
K-1 WORLD MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament -FINAL8- : Fight Report
HINATA vs. Dazhabar Askerov
Round 1:
HINATA wastes no time whatsoever in planting a handful of high kicks on the guard of Dzhabar, before mixing in the middle and low-kicks while slipping and dodging the powerful bombs that his shorter opponent is famous for.
Askerov does manage to get inside of HINATA’s striking range a few times, and forces the Japanese fighter to fight his type of fight. One dominated by punches, all thrown with every ounce of body-weight behind them. HINATA is still fresh and wise to Dzhabar’s game, and moves the flow back to one that suits his own skill-set as the round ends.
Round 2
The second round starts with Dzhabar having already cottoned on to HINATA’s range, and he darts in and out throwing his own attacks, including a low kick that landed solidly on the Japanese fighters cup.
After a short recovery break, the fighters turn the round into a scrappy affair before HINATA utilizes his size and footwork to land 5 mid-kicks in a row, and some beautiful counter shots.
Round 3
They reverse roles early here, with Dzhabar playing the kicker while HINATA goes to town on every gap he can find in Dzhabar’s defence to attack with his hands and knees.
After getting a little complacent HINATA does get caught with a huge right hand, but fights back as fiercely as you would expect, and lands numerous mid-kicks and light punches.
Extra Round
Both fighters come out looking to put their mark on this round, neither giving an inch. Dzhabar mercilessly attacks the Japanese fighters legs with low-kicks, while HITANA keeps Dzhabar’s guard high with annoying punches before repeatedly drilling his body with mid-kicks.
Dzhabar seems to be tiring and hurting when he throws a six punch combination, three of which are left bombs that land, and the referee is forced to jump in to give a standing eight count to HINATA.
The fight is restarted, and just 3 seconds later the bell rings to end the round, and HINATA crumbles to the mat. Dzhabar earned his first victory in MAX with this fight