In the main event, a shot for the vacant "King of Kings Lightweight Championship" was on the line. Takashi Kakihara (4-0) pulled off the victory, winning his fourth straight as Jushin Kusanagi (3-4) was caught early with an armbar submission. Kakihara advances to the Lightweight title fight against the winner of Glen Burnett (1-1-0) vs. Ken Kei Katsuro (3-1-0) who fight this coming Monday (6/22). Kakihara now becomes the #4 ranked Lightweight in the world (#2 in Japan)!
Heavyweight Ragna Kisaragi (3-1-0) defeated Jorma Emelianenko (0-2-0) in the co-main event. Emelianenko was frustrated in this fight and it took Kisaragi just 2:49 to end the match with a very nice looking Anaconda choke. Ragna Kisaragi now moves into the #6 rank Heavyweight in Japan. It would also appear that he was booked himself into a title fight qualification match in the Heavyweight division.
In the Bamtamweight title qualification, it took Ryobun Akagi (3-0-0) little time to finish Takaishi Minong (1-1-0) when he slipped in a rear naked choke at the 2:04 mark of the 1st round. Akagi, who moves to the #10 Bamtamweight in the world (#2 in Japan) will fight for the vacant Bantamweight title in July!
Ronnie Carlton (4-1-0) looked impressive as he won by triangle choke submission over Tadamasa Yamada (2-1-0). With the win it moves Carlton to the #8 ranked Light Heavyweight in Japan. It's safe to say that Carlton has secured a place in the Light-Heavyweight title qualifications which start in a few weeks.
Heavyweight Marko Perkovich (3-0-0) came out victorious over North Korean Yi Chang Lee (2-3-0). This was a hard fought bout that saw back-and-fourth submission attempts by both fighters. At 5:57 of round 1, Perkovich hit a triangle choke and Lee could not escape. With his win, Marko Perkovich look's to have secured a position for himself in a Heavyweight title qualification match.
In one of the highest rated matches of the night, Tazuboku Kayo (2-0-0) ended his match with American Thomas Crim (1-2-0) with a TKO (via strikes) in just 14 seconds! The crowd was amazed when Kayo came out of the gate on the attack and then landed a huge right sending Crim to the canvas. Kayo then rushed in a fired a series of shots forcing the referee to stop the fight.
It was a mythodical 8:30 battle as Osuka Kasumia (1-0-0) picked up his first win after a rear naked choke submission win over Mikko Tuho (1-1-0).
Hiroshi Kobayashi (2-0-0) defeated Dutch kickboxer Gagik Haroetjunjan (0-1-0).Despite Haroetjunjan little MMA experience, he was able to go the distance with Kobayashi but could not impress the judges enough as Kobayashi won an unanimous decision.
The opening fight was KINGS first kickboxing match. Gary Goodyear (1-0-0) landed a superman punch on Musashi (0-1-0) at 3:39 of the first round for the victory.
KINGS heads to the Tokyo Underground for their next event which takes place Monday June 22nd.
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