K-1 is back after its June 55kg Grand Prix with its first trip outside of Tokyo this year. The leading Japanese kickboxing organization visits Osaka with a card headlined by local favorite Koji on Saturday. Without an 8 man Grand Prix and in the absence of superstar Takeru, the card is not a major one on the K-1 schedule, but there are still some interesting fights (and admittedly, some not so interesting ones) on the card.
So let’s dive in and see which of those match ups are worth your time...
As I mentioned above, Koji is a local favorite and his presence in the main event is more due to that and his trash-talking than him really being a top fighter.