[Oktagon presents]: It's Showtime Milan - Armen Petrosyan vs Djahbar Askerov (13/03/2010)

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[Oktagon presents]: It's Showtime Milan - Aggiunti nuovi video e migliorata la qualità di altri! (13/03/2010)

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[Oktagon presents]: It's Showtime Milan - risultati completi (13/03/2010)

Full results are in for It's Showtime Milan and there's definitely some interesting outcomes to look at:





Giorgio Petrosyan def Khem Sitsongpeenong, DEC
Cosmo Alexandre def Dmitry Shakuta, TKO rd 2 (doctor stoppage due to cut)
Orono Vor Petchpoon def Egon Racz, TKO rd 3
Sudsakorn def Chahid Oulad El Hadj, DEC
Armen Petrosyan def Dzhabar Askerov, DEC
Brice Guidon def Hesdy Gerges, DEC (ext. round)

Julian Imeri def Fabio De Marco, DEC
Luca Panto def Wendel Roche, DEC
Yavuz Kayabasi def Hicham Bettani, DEC
Ali Cenik def Bruno Franchi, DEC
Federico Pacini def Robert Van Nimvegen, DEC
Sergeio Wilzen def Mattio Luppi, KO rd 3

The biggest news here is Guidon defeating Gerges in a pretty big upset. Guidon has been knocking on the door of the top level for some time, and this win should really propel him upwards.

I look forward to seeing footage of Giorgio Petrosyan's victory to see if he dominated, or if Khem was able to mount any effective game.

Cosmo Alexnadre has really been on a terrific roll lately with a number of big wins. Would love to see him rematch Yod.

Finally, what else can be said about Chahid? Four straight loses, the last 3 of which came against previously unranked opponents. These aren't cans he's losing to by any means, but he's really fallen apart in the last year. I hope he takes some time off to figure out how to fix his game, as whatever he's doing right now just is not working for him.

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[Oktagon presents]: It's Showtime Milan - video dell'evento (13/03/2010)

Giorgio Petrosyan vs Khem Sitsongpeenong


Cosmo Alexandre vs Dmitry Shakuta


Sudsakorn vs Chahid Oulad el Hadj


Brice Guidon vs Hesdy Gerges - parte 1


Brice Guidon vs Hesdy Gerges - parte 2


Brice Guidon vs Hesdy Gerges - parte 3


Luca Panto vs Wendel Roche


Armen Petrosyan vs Dzhabar Askerov - parte 1


Armen Petrosyan vs Dzhabar Askerov - parte 2


Oktagon 2010 video spezzoni incontri e pubblico


Alcune foto di Oktagon 2010

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[Oktagon presents]: It's Showtime Milan - primo scorcio del match di Petrosyan e primi risultati! (13/03/2010)

Today's It's Showtime show from Milan is not airing until later tonight, so results will be somewhat slow coming, although we do have one somewhat surprising result.

According to one live report, Brice Guidon defeated top 10 HW Hesdy Gerges via decision. Gerges turned a lot of heads in late 2009 with his big win over Ruslan Karaev and has picked up steam since then, earning himself a headlining fight against Badr Hari at the May Amsterdam ArenA show. This loss is a major setback for Gerges, who will need to build himself back up over the remainder of 2010. The fight with Guidon was a late addition to the card.

Interestingly, this marks the second time in a row Guidon has defeated Hari's already announced It's Showtime opponent, as he beat Mourad Bouzidi late last year while Bouzidi was already set for his bout with Hari. With wins now against Bouzidi, Gerges, and Rico Verhoeven among others, Guidon is undoubtedly a top 20 fighter. If he does indeed face Jerome Le Banner this summer as planned, it could be the kind of breakout win Guidon needs to take a big step forward in his career.

We'll have more results as they become available.

More results from It's Showtime in Milan: reigning #1 fighter Giorgio Petrosyan continued his 3 year, 20+ fight win streak, defeating Khem Sitsongpeenong. Khem put up a tough fight, taking Petrosyan the distance in a decision loss.

Giorgio's brother Armen Petrosyan also won, defeating Dzhabar Askerov, while Yavuz Kayabasi defeated Hicham Bettani via decision. No word yet on the title fight or Chahid's fight.

Cosmo won via cut in R2
Orono won by TKO in R3
Sudsakorn took a dec

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[Oktagon presents]: It's Showtime Milan - Hesdy Gerges vs Brice Guidon (13/03/2010)

Though not yet officially announced by It's Showtime, it appears Hesdy Gerges's opponent has been set for this weekend's Milan show. Gerges will be facing French fighter Brice Guidon.

A training partner of Jerome Le Banner, Guidon may be familiar to K-1 fans for his appearance in last year's Tokyo GP (the event won by Daniel Ghita). There, Guidon defeated Rico Verhoeven via decision in the quarterfinals before losing to Sergei Lascenko in the semis. He comes in to this fight off a win over Chris Knowles at the UKC France event on February 6 where he won by TKO in round 1 due to cuts.

At 6'6", Guidon brings in the size needed to fight with some of the bigger heavyweights, and with a 19-5 record he definitely is a fighter to watch. Still, taking a fight against Gerges on such short notice is a tough call, and he'll have to come in with a strong gameplan if he hopes to score the upset win on Saturday.

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[Oktagon presents]: It's Showtime Milan - card finalizzata (13/03/2010)

We're a little over a week away from the second It's Showtime card of 2010 and the first real blockbuster fight of the year. On March 13, It's Showtime comes from Milan with a strong card headlined by #1 fighter Giorgio Petrosyan v. Khem Sitsongpeenong. As we've said before, Khem provides a nice challenge for the unstoppable-looking Petrosyan, and this is a main event many are looking forward to.

In addition to this fight, It's Showtime has finalized the rest of the card, adding in a fight with K-1's Chahild Oulad El Hadj. Chahid will meet Thai fighter Sudsakorn sor Klinmee. For Chahid, this is a must win as his career has been on a massive slide in the past year. Once pegged as a potential breakout star of 2009, Chahid has gone 1-5 in his last 6, including a current 3 fight losing streak to Murat Direkci, Chris Ngimbi, and Hafid el Boustati. He desperately needs to turn it around and get back to winning here. His opponent, Sudsakorn, is a 23 year old traditional Thai fighter, whose biggest fight to date was a loss to Khem at Lumpinee Stadium last year. He'll bring a strong Muay Thai game to the table, and it will be interesting to see how he does in a featured bout.

The main card also includes Hesdy Gerges facing an opponent yet to be announced. Gerges comes in off his win over Ashwin Balrak last weekend and looks to continue building momentum before his May showdown with Badr Hari. Dmitry Shakuta defends his It's Showtime 77kg title against Cosmo Alexandre, who comes in off a pair of impressive tournament victories in 2009. Armen Petrosyan, brother to Giorgio, faces the man Giorgio defeated in his K-1 debut, Dzhabar Askerov. And Hicham Bettani faces Yavuz Kayabasi. The undercard includes an additional five fights featuring Wendell Roche and Orono vor Petchpoon among others.

Look for more from us next week in anticipation of this event.

MATCHMAKING OKTAGON PRESENT'S IT'S SHOWTIME MILAN, ITALY
MARCH 13, 2010

PART 1
Sergio Wielzen VS Matteo Luppi
Robert van Nimwegen VS Federico Pacini
Ali Cenik VS Bruno Franchi
Wendell Roche VS Luca Panto
Egon Racz VS Orono vor Petchpoon

PART 2
Yavuz Kayabasi VS Hicham Bettani
Dzhabar Askerov VS Armen Petrosyan
TBA VS Hesdy Gerges
Sudsakorn sor Klinmee vs Chahid Oulad el Hadj
It's Showtime World Title 77 max
Cosmo Alexandre VS Dmitri Shakuta
Khem Sitsonpeenong VS Giorgio Petrosyan

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[Oktagon]: presents: It's Showtime Milan - Kem si allena con Lucien Carbin per prepararsi per Giorgio Petrosyan (13/03/2010)

A solo un mese di distanza dal match con l'indiscusso miglior lottatore al mondo del K-1 MAX: Giorgio Petrosyan, il campione di Muay Thai Kem Sitsongpeenong sta modificando il suo allenamento. Normalmente si allena fuori dalla sua Thailandia, al momento Kem si sta allenando in Olanda con il leggendario Lucien Carbin. Carbin ha avuto la bravura nel formare grandi nomi tra gli olandesi, inclusi Alistair Overeem, Gilbert Yvel, e Tyrone Spong tra questi.

Per Kem questo è un cambiamento interessante. Ha già fatto un cambiamento recente, lasciando pubblicamente la Fairtex gymn non molto tempo fa. Non ci sono indicazioni se questa sia solo un'altra mossa temporanea per Carbin, ma è interessante vedere Kem espandere il suo repertorio in preparazione del più grande combattimento internazionale della sua carriera.

Nonostante sia un rinomato veterano, questa è probabilmente una buona mossa per Kem, che ha fatto la maggior parte delle sue esperienze in Thailandia. Mentre Petrosyan, anche se ha uno stile di base tendente alla Muay Thau, possiede più nozioni stilistiche europee da aggiungere alla sua abilità da Muay Thai. Forse spendere un po' di tempo con uno dei migliori in Europa aiuterà Kem a prepararsi al meglio per Petrosyan.

Kem Sitsongpeenong vs Giorgio Petrosyan avrà lugo il 13 marzo a Milano, Italia per It's Showtime. Questo sta rapidamente prendendo forma come il primo grande combattimento del 2010 ed il primo test per Petrosyan dopo aver acquisito lo status di kickboxer pound for pound numero 1 al mondo.

A seguito un video di Kem in allenamento

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