Kickboxing Thread
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Glory World Series is tomorrow at 10AM EST.
MMA -95 kg Ilir Latifi (Sweden) vs Vladimir Gerasimchik (Russia)
MMA -65 kg Cesario di Domenico (Brazil) vs Murad Machayev (Russia)
MMA -76 kg Anatoly Safranov (Russia) vs Gasan Umalatov (Russia)
MMA HW Ricco Rodriquez (USA) vs Ruslan Magomedov (Russia)
KB -73,9 kg Nieky Holzken (Netherlands) vs David Kyria (Georgia)
KB -72,5 kg Maxim Vorovski (Russia) vs Dzhabar Askerov (Russia)
KB HW Jamal Ben Sadik (Belgium) vs Vitaly Oparin (Ukraine)
KB HW Igor Jurkovic (Croatia) vs Zabit Samedov (Russia)
KB -98 kg Ali Cenik (Turkey) vs Sergej Maslobojev (Lithuania)
KB HW Sergei Kharitonov (Russia) vs Mark Miller (USA)
KB HW Errol Zimmerman (Curaçao) vs Jerome Le Banner (France)
KB HW Semmy Schilt (Netherlands) vs Brice Guidon (France)
can purchase at gfl.tv or look for a stream elsewhere.
Sergei Balboa
[video=youtube;XrgE0j-_6io]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrgE0j-_6io[/video]
MMA -95 kg Ilir Latifi (Sweden) vs Vladimir Gerasimchik (Russia)
MMA -65 kg Cesario di Domenico (Brazil) vs Murad Machayev (Russia)
MMA -76 kg Anatoly Safranov (Russia) vs Gasan Umalatov (Russia)
MMA HW Ricco Rodriquez (USA) vs Ruslan Magomedov (Russia)
KB -73,9 kg Nieky Holzken (Netherlands) vs David Kyria (Georgia)
KB -72,5 kg Maxim Vorovski (Russia) vs Dzhabar Askerov (Russia)
KB HW Jamal Ben Sadik (Belgium) vs Vitaly Oparin (Ukraine)
KB HW Igor Jurkovic (Croatia) vs Zabit Samedov (Russia)
KB -98 kg Ali Cenik (Turkey) vs Sergej Maslobojev (Lithuania)
KB HW Sergei Kharitonov (Russia) vs Mark Miller (USA)
KB HW Errol Zimmerman (Curaçao) vs Jerome Le Banner (France)
KB HW Semmy Schilt (Netherlands) vs Brice Guidon (France)
can purchase at gfl.tv or look for a stream elsewhere.
Sergei Balboa
[video=youtube;XrgE0j-_6io]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrgE0j-_6io[/video]
sergei vs miller
[video=youtube;5Djiu2T6_94]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Djiu2T6_94[/video]
zimmerman vs jlb
[video=youtube;rZzxXHXLxAE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZzxXHXLxAE[/video]
both pretty ugly fights
semmy vs guidon
[video=youtube;FikOPDsbBPY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FikOPDsbBPY[/video]
[video=youtube;5Djiu2T6_94]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Djiu2T6_94[/video]
zimmerman vs jlb
[video=youtube;rZzxXHXLxAE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZzxXHXLxAE[/video]
both pretty ugly fights
semmy vs guidon
[video=youtube;FikOPDsbBPY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FikOPDsbBPY[/video]
PRESS RELEASE: IT'S SHOWTIME closes deal with new K-1 organization.
With immediate effect, IT'S SHOWTIME closed a multi-year deal with the new owner of the K-1 label, Mr. Mike Kim. The company of Mr. Kim is called K-1 Global and is established in Hong Kong.
Even though this new company didn't have any obligations towards our company and our fighters, K-1 Global has paid all of our fighters this week. This means that every fighter received a signing bonus which consists of 50% of the money that was still owed to them by the old company FEG.
K-1 will organize 4 big events already this year, including the final 16 and final 8 in the 70kg and heavyweight division. The bonuses the fighters can win will be astronomically high, but we leave it up to the company of K-1 Global to announce these amounts. We will also leave it up to them to announce the event schedule, but three weeks from now everything will be announced.
The following fighters have already signed a contract with K-1 on behalf of IT'S SHOWTIME: Daniel Ghita, Tyrone Spong, Hesdy Gerges, Paul Slowinski, Rico Verhoeven, Anderson ‘Braddock' Silva, Ben Edwards, Melvin Manhoef, Sergii Lashchenko, Mourad Bouzidi, Dzevad Poturak, Chahid Oulad El Hadj, Gago Drago and Andy Ristie.
Contracts which are ready to be signed with K-1 this week: Ruslan Karaev, Harut Grigorian, Chris Ngimbi, etc.
There have been several contracts signed with other big names in kickboxing, but these are not under contract with IT'S SHOWTIME, so we wait for K-1 Global to announce these names.
We are very happy with these positive developments in our sport and for all fighters in the world who now get the possibilities to show their talent in K-1.
Simon Rutz
IT'S SHOWTIME
With immediate effect, IT'S SHOWTIME closed a multi-year deal with the new owner of the K-1 label, Mr. Mike Kim. The company of Mr. Kim is called K-1 Global and is established in Hong Kong.
Even though this new company didn't have any obligations towards our company and our fighters, K-1 Global has paid all of our fighters this week. This means that every fighter received a signing bonus which consists of 50% of the money that was still owed to them by the old company FEG.
K-1 will organize 4 big events already this year, including the final 16 and final 8 in the 70kg and heavyweight division. The bonuses the fighters can win will be astronomically high, but we leave it up to the company of K-1 Global to announce these amounts. We will also leave it up to them to announce the event schedule, but three weeks from now everything will be announced.
The following fighters have already signed a contract with K-1 on behalf of IT'S SHOWTIME: Daniel Ghita, Tyrone Spong, Hesdy Gerges, Paul Slowinski, Rico Verhoeven, Anderson ‘Braddock' Silva, Ben Edwards, Melvin Manhoef, Sergii Lashchenko, Mourad Bouzidi, Dzevad Poturak, Chahid Oulad El Hadj, Gago Drago and Andy Ristie.
Contracts which are ready to be signed with K-1 this week: Ruslan Karaev, Harut Grigorian, Chris Ngimbi, etc.
There have been several contracts signed with other big names in kickboxing, but these are not under contract with IT'S SHOWTIME, so we wait for K-1 Global to announce these names.
We are very happy with these positive developments in our sport and for all fighters in the world who now get the possibilities to show their talent in K-1.
Simon Rutz
IT'S SHOWTIME
Props:
heyzel
no Petro or Buakaw yet 
K-1 Announces World MAX Final 16
The information regarding K-1 is really beginning to pour out and in a hurry. The show that we all knew was happening has finally been formally announced by the new owners of K-1. LiverKick took some time today to speak with Doug Kaplan, the head of K-1 Global, and were impressed with what we heard. A part of K-1's big push today involves this press announcement which was sent out to the media today. This announcement solidifies the names that we've seen kicked around for the MAX tournament, with a few spots still open.
The big news are the participants in the K-1 World MAX Final 16 so far, which we have the names of twelve fighters, with four spots still being negotiated. Also there are a few Heavyweight Superfights being planned, with some absolutely huge names in talks to fight. Hopefully we'll have more on that next week, as well as venue information.
Andy Souwer (Holland)
Mike Zambidis (Greece)
Drago (Armenia)
Artur Kyshenko (Ukraine)
Yasuhiro Kido (Japan)
Yuji Nashiro (Japan)
Su Hwan Lee (Korea)
Abraham Roqueni (Spain)
Chahid (Morocco)
Longern Superpro Samui (Thai)
Harut Grigorian (Belgium)
Chris Ngimbi (Congo)
K-1 Announces World MAX Final 16
The information regarding K-1 is really beginning to pour out and in a hurry. The show that we all knew was happening has finally been formally announced by the new owners of K-1. LiverKick took some time today to speak with Doug Kaplan, the head of K-1 Global, and were impressed with what we heard. A part of K-1's big push today involves this press announcement which was sent out to the media today. This announcement solidifies the names that we've seen kicked around for the MAX tournament, with a few spots still open.
The big news are the participants in the K-1 World MAX Final 16 so far, which we have the names of twelve fighters, with four spots still being negotiated. Also there are a few Heavyweight Superfights being planned, with some absolutely huge names in talks to fight. Hopefully we'll have more on that next week, as well as venue information.
Andy Souwer (Holland)
Mike Zambidis (Greece)
Drago (Armenia)
Artur Kyshenko (Ukraine)
Yasuhiro Kido (Japan)
Yuji Nashiro (Japan)
Su Hwan Lee (Korea)
Abraham Roqueni (Spain)
Chahid (Morocco)
Longern Superpro Samui (Thai)
Harut Grigorian (Belgium)
Chris Ngimbi (Congo)
K-1 Announces HW Participants for May 27
Well we know that the K-1 card in Madrid on May 27 will be the the MAX Final 16, but there's also going to be some super fights. There have been a lot of rumors going around as to what heavyweights are going to be on the card. K-1 just sent out a press release, announcing the heavyweight participants for the card on May 27 in Madrid. They are as follows:
Mirko Cro Cop (Croatia)
Daniel Ghita (Romania)
Anderson "Braddock" Silva (Brazil)
Paul Slowinski (Poland/Australia)
Rico Verhoeven (Netherlands)
Loren Javier Jorge (Spain)
Sergei Lascenko (Ukraine)
The super fights for the heavyweights will be announced soon, and with that, so will the match-ups for the MAX Final 16, probably. Don't be surprised if a few other names show up when they announce the fights.
Update: K-1 just said there would be more big news about the 8th fighter. (If you noticed, only seven were announced.)
Well we know that the K-1 card in Madrid on May 27 will be the the MAX Final 16, but there's also going to be some super fights. There have been a lot of rumors going around as to what heavyweights are going to be on the card. K-1 just sent out a press release, announcing the heavyweight participants for the card on May 27 in Madrid. They are as follows:
Mirko Cro Cop (Croatia)
Daniel Ghita (Romania)
Anderson "Braddock" Silva (Brazil)
Paul Slowinski (Poland/Australia)
Rico Verhoeven (Netherlands)
Loren Javier Jorge (Spain)
Sergei Lascenko (Ukraine)
The super fights for the heavyweights will be announced soon, and with that, so will the match-ups for the MAX Final 16, probably. Don't be surprised if a few other names show up when they announce the fights.
Update: K-1 just said there would be more big news about the 8th fighter. (If you noticed, only seven were announced.)
Glory World Series 26th May 2012 Stockholm
Final 16 – 70KG –
1.) Giorgio Petrosyan (Italy) vs Fabio Pinca (France)
2.) Max Vorovski (Estonia) vs Sanny Dahlbeck (Sweden)
3.) Robin van Roosmalen (Netherlands) vs Dzhabar Askerov (Russia)
4.) Ky Hollenback (USA) vs Michael Corley (USA)
5.) Yoshihiro Sato (Japan) vs Shemsi Beqiri (Switserland)
6.) Dennis Schneidmiller (Germany) vs Qi Chenglong (China)
7.) Kem Sitsongpeenong (Thailand) vs Cosmo Alexandre (Brasil)
8.) Albert Kraus (Netherlands) vs Mohamed El Mir (Denmark)
- Super Fights –
1.) Nieky Holzken vs Alex Harris (Sweden)
2.) Semmy Schilt (Netherlands) vs Errol Zimmerman (Curacao)
they're doing Sergei vs Tony Lopez in MMA as well so I'm guessing they'll throw a couple more of those on the event.
Final 16 – 70KG –
1.) Giorgio Petrosyan (Italy) vs Fabio Pinca (France)
2.) Max Vorovski (Estonia) vs Sanny Dahlbeck (Sweden)
3.) Robin van Roosmalen (Netherlands) vs Dzhabar Askerov (Russia)
4.) Ky Hollenback (USA) vs Michael Corley (USA)
5.) Yoshihiro Sato (Japan) vs Shemsi Beqiri (Switserland)
6.) Dennis Schneidmiller (Germany) vs Qi Chenglong (China)
7.) Kem Sitsongpeenong (Thailand) vs Cosmo Alexandre (Brasil)
8.) Albert Kraus (Netherlands) vs Mohamed El Mir (Denmark)
- Super Fights –
1.) Nieky Holzken vs Alex Harris (Sweden)
2.) Semmy Schilt (Netherlands) vs Errol Zimmerman (Curacao)
they're doing Sergei vs Tony Lopez in MMA as well so I'm guessing they'll throw a couple more of those on the event.
damn, looked like a turtle stuck on its back. Marcus might need to hang em up
You guys remember Carter Williams? The great american hope for kickboxing that was always on espn2 back in the day? He's fighting Saki at the Glory event on the 26th I posted above... Poor guy lol
You guys remember Carter Williams? The great american hope for kickboxing that was always on espn2 back in the day? He's fighting Saki at the Glory event on the 26th I posted above... Poor guy lol
Props:
heyzel
K-1 headed to LA, Miami, Taipei & NY!
K-1 Global held a press conference to unveal Masato as the new executive producer today, but they also revealed the locations of all their events this year.
K-1 will hold five events this year, downgraded from the seven originally planned. The shows in summer have been scrapped, but from September to December, there are four K-1 events. They are as follows:
Early September - Qualifying World GP 2012/World MAX 2012 in Los Angeles
October - K-1 World GP 2012 Final 16 in Miami
November - K-1 World MAX 2012 Final in Taipei
December - K-1 World GP 2012 Final in New York
So it looks like the World MAX tournament will stage the Final 8 in Taipei, while the World Grand Prix (Heavyweight) tournament gets started off with the Final 16 in Miami and then the Final 8 in New York. Pretty interesting, to say the least.
First, though, is the K-1 World MAX Final 16, which is on May 27 in Madrid, Spain. 16 fighters will fight to advance to the World MAX 2012 Final in Taipei.
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holy shit I gotta try to go to the WGP Final in NY
K-1 Global held a press conference to unveal Masato as the new executive producer today, but they also revealed the locations of all their events this year.
K-1 will hold five events this year, downgraded from the seven originally planned. The shows in summer have been scrapped, but from September to December, there are four K-1 events. They are as follows:
Early September - Qualifying World GP 2012/World MAX 2012 in Los Angeles
October - K-1 World GP 2012 Final 16 in Miami
November - K-1 World MAX 2012 Final in Taipei
December - K-1 World GP 2012 Final in New York
So it looks like the World MAX tournament will stage the Final 8 in Taipei, while the World Grand Prix (Heavyweight) tournament gets started off with the Final 16 in Miami and then the Final 8 in New York. Pretty interesting, to say the least.
First, though, is the K-1 World MAX Final 16, which is on May 27 in Madrid, Spain. 16 fighters will fight to advance to the World MAX 2012 Final in Taipei.
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holy shit I gotta try to go to the WGP Final in NY
Big fights this weekend. I'm not gonna be around so if anyone has streams feel free to post them and keep the thread going.
Saturday
Glory World Series
70kg Final 16 GP:
Yoshihiro Sato vs. Shemsi Beqiri
Tim Thomas vs. Dennis Schneidmiller
Dzhabar Askerov vs. Robin van Roosmalen
David Kyria vs. Kem Sitsongpeenong
Ky Hollenbeck vs. Michael Corley
Sanny Dahlbeck vs. Maxim Vorovski
Albert Kraus vs. Mohammed El-Mir
Giorgio Petrosyan vs. Fabio Pinca
Heavyweight Super Fight: Gokhan Saki vs. Carter Williams
Glory World Heavyweight Title: Semmy Schilt vs. Errol Zimmerman
Sunday
K-1 Rising
World Max 2012 Final 16 Fights:
Mike Zambidis vs. Chahid Oulad El Hadj (Their fight in 2010 was Fight of the Year)
Andy Souwer vs. Abraham Roqueni
Artur Kyshenko vs. Su Hwan Lee
Xu Yan vs. Yasuhiro Kido
Gago Drago vs. Andy Ristie
Yuji Nashiro vs. Reece McAllister
Harut Grigorian vs. Murthel Groenhart
Chain Superpro Samui vs. Chris Ngimbi
Heavyweight Superfights:
Emad Kadyear vs. Zeben Diaz
Badr Hari vs. Anderson "Braddock" Silva
Mirko Cro Cop vs. Loren Javier Jorge
Daniel Ghita vs. Damian Garcia
Rico Verhoeven vs. Sergei Lascenko
Saturday
Glory World Series
70kg Final 16 GP:
Yoshihiro Sato vs. Shemsi Beqiri
Tim Thomas vs. Dennis Schneidmiller
Dzhabar Askerov vs. Robin van Roosmalen
David Kyria vs. Kem Sitsongpeenong
Ky Hollenbeck vs. Michael Corley
Sanny Dahlbeck vs. Maxim Vorovski
Albert Kraus vs. Mohammed El-Mir
Giorgio Petrosyan vs. Fabio Pinca
Heavyweight Super Fight: Gokhan Saki vs. Carter Williams
Glory World Heavyweight Title: Semmy Schilt vs. Errol Zimmerman
Sunday
K-1 Rising
World Max 2012 Final 16 Fights:
Mike Zambidis vs. Chahid Oulad El Hadj (Their fight in 2010 was Fight of the Year)
Andy Souwer vs. Abraham Roqueni
Artur Kyshenko vs. Su Hwan Lee
Xu Yan vs. Yasuhiro Kido
Gago Drago vs. Andy Ristie
Yuji Nashiro vs. Reece McAllister
Harut Grigorian vs. Murthel Groenhart
Chain Superpro Samui vs. Chris Ngimbi
Heavyweight Superfights:
Emad Kadyear vs. Zeben Diaz
Badr Hari vs. Anderson "Braddock" Silva
Mirko Cro Cop vs. Loren Javier Jorge
Daniel Ghita vs. Damian Garcia
Rico Verhoeven vs. Sergei Lascenko
here's all the big name fights
[video=youtube;8CUsSpSWiAU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CUsSpSWiAU[/video]
[video=youtube;bkmH-mRxJZA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkmH-mRxJZA[/video]
[video=youtube;Ged0kXTQNyg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ged0kXTQNyg[/video]
[video=youtube;dzgh7xhp3co]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzgh7xhp3co[/video]
[video=youtube;p8t8ETg4jLc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8t8ETg4jLc[/video]
[video=youtube;AQEde529Rmo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQEde529Rmo[/video]
[video=youtube;lmmKOjjuhWk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmmKOjjuhWk[/video]
^ awesome KO for Kyshenko
[video=youtube;naQOD7NTI6o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naQOD7NTI6o[/video]
[video=youtube;8CUsSpSWiAU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CUsSpSWiAU[/video]
[video=youtube;bkmH-mRxJZA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkmH-mRxJZA[/video]
[video=youtube;Ged0kXTQNyg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ged0kXTQNyg[/video]
[video=youtube;dzgh7xhp3co]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzgh7xhp3co[/video]
[video=youtube;p8t8ETg4jLc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8t8ETg4jLc[/video]
[video=youtube;AQEde529Rmo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQEde529Rmo[/video]
[video=youtube;lmmKOjjuhWk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmmKOjjuhWk[/video]
^ awesome KO for Kyshenko
[video=youtube;naQOD7NTI6o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naQOD7NTI6o[/video]
june/july are looking a little weak right now.
June 23rd
Kings of Kombat
Austrailia
-Nathan Corbett vs Marc Adrian
-Paul Slowinski vs TBA
More TBA
I wish Carnage would stop being so stubborn about no one outside of Australia letting him use elbows. It's like, alright dude it was cool a few years back how you were the best guy not in K-1 and looked like a badass because they don't allow elbows and you fucking destroy guys with them, but I want to see him fight Badr/Semmy/Ghita/Saki/Aerts/SpongII before everyone's old and looking like JLB does these days.
[video=youtube;zmz4nGk-mOM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmz4nGk-mOM[/video]
June 23rd
Boonchu Cup
Austrailia
-John Wayne Parr vs Jordan Tai
-Flip Street vs Chris Wells
-Thor Hoopmann vs TBA
-Aaron TS2 vs Brodie Stradler
June 30th
It's Showtime
Belgium
-Sergii Laschenko vs Dzevad Poturak
-Rico Verhoeven vs Hesdy Gerges
-Andy Souwer vs Chris Ngimbi
-Rustemi Kreshnik vs. Jérome Lebanner
-Samir Djabba vs. Andy Ristie
-Filip Verlinden vs. Danyo Ilunga
-Frédéric Sinistra vs. Daniel Ghita
-Harut Grigorian vs. Robin van Roosmalen
-Peter Aerts vs Tyrone Spong
June 23rd
Kings of Kombat
Austrailia
-Nathan Corbett vs Marc Adrian
-Paul Slowinski vs TBA
More TBA
I wish Carnage would stop being so stubborn about no one outside of Australia letting him use elbows. It's like, alright dude it was cool a few years back how you were the best guy not in K-1 and looked like a badass because they don't allow elbows and you fucking destroy guys with them, but I want to see him fight Badr/Semmy/Ghita/Saki/Aerts/SpongII before everyone's old and looking like JLB does these days.
[video=youtube;zmz4nGk-mOM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmz4nGk-mOM[/video]
June 23rd
Boonchu Cup
Austrailia
-John Wayne Parr vs Jordan Tai
-Flip Street vs Chris Wells
-Thor Hoopmann vs TBA
-Aaron TS2 vs Brodie Stradler
June 30th
It's Showtime
Belgium
-Sergii Laschenko vs Dzevad Poturak
-Rico Verhoeven vs Hesdy Gerges
-Andy Souwer vs Chris Ngimbi
-Rustemi Kreshnik vs. Jérome Lebanner
-Samir Djabba vs. Andy Ristie
-Filip Verlinden vs. Danyo Ilunga
-Frédéric Sinistra vs. Daniel Ghita
-Harut Grigorian vs. Robin van Roosmalen
-Peter Aerts vs Tyrone Spong
Spike TV gives K-1 television deal for '12/13
SPIKE TV AND K-1, THE WORLD’S PREMIER KICKBOXING PROMOTION, AGREE TO MULTI-PLATFORM PARTNERSHIP FOR 2012 AND 2013
New York, NY, August 20, 2012 – Spike TV and K-1, the world's premier kickboxing organization, have agreed to a strategic partnership that will begin this fall with live fights streamed on Spike.com beginning Saturday, September 8 at the U.S. World Grand Prix Championships in Los Angeles. There will be a total of four events that will be streamed live in 2012. In 2013, the K-1 events will move from Spike.com to Spike TV to coincide with the network’s extensive coverage of Bellator Fighting Championships.
“We are thrilled to be in business with the world’s preeminent kickboxing organization,” said Jon Slusser, Senior Vice President, Sports and Multiplatform Events, Spike TV. “Spike has the most passionate and knowledgeable fans of combat sports and we are confident that they will enjoy the high-action of K-1, which serves as the perfect complement to our Bellator coverage next year.”
"K-1 is excited to join forces with Spike TV, a powerful and highly experienced cable network known nationally for its combat sports programming, presenting our live K-1 events," said Doug Kaplan, CEO, K-1. "Spike is the perfect television home and stage to introduce our K-1 warriors and the fast-paced, aggressive style of K-1 fighting to fight fans across America."
Spike.com’s 2012 coverage will include unprecedented access to K-1 events, from live streaming of the weigh-ins the day before the bouts, to locker room interviews, to live coverage of every fight on the card, including all the prelims.
The four K-1 events in 2012 include:
September 8 - Los Angeles - U.S. Grand Prix Championship
October 14 - Tokyo, Japan - World Grand Prix Final
December 8 - Athens, Greece - MAX Final
December 26 - New York - World Grand Prix Final
The addition of K-1 to Spike TV’s lineup next year further establishes the network as the premier television destination for combat sports. Spike TV will debut Bellator Fighting Championships in January 2013 with a weekly live fight card featuring some of the best rising stars in the mixed martial arts world.
K-1 is the largest kickboxing promotion in history. Since 1993, K-1 has presented professional live martial arts events in 38 countries, featuring the best and most accomplished athletes in the sport.
World Grand Prix Champions of K-1 include Alistair Overeem, Mark Hunt, Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts, Remy Bonjasky and Semmy Schilt. K-1 returned to the world stage on May 26, 2012 in Madrid, Spain, drawing a packed stadium and hundreds of thousands of views on the K-1 Live Stream.
Spike TV is available in 98.7 million homes and is a division of Viacom Media Networks. A unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), Viacom Media Networks is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV's Internet address is www.spike.com and for up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs, visit Spike TV's press site at http://www.spike.com/press. Follow us on Twitter
@peter
tvpr for the latest in breaking news updates, behind-the-scenes information and photos.
SPIKE TV AND K-1, THE WORLD’S PREMIER KICKBOXING PROMOTION, AGREE TO MULTI-PLATFORM PARTNERSHIP FOR 2012 AND 2013
New York, NY, August 20, 2012 – Spike TV and K-1, the world's premier kickboxing organization, have agreed to a strategic partnership that will begin this fall with live fights streamed on Spike.com beginning Saturday, September 8 at the U.S. World Grand Prix Championships in Los Angeles. There will be a total of four events that will be streamed live in 2012. In 2013, the K-1 events will move from Spike.com to Spike TV to coincide with the network’s extensive coverage of Bellator Fighting Championships.
“We are thrilled to be in business with the world’s preeminent kickboxing organization,” said Jon Slusser, Senior Vice President, Sports and Multiplatform Events, Spike TV. “Spike has the most passionate and knowledgeable fans of combat sports and we are confident that they will enjoy the high-action of K-1, which serves as the perfect complement to our Bellator coverage next year.”
"K-1 is excited to join forces with Spike TV, a powerful and highly experienced cable network known nationally for its combat sports programming, presenting our live K-1 events," said Doug Kaplan, CEO, K-1. "Spike is the perfect television home and stage to introduce our K-1 warriors and the fast-paced, aggressive style of K-1 fighting to fight fans across America."
Spike.com’s 2012 coverage will include unprecedented access to K-1 events, from live streaming of the weigh-ins the day before the bouts, to locker room interviews, to live coverage of every fight on the card, including all the prelims.
The four K-1 events in 2012 include:
September 8 - Los Angeles - U.S. Grand Prix Championship
October 14 - Tokyo, Japan - World Grand Prix Final
December 8 - Athens, Greece - MAX Final
December 26 - New York - World Grand Prix Final
The addition of K-1 to Spike TV’s lineup next year further establishes the network as the premier television destination for combat sports. Spike TV will debut Bellator Fighting Championships in January 2013 with a weekly live fight card featuring some of the best rising stars in the mixed martial arts world.
K-1 is the largest kickboxing promotion in history. Since 1993, K-1 has presented professional live martial arts events in 38 countries, featuring the best and most accomplished athletes in the sport.
World Grand Prix Champions of K-1 include Alistair Overeem, Mark Hunt, Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts, Remy Bonjasky and Semmy Schilt. K-1 returned to the world stage on May 26, 2012 in Madrid, Spain, drawing a packed stadium and hundreds of thousands of views on the K-1 Live Stream.
Spike TV is available in 98.7 million homes and is a division of Viacom Media Networks. A unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), Viacom Media Networks is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV's Internet address is www.spike.com and for up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs, visit Spike TV's press site at http://www.spike.com/press. Follow us on Twitter
@peter
tvpr for the latest in breaking news updates, behind-the-scenes information and photos.Glory 11 is going to be on SpikeTV tonight at 9PMEST/8EST. I'm gonna be there in a suite hahaha 
Main Event Superfight
Tyrone Spong vs. Nathan Corbett
Heavyweight Tournament
Daniel Ghita vs. Anderson Silva
Gokhan Saki vs. Rico Verhoeven
Tournament Finals: TBD
Tournament Reserve Bout
Errol Zimmerman vs. Hesdy Gerges
Super Fights
Karim Ghajji vs. Joseph Valtellini
Sergei Kharitonov vs. Daniel Sam
Danyo Ilunga vs. Michael Duut
Raymond Daniels vs. Brian Foster
Filip Verlinden vs. Saulo Cavalari
Steve Moxon vs. Reece McAllister
Gabriel Varga vs. Jose Palacios
Under Card
Michael Mananquil vs. Troy Sheridan
Maurice Greene vs. Yang Rae Yoo
Kyle Weickhardt vs. Quartus Stitt
Billy Rose vs. Aaron Swenson
Ian Alexander vs. Austin Lewis
Axel Mendez vs. Jordan Weiland
Main Event Superfight
Tyrone Spong vs. Nathan Corbett
Heavyweight Tournament
Daniel Ghita vs. Anderson Silva
Gokhan Saki vs. Rico Verhoeven
Tournament Finals: TBD
Tournament Reserve Bout
Errol Zimmerman vs. Hesdy Gerges
Super Fights
Karim Ghajji vs. Joseph Valtellini
Sergei Kharitonov vs. Daniel Sam
Danyo Ilunga vs. Michael Duut
Raymond Daniels vs. Brian Foster
Filip Verlinden vs. Saulo Cavalari
Steve Moxon vs. Reece McAllister
Gabriel Varga vs. Jose Palacios
Under Card
Michael Mananquil vs. Troy Sheridan
Maurice Greene vs. Yang Rae Yoo
Kyle Weickhardt vs. Quartus Stitt
Billy Rose vs. Aaron Swenson
Ian Alexander vs. Austin Lewis
Axel Mendez vs. Jordan Weiland