MadMike
29-09-2011, 12:55
We zijn er dit weekend een beetje aan voorbij gegaan gezien de aandacht voor UFC en Showtime. Maar Albert Kraus heeft meegedaan aan het Japan K1 max toernooi. Hij was de favoriet bij de bookmakers maar het liep net even wat anders dan gedacht... :wacko: Wel balen aangezien hij nog steeds in supervorm is. Gelukkig kan hij het dit jaar goed maken aangezien hij als enige Nederlander mee doet aan de K1 max finals. Hieronder de uitslagen en een WEDSTRIJDVERSLAG van Kraus.
Iemand die de videos weet te vinden??
http://www.k-1.co.jp/en/event/2011/0925_max/images/tournament_110925.gif
Quarter-finals:
Yuya Yamamoto defeats Shintaro Matsukura by unanimous decision
Takafumi Morita defeats Hiroki Nakajima by unanimous decisio
Yuji Nashiro defeats Albert Kraus by unanimous decision
Kenta defeats Yasuhiro Kido by split decision
Semi-finals:
Yuji Nashiro defeats Takafumi Morita by unanimous decision
Yuya Yamamoto defeats Kenta by decision after extra round
Final:
Nashiro defeats Yamamoto by KO round 1
WEDSTRIJDVERSLAG KRAUS - NASHIRO
5,410 fans crammed into the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium to see firsthand the long-awaited return of K-1 World MAX.
Albert Kraus, the first ever World MAX Champion, was the legend taking part in this tournament. He was the clear favorite to take the belt this year. His opponent was Kyokushin fighter Yuji Nashiro. Yuji is the younger brother of the famous world boxing champion, Nobuo Nashiro.
Kraus put the pressure on from the get-go and didn’t give Nashiro the distance he likes to work his own magic. He got in his face and stayed there. Nashiro, a right-handed southpaw, didn’t break though. While he looked frustrated, he did bide his time and planted a nice left to Kraus’ jaw causing the Dutchman to wobble drunkenly while Nashiro tried to finish him. There is a reason Kraus has had such a long career though. His ring-smarts got him out of trouble until the bell rang.
http://www.muaythaitv.com/_data/en-us/2011/9/110927_kraus.jpg
In the second round Kraus still didn’t quite look like himself. His boxing was outstanding as always, but he was allowing Nashiro the distance the he so dearly wanted. Nashiro made the most of it while he could. Towards the end of the round Kraus started pressuring with his combinations once more, but it wasn’t quite to the same level as earlier in the fight.
The final round began and Kraus was finally starting to look like himself again. He was landing a large percentage of punches, including a nice tripled-up upper-cut that looked like it stunned Nashiro for a second. I don’t think the cobwebs were completely cleaned out of his head though, as he ducked right into a nicely set up left high kick that helped wrap Nashiro’s shin around his neck. Kraus went down hard. The count started unusually late, but it was still a very groggy looking Kraus that somehow made it to his feet. The bell rang out to restart the fight and just as Kraus launched himself at his opponent; it rang out again signaling the end of the bout. Kraus had lost in the opening round unanimously. With a swollen right eye he later said he doesn’t know what went wrong. “I just didn’t feel right tonight. We knew he would throw that kick and I trained so hard with that in mind, but still made the mistake,” he explained.
Iemand die de videos weet te vinden??
http://www.k-1.co.jp/en/event/2011/0925_max/images/tournament_110925.gif
Quarter-finals:
Yuya Yamamoto defeats Shintaro Matsukura by unanimous decision
Takafumi Morita defeats Hiroki Nakajima by unanimous decisio
Yuji Nashiro defeats Albert Kraus by unanimous decision
Kenta defeats Yasuhiro Kido by split decision
Semi-finals:
Yuji Nashiro defeats Takafumi Morita by unanimous decision
Yuya Yamamoto defeats Kenta by decision after extra round
Final:
Nashiro defeats Yamamoto by KO round 1
WEDSTRIJDVERSLAG KRAUS - NASHIRO
5,410 fans crammed into the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium to see firsthand the long-awaited return of K-1 World MAX.
Albert Kraus, the first ever World MAX Champion, was the legend taking part in this tournament. He was the clear favorite to take the belt this year. His opponent was Kyokushin fighter Yuji Nashiro. Yuji is the younger brother of the famous world boxing champion, Nobuo Nashiro.
Kraus put the pressure on from the get-go and didn’t give Nashiro the distance he likes to work his own magic. He got in his face and stayed there. Nashiro, a right-handed southpaw, didn’t break though. While he looked frustrated, he did bide his time and planted a nice left to Kraus’ jaw causing the Dutchman to wobble drunkenly while Nashiro tried to finish him. There is a reason Kraus has had such a long career though. His ring-smarts got him out of trouble until the bell rang.
http://www.muaythaitv.com/_data/en-us/2011/9/110927_kraus.jpg
In the second round Kraus still didn’t quite look like himself. His boxing was outstanding as always, but he was allowing Nashiro the distance the he so dearly wanted. Nashiro made the most of it while he could. Towards the end of the round Kraus started pressuring with his combinations once more, but it wasn’t quite to the same level as earlier in the fight.
The final round began and Kraus was finally starting to look like himself again. He was landing a large percentage of punches, including a nice tripled-up upper-cut that looked like it stunned Nashiro for a second. I don’t think the cobwebs were completely cleaned out of his head though, as he ducked right into a nicely set up left high kick that helped wrap Nashiro’s shin around his neck. Kraus went down hard. The count started unusually late, but it was still a very groggy looking Kraus that somehow made it to his feet. The bell rang out to restart the fight and just as Kraus launched himself at his opponent; it rang out again signaling the end of the bout. Kraus had lost in the opening round unanimously. With a swollen right eye he later said he doesn’t know what went wrong. “I just didn’t feel right tonight. We knew he would throw that kick and I trained so hard with that in mind, but still made the mistake,” he explained.