rankings due to inactivity. Chike Lindsay moves up to number one after his win
over Malaipet in June and Luis Bio’s loss to Michael Mananquil, Bio drops to
number two. Shane Oblonsky passes Bryce Krause and gets into the three
spot after Krause’s loss to Justin Greskiewicz. Rounding out the rankings is
new addition Joe Sampieri.
Lindsay most recently defeated Malaipet
Sasiprapa at Bangkok Fight Night in
Atlanta,
GA this past June. The pair had
met in August 2011 a fight with Lindsay had also won. Lindsay was then forced
to withdraw from a bout in September due to injury and currently his next fight
is unknown.
Luis Bio dropped his fight to Michael Mananquil
after the bout was stopped in the third round due to a cut. It was a close back
and forth fight up until that point. Before his loss to Mananquil, Bio had won
his last two bouts due to cut stoppages because of elbows against some of
Mexico’s top
fighters (Brian Hernandez and Erik Mejia). Bio will be back in action on
November 11th at the WCK WuLinFeng show against Zhou Zhipeng.
Oblonsky was last in action at Lion Fight
Promotions “Battle in the Desert 5” on February
25th in Las Vegas.
Oblonsky rebounded from a decision loss in China in January by earning a
unanimous decision win over Jose Palacios. Oblonsky is a talented fighter and
when focused can give you his opposition fits in the ring. He is now training
with Colin Oyama which will undoubtedly help Oblonsky reach the next level. His
next bout is scheduled for the November 11
th WCK WuLinFeng event
against Tie Yinghua.
Krause returned to action after another year
long layoff to be part of the K-1 Max tournament. He faced Justin Greskiewicz
in the opening round and early on it looked as if Krause might be on his way to
victory, but Greskiewicz turned the tables and defeated Krause by (T)KO.
Currently Krause next bout is unknown, but hopefully fans don’t have to wait
another year to see him fight.
Joe Sampieri most recently defeated Mike Erosa
at the August Friday Night Fights Muay Thai event by decision. It had been
almost a year since Sampieri had a fought, his previous fight being a decision
over Harris Norwood in September of 2011. Sampieri’s next bout is currently unknown.
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