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Anyone seen this. Nathan Corbett, Steve McKinnon and Thor Hoopman plus others in an 8 man round robin. Corbett must be fighting at heavyweight. Not sure if its normal kickboxing ie no elbows. Definantly tuning in to this one.

yeah I heard it advertised on the radio last night sounds like fun. I havent kept up with Aussie kickboxing for years but it really is a good brutal sport and we have some of the best in the world
hope its thai style to

Looking forward to this too, Corbett and Hoopman nearly always fight under full thai rules so hopefully all the "good stuff" will be allowed ;) I'd heard the Carnage might be going up in weight after trouble finding good fights, and it's nice to see it happen after the debacle of the Spong fight... I hope he performs well there and still does his raging engine of destruction thing

Looking forward to this too, Corbett and Hoopman nearly always fight under full thai rules so hopefully all the "good stuff" will be allowed ;) I'd heard the Carnage might be going up in weight after trouble finding good fights, and it's nice to see it happen after the debacle of the Spong fight... I hope he performs well there and still does his raging engine of destruction thing

Don't get me started on the Spong fight. Massive travesty of justice. I started a thread here after witnessing such a load of ****. The whole night seemed poorly produced, from the unintentionally hilarious MC to the quiet audience, crap refs, lighting, sound. Great matchups, but a shocking result for Corbett. I went over to the Sportblitz forum for a bit of a troll and see what the concensus was and "The Voice" and the Hammer were in mad barneys with nay sayers trying to justify what happened. I meant to check back and see what JWP had to write about it. The ref waved the fight off where Corbett couldn't see him (plus he was buzzed hard the previous round), yet many were saying the 2nd knockdown was an intentional foul.

Aussie kickboxers are our strongest fight sport talents I reckon. When I tune in I can't believe the talent, guts and shape these guys are in. I wish these young blokes were choosing boxing, but either way, it is good to see great fights and that Australia has a number of world class Muay Thai kickboxers. Corbett and Ben Edwards would be pretty handy on the boxing stage too. Edwards mowed down Hoppa with ease and hasn't thrown a decent kick for some time in kickboxing bouts and Corbetts' hands are slowly replacing his elbows.

Had something come up and totally missed the card.. not a fan of sports blitz forum, so I don't know how it turned out... can anyone do a quick summary for me? Also how did Carnage look at heavyweight? if he did well and stays there we are going to see some *****in domestic matchups probably on the Evolution cards... bring on Corbett vs Edwards and Slowinski!!

Had something come up and totally missed the card.. not a fan of sports blitz forum, so I don't know how it turned out... can anyone do a quick summary for me? Also how did Carnage look at heavyweight? if he did well and stays there we are going to see some *****in domestic matchups probably on the Evolution cards... bring on Corbett vs Edwards and Slowinski!!

Not a quick one, but here we go......

The first round fighters in against the local favourites were overmatched. Corbetts' 9 fight opponent had me shaking my head as to why the poor bloke was thrown in against a 40+ fight world champ. Needless to say, Corbett gunned him down with strong hands in the 2nd I think.

Slowinski was a surprise starter as a back up fighter. If one of the main 8 couldn't front the next round of fights, he was to step in. He finished his opponent in the first with a nasty, nasty head kick KO. The big sting looked the man to me as he has tons of experience in the big fights, heaps of fights and was probably one of the only real heavyweights there. I saw him against Hoopman and I felt losing his kicks to a knee injury and relying on his lesser hand skills left him chasing down a much faster, fitter Hoopman to a decision loss. Tarik Solak mentions to the crowd that Slowinski can fight if one front-line fighters goes down, but wasn't picked as a main starter in the tournament due to the more skilled guys that were selected. I'm pulling out the big wank motions while he bull ****s everyone. Slowinski handed both McKinnon and Corbett un-avenged losses. He's had 95 fights for 77 wins. What a ****.

Hoopman looked outgunned to a massive, strong turkish(?) fighter with a low fight count and an even lower KO record. He was bullying the smallish Hoopman around though. Hoopman didn't have the firepower to keep the big man off and the import won the first on workrate and effective pressure. The 2nd saw Hoopman work old mates' lead leg until he visibly buckled. A workmate whos a kickboxing nut yelled "change stance you idiot". Unfortunately he didn't hear this and was kicked hard and fast into the lead leg until he layed down and didn't get up and possibly crying real tears.

McKinnon looked his usual Myer model on roids self and blew out his bloke in 2 also I think. I still think I saw early signs of the eventual choke that I feel he seems to fall to. I just see this faint lack of belief/conditioning or ticker or something with McKinnon. Still, when he's in front, he goes damn well. Still a bit small for the big blokes of the tournament ie Sting, Meunier.

Meunier looked shrunken. IMO He is definintely a juicer and the 105kg (from memory) limit for the night had him looking alot smaller than previously. Cedric was the more skilled fighter, but he was deducted a point for a 2nd clinching throw in the first round. Andre was also timing him well with more thoughtful work than I've seen before. With only 3 rounds, its a tall order to come back. Andre landed the most wicked overhand right I've seen for some time in the 2nd. Seriously, it was ****ed up. Cedrics neck snapped around and stretched a good few inches. He remained standing and only a little shaken which absolutely blew me away. Meunier walked away with a very close victory with Cedric coming on strong in the final and Andre looked really worn out courtesy of having a good 40 kg of prime roid steak all over the huge unit.

First semi has Hoopman fighting Corbett. Corbett stands out to me here as being a touch small at heavy. Thor is the same size as the Carnage and Ive seen how much typically sized heavyweight Slowinski towers over Hoopman. Corbetts heavy hands land reasonably flush for 3 rounds straight which makes he think either Hoopman has a steel chin or Corbett's power hasn't translated so well at the next teir. It's probably a bit of both. Hoopman has a massive heart. He fought back well, unsettling Corbett throughout with well timed counters with a little more kick than expected. Corbett wins comfortably (I'm pretty blind by this stage though).

During the Hoopman/Corbett fight it's announced that someone is injured. Turns out it's Andre Meunier. I figure if McKinnon was ****ed before, he really is now as the Sting gets to fight in the tournament for real. McKinnon gets right in Slowinski's face and gives him no room and even lands some handy head kicks himself, which was a surprise. The Sting is looking really unsetteled by the assault by Steve-o and McKinnon takes the first. Sting starts working over an ever gassing McKinnon from that point on. McKinnons arms are hanging by his sides, as has been the case with all the weight lifters this evening. McKinnon and Meunier could do with less gym, less juice and more sparring/cardio I think. McKinnon looks acceptive of the beating toward the end as he does when the going gets tough, but gets the nod from the judges. Sting literally runs out of the ring (I figure in disgust). Probably a good thing for Corbett, who seems ever vunerable to head kick KO's.

Stan the Man Longinidis whos been loving the commentry position gets called out for a good old whooping from centre ring by Sam Greco (? again I'm a bit pissed at this stage). Sam looking ripped and angry, Stan looking old, shrunken and happily retired. Solak pouring petrol on fire, me doing more wank gestures. Leave the old bloke alone you ****s.

There's another fighter announced as unable to continue right before the final. McKinnons too badly concussed to go on. I'd say totally spent and looking at getting ****ed up. Cedric Kongaika gets the nod to go. Somewhere in the first, Corbett opens up with some brutal elbows. I turn to my mate and say "what the f##k". It's the first of many elbow combos that leave at least 3 large cuts above and below the eyes of Cedric. This assault by elbow continues for 3 rounds. When its over (by decision....not a close one), Corbett mentions at the end of the night that Cedric was approached and asked if he would allow elbows for the final fight. The lunatic said yes. Seriously, he must have been paid off. Corbett has a boxer's whole arsenal of just elbows alone, Cedric only has a chin with a target painted on it. Still, well done to the Carnage, twas a good night and 1 1/2 bottles of Beam gooooooone.

Wow, that's a pretty good summary, thanks for making the effort dude... sounds like a pretty decent night, I'm sorry I missed it :( nice to hear Carnage got it done, he's definitely one of my fave fighters. I suppose he'll probably stay at heavyweight, hopefully we'll see him fight the Sting in future, and sounds like a rematch with Hoopman would be worth doing too, though I can't help but wonder if Thor will stay there now; I think you're spot on about his win over Slowinski, and after losing to Corbett maybe he'll go back down... also quick clarification of hte rules, it sounds elbows probably weren't in, but were allowed for the final because of Corbett's opponent agreeing...? also, what about knees?