Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:06

If you were somehow unaware, Road 2 Glory USA Tulsa 2 went down this past weekend, featuring Xavier Vigney, James Wilson, Jack May and Steven Banks. There were a few surprises at the show, like Wilson pulling his Kickboxing Sumo act again, as well as Vigney taking the entire tournament in a clean sweep. You can check out the highlight from the event here and see what you missed.

Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:06

Look, at this point there isn't a whole lot that can be said about Buakaw. Buakaw is a former K-1 World MAX Champion and probably the most famous thai fighter to fight outside of Thailand. Over the past few years Buakaw has kind of been taking it easy with his fights in the ring while focusing on fights outside of the ring. This stretches from a parting with his former camp, Por. Pramuk, and claiming that their contracts were that of slaves. Then he worked with Yokkao to establish a temporary training camp before he moved on to create his own, independent of anyone else.

His biggest ally during the parting with Por. Pramuk was easily the promotion Thai Fight, who not only fed him a healthy dose of easier fights to build up his name across the world, but helped to assure that the Por. Pramuk breakup would be beneficial for both Thai Fight and Buakaw. Now that relationship has apparently gone sour as well for both parties, as last month Thai Fight launched a lawsuit against Buakaw for about $1.5 million for breach of contract. Now Buakaw Banchamek is launching his own counter-suit for defamation of character.

I will almost always side with fighters when it comes to stuff like this, but many are beginning to wonder why trouble seems to be following Buakaw. Is it just that he's a whistleblower in the world of Thai fighting, or is he breaching the tradition?

If you are unfamiliar with Buakaw's plights, I urge you to read my piece from last year on the whole saga.

Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:06

Part II of "The King of the Ring" featuring Tyrone Spong, from the team that brought you The Reem. This episode follows Tyrone Spong around while he prepares for his bout with Remy Bonjasky as well as focuses on his life in Miami.

Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:06

Bosnian Heavyweight Kickboxer Dzevad Poturak has released a statement today announcing his retirement from the sport of Kickboxing at the age of 35. Poturak, who has competed in K-1, It's Showtime, SuperKombat and most recently Final Fight, will fight one last time at Final Fight 07, which is scheduled for September. Poturak's record currently stands at 50-22-1-1, with notable wins over Sergei Laschenko, Wendel Roche and Daniel Ghita under his belt.

Poturak had a strong showing at the K-1 World Grand Prix in March where he defeated Laschenko in a reserve bout and was called to fill in for an injured Badr Hari. Poturak was actually injured himself at the time, but opted to head to the ring and fight, putting forth a valiant effort against Ismael Londt. His most recent bout was at Final Fight 06 where he lost to Igor Jurkovic.

His retirement bout is slated for September 6th in Sarajevo under the Final Fight banner. Everyone here at LiverKick wishes Poturak well in his retirement.

Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:06

Final Fight 6 took place on Friday, which was June 14, and had quite a few notable kickboxing names on the card, as has been a recurring case with their events. The main event featured GLORY's Igor Jurkovic fighting Dzevad Poturak, but the real big fight on the card was between Pavel Zhuravlev and Hesdy Gerges. Slovenian slugger Miran Fabjan was back from injury and rising 85kg prospect out of the Netherlands, Ibrahim El Bouni, made his second appearance in Final Fight after the controversial loss to Toni Milanovic last time out. Here's video of the full event, which is worth checking out: