WAKO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-ITALY

[scmedic6]

Team USA arrived safely and are getting ready for some awesome kickboxing. Some of the fighters have 20 fighters in their bracket. Fights should start tommorrow. will keep everyone updated

[scmedic6]

After Day 1, Nathan Key and Simon Buettner won their first rounds and will advance to round 2.
Chris Cichon and John Greubel fought well but lost their matches
Tomorrow Mike Dean,Adam McDermid and Jim Klauba fight their first matches after all 3 getting first round byes

BTW Simon Knocked his opponent out in 12 seconds and Nathan schooled his opponent and won on points.

[Mnkickboxfan]

What about Jon Lewis? Where do we find updates?

[Mark Greubel]

Cellarkickboxing.com has a great detailed blog of the events in Italy. Nothing has been put up yet about Friday's fights as of yet, but that may change at any moment. Usually the guys all go to the venue, which is usually an hour away, together as a group on huge tour buses, then they have to wait until all the fights are over before they can get back on the buses. By the time the guys get back eat dinner, shower, etc... it is usually pretty late, so hopefully one of the guys can squeeze in a few minutes to update the blog or something. I know that they were having some connectivity issues as well. I sure hope to hear that Nate and Simon made it to the finals, and that the other guys advanced as well!

[Mark Greubel]

Just found out that Simon, Jim, and Nathan got eliminated, but no details of how. Micheal Dean and Adam Mcdermid both got their fights moved to tomorrow. They will be fighting for medals.

P.S. Don't forget about the BOJUKA seminar in Augusta Ga. at Greubel's MMA today at 12 noon!

[Mark Greubel]

Just got word from Nathan's dad that he lost a close decision to the current # 2 guy in the world from Norway. Apperantly the officials would not allow Nate to wrap his hands with the standard gauze and tape, so he broke his hand in his second fight. Don't have all the details yet so I'll post them as I get them.

[Mnkickboxfan]

Is Jon Lewis not fighting?

[Mark Greubel]

I do not believe he fought this time.

[jean-luc]

The results of the WAKO world championships in Italy are on the WAKO site : http://www.wakoweb.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?Ctn=83424

[P.J. Reilly]

Could you cut and past the results, my winzip isn't working.

[jean-luc]

Did you receive the pdf files with the results that I sent you this morning ?

[P.J. Reilly]

Yes I did Jean-Luc, thank you very very much!