to square off with two-time K-1 tournament champion, Siala "Mighty Mo" Siliga. It was then announced that Israel's Ariel Mastov, who is currently training out of Legend's Gym in Hollywood, California, had been signed to fill the vacant slot on the card's Superfight lineup, which due to Arrab's absence had been amended to match Mastov with Petr Vondracek. Vondracek's original Superfight opponent was originally slated to be Stefan "Blitz" Leko, but with Vondracek now facing Mastov, Leko will do battle with the aforementioned "Mighty Mo". The third and final Superfight bout between K-1 superstar Ray "Sugarfoot" Sefo and Swiss fighter Bjorn "The Rock" Bregy will proceed as planned.





Superfight #1 (3 rounds x 3 minutes with possible extra round):



Petr Vondracek (238 lbs) vs. Ariel Mastov (205 lbs)



In the first of the three Superfights, designed to give the tournament fighters a breather inbetween bouts, featured the Czech Republic's Petr Vondracek (44-19 : 23 KO's) against Israel's Kyokushin Karate champion Ariel Mastov (10-1 : 7 KO's).



Round 1:

This fight began with firworks in the first round, which saw Ariel Mastov taking Petr Vondracek to the mat with wicked axe kick that appeared to be taken straight out of a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie. Vondracek received a standing eight count with his eyes rolling in his head as he slumped against the corner from the staggering spear of a heel, which had struck his belly with a purpose. The return to action, saw the karateka Mastov open his full repertoire of karate techniques, which included a dazzling display of aerial flying high kicks and spinning heel kicks. Vondracek ultimately rallied to box Mastov into a corner, trying to utilize his superior strength in the clinch, after Matov proved to be superior in the technique department.



Round2:

In a reversal of fortune, the action continued in the second round with Vondracek dishing out the punishment. Mastov was taken down for a standing eight count with a series of solid right hands to his dome piece. Mastov returned to action visably dazed and exhausted, as he awkawrdly threw misguided kicks that would have missed water if they fell off a boat. At one point, he even tripped himself to the mat while trying to kick Vondracek who was standing a good foot or two away. As Vondracek began to punch at will, Mastov could do nothing but cover up against the ropes. Timing Vondracek's leg strikes, Mastov began to fight back by checking Vondracek's right leg kicks and pushed Vondracek to the mat. The round ended with one round having gone to each fighter, but Mastov clearly looking the weaker and more fatigued of the two men.



Round 3:

The third and final round began with Mastov delivering punches from inside the clinch and continuing to catch Vondracek's leg kicks to push him to the mat. As the referee warned him for this tactic, he pled that it was accidental and the action resumed. Vondracek began to move forward to press the action with his size and strength advantage. Mastov saw a sequence in Vondracek's slow and methodical footwork and exposed it by delivering a perfectly timed a spinning heel kick to the midsection of Vondracek. The blow was identical to the one that nearly stopped Vondracek in the first round and the stinging impact brought the larger Vondracek to his knees. As the referee reached an eight count, Vondracek waived off the fight as he was unable to continue, which gave the Superfight victory to Mastov at 1:52 via KO.




Semi-Final #1 (3 rounds x 3 minutes with possible extra round):



Doug Viney (207 lbs) vs. Alexandre Pitchkounov (226 lbs)



Before the two semi-final matches began, it was announced that first round victor Rick "Savage" Cheek would be unable to continue in the tournament due to injuries sustained in his opening round win over Imani Lee. This gave the reserve fight winner Doug Viney of New Zealand a place in the semi-finals against the tournament favorite Alexandre Pitchkounov of Russia.



Round 1:

The first round saw the Ray Sefo understudy Doug Viney further display his boxing prowess by taking Alexandre Pitchkounov into the corner with a flurry of punches. Pitchkounov managed to emerge from the corner without enduring too much damage, but he was still bloodied from the exchange and looked a bit hesitant throughout the remainder of the opening round.



Round 2:

The second frame saw a restless audience and very little action as Viney looked content to counterpunch and protect his first round lead, whereas Pitchkounov too was unable to connect with anything of interest as he looked a bit beleaguered from the wear and tear of Viney's hands in the opening round. The fans booed and hissed in the closing moments of Round 2 for having to endure such a lull of a round.



Round 3:

Viney and Pitchkounov both appeared to have regained a second wind entering the final frame as both combatants were exchanging dangerous flurries. However, a visably fatigued Pitchkounov was unable to muster enough force to even phase Viney, despite connecting with a solid left high kick followed by an axe kick to the head. The final frame ended with a unanimous decision victory going to Doug Viney (29-28, 30-27, 29-28).




Semi-Final #2 (3 rounds x