Ewerton Teixeira has done really well in K-1 and has a bright future.
Machida is getting hyped big time by the UFC and the only person I see beating him ever is an in shape Shogun.
Karate is making a huge comeback.
I went through competitive kyokushin
the problem is that fichting that style is soo different and has many particularities
many make the transition very few adapt
people who did well ( from Kyokushin to K1):
andy hug
fihlo
pettas
schillt
feitosa
pichkourov
teixeira