I’ve discovered the kickboxing world is a little like Project Runway, “One day you’re in, the next day you’re out.” Less than two years ago, Badr Hari dominated Gokhan Saki, and seemed on the precipice of pugilistic greatness. Gokhan Saki, on the other hand, had never looked worst, and Daniel Ghita seemed to be unstoppable.

Fast-forward to last week, Gokhan Saki knocked out Daniel Ghita in cinematic fashion. I had fully expected Ghita to knock out and control the match against Saki. While it could be argued that Saki got a gift knockdown, but the ultimate outcome is that Saki achieved a huge win, and will next face Semmy Schilt.

I will, once again, predict against Saki, in that Schilt will win. But if somehow Gokhan Saki does pull off the victory, he’ll lay claim to being the best kickboxer in the world. Crazy.

What is Gokhan Saki thinking? I will say this over-and-over again: While Gokhan Saki is a courageous and talented fighter, he consistently is always facing fighters who are one if not more weight-classes above him. This may not be his fault, because kickboxing doesn’t have a weight-class for him.

But perhaps he should switch to MMA where proper weight-classes exist, if he is constantly having to face men the size of Daniel Ghita, Badr Hari, Semmy Schilt, etc…

While Saki, I believe, won the first encounter against Daniel Ghita, I don’t think he has a chance in this rematch. While Saki remains the same fighter, suffering a brutal loss to Badr Hari, Ghita has tremendously improved.

This is a mega-fight in the world of heavyweight kickboxing, I just hope Gokhan Saki puts on a better performance than he did against Badr Hari.