K-1 returned for the June 30th weekend, for the first time since K.Festa’2 in March, with a card anchored around a great super bantamweight Grand Prix. The highlight performer of the event was undoubtedly K-1 champion Yoshiki Takei. Takei had established himself as the rightful king of the division over the last couple of years, but hasn’t received the attention given to the other two Japanese stars of the lower weight classes, Takeru and Tenshin Nasukawa. With Takeru injured, the GP was Takei’s first opportunity to shine as the main attraction of a card. And shine he did!
In the quarter finals, he ran through very promising 18-year-old Spanish kickboxer Alex Rivas—who was coming off a win over 57.