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2020 In K-1
The year 2020 is the 27th year in the history of the K-1, an international kickboxing event. The year started with K-1: K’Festa 3. List of events K-1: K’Festa 3 ''K-1: K’Festa 3'' was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on March 22, 2020 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Background The K’Festa 3 event took place on March 22, 2020 in the Saitama Super Arena. The card was scheduled to have an eight man Super Welterweight tournament, featuring: Hiromi Wajima, Avatar Tor Morsi, Yasuhiro Kido, Minoru Kimura, Kaito, Eder Lopes, Katsuya Jinbo and Milan Pales. Three title defense took place: Yuta Kubo defended the Welterweight title against Jordann Pikeur, Rukiya Anpo defended the Super Lightweight title against Fukashi, and Sina Karimian defended the Cruiserweight title against Ryo Aitaka. K-1 World GP 2020 -70kg Japan Tournament bracket Results K-1 World GP 2020 in Osaka ''K-1 World GP 2020 in Osaka'' will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taio Asahisa
Taio Asahisa (born 16 January 1998) is a Japanese kickboxer, currently fighting in the lightweight division of K-1, where he is the reigning champion. As of May 2021, he was the #1 ranked Super Bantamweight in the world according to Combat Press. Kickboxing career Super Bantamweight career Asahisa was schooled in Asahisa karate by his father, who had developed the style, and participated in numerous amateur karate and kickboxing competitions from a young age. He was most notably eliminated from the All Japan Junior Kick competitions two years in a row by Tenshin Nasukawa, and by Ren Hiramoto in the first round of the 2014 K-1 Koshien tournament. Asahisa made his professional debut on September 21, 2014, at the age of 16, being scheduled to fight Masachika Morimoto in the quarterfinals of the 2014 J-Fight Next Generation Cup. He beat Morimoto by unanimous decision, winning the fight by 20-18 on two of the three judges scorecards. Advancing to the semifinals, Asahisa faced Taka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 In K-1
The year 2019 was the 26th year in the history of the K-1, an international kickboxing event. The year started with K-1: K’Festa 2. List of events K-1 World GP 2019: K’FESTA 2 ''K-1 World GP 2019: K’FESTA 2'' was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on March 10, 2019 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Background The event was headlined by a catchweight, non-title fight between Takeru Segawa and Yodkitsada Yuthachonburi. The four title fights held at K'Festa two saw Yuta Murakoshi and Koya Urabe defend their titles against Hirotaka Urabe and Kenta Hayashi, respectively. Yuta Kubo defended the welterweight title against Yasuhiro Kido, and Sina Karimian made his first title defense against Hisaki Kato. Fight Card K-1 World GP 2019: Super Bantamweight World Tournament ''K-1 World GP 2019: Super Bantamweight World Tournament'' was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on June 30, 2019 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Background During this event a Supe ... [...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] |
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] |
Kenta Hayashi
is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the super lightweight division of K-1. A professional competitor since 2013, he is the former Bigbang and K-1 lightweight champion, as well as the 2018 K-1 World Grand Prix winner. Combat Press ranked him in the super bantamweight top ten between September 2020 and June 2021. He was ranked in the bantamweight top ten between January 2019 and August 2020, peaking at #1 between June 2019 and April 2020. Kickboxing career Krush Early career Hayashi made his Krush debut against Shoki Nishikawa at Krush.31 on August 25, 2013. He won by a first-round knockout. Hayashi was scheduled to face Kyohei Hayashi at Krush-IGNITION 2013 vol.7 on October 13, 2013. He won the fight by a first round knockout. Hayashi was scheduled to face Takashi Ohata at Krush.35 on December 14, 2013. He once again won by a first-round knockout. Hayashi was scheduled to face Sei Ono at Krush.38 on February 14, 2014. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Peritore
Gloria Peritore (born 29 November 1988) is an Italian kickboxer and mixed martial artist. She is the current ISKA World Flyweight Kickboxing and Oriental Rules champion. As of October 2022, she is ranked as the tenth best pound-for-pound women's kickboxer in the world by Beyond Kick. Mixed martial arts career Peritore made her mixed martial arts debut against Claudia Archir at Luctor Cage Fight - Luctor 2017 on 8 July 2017. She won the fight by a first-round submission. Peritore faced Giulia Chinello at Fight1 - Iron Fighter 20 on 10 November 2018, fifteen months after her previous fight. She lost the bout by a first-round technical knockout. Kickboxing career Early career Peritore made her professional debut in early 2013. She amassed an 8-0 record during the next two years, most notably beating Marzia Vadalà by unanimous decision twice. Her undefeated streak earned Peritore the chance to challenge the ISKA European Full Contact Kickboxing Flyweight champion Lizzie Largilli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kana Morimoto
Kana Morimoto (森本佳奈, born 29 July 1992), popularly known as KANA, is a Japanese kickboxer competing as a flyweight with K-1, where she is the current flyweight champion. A professional competitor since 2015, she is the 2019 K-1 Women's Flyweight Grand Prix winner and two-time Krush Women's Flyweight champion. She is the #9 ranked female kickboxer in the world by Combat Press, as of November 2020, and has been ranked in the top ten since June 2018. Kickboxing career Early career Morimoto made her professional debut against a fellow debutante Koto Hiroaka at Krush 58 on 12 September 2015. She won the fight by a second-round knockout. The knockout was preceded by two knockdowns: the first was a standing knockdown in the first round, while the second resulted from an uppercut in the second round. Morimoto was scheduled to face the #5 ranked J-Girls mini-flyweight Miyako Mitsuhori at Krush 60 on 14 November 2015. Mitsuhori was more experienced than Morimoto, with 20 prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiki Takei
is a Japanese professional boxer and former kickboxer, who has held the OPBF super bantamweight title since August 2022. As a professional kickboxer, he held the K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship from 2017 until 2020, and was the 2017 and 2019 K-1 Super Bantamweight Grand Prix winner. At the time of his retirement from the sport of kickboxing, in December 2020, Takei was ranked as the best fighter at 55 kg and the eight best pound for pound fighter in the world. Kickboxing career Early career Career beginnings Takei made his professional debut against Tasuku at Krush.47 on November 9, 2014. He won the fight by a first-round knockout, stopping Tasuku with strikes to the body at the 2:33 minute mark of the opening round. Takei would then suffer two consecutive defeates, which would prove to be the only two losses of his professional kickboxing career. He first lost a majority decision to Tenma Sano at Krush.49 on January 4, 2015, which was followed by a majority decision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of K-1 Champions
This is the list of all K-1 champions. Included are the K-1 World Grand Prix and K-1 World MAX champions as well as all the preliminary tournament winners from the events promoted by K-1 and FEG (1993-2011) and later by K-1 Global (2012–present) following the former's dissolution. The list does not contain K-1's mixed martial arts branch Hero's and DREAM champions. K-1 Championship K-1 Super Heavyweight Championship ::''Weight limit: Unlimited'' K-1 Heavyweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 Cruiserweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 Super Welterweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' ::''Formerly known as Welterweight until 2016.'' K-1 Welterweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 World GP Super Lightweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' ::''Formerly known as Lightweight until 2016.'' K-1 Lightweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 Super Featherweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 Featherweight Championship ::''Wei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryo Aitaka
is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions of K-1. He is a one-time K-1 Cruiserweight title challenger, having fought for the title in 2020. Kickboxing career BigBang Early career Aitaka made his promotional debut with BigBang against Lin Wuzhong at Bigbang 17 on June 1, 2014. He lost the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 30–29, 30–28, 30–29. The first professional loss of his career would be followed by the first stoppage loss of his career, as Aitaka lost by a first-round knockout to Andrew Peck at HEAT 33 on September 7, 2014, who knocked him out with a head kick. Aitaka returned to BigBang for his next bout, as he was booked to face Taichi Furuta at Bigbang 19 on December 7, 2014. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 30–29、30–28、30–29. Aitaka was then booked to face Nangoku Chojin at SHOOT BOXING 2015 - 30th Anniversary act.1 on February 21, 2015. He lost the fight by a third-round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeru Segawa
is a Japanese kickboxer. He is the former K-1 Super Featherweight champion, K-1 Featherweight champion and K-1 Super Bantamweight champion. He is the only three weight champion in K-1 history. A generational talent, Takeru is considered to be one of the greatest kickboxers in the modern history of the sport, alongside his compatriot Tenshin Nasukawa. A professional competitor since 2008, Segawa became the K-1 Super Bantamweight champion when he defeated Taiga Kawabe in the finals of the 2015 K-1 Super Bantamweight Grand Prix, on April 19, 2015. He became the K-1 Featherweight champion when he defeated Kaito Ozawa in the finals of the 2016 K-1 Featherweight Grand Prix, on November 3, 2016, thus becoming the first two-weight champion in K-1 history. He further became the K-1 Super Featherweight champion after defeating Kosuke Komiyama in the finals of the 2018 K-1 Super Featherweight Grand Prix, on March 21, 2018, thus becoming the first and only three weight champion in K- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sina Karimian
Sina Karimian (born 23 January 1988) is an Iranian kickboxer. He currently competes in K-1, where he is the current K-1 Cruiserweight Champion. Kickboxing career Karimian participated in the 2018 K-1 WORLD GP Cruiserweight (−90 kg) Tournament. He beat OD.KEN in the quarter finals with a fourth-round TKO. In the semi finals he defeated K-Jee with a unanimous decision. He won a majority decision against Boubaker El Bakouri with a majority decision to become the inaugural K-1 Cruiserweight champion. He made his first title defence against Hisaki Kato during K-1 World GP 2019: K’FESTA 2. Karimian won a unanimous decision. He made his second title defence in a rematch against Ryo Aitaka. Karimian won a unanimous decision. Karimian fought K-Jee on 3 November 2020 during K-1 WGP Japan. He lost the fight by a first-round knockout. Sina was scheduled to fight Seiya Tanigawa at K'Festa 4, but the event was later postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was instead schedule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |