Yamamoto Prepares for Gono

Last Updated on Friday, 04 March 2011 11:20 Friday, 04 March 2011 10:50

Written by EK

K-1 MAX fighter Yuya Yamamoto held a public practice session on Friday as he prepares for his March 19th Superfight against Mixed-Martial-Artist and former All-Japan Kickboxing champion Akihiro Gono.

Yamamoto has found success in the smaller Krush promotion winning his past two fights including a knock out win over Masakazu Watanabe this past January whereas he's struggled on the bigger K-1 stage losing his last three fights.

Krush recently announced a -70kg Tournament (K-1 MAX weight) kicking off April 30th and baring any injuries, I would expect to see particiaption from Yamamoto in the tournament regardless of the outcome in his match against Gono.

Krush ~ Triple Final Round, March 19th, 2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

• Superfight 70kg (K-1 3Rx3min Ext. 1R)
  Akihiro Gono vs. Yuya Yamamoto

• -63kg Semi-Final (K-1 3Rx3min Ext. 1R)
  Koya Urabe vs. Takuya Shirahama

• -63kg Semi-Final (K-1 3Rx3min Ext. 1R)
  Ryujia Kajiwara vs. Kizaemon Saiga

• -60kg Semi-Final (K-1 3Rx3min Ext. 1R)
  Massaki Noiri vs. Yuji Takeuchi

• -60kg Semi-Final (K-1 3Rx3min Ext. 1R)
  Massaki Noiri vs. Yuji Takeuchi

• -55kg Semi-Final (K-1 3Rx3min Ext. 1R)
  Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Hiroaki Mizuhara

• -55kg Semi-Final (K-1 3Rx3min Ext. 1R)
  KENJI vs. Shota Takiya

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