K-1 fight goes off March 12.
The fight goes off March 12. Please note that all bets will stop being taken March 11 at 11:00 pm ET by BetCRIS. K-1 is a kickboxing combat sport that combines standup techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Kickboxing and traditional Boxing, among others. The name is a play off the abbreviation of Formula 1, which is F-1. The sport was first formed by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a former Kyokushin karate competition fighter who had formed his own organization, Seido-kaikan karate, in 1980.It is, by some accounts, becoming highly competitive to the more worldwide known PRIDE. K-1 events can be viewed in the USA via pay-per-view on iN DEMAND, and in most parts of Europe on EuroSport. Dutch fighter Melvin Manoef takes on Yoshiki Takahashi in what should be a lopsided bout with Manoef a whopping -650 favorite over Takahashi. Sydney Games Olympian Kazuyuki Miyata takes on “Black Mamba” Kultar Gill, who appeared in BodogFight Season 2, where he was submitted by Rodrigo Damm. Gill is the -235 favorite in what should otherwise by a fairly even matchup. Fight odds can be find at: Betcris SportsbookÂ