▁latter ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁of ▁the ▁annual ▁Jan us ▁Fight ▁tournament . ▁ ▁His ▁record ▁was ▁patch y ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁but ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁ter r ific ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁winning ▁two ▁pre lim inary ▁tournament s ▁and ▁reaching ▁the ▁final ▁of ▁two ▁more , ▁winning ▁th ir teen ▁out ▁of ▁fifteen ▁f ights ▁and ▁be ating ▁some ▁top ▁f igh ters ▁such ▁as ▁Cha id ▁O ul ad ▁El ▁Had j ▁and ▁Pet r ▁Pol ak . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁Pi qué ▁made ▁his ▁K - 1 ▁MAX ▁debut ▁at ▁the ▁K - 1 ▁MAX ▁Netherlands ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁in ▁U tre cht , ▁making ▁his ▁way ▁to ▁the ▁final ▁in ▁a ▁t ough ▁tournament ▁which ▁included ▁a ▁victory ▁over ▁tournament ▁favour ite ▁Jo erie ▁Mes ▁in ▁the ▁quarter ▁final s . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁final ▁Pi qué ▁found ▁Warren ▁Ste vel mans ▁a ▁step ▁too ▁far ▁and ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁K - 1 ▁MAX ▁final ▁ 1 6 ▁stage . ▁ ▁He ▁entered ▁another ▁K - 1 ▁MAX ▁tournament ▁in ▁Sweden ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁year ▁but ▁could ▁only ▁reach ▁the ▁semi ▁final s . ▁ ▁Pi qué ▁returned ▁to ▁K - 1 ▁MAX ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁again ▁reaching ▁the ▁final ▁at ▁the ▁K - 1 ▁World ▁MAX ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁Europe ▁but ▁once ▁more ▁failing ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁next ▁step ▁to ▁the ▁K - 1 ▁World ▁MAX ▁final