Date : Saturday 6 December 2008, Gate Open 4:00PM / Event Start 5:00PM
Venue : Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan
**LIVE RESULTS & COMMENTARY**
Fight #9 : K-1 WORLD GP 2008 Final : K-1 Rules
Badr Hari vs. Remy Bonjasky
Rd 1 - Good kicks by Hari to begin. Left hook by Bojansky knocks Hari down. Hari back up. Bojansky 10-8.
Rd 2 - Hari on the offensive, Bojansky slips and Hari foot stomps Bojansky...WTF? Fight is stopped. Hari is acting like a *****. Remy has five minutes to recover. Yellow Card to Hari. Hari gets a RED CARD AND IS Disqualified!!!!
Remy Bojansky Wins!
- Intermission -
Fight #8 : K-1 WORLD GP 2008 Semi Final #2 : K-1 Rules
Gokhan Saki vs. Remy Bonjasky via TKO Rd 2.
Rd 1 - Saki was more aggressive and Bojansky did well. 2 judges 10-9 Saki, 1 judge for Remy.
Rd 2 - Jump kick by Bojansky to the mid-section of Saki and Saki is down and hurt bad. Fight over!
Fight #7 : K-1 WORLD GP 2008 Semi Final #1 : K-1 Rules
Badr Hari vs. Errol Zimmerman via KO Rd 3.
Rd 1 - Hari and Zimmerman both were aggressive but Hari looked better. 10-9 Hari
Rd 2 - Zimmerman knocks down Hari, Hari gets back up and presses forward. Hari knocks Zimmerman down as the bell rings. Even Round by all judges.
Rd 3 - Hari gets the knockdown and he is pushing the pace with strikes. Hari KO's Zimmerman.
Fight #6 : Reserve Fight (2) : K-1 Rules
Paul Slowinski vs. Melvin Manhoef via KO Rd 1.
Rd 1 - Manhoef gets a knockdown with a big right hand and he continues after Slowinski gets up and Knocks Him Out!
Fight #5 : Reserve Fight (1) : K-1 Rules
Hong Man Choi vs. Ray Sefo via Decision - Unanimous
Rd 1 - Sefo did very well and landed more strikes. 10-9 Sefo
Rd 2 - HMC did come with more aggression but Sefo didn;t back down. 10-9 Sefo, 2 judges, 1 judge even.
Rd 2 - More of Sefo putting the strikes on HMC.
Fight #4 : K-1 WORLD GP 2008 Quarter Final #4 : K-1 Rules
Remy Bonjasky vs. Jerome Le Banner via TKO Rd 2.
Rd 1 - Both fighters are landing strikes well. Pretty even. 2 judges even, 1 judge 10-9 Bojansky
Rd 2 - Again an even round with both landing some power strikes. 2 judges even, 1 judge 10-9 Bojansky
Rd 3 - Bojansky lands a kick to JLB's left arm and he is injured and the doctor stops the fight.
Fight #3 : K-1 WORLD GP 2008 Quarter Final #3 : K-1 Rules
Gokhan Saki vs. Ruslan Karaev via Decision - Unanimous
Rd 1 - Good first round but Saki looks to have taken it. 10-9 Saki
Rd 2 - Karaev definitely came out that round with a purpose and was probably 2-1 with strikes landed. 2 judges 10-10 and 1 judge Karaev
Rd 3 - Saki puts Karaev down with a spinning backfist. Karaev comes back but probably not enough.
Fight #2 : K-1 WORLD GP 2008 Quarter Final #2 : K-1 Rules
Errol Zimmerman vs. Ewerton Teixeira via Decision (2-0-1)
Rd 1 - Teixeira pushed the action and won the round. 10-9
Rd 2 - was more even with both fighters landing good strikes including a nice knee by Zimmerman. Even
Rd 3 - Zimmerman gets a late knockdown and Teixeira was hurt. 10-8 Zimmerman
Fight #1 : K-1 WORLD GP 2008 Quarter Final #1 : K-1 Rules
Peter Aerts vs. Badr Hari via TKO Rd 2.
Rd 1 - Hari gets one knockdown, round goes to Hari. 10-8
Rd 2 - Hari with 1 more knockdown and after some punches the ref stops the fight. Looked very early to me.
- Opening Ceremony -
Opening Fight (2) : K-1 Rules
Mitsugu Noda vs. Tsutomu Takahagi via KO Rd 2.
Openning Fight (1) : K-1 Rules
TAKERU vs. Taisei Ko via Unanimous Decision
