K-1 Rising 2012 set to feature K-1 World Max Final 16 tourney; Souwer, Zambidis and Kyshenko among participants

K-1 Rising 2012 is set to take place on May 27th in Madrid, Spain at the Palacio Vista Alegre. The event kicks off what is expected to be a busy year for K-1 as the brand looks to be re-established by its new owners. The event will feature the K-1 World Max Final 16.

The event will be the first of seven events K-1 plans on holding this year. They are scheduled to make stops in Los Angeles and New York as well. Aside from the tournament fights, K-1 Rising 2012 is expected to feature super fights with some of the sports best.

K-1 has released a list of 12 fighters expected to compete in the Max tournament in hopes of making the Max Final 8. They include the likes of Andy Sower, Mike Zambidis, Artur Kyshenko, Gago Drago and more. The list of the 12 fighters confirmed so far is below.

Andy Souwer (Netherlands)
Mike Zambidis (Greece)
Gago Drago (Armenia)
Artur Kyshenko (Ukraine)
Yasuhiro Kido (Japan)
Yuji Nashiro (Japan)
Su Hwan Lee (Korea)
Abraham Roqueni (Spain)
Chahid Oulad El Hadj (Morocco)
Longern Superpro Samui (Thailand)
Harut Grigorian (Belgium)
Chris Ngimbi (Congo)

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