I saw the fight on TV last night. The Moroccan Badr Hari was up against Remy Bonjasky, nicknamed The Flying Gentleman, from the Netherlands. Badre was pretty much dominating the fight but got a bit too zealous and continued to batter Remy even after knocking Remy down. Remy fell, and the referee stepped in to protect the fallen fighter. Badr should have walked back to his corner to wait for the count but instead took advantage of Remy's prone position and through 2 punches -- which did little if any damage -- and one kick which cost him the fight. Basically Badr was out of control and it looked like he was going to even physically challenge the ref, but the ref finally got Badr to back away to his corner. They awarded Remy 5 minutes to recover and after some deliberation and a short scolding penalized Badr with a yellow card. The doc stepped in and after examining Remy announced that Remy had double vision and could not continue. At that point, the ref disqualified Badr Hari for unsportsmanlike conduct. Remy Bonjasky was the new champ! He shed tears of joy and I noticed one of the female announcers crying too -- but my wife assured me this was just theatrics.
Personally I thought that Badr should have been disqualified as soon as he laid his hands and feet on the fallen Remy. But in all fairness to the fighters' skill, Remy did not win that fight. It was never his to win. It was Badr Hari's to win or lose and he lost it.
On a final note, the wikipedia entrees on both these fighter suck. I think the writers may be punch drunk themselves.
Watch the fight here:
Sunday, December 7, 2008
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I never saw Badr knock Remy down. I did on the other hand see a type of single leg takedown. Badr should be susspended from K-1 for a long time. He could always try UFC. I personaly would love to see him battered in a cage. What a looser!!! Great fighter, even bigger looser.
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