K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16

K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16
The poster for K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16
PromotionK-1
DateSeptember 27, 2008
VenueOlympic Gymnastics Arena
CitySouth Korea Seoul, Korea
Attendance15,729
Event chronology
K-1 Koshien 2008 King of Under 18 Final 16 K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16 K-1 World MAX 2008 World Championship Tournament Final

K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16 was a martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday September 27, 2008 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, Korea. It was the Final Elimination tournament for top sixteen fighters. The winners qualified for the K-1 World GP 2008 Final held on December 6, 2008, at Yokohama Arena, Japan.[1]

The eight finalists from K-1 World GP 2007 Final were automatically qualified, then four World GP 2008 tournament winners in Amsterdam, Fukuoka, Taipei and Hawaii. The last four spots were selected by fan voting.

The K-1 World GP 2008 Final 16 attracted a crowd of 15,769 to the Seoul Olympic Complex and was broadcast live across South Korea by CJ Media and in Japan on the Fuji TV Network.[2]

Qualifying events

K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka

The winner was Ewerton Teixeira. For more information, see K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka.

K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam

Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
New Zealand Doug Viney  
Belarus Zabit Samedov DEC Belarus Zabit Samedov DEC
Brazil Vitor Miranda   Belarus Zabit Samedov DEC
Belarus Sergei Gur   Netherlands Brian Douwes *  
France Freddy Kemayo KO France Freddy Kemayo KO
Turkey Erhan Deniz   Romania Cătălin Moroșanu  
Romania Cătălin Moroșanu DEC Belarus Zabit Samedov  
Netherlands Errol Zimmerman KO Netherlands Errol Zimmerman DEC
Croatia Damir Tovarovič   Netherlands Errol Zimmerman TKO
Hungary Attila Karacs KO Hungary Attila Karacs  
Czech Republic Petr Vondraček   Netherlands Errol Zimmerman KO
Tonga Paula Mataele   Switzerland Bjorn Bregy  
Switzerland Björn Bregy KO Switzerland Bjorn Bregy KO
South Africa Jan Nortje  

* Reserve Fight winner Brian Douwes replaced Freddy Kemayo in the Semi Finals as Freddy Kemayo was unable to continue due to injury

K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei

Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
Russia Ruslan Karaev KO
Japan Tatsufumi Tomihira   Russia Ruslan Karaev TKO
South Korea Young-hyun Kim DEC South Korea Young-hyun Kim  
Thailand Saiseelek Nor-Seepun   Russia Ruslan Karaev KO
Russia Aleksandr Pitchkounov DEC Russia Aleksandr Pitchkounov  
Japan Nobu Hayashi   Russia Aleksandr Pitchkounov KO
South Korea Yong-soo Park   Canada Vaughn Anderson *  
Japan Makoto Uehara KO

* Reserve Fight winner Vaughn Anderson replaced Makoto Uehara in the Semi Finals as Makoto Uehara was unable to continue due to injury

K-1 World GP 2008 in Hawaii

Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
United States Mighty Mo DEC
United States Justice Smith   South Korea Randy Kim * KO
United States Butterbean   United States Wesley Correira  
United States Wesley Correira KO South Korea Randy Kim  
Turkey Gokhan Saki KO Turkey Gokhan Saki KO
United States Deutsch Pu'u   Turkey Gokhan Saki KO
Denmark Nicholas Pettas   United States Rick Cheek  
United States Rick Cheek TKO

* Reserve Fight winner Randy Kim replaced Mighty Mo in the Semi Finals as Mighty Mo could not continue due to injury

Fan Voting Results

Paul Slowinski earned a wild-card spot on the card through a fan poll on the K-1 website. Ray Sefo of New Zealand and Chalid "Die Faust" Arrab from Germany were also voted into the tournament.

Results

Source:[3]

  • Opening Fights: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Keijiro Maeda Japan vs Min Ho Song South Korea
Maeda defeated Song by KO (Right Low Kick) at 1:43 of the 3rd Round.
Zabit Samedov Belarus vs Fabiano da Silva Brazil
Samedov defeated da Silva by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-28, 30-29).
Yong-soo Park South Korea vs Randy Kim South Korea
Kim defeated Park by KO (Right Low Kick) at 1:11 of the 2nd Round.
  • Final 16 : K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 2R
Ruslan Karaev Russia vs Chalid Arrab Germany
Karaev defeated Arrab by KO (3 Knockdown, Punche Rush) at 2:30 of the 2nd Round.
Jerome Le Banner France vs Junichi Sawayashiki Japan
Le Banner defeated Sawayashiki by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-26, 30-27, 30-28).
Ray Sefo New Zealand vs Gokhan Saki Turkey
Saki defeated Sefo by Extra Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (10-9, 10-9, 10-9). After 3 rounds the judges had scored it Decision Draw 0-0 (29-29, 30-30, 30-30).
Glaube Feitosa Brazil vs Errol Zimmerman Netherlands
Zimmerman defeated Feitosa by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-26, 30-26, 30-26).
Remy Bonjasky Netherlands vs Paul Slowinski Poland
Bonjasky defeated Slowinski by 3rd Round Majority Decision 2-0 (30-29, 30-30, 30-29).
Ewerton Teixeira Brazil vs Musashi Japan
Teixeira defeated Musashi by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-28, 30-28).
Badr Hari Morocco vs Hong-man Choi South Korea
Hari defeated Hong-man by TKO (Corner stoppage) at the beginning of the Extra Round. After 3 rounds the judges had scored it a Majority Draw 1-0 (28-29, 28-28, 28-28) in favour of Hong-man.
Semmy Schilt Netherlands vs Peter Aerts Netherlands
Aerts defeated Schilt by 3rd Round Majority Decision 2-0 (30-29, 30-29, 30-30).

See also

References

  1. ^ "FieLDS K-1 WORLD GP 2008 IN SEOUL -FINAL16-". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  2. ^ DiPietro, Monty. "Aerts Overwhelms Schilt in Seoul". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  3. ^ "FieLDS K-1 WORLD GP 2008 IN SEOUL -FINAL16-". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2008-08-18.