K-1 ELIMINATION

October 11th Pay Per View - live from Osaka, Japan.

Its the first time K-1 is airing live on US PPV from Japan.


Aerts, Hoost, Filho, LeBanner, Bonjasky, Sefo, Sapp, Ignashov, and Carter Williams

http://www.mmaweekly.com/k-1-elimination-poster.gif


That is all......

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

I think I just filled the cup














This is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How did you find out? This just made my week!!! Nuno for mod!!!!!!!

Originally posted by Curly Howard
How did you find out? This just made my week!!! Nuno for mod!!!!!!!

Ummm...the same way you found out about Freeman......MMAweekly.......it's on the right column.......it caught my eye and got my mouth watering for K-1 action......can't wait to see it........Nuno for Mod.....hhmmmm interesting.......

Aerts, Hoost, Filho, LeBanner, Sefo........Damn....I can't wait....

Originally posted by Nuno
Aerts, Hoost, Filho, LeBanner, Sefo........Damn....I can't wait....

*Yawn*

K-1 is so much better than that G&P UFC.

Originally posted by kaps
*Yawn*
:killyou:

If it doesn't have Tito or Rampage, Kaps doesn't like it

Originally posted by Nuno
Aerts, Hoost, Filho, LeBanner, Sefo........Damn....I can't wait....

It has these guys in it......nuff said....

werd

I just yawned this thread because you Yawn our MMA threads.....

Originally posted by kaps
I just yawned this thread because you Yawn our MMA threads.....

I don't yawn any thread unless it's old news....

Curly does....

I wanna see Carter Williams get KTFO. "The Black Sniper" is the only decent North american kickboxer there is. That's all.

I was kinda hoping McDonald would get a wild card or something. He deserved to be in this anyway.

Remember these words "Bonjasky and Ignashov will do pain"....my pick is said...

I'm rooting for Bonjasky to win.

October 11th "Final Elimination" Marks K-1 Japan's United States Pay-Per-View Debut

For the first time in history, K-1 Japan will bring the grandeur of its prominent fighting sport to American households when K-1 "Final Elimination" airs on United States Pay-Per-View television at 10 PM Eastern Standard Time (7 PM Pacific Standard Time) on Saturday, October 11th. The event will be staged in Osaka, Japan's 50,000-fan capacity Osaka Dome.

The United States television production of the October 11th card will be presented as part of the joint marketing venture formed between K-1 USA and ESPN earlier this year. The event will be broadcast on DirecTV, InDemand, TVN, and Dish Network Pay-Per-View television outlets.

The lineup for the Osaka K-1 "Final Elimination" event will be comprised of 14 of the sport's elite combatants who were either victorious in a Grand Prix single-elimination tournament earlier this year or who posted other victories of great significance. The scheduled fighters will be matched up in seven single bouts and the winner of each contest will be awarded a spot in the annual December K-1 "2003 World Championship" eight-man, single-elimination tournament held in Tokyo, Japan's Tokyo Dome.

While the complete lineup of competitors for the October 11th event has not yet been confirmed it is certain that two Americans, Bob Sapp and Carter Williams, will be amongst those who will throw down. Since he twice knocked out K-1's most accomplished athlete in "Mr. Perfect" Ernesto Hoost last year, Sapp has evolved into a larger-than-life celebrity in Japan and a fixture on the country's K-1 fight cards. Williams earned his place in the October loop on May 2nd when, as a little known underdog, he defeated three straight opponents including defending champion Michael McDonald and six-time world kickboxing champion, Rick "The Jet" Roufus, to take the 2003 K-1 USA crown on May 2nd.

Amongst the others scheduled to do battle thus far are Hoost (Holland), three-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion Peter Aerts (Holland), Jerome LeBanner (France), Ray "Sugarfoot" Sefo (New Zealand), Stefan "Blitz" Leko (Germany), Francisco Filho (Brazil), Alexey Ignashov (Belarus), and August 15th's K-1 "Battle At The Bellagio" tournament victor, Remy Bonjasky (Holland).

Is this Single matches or a Tourney. If its a Tourney oh my God. I want Carter Vs Sapp so Sapp can be destroyed

this is going to be great and curly it's been on sherdog fow a week now i just forgot to post it when i saw it my mistake

LeBanner's out....This is from the K-1 website....

The fighters have been announced for the October 11 K-1 Osaka Final Elimination tournament. This is a one-match-format elimination tournament. See the matchups here: http://www.k-1gp.net/top548.htm
There is still one spot open (Peter Aerts' opponent). Unfortunately, it will not be filled by 2001 World GP Champion and 2002 Final Eight fighter Mark Hunt, who has a twisted ligament in his left knee. Hunt suffered the injury while playing tennis. Oceania GP 2003 Champion Peter Graham remains doubtful due ongoing difficulties with representatives, and the Jerrel Venetiaan situation continues to develop. Venetiaan won the Andy Hug Memorial Tournament in Basel on May 30, but was later disqualified for failing his drug test. The fighter argued that the Swiss testing unit (the same used by the International Olympic Committee) has standards much stricter than K-1, which could trigger a positive result for many over-the-counter and/or prescription medications. Consideration is being given to this even as of a new set of tests on Venetiaan are being analyzed.

K-1 will announce the fighter for the last spot within a few days.

Jerome LeBanner injured his left arm during training on October 1st, and doctors have decided he cannot compete in Osaka. An announcement concerning LeBanner's replacement will be made in the next few days.

The seven winners at Osaka will join Japan GP 2003 winner Musashi at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Tokyo Dome Final on December 6. The draw for the Final matchups will be made at Fuji TV's Tokyo studios on October 14.

That sucks....