Tape Delay Kickboxing: Krush-EX 2023 vol. 1 - 2022-02-11

Minor league of a minor league, but there's some entertaining fights in here. No spoilers, free on Youtube!

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Krush-EX 2023 vol. 1 - 2022-02-11

GEN Sports Palace, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Krush-EX is the sub-show for Krush, which is the sub-show of K-1. As such, the fighter records and profiles leave a little to be desired. The most promising prospect on the card is 19-year old Hiroshi, who has a record of 4-1-1. He fought 4-3 fighter Shion to a draw at Krush-EX in November and his loss came back in April when he was disqualified after 3 accidental blows to the groin of Shota Suzuki. Hiroshi takes on 2-6-1 Yuki Toyoda in the semi-final as K-1 continues their attempt to build him up. For the main event, Kazuki Matsumoto started 2-0 in Krush-EX in 2022, but then went up to Krush and went 0-2 so he’s back in Krush-EX. His opponent, Shuta Tanaka, started 0-2 in Krush-EX in 2021 and went out and collected 2 wins in KROSSxOVER in 2022, so he is returning to Krush-EX.

These fights do not have commentary. Fights highlighted in bold were ones that I found particularly entertaining.

Koichi Sasho (0-2) vs. Yuki Kamiya (0-1) (127)

Kenshiro Koguchi (1-6, 0 KO) vs. Tenga (1-0, 0 KO) (132)

Natsuki Mizukoshi (0-3-2) vs. Futa Hashimoto (2-2, 1 KO) (127)

Keito (1-3, 1 KO) vs. Jota Yasu (1-1, 0 KO) (127)

Nagisa (2-2-1, 1 KO) vs. Kensei Miyamoto (Debut) (121)

Semi-Final: Yuki Toyoda (2-6-1, 0 KO) vs. Hiroshi (4-1-1, 1 KO) (121)

Main Event: Kazuki Matsumoto (2-2, 2 KO) vs. Shuta Tanaka (3-2, 2 KO) (132)