Tape Delay Kickboxing 24: Krush.148 - 2023-04-28
A new Krush Super Lightweight champion is crowned over two bouts in one night. Don't skip the Preliminary Fight!
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Krush.148 - 2023-04-28
Korakuen Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
The conclusion of the tournament for the Krush Super Light title, where the winner will have to win two fights in one night to earn the belt. The first round of the tournament was held at Krush.145 back in January, and you can find the videos for those bouts in a previous installment of this series, here.
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. Tournament final linked instead of embedded to prevent spoilers.
Preliminary Fight
Juki Sakamoto (4-2, 1 KO) vs. Ryusei Imamura (Debut) (121)
Main Card
9th Krush Super Light Champion Tournament - Reserve Fight: FUMIYA (10-11, 10 KO) vs. Yugo (5-2, 1 KO) (143)
9th Krush Super Light Champion Tournament - Semi-Final 1: Takuma Tsukamoto (6-3-2, 2 KO) vs. Ruku Kojima (9-6, 4 KO) (143)
9th Krush Super Light Champion Tournament - Semi-Final 2: Shu Inagaki (8-1, 4 KO) vs. Hikaru Terashima (7-3, 3 KO) (143)
Riku Matsumoto (4-1-1, 1 KO) vs. Eito Kurokawa (3-0-1, 0 KO) (117)
Shota Meguro (4-6-2, 2 KO) vs. Koki Akada (4-1-1, 3 KO) (132)
Kiriluang Chor.Hapayak (63-7-3, 12 KO) vs. Ryota Ishida (5-1, 2 KO) (127)
ANIMAL☆KOJI (4-3, 1 KO) vs. Shota Yamaguchi (4-0, 2 KO) (198)
Eruto (5-3, 3 KO) vs. Chikara Iwao (12-3-1, 6 KO) (121)
Semi-Final: Shuji Kawarada (14-6, 7 KO) vs. Haru Furumiya (5-1, 0 KO) (138)
Main Event: 9th Krush Super Light Champion Tournament - Final (143) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-R3Psn9NCI