Tape Delay Kickboxing 19: Krush.147 - 2023-03-25
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Krush.147 - 2023-03-25
Korakuen Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
In the main event, 6th Krush Feather champion Shuhei Kumura takes on Riku Morisaka, who went 4-0 in 2022.
K-1 Basics: Most fights are 3 3-minute rounds with a single 3-minute extra round if it’s a draw. 3 knockdowns in a round is a TKO, or 2 if it’s a one-night tournament fight. Judges are fairly liberal with 10-10 round scoring, so you will often see fights scored 30-30 or 30-29. Official rules state that the judges must pick a winner at the end of the extra round, including looking back on the earlier rounds of the fight if necessary. Kickboxing rules: knees are legal, elbows are not. Clinch must be broken with an immediate strike or the ref will separate, and fighters are not allowed to pull the neck of the opponent down to deliver a strike.
Fights highlighted in bold were ones that I found particularly entertaining.
Preliminary Fights
Masaki Oishi (Debut) vs. Takuma Mori (Debut) (170)
Kosei Kawakita (5-2, 4 KO) vs. Kensuke Ori (0-1) (143)
Main Card
Hiroto Iwasaki (20-5-2, 9 KO) vs. Yuya Miyake (6-1, 3 KO) (138)
Yuto Saito (10-6, 8 KO) vs. Naoki Takahashi (15-7-2, 4 KO) (132)
Kensei Kondo (4-5-1, 3 KO) vs. Yuta Saito (5-10, 4 KO) (143)
Yoichi Yamazaki (25-17-4, 14 KO) vs. Naoki Morita (4-1, 3 KO) (154)
MOMOTARO (33-13-1, 8 KO) vs. Masaki Takeuchi (25-16-2, 6 KO) (127)
Koki (11-8, 3 KO) vs. Ikko (17-4-2, 3 KO) (121)
Tatsuki Shinotsuka (8-3, 6 KO) vs. Yuta Hayashi (7-8-1, 2 KO) (127)
Kaisei Kondo (7-4-1, 5 KO) vs. Vitor Toffanelli (15-13-1, 11 KO) (143)
Semi-Final: Riki Matsuoka (11-9-2, 5 KO) vs. Kaito (9-6, 7 KO) (149)
Main Event: (C) Shuhei Kumura (19-11, 9 KO) vs. Riku Morisaka (16-12-2, 3 KO) (127 Title)