You where at the Nippon Hospital in Japan when Andy passed away, and you also took part in the funereal. Was you one of the few who carried Andy’s coffin?

I know that is very private question and I hope that it is ok that I ask you T-Hill. Please don’t misunderstand, I am not trying to be disrespectful - I am only trying so solve a mystery and to stop my grey hair growing.

All my deepest respect who ever you are. Stay in touch and stay healthy,
Osu!

Could someone PLEASE give me the names of the two gentlemen in the Team Andy T-shirt, walking to the right of Andy on this picture, please?

i think the one with the hat passed away,about a year ago.

I am sorry to hear that!!

Why do you think that he has passed away, and what was/is his name!
I have seen him many times in Andys corner.

the two guys on the picture are from seidokaikan honbu dojo they also trained with andy at boxing gym in okinawa Oliver if you have the tape of hoost vs andy at 1999 GP you can see mcdonald in andys corner wearing a red team andy shirt OSU!

oliver i don't know his name but i'm sure read about his death somewhere.i think he died in a car accident.he used to be a shoot figter as well.
As for Mcdonald, he was always in Andy's corner since '99.
K-1 braves'99 (togerther with andy he was in xavit's corner)
K-1Gp'99 he was with him.
I've seen him training with andy as well,in japan.
Even xavit was sometimes in andy's corner as well,i think.

Andy Hug & McDonald (T-Hill) ?????

T-Hill I think we know now.

Please confirm.

That shoot fighter who died was that "taira " dont know his second name
but it begins with N ,... When did he die?
I happen to know that Taira (the guy in andys corner) fought an iranian guy called Farshid (or was it Faraidoun) Maleky from iran.
Farshid and Faraidoun Maleky currently run the Maleky Gym in Tehran , Iran.

His name was Naoyuki Taira he was chief instructor for Seidokaikan jujitsu program i am sorry to hear that he passed away OSU!

i'm betting on the black sniper, mcdonald.

he's said that he wasn't mcdonald, but has since given way too many hints that suggest that that is who he is.

t-hill is probably short for "top of the hill". that is where he is standing now.

mcdonald it one of my favourite fighters. how many times was he brought to the ring to boost his opponents record? pettas, feitosa, mirko. what happened to those guys? they all were sent to the canvas by a "soft puncher". most recently mike got to meet rick roufus who knocked him out in one round years ago. revenge was sweet.

McDonald used to be a whipping boy when he was younger (and in his prime athletic years), to all sorts of guys! Million dollar body, ten cent chin! Dennis Alexio, Grant Barker, Rick Roufus, Ray Sefo etc etc. How is it in his mid-30's he actually became a good contender??? Bizarre, yet good for him! Someone said something about competition decreasing...no fault of his of course, but makes you think a bit! Rick Roufus has the wear and tear of being an upper-echelon fighter for so long, he is past it, McDonald is only finding some form lately!

I also think that T-Hill is McDonald!!

I have always said it was Mcdonald 100%

McDonald has always been in the picture and on my mind. But in then beginning I thought that T-Hill was Axhavit. But after T-Hill told us that he was a good friend with Xhavit, it kind of changes everything.

It has not been easy to find out who he really is, even do it all the time only could have been a handful of fighters. Xhavit, Deflorin, Majstorovic or McDonald.

Michael Thompsen never came to my mind, because his friendship with Andy Hug goes back to the 80´s, and he was also in Andy's corner back in 1994.... So in my eyes T-Hill could only be Xhavit, Deflorin, Majstorovic or McDonald.

And now it seems like our good friend is the champ from Las Vegas: McDonald.

Team Andy and fans.

Osu Andy... 4-ever!

T-Hill....... Please mail me, thanks!

Greetings from Denmark,
Oliver.