HERO’s Weigh-In and Fight Order
By Stephen Martinez (stephen_lynnpa@yahoo.com)
TOKYO, Sept. 6 — With Another typhoon currently over Japan’s shores K-1 HERO’s held a press conference Tuesday where the company released the fight order for tomorrow night, plus the official weights for fighters inside the tournament and some super-fights.
Atsushi Yamamoto (Pictures) vs. Katsuya Toida (Pictures)
Middleweight Tournament (reserve fight): Hermes Franca (Pictures) vs. Koutetsu Boku (Pictures)
Yoshihiro Nakao (Pictures) vs. Fai Falamore
Middleweight Tournament: Genki Sudo (Pictures) vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
Middleweight Tournament: Remigijus Morkevicius vs. Hiroyuki Takaya (Pictures)
Middleweight Tournament: Royler Gracie (Pictures) vs. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto
Middleweight Tournament: Caol Uno (Pictures) vs. Hideo Tokoro (Pictures)
Akira Kikuchi (Pictures) vs. Kiuma Kunioku (Pictures)
Sam Greco (Pictures) vs. Shungo Oyama (Pictures)
Middleweight Tournament semifinals (Sudo-Miyata winner vs. Morkevicius-Takaya winner)
Middleweight Tournament semifinals (Gracie-Yamamoto winner vs. Uno-Tokoro winner)
Also some of the fighters’ weigh-in results were released to the media.
Atsushi Yamamoto (Pictures) 65 kg
Katsuya Toida (Pictures) 64.9 kg
Akira Kikuchi (Pictures) 77.0 kg
Kiuma Kunioku (Pictures) 76.7 kg Tournament weight limit 70.0 kg:
Hermes Franca (Pictures) 69.9 kg
Koutetsu Boku (Pictures) 70.0 kg
Genki Sudo (Pictures) 70.0 kg
Kazuyuki Miyata 69.6 kg
Remigijus Morkevicius 67.8 kg
Hiroyuki Takaya (Pictures) 69.8 kg
Royler Gracie (Pictures) 69.6 kg
“Kid” Yamamoto 65.7 kg
Caol Uno (Pictures) 69.7 kg
Hideo Tokoro (Pictures) 67.4 kg
The show kick-offs Wednesday September 7 at 5:30 p.m. Japan time. For those in Japan the free TV broadcast will be the same night at 9:00 p.m. on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System).