Choi Hong Man beats Semmy

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"Choi got a right through early and scored with a 1-2-3 combination, otherwise coolly answering Schilt's repeated low kicks with the jab. Schilt got the fists up more to start the second, and Choi was bleeding from above the left eye by the midpoint of the round, prompting a doctor stop, prompting the crowd to perform the wave with zeal. After resumption, Choi again stepped in with combinations, but Schilt blocked to stay out of trouble, throwing a dangerous high kick that Choi stopped. At the clapper Choi put Schilt on the run with straight punches, catching him off-balance with a good left then firing in a few more blows to cause Schilt to turn away. Probably the best sustained pressure of the bout, Choi aggressive right up to the bell.

In the third Schilt went with low kicks, but Choi was not bothered by these. The fight slowed somewhat here before Choi brought another left straight punch, Schilt answering in kind. A close contest, the cards giving it to Choi by the narrowest of split decisions."

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oh yeah and the judo guy Kim min soo made it to the finals of the asia gp, lol

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" A close contest, the cards giving it to Choi by the narrowest of split decisions."

translation: semmy beat the holy hell out of him

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did you actually watch the fight ? if you think that was a bad K-1 decision, you haven't watched enough K-1

Semmy did nothing but pepper Choi with leg kicks and he got saved by the bell at the end of one round.

it was more like a draw

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Choi has come a long way in a relatively short amount of time. I still would like to see him do MMA.

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Finally Schilt fights someone his own size! I think Choi's reach advantage threw Schilt off a little. Not many people have a reach advantage on Semmy Schilt.

Choi has come a long way in a short period of time. His hands looked pretty good... considering how long he's been training.

Didn't Schilt fight in Amsterdam a month or 3 weeks ago? He might need a little longer in between fights to heal/recover IMO.

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I really want to see this, given how different the results were when they each fought Bonjansky!

Since it always seemed Choi's only real advantage was his size, where Semmy actually brought some decent technique into the equation. Since they are of similar size (enough that choi would lose his advantage), I thought this would be a cakewalk for Schilt...

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"Finally Schilt fights someone his own size! I think Choi's reach advantage threw Schilt off a little. Not many people have a reach advantage on Semmy Schilt."

Same reason Hoost had problems with Schilt and Glaube, same reason Glaube had problems with Schilt. When reach advantage is part of your style you gotta switch it up against another tall fighter.

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www.k-1.co.jp has full results.

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Choi is going to be our next GP champ! Maybe not this year, but next! Or maybe the following!

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