K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16
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]
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Promotion | K-1 | |||
Date | September 27, 2008 | |||
Venue | Olympic Gymnastics Arena | |||
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Attendance | 15,729 | |||
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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
editK-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka
editThe winner was Ewerton Teixeira. For more information, see K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka.
K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam
editRound of 16 | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
Doug Viney | |||||||||||||||||||
Zabit Samedov | DEC | Zabit Samedov | DEC | ||||||||||||||||
Vitor Miranda | Zabit Samedov | DEC | |||||||||||||||||
Sergei Gur | Brian Douwes * | ||||||||||||||||||
Freddy Kemayo | KO | Freddy Kemayo | KO | ||||||||||||||||
Erhan Deniz | Cătălin Moroșanu | ||||||||||||||||||
Cătălin Moroșanu | DEC | Zabit Samedov | |||||||||||||||||
Errol Zimmerman | KO | Errol Zimmerman | DEC | ||||||||||||||||
Damir Tovarovič | Errol Zimmerman | TKO | |||||||||||||||||
Attila Karacs | KO | Attila Karacs | |||||||||||||||||
Petr Vondraček | Errol Zimmerman | KO | |||||||||||||||||
Paula Mataele | Bjorn Bregy | ||||||||||||||||||
Björn Bregy | KO | Bjorn Bregy | KO | ||||||||||||||||
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
editQuarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Ruslan Karaev | KO | |||||||||||||
Tatsufumi Tomihira | Ruslan Karaev | TKO | ||||||||||||
Young-hyun Kim | DEC | Young-hyun Kim | ||||||||||||
Saiseelek Nor-Seepun | Ruslan Karaev | KO | ||||||||||||
Aleksandr Pitchkounov | DEC | Aleksandr Pitchkounov | ||||||||||||
Nobu Hayashi | Aleksandr Pitchkounov | KO | ||||||||||||
Yong-soo Park | Vaughn Anderson * | |||||||||||||
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
editQuarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Mighty Mo | DEC | |||||||||||||
Justice Smith | Randy Kim * | KO | ||||||||||||
Butterbean | Wesley Correira | |||||||||||||
Wesley Correira | KO | Randy Kim | ||||||||||||
Gokhan Saki | KO | Gokhan Saki | KO | |||||||||||
Deutsch Pu'u | Gokhan Saki | KO | ||||||||||||
Nicholas Pettas | Rick Cheek | |||||||||||||
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
editPaul 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
editSource:[3]
- Opening Fights: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
- Keijiro Maeda vs Min Ho Song
- Maeda defeated Song by KO (Right Low Kick) at 1:43 of the 3rd Round.
- Zabit Samedov vs Fabiano da Silva
- Samedov defeated da Silva by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-28, 30-29).
- Yong-soo Park vs Randy Kim
- 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 vs Chalid Arrab
- Karaev defeated Arrab by KO (3 Knockdown, Punche Rush) at 2:30 of the 2nd Round.
- Jerome Le Banner vs Junichi Sawayashiki
- Le Banner defeated Sawayashiki by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-26, 30-27, 30-28).
- Ray Sefo vs Gokhan Saki
- 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 vs Errol Zimmerman
- Zimmerman defeated Feitosa by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-26, 30-26, 30-26).
- Remy Bonjasky vs Paul Slowinski
- Bonjasky defeated Slowinski by 3rd Round Majority Decision 2-0 (30-29, 30-30, 30-29).
- Ewerton Teixeira vs Musashi
- Teixeira defeated Musashi by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-28, 30-28).
- Badr Hari vs Hong-man Choi
- 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 vs Peter Aerts
- Aerts defeated Schilt by 3rd Round Majority Decision 2-0 (30-29, 30-29, 30-30).
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ DiPietro, Monty. "Aerts Overwhelms Schilt in Seoul". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
- ^ "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.