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2018 In K-1
The year 2018 was the 25th year in the history of the K-1, an international kickboxing event. The year started with K-1: K’Festa 1. List of events K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1 ''K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1'' was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on March 21, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Background This event features six world title fights and an 8-Man Super Featherweight Tournament. Wei Rui, came overweight at the weigh-ins and his title was vacated. By winning Koya Urabe was eligible for the title while Wei Rui was ineligible and in case of him winning the title would have become vacant. Fight Card K-1 World GP 2018 -60kg Japan Tournament bracket K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament ''K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament'' will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on June 17, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Background This event will feature an 8-Man Featherweight Tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 In K-1
The year 2017 is the 24th year in the history of the K-1. 2016 starts with K-1 World GP 2017 -62.5kg Japan Tournament. List of events K-1 World GP 2017 Lightweight Championship Tournament {, class="wikitable" style="font-size: 80%;" , - ! colspan="8" style="background-color: #ccf; color: #000080; text-align: center;" , Fight Card , - ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" , Weight Class ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" , ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" , ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" , ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" , Method ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" , Round ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" , Tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Kubo
Kenji Kubo (born 4 April 1989), also known simply as KENJI, is a Japanese kickboxer and former professional boxer. He is the 2017 K-1 Super Bantamweight Grand Prix finalist, the 2011 RISE Bantamweight champion and the 2007 NJKF Flyweight champion. Kickboxing career K-1 Kubo returned to K-1 in 2017, and was immediately scheduled to take part in the 2017 K-1 Super Bantamweight Grand Prix. It was his first kickboxing bout in nearly five years. Kubo beat Suen Tak Chuen by an extra round unanimous decision in the quarterfinals, and Nobuchika Terado by a second-round knockout in the semifinals. Kubo fought Yoshiki Takei in the finals, and lost the fight by unanimous decision. After he finished as the runner-up in the Super Bantamweight Grand Prix, Kubo was scheduled to fight a rematch with Nobuchika Terado for the Krush Super Bantamweight title, at Krush 82. The fight was declared a draw after three rounds, and went into an extra round, after which Terado won a unanimous decision. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuomi Soda
is a Japanese kickboxer fighting out of the Silver Wolf Gym, the same gym of the legendary kickboxer Masato. He was the RISE kickboxing Super Lightweight champion, winning his title against Japanese kickboxer Koji Yoshimoto. He was K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament finalist and holds victories over notable featherweight kickboxers such as Minoru Kimura and Yuta Kubo. Kickboxing career RISE Super Lightweight title run Soda made his debut in 2009, when he participated in the RISE 59 RISING ROOKIES CUP. He won the tournament with victories over Ryuji Yamaguchi, Ishitsukasa Koichi and Atsushi Hori. Soda then went on to win his next eight fights, winning three of them by stoppage. His eleven fight winning streak earned him the chance to challenge Koji Yoshimoto for the RISE Super Lightweight title. He suffered the first professional loss of his career, as Yoshimoto won the fight by unanimous decision. Soda bounced back with a TKO of Kim Dong-soo and a decision win ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koji (kickboxer)
, better known as , is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Japan. As of July 2021, he is the #7 ranked Bantamweight according to Combat Press. He's been ranked since May 2019. Kickboxing career Koji lost to Taiga by decision in June 2017. In February 2017, Koji fought Mohamed Boulef for the ISKA World Lightweight title. He beat Boulef by unanimous decision. He was scheduled to fight Kotaro Shimano in September 2017. Koji won the fight by unanimous decision. Koji participated in the 2018 Super Featherweight Grand Prix. He beat Hirotaka Urabe by decision in the quarterfinals, and lost to Kosuke Komiyama in the semifinals by decision in turn. He fought Stavros Exakoustidis in September 2018. Koji won the fight by split decision after an extra round was fought. In December 2018 he fought Takeru Segawa for the K-1 Super Featherweight title. Takeru won the fight by unanimous decision. Koji was scheduled to fight Jan Szajko during K'Festa 2. He beat Szajko by unanimous decision. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsuya Yamato
is a Japanese Lightweight kickboxer. He won the Japanese national K-1 tournament as a Lightweight in 2010. Background Yamato was born in Chita, Aichi, Japan on December 10, 1987 as Tetsuya Iwashita. He took the name Yamato in honour of his gym, Yamato Kickboxing Gym. After graduating from high school he started working in construction, and became a painter to coat buildings with coloured acrylic resin. Kickboxing career Early career On July 31, 2005, he made his debut as a professional kickboxer in the R.I.S.E. organization, and he knocked out ''Eiji Ogawa'' in the 1st round with left low kick. After this bout he became a member of NJKF and started fighting under the NJKF banner. His second fight was on September 24 against ''Takuya Minekawa'', in which he won by TKO. On January 15, 2006, Yamato was chosen and awarded the 2005 Rookie Award by NJKF . Winning national titles After Yamato's career of three years with NJKF, he was asked to compete for the vacant NJKF Lightweigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaaki Noiri
is a Japanese kickboxer who competes in the lightweight and welterweight divisions. He began practicing karate as a young boy and had great success in both full contact karate and amateur kickboxing in his early teens, which included winning the K-1 Koshien 62 kg (136 lb) schoolboys tournament in 2009. After turning professional in 2010, he became a mainstay in the Krush promotion and was victorious in the 2011 Krush Under-22 ~63 kg (140 lb) Supernova~ Tournament. Noiri is known for his devastating knee strikes. As of February 2021, he is ranked the #3 super featherweight in the world by Combat Press. Career Early life Masaaki Noiri began kickboxing at a young age because of bullying in school. Amateur career As a schoolboy, Noiri began practicing Shin Karate, a style of full contact karate based on Kyokushin but modified to use boxing gloves and allow punches to the face. He soon became an All Japan Junior Champion in the discipline. On February 25, 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinata (kickboxer)
Hinata Watanabe (born August 26, 1986 in Hiratsuka), or HINATA, is a Japanese welterweight kickboxer fighting out of Hiratsuka, Japan for the Shonan Kakuto Club. He is the 2008 R.I.S.E. champion currently competing in R.I.S.E. and K-1 MAX. Biography and career Hinata made his pro debut with RISE at the G-Bazooka Tournament event in 2005 losing in a non-tournament match. Over the next couple of years he had a fairly unspectacular fight record on the local circuit winning nine and losing six between 2005 and 2007. He had his first taste of success in 2008 winning a playoff at R.I.S.E. 46 to earn himself a shot at the organizations middleweight title, against a fighter who had defeated Hinata the previous year, at R.I.S.E. 48. This time Hinata would have his revenge, beating Ryuji to win the R.I.S.E. middleweight title -70 kg. As champion he had an additional bonus - qualifying for the following year's K-1 MAX Japan tournament – as R.I.S.E. was a feeder for the larger K-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chingiz Allazov
Chingiz Ayazovich Allazov ( be, Чынгiз Аяз аглы Аллазаў, born 10 June 1993) is a Georgian-born Belarusian kickboxer of Azerbaijani descent, currently signed with ONE Championship. He is a former K-1 Super Welterweight Champion. As of June 2022, he is ranked the #3 lightweight in the world by Combat Press. Early life Chingiz Allazov was born in the village of Jandar in Gardabani district, situated on the border between Georgia and Azerbaijan. His family moved to Minsk, Belarus in 1994. He holds a business degree. Kickboxing career Chingiz started Thai boxing at the early age of 10 to receive self-defence skills. His first coach was Alexander Kovtik. Already 4 months after starting his training he won a Club Tournament. A year later Chingiz received the title of best at the Republican amateur contest and his first Champion of the Republic of Belarus title. In the next three years he won every tournament in his age category that he participated in. Overa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minoru Kimura
is a Brazilian kickboxer of Japanese and Italian descent, fighting out of Fighting Kairos Gym. He is the former K-1 Super Welterweight champion. He has faced several notable fighters of his weight division such as Kaew Fairtex, Hideaki Yamazaki, Yasuomi Soda, Masaaki Noiri, Massaro Glunder and Hiroya. He was ranked in the featherweight top ten by Combat Press between June 2015 and March 2017. He was also ranked in the top ten by Liverkick.com. Kickboxing Krush title run He began his kickboxing career fight under the banner of MA Japan. He amassed an 8-2-1 record with them, with six of his wins coming by KO. He capped off his time with MA Japan by winning the MA Japan Super Lightweight Championship. In his Krush debut, Kimura fought NOMAN. He beat him by KO in the first round. In his second fight with Krush, he KO'd Daizo Sasaki in the first round. In his third fight with Krush, he TKO'd Ryuji Kajiwara in the third round. Following his three fight winning streak, Kimura fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuhiro Kido
Yasuhiro Kido ( ja, 城戸康裕; born December 25, 1982) is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the super welterweight division of K-1. A professional competitor since 2003, he is the 2008 K-1 World MAX Japan tournament winner and the 2017 K-1 Super Welterweight Grand Prix runner-up. He is the former Krush Super Welterweight champion, having held the title from 2012 until 2014. Kickboxing career Background Yasuhiro Kido was born in Kanagawa, Japan on December 25, 1982. When he was a junior high school student, he belonged to a track and field athletics team, and was training in sprinting. After graduation, he saw K-1 on television and joined Taniyama gym. After graduation of Ishida high school, Kido entered at faculty of Physical Education at Kokushikan University. At that time, he joined its kickboxing team. In 2001, he won the title of University Kickboxing Federation (UKF) at welterweight. In 2002, he won the title of UKF again at middleweight. In 2003, he par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaew Fairtex
Kaew Fairtex ( Thai: แก้ว แฟร์เท็กซ์; born, September 5, 1984) is a Thai kickboxer and the former WBC Muay Thai World champion at super featherweight and current WPMF World champion at super lightweight. He trains out of Fairtex Gym. As of 1 August 2020, he is ranked the #7 featherweight in the world by Combat Press. Career Kaew won K-1 World GP 2014 –65 kg Tournament on November 3, 2014 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan defeating three Japanese kickboxers in one night with his lightning fast head kicks, and his ability to avoid punches. He took unanimous decision victory over Hideaki Yamazaki in the quarter final, he went through to the finals upsetting one of the best kickboxers in this category, Yuta Kubo, stopping him in the second round with a right hook, finally defeating Yasuomi Soda and conquering the tournament. Kaew dedicated his win to his father, who died a week before the tournament. Kaew will defend his K-1 super lightweight championship at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ren Hiramoto
Ren Hiramoto (born 27 June 1998; ) is a Japanese people, Japanese mixed martial artist and former kickboxer, currently fighting in the featherweight division of Rizin Fighting Federation, Rizin FF. A professional competitor since 2015, he is the 2016 Krush (kickboxing), Krush and 2017 K-1 lightweight tournament runner-up. Kickboxing career Early career Hiramoto made his professional debut against Yuki Ishikawa at K-1 World GP 2015 -60kg Championship Tournament on January 18, 2015. He won the fight by a first-round left hook knockout. Hiramoto faced Yuki Izuka at K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg Championship Tournament on April 19, 2015. He won the fight by a first-round knockout. Hiramoto faced Yohei Noguchi at K-1 World GP 2015 -70kg Championship Tournament on July 4, 2015. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the fight 30-25 in his favor. He scored two knockdowns in the first round: the first with a right straight, while the second was a standing knockd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |