I don't think it was anything to do with Hunt being out too long, that kick would have finished anyone, it's not like the head, a solid kick to the body from a 6"11, 3 time K-1 champion is going to hurt.
I think there is more power in that Brazillian kick of Feitosa's than it looks like, he's messed up quite a few people with it and he rocked Semmy with it last year, Alex was getting tireder, but thats cause Glaube was beating him up before he stepped back and measured that kick to finish it, pretty slick.
Hari is the man as I have said numerous times now lol, good to see him perform so well, Sefo is definitely past his prime, but that was less of a factor than Badr's performance in this one imo, he never let up from the start, kept pounding with pucnhes and knees until it was stopped. He really is the next generation of K-1, and about the only young blood in a division that is pretty dated.
Maeda was smart, and although It didn't make for that good a fight, he did what he had to do to win, which was getting on his bike right from the start and running around the ring, not giving Mo an easy target for the big finish he always looks for, and sticking in the low kick to score every time he gets in range or Mo stumbles as he evades the big punch. Definitely not going to be as easy as that against the top guys though, who knows how he'll do, but Japanese fighters track record in the heavyweight division is pretty bad to say the least.
Sawayashiki vs Musashi proved that Junichi is not ready for the top yet at all, his win over JLB was great, but everyone gets lucky now and then, be it a bad JLB that turned up, or a great Sawayashiki (most likely both), his ko losses to Aerts and now Musashi have shown that he has a long way to go. Kinda sucks that he has flopped really, cause Musashi is never going to have the run he did back when he reached the finals 2 years in a row, his chance has passed him imo, and Sawayashiki was the next Japanese hope, too bad.
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