Michele Verginelli, Aditya Katkade and Ali Mahrou Bakhtiari battled out at Ganryujima 5 Martial Arts event on October 21 in Tokyo, Japan.
Iran’s pride Ali Mahrou Bakhtiari Iran beat Kuntap Charoenchai of Thailand in the 1/4 of the tournament. He then faced off Michihiro Omigawa who went up to the finals.
Aditya Katkade of India faced a defeat against Japanese Akihiko Mori in the reserve fight.
Italian Michele Verginelli scored the victory over Marcus Lero Aurelio of Brazil in the super fight.
Ganryujima 5 (10.21) is its third successful collaboration with the WKN World Office. Stephane Cabrera, World Kickboxing Network president, flew to Japan to attend the event.
The next event – Ganryujima 6 – is on Tuesday, January 3, 2017.
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Ganryujima 5Â Results
All Asia 8 Man Tournament
1/4 Final
Katsunori Kikuno (Japan) wins by KO R1 vs Ha Woon Pyo (Korea)
Igor Permin (Russia) wins vs Khuukhenkhuu ‘Amaraa’ Amartuvshin (Mongolia)
Michihiro Omigawa (Japan) wins by KO R1 vs Zhang Wensheng (China)
Ali Mahrou Bakhtiari (Iran) wins vs Kuntap Charoenchai (Thailand)
1/2 Final
Michihiro Omigawa (Japan) wins by KO R1 vs Ali Mahrou Bakhtiari (Iran)
Katsunori Kikuno (Japan) wins by TKO R3 vs Igor Permin (Russia)
Final
Katsunori Kikuno (Japan) wins by TKO vs Michihiro Omigawa (Japan)
Reserve Fight
Akihiko Mori (Japan) wins vs Aditya Katkade (India)
Super Fight
Star Style (Mongolia) wins vs Honshu (Nigeria)
Super Fight
Michele Verginelli (Italy) wins vs Marcus Lero Aurelio (Brazil)