[BadAssVegita]

Yod will be in the K-1 MAX WGP soon and he's going to own it! Yod is the man. Unliike so many of the Thais, he has real KO power in his fists along with his incredible round kick. Yod vs Buakaw would be sick! Buakaw will bounce back quickly I think.

[RJ Powell]

lol @ Rape-lace

[FRANKIE 総統]

Originally Posted by CPH

..Then again, no one is knocking on Faldir Chahbari's door even though he's beaten both Drago and Direkci convincingly. Granted, Chahbari is more of a point fighter and even less of a teen idol than Yod but it just goes to show how easily a fighter's quality is disregarded.
Petrosyan is another guy whose exclusion baffles me; he is young, exciting, good-looking and made a very close fight against Buakaw.

It seems as though K-1 are satisfied with their cast of 3 dominant fighters and don't want to 'confuse things' by introducing someone really dangerous into the mix..

I never fully understood why Petrosyan doenst get called on smaller non tournament shows. He'd be perfect. I think MAX is thinning the heard nowdays and I hope next year to see some fresh faces I think bringing in Lima was a good step, not that he's young I just like to see him in there

[Dreago]

MAX needs a championship belt, that way they could bring in more fighters than being limited by the GP cap limit. Bring in some more legit talent!

[ouchpouch]

Originally Posted by FRANKIE 総統

I never fully understood why Petrosyan doenst get called on smaller non tournament shows. He'd be perfect. I think MAX is thinning the heard nowdays and I hope next year to see some fresh faces I think bringing in Lima was a good step, not that he's young I just like to see him in there

It was a good idea indeed. However, they didn't even show his fight on live TV...which was disappointing.

Daniel Dawson is another fighter that they always seem to exclude. He's known in the Japanese fighting circuit. He beat Jordan Tai last year, yet Jordan Tai was put into the final 16 this year against Kyshenko...wtf?

[Kaminoko]

giorgio petrosyan fought in the K1 amsterdam, in K-1 Oktagon and K-1 Scandinavia,K-1 Italy . Soon enough he will be fighting for the k1 max belt.

[Shft_E]

I didnt know about this guy, looked at some HL he's sick! But why the nickname "The Computer Wizard?" Not very dangerous sounding......

[that_dude]

K-1 prefers to brings guy from RISE, Shootboxing or NJKF over thay or euro talent. it's understandable, they need someone to replace Masato and HIROYA is still a few years away from being a big time player.

but it's undeniable that, bar a few names, they make an effort to put only the best on their MAX shows.

[ouchpouch]

Originally Posted by Shft_E

I didnt know about this guy, looked at some HL he's sick! But why the nickname "The Computer Wizard?" Not very dangerous sounding......

Yeah its a mistake. The actual nick name is the boxing computer lol There was a dispute about the translation a few threads ago.

[ouchpouch]

Originally Posted by that_dude

K-1 prefers to brings guy from RISE, Shootboxing or NJKF over thay or euro talent. it's understandable, they need someone to replace Masato and HIROYA is still a few years away from being a big time player.

but it's undeniable that, bar a few names, they make an effort to put only the best on their MAX shows.

Hmm that is true. However, with the 60kg division...they'll have a lot more Japanese in that division. So they can put more international fighters in the MAX...imagine fighters like: Dawson, Yod and Petrosyan...mixing it with the current roster. These three can change the current MAX rankings. But hey i just want to see a fight between Yod and Dawson.