KO of the Week: Shuichi Wentz vs. Romie Adanza

Shuichi Wentz delivered one of the most brutal KO's in recent memory when he took on Romie Adanza at K-1 Rising in September of 2012. Wentz and Adanza both came out letting the leather fly, but Wentz was able to connect with a head kick that had Adanza out before he hit the floor. After connecting with the kick Wentz immediately throws up his hands in celebration knowing that the fight is over.

Check out the KO and get your Monday morning going.

Andy Howson out of fight with Romie Adanza at K-1 Rising due to injury

For those that have long been awaiting the re-match between Andy Howson and Romie Adanza, the wait will continue. The pair was scheduled to have a re-match of their original fight which took place at the Muay Thai in America event in early 2010 at the upcoming K-1 Rising event on September 8th.

Adanza won a close split decision that night and since then fans have been waiting for the pair to step in the ring again. It seemed everything was set to go for a re-match at K-1 Rising, but a broken foot and nose have forced Howson to withdraw from the bout. Muay Thai Authority confirmed the news of the injury with Howson who stated that hopefully the re-match happens later this year or in early 2013.

Howson was injured in his fight against Nobuchika Terado at this past weekends Krush event in Japan. From all accounts that we have heard it was one exciting fight from start to finish.

Results and Recap: K-1 Rising

K-1 Rising took place in Madrid, Spain this past weekend. Fans of Kickboxing were excited to see the return of K-1 and it did not disappoint. The event featured the K-1 Max Final 16 as well as some big heavyweight names in action.

In the Max tournament Andy Ristie, Chris Nigimbi, Reese McCallister and Andy Souwer all moved on to the Final 8 with decision wins. Ristie defeated Gago Drago by unanimous decision, McCallister defeated Longern Superpro Samui by unanimous decision, McCallister defeated Yuji Nashiro by unanimous decision and Souwer defeated Abraham Roqueni by split decision.

Mike Zambidis, Yasuhiro Kido, Murthel Groenhart and Artur Kyshenko all scored stoppage victories to advance in the tournament. Zambidis used a left hook to eliminate Chahid Oulad El Hadj, Kido connected with a spinning backfist to KO Xu Yan, Groenhart used a flurry of punches to stop Harut Grigorian and Artur Kyshenko landed a vicious left hook to bounce Su Hwan Lee for the tournament.