SPONG in 4-man title tourney; AERTS replaces HARI

[MichaelSchiavello]

Been discussed for a week or so now but it has been made official by K-1:

TYRONE SPONG will replace RUSLAN KARAVE in the 4-man K-1 World Heavyweight Title tournament on Sunday Week at the Yokohama Arena.

The brackets are now:

MELVIN MAENHOFF vs CHALID ARRAB
TYRONE SPONG vs GOKHAN SAKI

Also PETER AERTS will now fight ERROL ZIMMERMAN and not Badr Hari. Word is that Hari wants to concentrate on his ITS SHOWTIME fight in May against Semmy Schilt.

Stellar card to kick off K-1's year.

"The Voice" Michael Schiavello

[Bushi]

Spong v Manhoef possible final... that'll get the pundits excited...

Who will then take on The Carnage..

[Voice]

you're lucky Humble...I would have whooped your butt once again on the outcome of that Hari/Homo-eructus stouch.

[DazMon]

So just how heavy is Spong now?

[sasha_li]

Maaannnn....i gotta see this,WOO HOO

[Dynamite Drew]

Spong is around 92kg

[Dynamite Drew]

Spong vs Saki is also scheduled for the Showtime show in may

[Rico]

Do the Showtime events have any link or affiliation to the K1?

[Dynamite Drew]

i cant wait to watch it , i wont working as its a sat night

[Wrecka]

Att: Dynamite Drew, Spong walks around at 98kg's and won't fight any lighter than 93kg, just to keep you up to date. I know this from his management via a promoter trying to put him and Carnage together.

[Bushi]

Shhhhh Wrecka...... don't let anything out...;):D

[Dynamite Drew]

quote:Originally posted by Wrecka

Att: Dynamite Drew, Spong walks around at 98kg's and won't fight any lighter than 93kg, just to keep you up to date. I know this from his management via a promoter trying to put him and Carnage together.


you heard it aleast 3rd hand so you dont know if it true or not

i got my info from someone who actually spoke with Spong not that long ago , maybe a month or 2 ago

[Bushi]

Tosa,

Do you know who Wrecka is ???

[Bushi]

DD,

From another thread..

a few things pissin me off

(in no order)

1. keyboard tuff guys hiding behind an alias
2. people making statements/arguements, not having anything to back them up and getting shirty when someone with facts etc points out the flaws in their statements/arguments

3. people making statements/arguements about things they know nothing about but think they do and are experts
4. general lack of honour and respect in people today (not everyone)
5. the price of beer
6. the price to see a show

[jabout]

I was with Rayen from www.reat.nl Tyrone's pt back in November and he was showing me some footage with him and he was about 95 96 kg on his way up.
Tyrone will win the 4 man. He is an AWESOME athlete.

[Dynamite Drew]

i didnt say i was right

im just saying there is a possiblity that my info is more accurate than something heard atleast 3rd hand

as you would well know , a fighters management/promotor are not always going to say 100% truths , they will bend and manipulate it to get what they want

my source is not affiliated with Spong in any way or form and was just conversing with him

there is also the possiblity that the info i got was mixed up in translation and could quite possibly have been like Wrecka said - wont fight under 93kg

and no i dont know who Wrecka is , how would i know who people are behind an alias ?

[Dynamite Drew]

this the one of the ideas of a forum

to exchange and debate information

me and wrecka are doing just that


why is that an issue with you bushi ?

[Q]

DD you knob,

And Bush you losing your roots mate,

K1 is defenately looking in seriously good shape at the moment, must admit it hasn't interested me for a while now but the thought of Spong v Maenhoff smashing each other is exciting

[Dynamite Drew]

bushi

what has what i posted on another got to do with what me and wrecka are talking about ?

we both stating info we have
we both stated where we got it from

jabout has posted something that confirms what wrecka is saying

this is a forum at its best

what the hell is your problem ?

[Hot Sizzle]

I hope Spong wins but he can be knocked out no matter how much of a demolition job he is doing. He has been stopped twice by Amir Zeyada and both times he was owning Amir. Manhoff will put his lights out IF he tags him.

I think he will have the right game plan for Melvin though but as Mike Tyson once said, "everyone has a game plan until they get smacked in the face".

[Dynamite Drew]

Q

why am i knob ?

[Bushi]

Do you think Carnages trainer might know a bit more than a few of us on the forum ???

Not that you watch Fox cos it costs money, but watch the last 20 or so of Carnages fights, you might then see who Wrecka is and realise just perhaps, the news is NOT 3rd hand???

[Dynamite Drew]

thanks for your input Jason

[Dynamite Drew]

Bushi

like i said ... how the hell would i know who the person behind the alias wrecka is ?

also , i called it like i saw it and the way he said it ..... "thru managemant via promotor"

if wrecka is Carnage`s trainer , then hell yeah he would know better then any of us


i just dont see why you have arced up so much ???

[Bushi]

Given you're on here REGULARLY, you surf every MA website, I would have thought that you would have picked up some time ago who these people are...

[Bushi]

quote:Originally posted by Dynamite Drew

bushi

[u]what has what i posted on another got to do with what me and wrecka are talking about ?</u>
we both stating info we have
we both stated where we got it from

jabout has posted something that confirms what wrecka is saying

this is a forum at its best

what the hell is your problem ?
take note of your OWN points 2 & 3...

[Dynamite Drew]

get real bushi

seriously , what is your problem ?

dont like the fact that some can have a discussion about something you dont have any info about ?

[Dynamite Drew]

i made statements about something that i had sourced info on , as did some one else

we debated it and a 3rd person with sourced info basically settled the debate as it was same as one of the others

no one got abused, disrespected or harrassed , it worked exactly like a forum should

[Bushi]

quote:Originally posted by Dynamite Drew

get real bushi

seriously , what is your problem ?

dont like the fact that some can have a discussion about something you dont have any info about ?
Maybe DD, just MAYBE I have MORE info than you do ??

So in that case I have ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM...just some facts..[:p]:D

Well watch this unfold....[}:)]

[Q]

Bush i think its time to get off DD's back you seem to be stalking him, even though sometimes his opinion seems to come out the bottum of bourban can he is entitled to one, and you sound like a weisal with your I got info business all the time, either say what you know that is what a forum is for or dont.

[Dynamite Drew]

quote:Originally posted by Bushi
So in that case I have ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM...just some facts..[:p]:D

Well watch this unfold....[}:)]


and dont forget this ....
quote:Originally posted by Bushi

Shhhhh Wrecka...... don't let anything out...;):D


i know [^]

[Bushi]

I'll stay the weasal at this point mate..

You know as a fight journo mate, you can't always post what you know...;):D

[Bushi]

Then I'm happy for you DD if you know..

Back on topic, good to see K-1 looking forward with some new names...

For me it'll be Spong v Melvin final, then god knows between those 2.... such contrasting styles, but either way it'll get the rforum fired up with what might be???

[Dynamite Drew]

Spong`s hand defence and his leg kicks will win him the title

[whitetiger]

wrecka not hiding behind an alias, obviously you haventy been listening to a JWP, Paul Briggs or Carnage fight commentary, when schiv or hammer say wrecka walsh in the corner. Or make that any qld show involving Boonchu or 5 rings in the last 8 years.

[Q]

quote:Originally posted by Bushi

I'll stay the weasal at this point mate..

You know as a fight journo mate, you can't always post what you know...;):D


doen't really matter anyway, find out something today then find out it has changed tomorrow anyway, might as well take the lead of Caro Wilson and just write whatever pops in your head at the time, and buch like you i have changed my name, no longer journo mate, but i can help with property,

[Voice]

quote:Originally posted by Q

Bush i think its time to get off DD's back you seem to be stalking him, even though sometimes his opinion seems to come out the bottum of bourban can he is entitled to one, and you sound like a weisal with your I got info business all the time, either say what you know that is what a forum is for or dont.

LMAO, you tell him Q. I was almost, almost thinking this post was written with a little midnight alcoholic, journalistic prompting, no??

[wildaction]

Hehehe! I love it! :D

Stu.

[Dynamite Drew]

quote:Originally posted by whitetiger

wrecka not hiding behind an alias, obviously you haventy been listening to a JWP, Paul Briggs or Carnage fight commentary, when schiv or hammer say wrecka walsh in the corner. Or make that any qld show involving Boonchu or 5 rings in the last 8 years.


im not saying he is hiding behind an alias

i said i dont know who is behind it

i dont have foxtel and when i watch fights taped from foxtel , i usually turn the volume off as i dont like the commentary

so how would i know who ?

why cant you just accept that i didnt know who it was ?

[Q]

quote:Originally posted by Voice

quote:Originally posted by Q

Bush i think its time to get off DD's back you seem to be stalking him, even though sometimes his opinion seems to come out the bottum of bourban can he is entitled to one, and you sound like a weisal with your I got info business all the time, either say what you know that is what a forum is for or dont.

LMAO, you tell him Q. I was almost, almost thinking this post was written with a little midnight alcoholic, journalistic prompting, no??


I would like to say it was written in the middle of Tequila, corona, mexican hottie romp but I am a married man now so just sitting at home watching some crap movie on foxtel that was on last week, actually I was listening to something which made sense last week, a guy siad he can find you 5-10 extra hours a week easy, just get the tv guide and pick the shows you actually want to watch each and use the 5-10 hrs you use searching the box for crap to do something productive, in my case have hissy fits on this forum,

[whitetiger]

i think your words were DD, " i dont know who wrecka is, how would i know anybody behind an alias" cant backtrack on what you said. You mustnt read IK magazine either.

[Dynamite Drew]

thats right

how the hell would i know who is BEHIND an alias

where the hell did i say wrecka was HIDING behind an alias ???

[scottya]

Drew wouldnt you & wrecka have been fighting around the same time ?

[Dynamite Drew]

possibly

mid to late 90s

i know Nugget fought around then

[whitetiger]

check your previous posts DD, scottya, wrecka fought in vic not qld. Mid 90's till early 2000 an somethin, i think he had one more after he fought lester ellis.

[scottya]

Thanks whitetiger

I now know if two fighters fight in different states or town they didnt fight around the same time as each other

[whitetiger]

not sure whether that is a good thank you or some sarcasm there scottya. I dont know when DD fought or who he actually is, never seen him fight or seen anything about him.

[scottya]

DD been in the ring with
Daswon
Shane chapman(sp) NZ

There two off the top of my head
cant think of the QLD he took on under FTR up here on scotty banon show

[whitetiger]

ill have to check back through my archives. What gym did he fight out of, might help me find some info. Us country vics never saw much qld news in the old days.

[scottya]

You do know Drew was/is a fighter from NSW

[scottya]

Whitetiger
Sent you a email take it from there

[whitetiger]

didnt know he was from nsw, just puttin a face to the name, saw him in an article with mangan.

[Hot Sizzle]

Hey DD was your fight name "First Blood"?

[Dynamite Drew]

quote:Originally posted by Hot Sizzle

Hey DD was your fight name "First Blood"?


i used Dynamite but for some reason when i fought Shane Chapman in Auckland , they used first blood on the poster

[Hot Sizzle]

Ahhh yeah we have that poster up at my house/gym. Didn't think it was you until scotty mentioned you fought Chopper.

[Heeta]

wo wo wo
wat an awesome night this is gona be! SPONG VS MAENHOFF in the final will be unreal. if they make it. the AERTS is back!
cant wait for this one