Masato Beats “JZ” as K-1 MAX Continues. Jason Nowe Stephen Martinez Jun 28, 2007. TOKYO, June 28 -- The road to the "Elite Eight" of kickboxing ran right through the Nippon Budokan tonight as ...

TOKYO, February 4, 2006 -- Scarcely a week after his 25th birthday, former All-Japan Boxing Welterweight Champion Yoshihiro Sato picked up a present well worth waiting for -- the K-1 Max Japan Belt.