Sadaharu Tanikawa announces the Final 16 participants
On a press after the Tokyo qualifying GP, K-1 producer Tanikawa announced the participating fighters for the Final 16 on September 26th in Seoul, and those are:
Remy Bonjasky
Badr Hari
Errol Zimmerman
Gokhan Saki
Ewerton Teixeira
Ruslan Karaev
Jerome LeBanner
Peter Aerts
Semmy Schilt
Kyotaro
Zabit Samedov
Singh Jaideep
Daniel Ghita
He also said that the remaining participants will be chosen out of the next fighters:
Glaube Feitosa
Paul Slowinsky
Ray Sefo
HongMan Choi
Mighty Mo
Stefan Leko
Sergey Lashchenko
TyroneSpong
Taiei
Kim
Musashi
Yunichi Sawayashiki
Melvin Manhoef
Alistair Overeem
Sergey Kharitonov
with an advantage to more experienced fighters and including a Korean, because the event is taking place there. The match-ups will not be decided by lottery, but by deliberate matching in order to make the event even more exciting.
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