K1 MAX TONITE FIGHT BY FIGHT

[Dynamite Drew]

Hello ppl

K1 MAX is on tonite on regular Japan TV and i will do a fight by fight report

Check here from 8pm Sydney time

Cheers
Drew

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[tylerdurden]

Great stuff Drew, look forward to it.

[paul c]

Good man Drew.

[Luke B]

man i wish it was on regular tv here..wishfull thinking.

cant wait to here the results.

[Choppa]

You the man Drew.

[Dynamite Drew]

hello ppl

now that you are all excited , i have some bad news .....

the upper mongolian tiddly winks competition is being shown on tv at same time and i will be watching that instead

PIGS ARSE !!!

4 hours to go , see ya all soon

cheers
Drew

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

Edited by - Dynamite Drew on 05 Jul 2003 16:10:19

[Choppa]

How much longer till the show starts...or is aired?

[Dynamite Drew]

7 mins

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Choppa]

Far out man, I'm nervous as for Zambidis. Hope all goes well for him *knock on wood*

[paul c]

a good chat room would be ideal for play by plays.

I don't think we have one anymore.

[Dynamite Drew]

masato vs zambidis

round 1 masato drops zambidis with knees

round 2 zambidis needs to punch straight and stop throwing haymakers masato blocks them easily masato got hit by a couple , didnt really faze him much masato taggged zamibidis with punches
masato all over zambidis in the clinch and with knees

round 3 masato hammers zambidis with knees , masato takes a clean shot on the chin from zambidis and takes it well
zambidis throws too many wild haymakers

winner : masato 2-1

well deserved in my opinion

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Dynamite Drew]

fight 2

sakeddaw ( thai ) vs kanoletti

round 1 thai threw an elbow oops gets warning

they only showed highlights


sakeddaw wins


We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[paul c]

Drew,

How did Zam take the decision?
Was he pissed off?

The guys at Sherdog reckon they would have given it to Zam.

[Choppa]

Drew, ya reckon Zambi got rigged? I heard he landed heaps of body shots?

[Dynamite Drew]

fight 3

takeda vs ludwig

round 1 even

round 2 ludwig win ko


We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Dynamite Drew]

masato deserved the win

zam did nothing but throw wild haymakers and a few leg kicks

masato threw straighter punches , good mix of kicks and heaps of knees that connected


i have no idea why all you ppl are so wrapped in zambidis , masato much better tech fighter

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Choppa]

http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/pict/200307/05/030705_kak_k1_zanbidhisu_b.jpg pic of zambi afta fight

[paul c]

I've gained a lot of respect for Masato.

[Dynamite Drew]

kraus vs souwer

kraus wins tko souwer retires end of round 1

kraus hammered souwer , souwer nose and left eye bleeding heavily


We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Glenn]

Sounds good!

[paul c]

I really hope we're going to see this on Fox 8 at a later date.

[Dynamite Drew]

masato vs sakeddaw

round 1
masato scores well with hand combo's , wobbles sakeddaw once big time
sakeddaw and masato both trade kicks , pretty even there

edge just to masato

round 2
MASATO DROPS THE THAI , sakeddaw gets up at 7 , THEN MASATO PROCEEDS TO KO HIM

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Dynamite Drew]

watched reply

1st knock down left hook

KO clean hit under chin with rh uppercut



We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Dynamite Drew]

kraus vs ludwig

round 1
kraus drops ludwig mid round for an 8 count

kraus didnt throw one kick or knee whole round , only boxed

round 2
so what does kraus do to start round 2 -- throw a leg kick !!!
kraus drops ludwig mid round again , this time body shot for an 8 count

round 3

kraus win by KO

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Dynamite Drew]

final

masato vs kraus


GO MASATO

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Dynamite Drew]

FINAL

round 1
kraus threw more kicks in this round than he has for whole tournament

very even round both scoring well kraus with punches , masato with kicks and knees and the odd punch

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Dynamite Drew]

round 2

HOLEY FRIGGIN HELL

MASATO KO'S KRAUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Dynamite Drew]

masato thoroughly deserves to be K1 MAX champion

He had the best technique of all , gr8 attack and defense , mixed his offense well and when hit took it well



We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Dynamite Drew]

watching replays

kraus got hit with a text book left hook

well done Masato

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Dynamite Drew]

i still have no idea why so many you have such huge wraps on zambidis

he didnt do anything , not just special , but anything at all

throwing big round pounches to head and body hardly counts as doing anything

if he fights like this against gurkan , he would be lucky to last 2 rounds

now , before you start calling me unpariotic 2 things

1. ZAMBIDIS FOUGHT AS A GREEK
2. UNTIL HE BECOMES AN AUSSIE AND FIGHTS AS AN AUSSIE

THEN IM HARDLY UNPARIOTIC !!!



We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Choppa]

How many Zambidis fights have you seen?

[Choppa]

LoL. Zambi fought as a Greek, but look at his corner, full of Tarik's boys wearing TARIK SOLAK shirts, pathetic.

[Dynamite Drew]

hey choppa

i have , besides tonite , seen 3 other zambidis fights and i still think he is way over rated.

u might ask what would i know , but take into account that when i was fighting i fought guys that are today well respected such as shane chapman , daniel dawson and steve duet and i was a training partner to one of the best in marcus mangan , so i think i have a fair degree in knowledge of a good fighter or not

now everyone is entitled to their own opinion , and my mine is i dont think that highly of zambidis

im not going to keep arguing , so lets just say we differ in opinion

cheers
Drew

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Danny Blake]

Thanks Drew, I cant wait to get the video now. I'm happy
Masato won. Masato has done the hard yards and i think
he's starting to peak as a fighter.I actually thought that
Zambidis would be to strong for Masato. They must of done
there homework?

[Danny Blake]

Thanks Drew, I cant wait to get the video now. I'm happy
Masato won. Masato has done the hard yards and i think
he's starting to peak as a fighter.I actually thought that
Zambidis would be to strong for Masato. They must of done
there homework?

[Servant1]

Dynamite Drew before u make ur self out to be the best fighter that has ever walked this earth plz tell us did u win those fights that u mention about having with those verios fighters????

In ur fair degree of knowledge can u plz tell us who is gong to be the next STAN THE MAN LAGANIDIS by the way how is GREEK because there is no need for us to look any further u are our surce of information from now on we will only listen to u cos u have had three fights and a training partner who u think are good so that makes u a expert on the subject. I bet if u had fought against Zambitis that he would of been in ur top ranking list now wouldnt he!

As i have no knowlidge of ur age, waight etc. since u think Zambitis is nothing special way dont u jump in the ring with him and put ur fair degree of knowledge in to action and ull see how quickly he would knock off the tickets that u have on ur self.

I cant belive that someone like u has the balls to talk about a fighter like Zam and put him down like that wene he has a fighting record longer than ur arm and i can asure u he wouldent base his fair degree of knowledge on the fighters he fought or on his training partners his record speeks for it self!

I now we all have different oppinions and we are all entitled to them but if u are going to talk a fighter down espesioly someone like Zam make a better arrgument for ur self because if u wont to compere ur sels with him look were he is now and look were u r now!


SUPERKICK

[Choppa]

Guys, lets not get carried away, it was a fair question of how many Zambi fights Drew saw and he had answerd, voiced his opinion and there is no need of putting him down, further on I just found out some news that Zambi spent 3 days in hospital in Japan because he was ill with Gastritis and had lost two kilos, and went into the comp the lightest compeditor. Further on, it was a good K-1 by the looks of it, well done to Masato, and thanks to Drew for the PBP.

[Choppa]

Pictures posted on this link...
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=97283

[bosna001]

well there you go unbeatable got beaten where are those armchair experts that said masato doesnt have a chance.I just wanna see him get smashed by gurkan when they fight.Ok let me hear all the abuse you gonna say about me OSU

[Choppa]

Go back to Bosna

[Dynamite Drew]

hey superkick

i never once stated that i was a supreme fighter or multiple champion which i am not

im just a guy that had a few fights in the ring with some of the best local fighters

and yes i got my ass kicked by shane shapman big time , ko'd round 3 , broke both sides of my nose and need 3 stitches to close the cut down the centre of it

i was merely stating some facts , so some ppl dont see me as just a arm chair critic and that i have fought in the ring

for your information superkick :
i am 32 , fought as superwelter to middle , have been training in martial arts for over 22 years

i never won a title , have never ever said i was gr8 or better than anyone else and i think a few of you need to take a look at yourself and grow up and stop acting like a child because someone differs to your opinion

as for where i am now , i have been retired from fighting 4 years now and i am an international businessman living in Japan

so super kick ........ who are you , whats your story ???

CHOPPA
thanks for your comments
i was just trying to tell you that i was not just an arm chair critic but someone with a bit of knowledge

amazing how some people turn and twist things around to make their argument look better

as for bagging zamibidis -- i made my comments on what i saw on the night who knows , next fight he might punch better than kostya

cheers
Drew




We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

Edited by - Dynamite Drew on 06 Jul 2003 15:58:55

[paul c]

Guys,

I reckon we should all email Fox and ask them to please run this show on Fox 8. I'd much rather see this than one of the heavyweight Beast shows.

Just my oppinion, but I reckon paying PPV prices on a delayed show is a bit friggen much, espescially a show that was on regular free network television in Japan. I already shell out nearly $80 a month of my Austar package. I could reduce this to about $10 a month, but I'm happy to pay for Fox 8 if they occasionally keep putting on kickboxing programs.

If your like me, and you only have cable for the Kickboxing and Boxing programing, please let them know.




Edited by - paul c on 06 Jul 2003 16:23:09

[Servant1]

Dynamite Drew

As for beeing a child because ur opinion isnt the same as mine has nothing to do with it, i was just saying if u wont to talk down a fighter like Zam make a better arrgument for ur self and use more affective stats not base it on information on ur self.

Zam is a much respected fighter, and hear in Aus we have trouble trying to much him up cos most fighters dont wont to fight him, he is no walk over.

And if u think im an arm chair critic thats fine like i said ur entilted to ur own opinion but i wont even bother asking how u came up with that cos ur views so far stink and dont realy wont to hear another sob stoty about ur self.

As for beeing a fighter u should have respect for other fighters thats the first thing u lern and if u wont to win that respect way dont u put on ur gloves for the last time and step up to Zam since u cant see what all the hipe is about and he is over rated.
But i bet ur balls have srunk now it might b even dew to were u are located now things r much smaller down south over there.

At the end of the day i have no hard felling with u Dynamite Drew but if ur going to make a statment like that about a fighter like Mike have some strong points to argue ur case i now its hard because there isnt many things u can pick on and he hasnt fought guys of the street but plz do try ur best.

As for having fights with the best local fighters i dont now if u have seen Mikes fights hear in Aus cos he has gone up against the best and has made them look verry ordinary


SUPERKICK

[hot dog]

Still yet to hear what experience you have to back yourself up with there superkick???
Little bit harsh on old Drew there, after he was so nice to inform us of how the MAX was going.

[Dynamite Drew]

hey hotdog

ty for the comment

super kick like i said , i called as i saw it thats all

still waiting to see what credentials you have ? , atleast i have the guts to say mine without hesitation or need to pad it up


cheers
Drew

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[Servant1]

Well Dynamite Drew since u r so intorested in my credentials here thay r, i just didnt post them cos thay r nothing special and nothing to brag about, 4 armature fights with 3 wins and 1 win by tko.

And yes iv had the blood running out of my nose for 3 rounds not a good feeling i now!

I must say i forgot to thank u for the k1 updates good job!
Like i said b4 i have no hard feeling against u i just think that ur comments were a bit out of line thats all.

SUPERKICK

ps. Happy now hot dog????

[remy]

Take a few deep breaths superkick. Life ain't that bad :)

[Rockstar]

It's good to see Masato win! I was over in Japan during last years show and it was Masato who got very emotional about his loss, so I think he would have trained very hard to take this years out.

If you manage to catch this on Fox, be prepared for some excellent entertainment.

[Dynamite Drew]

hey super kick

thanks for your stuff

i was only trying get across that i have knowledge of the kick boxing / muay thai scene , been involved in it for over 10 years , fought some top level fighters during my fight career ( 15 fights ), my record isnt gr8 , been involved with and seen some top level fighters live such as Gurkan , Steve Jez , Grant Barker , Stan , Mark May , Shane Starr , when i was living in sydney , i used watch 8 hours + every week of muay thai fights from thailand on video , i have been to thailand and seen fights at Lumpini and at other stadiums.

i have trained students and fighters as well

i have never claimed to be a champion , better or above anyone else and to being an expert.

cheers
Drew

p.s. i retired from fighting in 1999 due to a very serious injury and if i continued to fight , i would have been putting my life at risk




We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[lennox]

all judges are japanese! 1 of them gave it to zambidis! says alot for me!!!!! sounds like the poor kid got ripped off!

[Dynamite Drew]

hello people

if you dont value my opinion , perhaps you might value JWP's

JWP wrote on AX :

John Wayne Parr writes:

I was at the K-1 max sitting ringside yesterday and also watched the replay on TV when we got home. Zambidis got a 8 count in the first after being kneed by Masato. Second and third Zambidis was loading up his shots landing punches but Masato out worked him landing everything. Was a close fight but Masato won fair and square. His next two fights after that were text book, knocking both his opponents out. He was the best fighter on the night and deserved the win.
I should see if he will give me a tip for writting this for him now his rich.
JWP

need i say more ?

cheers
Drew

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[astin]

jwp is still burning inside after his loss to zam which was FAIR AND SQUARE!

[Servant]

JWP is the last person I'd listen to in this case. Personally I (obviously) have not seen the fight, but most neutral observers are leaning Zambides' way. The guy who are jealous or resentful of him (hands up all you anglo-aussies and take a bow!) are obviously going the Jap boys way. Zambides fans are obviously going his way. Basically the usual. I could care less either way. Bottom line is Zambides lost a close one and will be interesting to see if he moans and whines half as much as JWP. I doubt it.

[cyb5]

so becasue we had a different view of the figh. were racist... right

[paul c]

Sash, honestly not for the sake of starting yet another argument with you, but I think, you got to take into consideration Parrs backgrround I think. Wayne and most queenslanders easily saw the Parr V Zam fight as being totally Parrs, and most were genuinely wondering how the rest of us could even say Zam might have even drawn with a straight face.

I don't think this has anything to do with the Anglo or non Anglo. I don't know if you've noticed that the majority of Muay Thai fighters in Aus are Anglo. And the majority of non Anglo fighters seem to prefer fighting under kickboxing or K1 rules. So I simply reckon it's how you reckon a fight should be scored, that causes these conflicts on fights such as Parr Vs Zambidis. I haven't seen the Zam Vs Masato fight, but I bet it's going to be one of those fights where we'll never get a group of guys to agree on a winner.

We recently tried this on MSN chat while 5 of us were simultaneously watching Zam Vs Parr round 3 on quicktime. No way, It was like the two sides were watching two different fights with the same old excuses.....'What goods a knee that doesn't show any effect', or 'So what he landed a massive headshot, Parr gave him 10 times as many knees'.

So my point, I reckon Parr is giving us his genuine opinion. Regardless of the fact that I still believe that I'll probably think that Zam won once I see the tape from Felix's description and opinion. Simply because he lives in Japan and I reckon is more fanatical a K1 observer than anyone else on the net.

[Servant1]

We should take into account that JWP report was only cleary his own opinion of the fight and talked like a real fighter wich he did not put down Zam at all. But taking into account, that was his own opinion and dosent matter cos JWP said it, it dosent make it true, allthough i have the up most respect for JWP as a fighter.

I think sash has a point jealousy cames into account because i think a lot of you and fighters are jealous of Zam, you all jump down the guys throught win or loose the guy cant do nothing right for u critics as for JWP i have no doubt he is still burning inside after his loss to zam!

As for beeing racist i realy dont now same comments amaze me!!!!


SUPERKICK

[Servant]

Paul your eternally positive and optimistic view of human nature and the fight game is almost enough to sway a jaded fart like me!Unfortunately the reality in my opinion is simple and harsh. Most of these anglo's hear a guy talking another language and grabbing the headlines and the immediate reaction is a touch of resentment. Not to he ethnics of coure, to the anglos. Its not necessarily racism its human nature to many. I know this sounds controversial but truly its not. I have a sneaking suspicion there are many deep down who know what I mean. Watching some of these monkeys celebrate and offer there opinion without even seeing the fight is high comedy!
Im happy with the outcome not because of some moronic grudge against Iro Mike (you'd be surprised how well known and popular he is in the Serb community at the funcions I attend), but because I bet a friend he wouldnt win the whole tourney. Smart me.<img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

[krama]

Hey Dynamite - did you now that ZAM beat the crap out of Kraus when they last met -
I congratulate Masato for the win - and respect JWP's view of the fight, I believe JWP is far too professional and mature to try provide a biased view of what happened
I am a huge ZAM fan - lets remember he is human, you dont expect him to win EVERYTHING!! - why dont you praise him for his achievements!!
Dynamite - I think you have received a few too manyt to the head!!
how the hell can you call ZAM ordinary???
It does not make sense - a JAP judge gave it to ZAM - meaning it was a close fight - Masato then proceeded to knock ut his other opponents, which is what ZAM would have done if he proceeded,
translation - Masato simply could not put away ZAM - as hard as he tried, what does that say?? he doesnt seem ordinary to me to take Masato's full force and continue
One of ZAM average power hooks to your ribs Dynamite, and you would be in an intensive care ward -
If you are calling ZAM average, then fighters like Behic, JWP, Nezif, Kraus, B16, to name a few, are ordinary - as ZAM has either beaten them or KO'd them
go ZAM - and your wild haymakers!!

[Servant1]

Im glad someone sees my point!!!!

Taking into account that Zam wasnt fighting in his 100% form krama, masato still couldent K.O him, but still Zam managed to win one off the judes dissision to me thats same impresive s h i t!


SUPERKICK

[Dynamite Drew]

Hello people

I have a quetsion : "how many of you have seen the fight in full ?"
Not many , so how the hell can you make an informed comment ???


The way a figher would win a fight by throwing haymakers at someones body and head and hoping for a KO would be in a local pub not a major kick boxing tournament.

Masato took most of the head high haymakers on the gloves or arms and the ones that did connect , he took well , same with the body shots , although they did connect more and in return his punches were straighter , connected with kicks ( zambidis threw very few ) and totally dominated when it came to knees.

Sure , earlier this year Zambidis KO'd Kraus , but only because one of his haymakers made full connection

How the hell can you rate a figher as great when his technique is nothing but wild haymakers , guys like JWP and Masato have very good techniques and are much more enjoyable to watch ( dont need KO's to make it an enjoyable fight to watch ) than some guy throwing wild haymakers. Like i said above , if i wanna watch guys throw wild haymakers in a fight , ill go down to my local pub on a thu/fri/sat night and see it

Cheers
Drew

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

Edited by - Dynamite Drew on 08 Jul 2003 13:36:57

[cyb5]

i agree with you 100% drew..



looks like im a racist now... hahhaha

even though im eurpean....

fact is zambidis just go lucy.. simple as that.. lucky he won ocenaia.. lukcy he beat the guy before... luck runs out... throwing hail marys at qulaity opponets wont work

[Servant1]

Jealousy is a curse!!!!

[krama]

cyb5 - I suggest you stick to doing kata's in the dojo - you obviously have no idea about the sport of K1, otherwise you would not be stating such ridiclous rubbish about a fighter as great as ZAM - I cannot believe you think ZAM has been 'lucky'???
you would not last 10seconds against JWP, Behic, Kraus, B15 , Masato or the many other fighters ZAM has fought against and either ko'd or won -
and dont telle you are a fighter!!!! please!!!!! - IF YOU ARE give up now!!!!!!
ACTUALLY - even better, why dont you try your luck against ZAM?? - see how you go against his wild haymakers???
have a chat with someone who has either fought, or even sparred ZAM - and tell them he has been lucky - I have spoken to someone who sparred with him when he first came down to fight Baris - the bloke simply said he has never felt such power behind a fighters punches - and this guy fought in the 80-85 kg range.
I'd say your a Turk cyb5 - one who could not stand to see your beloved Baris, and Behic get destroyed by the great, powerful, gifted, brilliant ZAM!!!
actually sad really - I dont give a damn who the fighter is or were he comes from - nor should anyone else - but it is sometimes obvious when there is a 'racial' hate for a fighter by the discreet comments made - especially unbacked, uninformed, illogical bulls h i t like the crap cyb5 is writing
Fact cyb5 - ZAM is here to stay!! get over it -
GO THE HAYMAKER!!!

[paul c]

Krama,,
hehe, why do you always want our poor forum member to go out and fight Zam.

Even though I'm with you on this topic and never thought those huge punches as being anything else but super accurate. I've always thought he must have incredible hand / eye coordination to be able to land so many of those muthas.

Oh well, lets leave the race out of it guys. It can only turn but ugly.

Ugly as a thief, as my mother would say.

I reckon we should wait till we've seen the video and then argue. For all we know, it could have been Zams worst performance ever.


Edited by - paul c on 09 Jul 2003 12:31:23

[Dynamite Drew]

this is for krama , perhaps a few others as well

would i be prepared to fight zambidis ?

DAMN RIGHT I WOULD

i used to fight as same weight , sure zambidis might kick my ass , but atleast i have the balls to step in there , DO YOU ?

unfortunately , it will never ever happen , i retired from in ring fighting 4 years ago due to a very serious injury and if i was to fight again , i would be quite possibly risking my life


CYB5

thanks for agreeing with me ,nice to see another who apreciates a well skilled fighter with technique

cheers
Drew

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[krama]

Dynamite - you can only dream pall - someone like you, in any condition would not last a single round against ZAM - end of story -
Ozkan was also told to never fight again after a serious motor bike accident - he is still cleaning up today

if you want - we will ask ZAM to tie one arm behind his back - and to hop on one leg -
he will still KO you with a haymaker -

[Servant1]

It might be a bit more fair on Dynamite Drew if we blind-folded Zam as well!!!!

If that was ever to happend id love to hear his excuse then!!!!

[Dynamite Drew]

krama

with regards to the injury i recieved -- after recovering and being told by 2 specialists that were different and independant of each other that i risked death if i continued to ring fight ,i really had no option but to retire.

what my injury was is no ones business but mine

as for your other comments , you are just being silly and i am not going to say anything else about them

Drew

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!

[krama]

Dynamite - you're right - its getting a little messy - you are entitled to your views and I to mine - sincerely sad to hear an injury has taken you away from what you loved to do -
all the best with your endeavours anyway

[Dynamite Drew]

THANK YOU KRAMA

We who are truely brave will never live in fear!