New K-1 Oceania Format Groups Announced!!

[admin]

Hi Everyone

News just in from New Zealand and K-1 Oceania honcho Dixon McIver.

The Oceania region has been re-formatted to create a K-1 Oceania League with 12 seeded fighters from the region broken into three groups of 4.

These three groups will fight on each show, over three shows, fighting everyone in their group, with fighters being allocated 2 points per win, 1 point bonus for KO or TKO.

The FOUR fighters with the highest amount of points will then go through to an OFFICIAL K-1 OCEANIA WORLD GP event to be staged in March... this will consist: 4 Highest Rated Oceania Fighters and 4 International K-1 stars.

The winner of that goes into the final 16 in the world in Osaka... you win ONE fight there and you're in the Tokyo Dome.

The Three Oceania Pools Are:

Pool A: Peter Graham, Andrew Peck, Ricardo Van Den Bos, Ron Sefo
Pool B: Jason Suttie, Pola Mataele, Daniel Tai, Matt Samoa
Pool C: Paul Slowinski, Sid Asiata, Peter Sampson, Chris Chrisopoulidis


The first official event of this new format takes place July 30 at TRUSTS STADIUM in Auckland. All fighters will compete with the match-ups being:

Graham vs Sefo
Peck vs Van Den Boz
Mataele vs Tai
Samoa vs Suttie
Slowinski vs Asiata
Chrisopoulidis vs Sampson


Round Two will take place OCTOBER 7 in Auckland and will be:

Graham vs Peck
Van Den Bos vs Sefo
Suttie vs Mataele
Tai vs Samoa
Slowinski vs Samson
Chrisopoulidis vs Asiata

Round Three will take place December 10 on the Gold Coast and will be:

Graham vs Van Den Bos
Peck v Sefo
Suttie vs Tai
Mataele vs Samoa
Slowinski vs Chrisopoulidis
Sampson vs Asiata


POOL A winner, POOL B winner and POOL C winner when all points are tallied will join a PROMOTERS WILDCARD for what is now an official K-1 GP REGIONAL EVENT next March in Auckland. The winner of which goes to Japan -- guaranteed.

Stay tuned to next issue of IK magazine for a full description / preview / comments, etc.

Michael Schiavello








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[SPADA]

Well done to Dixon for giving the fighters a clear path as to how to qualify for the K1 finals.

I like the format with the staging of 3 separate events and the added incentive of extra points for a TKO or KO.
It gives a fighter that perhaps has had a bad night a chance to come out in the next event and let loose looking for the bonus points.

One thing Shiv.....
how is Paul Slowinski represented twice in Pool C ????? :)

cheers Spada

[shaunw]

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is it gonna be available to aussies???????

[admin]

fixed it, sorry!

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[J A]

http://message.axkickboxing.com/images/user_uploaded/Dixon%20McIver/Kings%20of%20Oceania%20Final%20Poster.jpg

Nice poster just find it funny that the main focus(Ray Sefo) wont be fighting...

But good luck to Dixon (and I assume Ray since the third show is on the Gold Coast) and all the guys fighting!

Cheers
J.A.

[babyface]

Dixon McIver great job...... nice poster also..... cant wait to go to one of the event's any done in melbourne??

[MadMatt]

I guess we can always hope...how long has it been since a K1 show was put on in Melbourne?!

"Let's get it on!!!"

[admin]

Latest from DIXON McIVER...

Peter Sampson has withdrawn from the circuit he will now be replaced by Hiriwa Te Rangi. Hiriwa will now be moved into Pool B in place of Daniel Tai who will now be in Pool C. We have done this to balance the pools more. It should now read

Trusts Stadium, Auckland July 30th 2005

Peter Graham (Aus) v Ron Sefo (NZ)
Ricardo Van Den Bos (Aus) v Andrew Peck (NZ)
Jason Suttie (NZ) v Matt Samoa (Aus)
Pola Mataele (NZ) v Hiriwa Te Rangi(NZ)
Paul Slowinski (Aus) v Sydney Asiata (NZ)
Daniel Tai(NZ) v C.Chrisopoulides (Aus)

Trusts Stadium, Auckland October 7th 2005

Peter Graham (Aus) v Andrew Peck (NZ)
Ricardo Van Den Bos (Aus) v Ron Sefo (NZ)
Jason Suttie (NZ) v Pola Mataele (NZ)
Hiriwa Te Rangi (NZ) v Matt Samoa (Aus)
Paul Slowinski (Aus) v Daniel Tai (NZ)
Chris Chrisopoulides (Aus) v Sydney Asiata (NZ)

Convention Centre Gold Coast 10th December 2005

Peter Graham (Aus) v Ricardo Van Den Bos (Aus)
Andrew Peck (NZ) v Ron Sefo (NZ)
Jason Suttie (NZ) v Hiriwa Te Rangi(NZ)
Pola Mataele (NZ) v Matt Samoa (Aus)
Paul Slowinski (Aus) v Chris Chrisopoulides (Aus)
Sydney Asiata (NZ) v Daniel Tai (NZ)


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