Tape Delay Kickboxing: Krush 145

Krush.145 and two zig zags, baby that's all we need.

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Krush.145 - 2023-01-21

Korakuen Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

The first Krush event of 2023 features the first round of the Super Light tournament for the vacant title, to crown the 9th champion. Previous champion Daizo Sasaki relinquished the belt to focus on winning the K-1 title currently held by Tetsuya Yamato. Today’s four winners will do the semi-finals and finals at Krush.148 on April 28. In the main event, Krush Light champion Fumiya “Bad Guy” Osawa is making the first defense of his title since he won it via decision over Shuji Kawarada in April. Osawa previously defeated today’s challenger “Stardust Lefty” Yuzuki Satomi by decision in June 2019 in a close fight that all 3 judges scored 30-29. Osawa also defeated Dansiam Ayothaya Fight Gym at the K-1 show in August. Satomi won two fights on big K-1 shows in 2022, over Ryuka and Yuma Saikyo. 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

Yuki Sakamoto (2-0, 2 KO) vs. Kano (2-0, 2 KO) (143) https://youtu.be/kpKebikvLsU  

Kazuma Kubo (4-7, 1 KO) vs. Takaya Komatsu (3-2, 0 KO) (127)

https://youtu.be/F46OCimQGCI

Main Card

Yutaka (16-8, 9 KO) vs. Daiki Nagumo (3-9, 0 KO) (132)

https://youtu.be/bc71ZJolxEs  

Yuya Miyake (5-1, 2 KO) vs. Taihei Shimomura (2-1, 0 KO) (137)

https://youtu.be/B4Mr8xvbnk0

Riku Matsumoto (4-0-1, 1 KO) vs. Ryunosuke Saito (3-1, 2 KO) (117)

https://youtu.be/Xg7Ak_7-_08  

Masami (10-5, 3 KO) vs. Yuka☆ (4-2, 0 KO) (106)

https://youtu.be/WARhOKgIhfA

ANIMAL☆KOJI (3-3, 1 KO) vs. Nakahira Takumi (9-7, 9 KO) (198)

https://youtu.be/67hKd3vYXMQ  

Yujiro Ono (22-12, 10 KO) vs. Takuma Tsukamoto (5-3-2, 2 KO) (143 Super Light Title Tournament #1)

https://youtu.be/y8f28_M4eP4

Ruku Kojima (8-6, 4 KO) vs. Atsuto Matsumoto (8-4-1, 0 KO) (143 Super Light Title Tournament #2) https://youtu.be/fYIVAq887MA  

Hisaki Higashimoto (15-19, 8 KO) vs. Shu Inagaki (7-1, 3 KO) (143 Super Light Title Tournament #3)

https://youtu.be/KXGyJIebCXo   Hikaru Terashima (6-3, 3 KO) vs. Hikaru Hasumi (5-8, 3 KO) (143 Super Light Title Tournament #4) https://youtu.be/bmDSWzcJsYM   (C) Fumiya Osawa (29-19, 3 KO) vs. Yuzuki Satomi (18-10-1, 8 KO) (138 Light Title) https://youtu.be/F4Jcn48FTPw