The Hero’s Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournaments event attracted a crowd of 10,631 to the Yokohama Arena.YOKOHAMA, October 9, 2006 — J.Z. Calvan of Brazil and Yoshihiro Akiyama of Japan emerged victorious tonight in the Hero’s Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournaments event at the Yokohama Arena. Hero’s is FEG’s popular mixed […]
OSAKA, September 30, 2006 Fighters from Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad, Japan and Korea all fell by the way, and, but for a lone Brazilian, it was all about European power tonight at the K-1 World Grand Prix ’06 Final Elimination Tournament in Osaka.Fighters from Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad, Japan and Korea all fell by the […]
The K-1 ’06 World Grand Prix final eight were determined at the Osaka Elimination tournament last Saturday TOKYO, October 2, 2006 — The K-1 ’06 World Grand Prix final eight were determined at the Osaka Elimination tournament last Saturday (http://www.so-net.ne.jp/feg/k-1gp/top732.htm). Today the fighters participated in a draw to determine first-tier matchups for the December 2 […]
OSAKA, September 29, 2006 — From Auckland to Amsterdam, from Tokyo to Las Vegas to Seoul and back again, a year of red-hot regional tournaments have boiled the K-1 fighter pool down from hundreds of hopefuls to 16 survivors. Tomorrow, the Osaka Jo Hall will play host to these warriors in the 2006 K-1 World […]
OSAKA, September 27, 2006 — Another year of regional and elimination tournaments are behind us, and now the stage is set for the first phase of the 2006 K-1 World Grand Prix Final. This Saturday, September 30, the Osaka Jo Hall will play host to 16 of the world’s top warriors — this year’s tournament […]
TOKYO, September 3, 2006 pics “Courtesy FEG”Andy Souwer, Albert Kraus and Buakaw Por Pramuk all won their bouts tonight at the at K-1 World Max Champions’ Challenge. Now in its second year, the Champions’ Challenge is a one-match format event featuring previous K-1 World Max champions and emerging talent. All bouts are contested under K-1 […]
LAS VEGAS, August 12, 2006 — It was revealed today that American fighting star Brock Lesnar has reached an agreement to compete in the FEG-produced Hero’s mixed martial arts series. Lesnar attended the University of Minnesota on a wrestling scholarship and took the 2000 National Collegiate Athletic Association title before making the move to the […]
Special to: K-1Vegas Aug 06By Monty DiPietro pics “Courtesy FEG” OntheMat will be ringside for the event!LAS VEGAS, August 10, 2006 — The season’s major international tournaments are done and the stage is set for the K-1 World Grand Prix ’06, when this year’s top fighters and last year’s finalists go head-to-head at the Final […]
SuperHero’s Schilt & Sakubara pics “Courtesy FEG”TOKYO, August 5, 2006 — Kazushi Sakubara mounted a tremendous comeback to win his Light Heavyweight bout and Defending K-1 World GP Champion made short work of his Superfight opponent today in the Middleweight & Light Heavyweight Hero’s World Championship Tournament at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo. The event […]
Brazilian Kyokushin Karate fighter Glaube Feitosa used his fists to score a late down and vanquish Seidokaikan stylist Musashi of Japan in the Main Event today at the K-1 Revenge 2006 WGP in Sapporo. SAPPORO, July 30, 2006– Brazilian Kyokushin Karate fighter Glaube Feitosa used his fists to score a late down and vanquish Seidokaikan […]
