Completely new to the sport of kickboxing but i love watching this guys fights. I tried to find when hes fighting next and it appears that it will be in Athens, Greece on December 15th at the K1 World Max 2012 card.
here are some of his fights for those who are as new to kickboxing as i am
vs Chahid part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZUr4xeaCKU
Chahid par 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z72_OkgiQoE
vs Fadi Merza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDQ2onqK6x4
highlight video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W-bSAmXgx4
now according to his wikipedia he is fighting Reece McAllister but the K1 World MAX 2012 bracket shows that he is fighting Yasuhiro Kido. If anyone knows which one is his opponent i would appreciate the help
Here is Yasuhiro Kido's opening round fight(awesome spinning backfist ko)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZN2C2WwyiI
Here is Reece McAllister's opening round fight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L8nktnLfV4
And here is a highlight video of the opening round of the World Max final 16 event in Madrid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNpHg4ZpPN4
Yeah he's awesome. 
My boy is friends with him. Zambidis is like a god in Greece!
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iron mike is a beast.
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gracie - My boy is friends with him. Zambidis is like a god in Greece!
thats awesome
does your buddy train with him? the Zambidis Club gym looks like an amazing place to train
vs Fadi Merza
i cant seem to find the bracket for this tournament anywhere
The Greek fighting legend.
Rusty Shackleford -
i cant seem to find the bracket for this tournament anywhere
the only place i could find it was here at wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-1_World_MAX_2012_World_Championship_Tournament_Final_16
and thanks for posting the videos, voted up when my vote resets tomorrow
His first fight with Chahid is probably the greatest fight ever fought.
He is a beast....even cooler in person too
He is fighting Reece McAllister of the UK in Greece on December 15th in he FINAL 8
Also is fighting there is
Andy Souwer (NED) V Andy Ristie (Suriname)
Artur Kyshenko (Ukraine) V Chris Ngimbi (Congo)
Yasuhiro Kido (Japan) V Murthel Groenhart (Netherlands)
HanzoSword -Rusty Shackleford -i cant seem to find the bracket for this tournament anywhere
the only place i could find it was here at wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-1_World_MAX_2012_World_Championship_Tournament_Final_16
and thanks for posting the videos, voted up when my vote resets tomorrow
Thanks and no worries. I would have posted the rest but my computer keeps freezing. 
I think Mike was P4P the hardest puncher in K1. Despite being so short, the guy is a giant.
sick here. just crushes the guy.
start around 6min.
my favorite active kickboxer
mans a savage
OP VTFU
iron mike
found an interesting quote from Zambidis on weight training for kickboxing
here is the link
http://www.kyokushin4life.com/forums/showthread.php?t=738
and here is the quote
" firmly believe in the benefits for kickboxers of working out with weights I have a weight trainer and we do exercises according to a specific program: a lot of quick reps with low weights to strengthen and tone the muscles but not to bulk, because that would result in loss of speed. Very important is also the timing of the kind of weight training you do during your preparation.
If for instance you have a fight in three months and you want to gain strength, you concentrate for 1.5 months on weights in order to become stronger and bigger and then after that you do more relaxed
weight training, where you concentrate on speed and explosiveness. About 20 days before the fight I stop training with weights completely and concentrate more on running.
I believe that the real power is in one's internal energy combined with the right relaxation. Many times when I make contact with my opponent it feels like my energy passes over to him, like when I hit F-16 Forrester on his guard and still knocked him down. It's like the tail of a whip, on its own it has no real weight or impact power, but when one cracks it properly and it hits you, you really feel it!! When I feel well in the ring it's like I am boiling over with energy; on the one hand I feel light as a feather and on the other hand, it feels like my punches have the power of a heavy weight.
My training routine basically consists of Kickboxing training, running and weights. Very important for me as a fighter is eating proper home made food, live seriously, get enough sleep and most of all fill myself with positive energy; stress and pressure are bad for a fighter.
There is nothing wrong with training hard, but many fighters over train themselves. I also train a lot, but I do so under medical surveillance. For instance, I regularly do CPK tests to check for the lactic acid levels in my body. I have seen fighters train like crazy in the gym and look washed up in the ring. This is because they over train and stop training two or three days before the fight. If your lactic acid level is too high, it takes at least 7 days to get it out of your system. Stopping your training two days before the fight is just not enough if you are over trained.
Also if they are on the edge of your weight limit, many fighters drink very little the last days in order to make the limit, then do the weight in and immediately drink a lot; this is wrong. If the weigh-in is the day before the fight there is no problem, you can slowly intake water and recover within 25 hours your fluid balance. If the weigh-in is however in the morning and the fight is the evening then you have a problem, everything you drink will just pump you up or you urinate it, the body does not recuperate."