Door HansytheKing, geplaatst op woensdag 16 november 2011, 12:45. Views: 12.

Op dinsdag 22 november aanstaande komt het langverwachte kickbox gevecht tussen Lex "RaSzi" Veldhuis en Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier er dan eindelijk.

Hoe kwam de bet ooit tot stand?

Op Lex' blog lezen we het volgende: "During EPT Barcelona in 2009 me and Elky were both hanging out outside at the hotel terrace. He was drinking with some friends and I was playing online with some friends. He was very rowdy and I told him to stop running around and knock shit over. He told me to stfu and I told him to watch himself. Like true guido's we didn't back down, even when we jokingly told each other to zip it or take a beatdown. Elky then said: 'You can't defeat me, I'm Elky.' This of course made me laugh and I asked him if he really thought he could fight. He had some training for a bet with Sorel and he was convinced he was a powernerd. Everything was in good spirits still, but I thought it was a good moment to seize and challenge him to a fight."

De plaats waar gespeeld gaat worden is nu dan ook definitief, nadat Las Vegas en Amsterdam eerder afvielen is het het zonnige Marbella geworden in Zuid-Spanje.

De regels van het gevecht:

• - 5 rounds of 3 minutes. We realize this is ridiculously long for beginners, but we had a reason for it.
• - You only win the fight if you get KO'd or TKO'd, or if someone gives up. When we both stand at the end of 5 rounds the bet is wash. We chose to do it this way because if you work with scoring points, one of us might feel a bit unhappy with the ruling. This way you circumvent this.
• - Kicks are allowed to every part of the body except the groin.
• - No elbows
• - Knees to the face and the rest of the body (except the groin) are allowed. Clinch knees (holding someone's head and repeatedly kneeing it) are not allowed.
• - If you get counted down 3 times in 1 round you lose.
• - If you get counted down for the 4th time in the match you lose.
• - No headbutts, punched to the back of the head.
• - Spinnings kicks/punches as well as sweeps are allowed.

Blog Lex Veldhuis

Wil je alles weten over het aanstaande gevecht en de (fysieke) achtergronden en details van beide heren, Lex heeft dat allemaal keurig in zijn laatste blog uiteengezet.