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The year 2019 was the 26th year in the history of the K-1, an international
kickboxing Kickboxing is a combat sports, combat sport focused on kicking and punch (strike), punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is pract ...
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 Kickboxing is a combat sports, combat sport focused on kicking and punch (strike), punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is pract ...
event held by K-1 on March 10, 2019 at the
Saitama Super Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It opened preliminarily on May 5, 2000, and then was officially opened on September 1 of the same year. Its maximum spectator capacity is 36,500, making i ...
in Saitama,
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.


Background

The event was headlined by a catchweight, non-title fight between
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 ...
and Yodkitsada Yuthachonburi. The four title fights held at K'Festa two saw
Yuta Murakoshi Yuta Murakoshi is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. He is the former K-1 Featherweight and RISE Bantamweight champion. As of November 2021, he is the #5 ranked bantamweight in the world according to Combat Press. He was ranke ...
and
Koya Urabe is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. He is the inaugural and former two time K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament Champion. As of December 2020, he is the #10 ranked Super Bantamweight according to Combat Press, first e ...
defend their titles against
Hirotaka Urabe Hirotaka Urabe is a retired Japanese kickboxer. He was the 2015 K-1 Super Featherweight Grand Prix winner, as well as the inaugural and two time Krush Super Featherweight champion. As of December 2020, he was the #10 ranked Super Flyweight, a ...
and Kenta Hayashi, respectively.
Yuta Kubo is retired Japanese lightweight kickboxer. He won the Japanese national tournament of K-1 at Lightweight in 2011. In June 2020, Kubo announced his retirement from kickboxing, and transition into coaching at his own gym: "PURGE TOKYO". He's als ...
defended the welterweight title against
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 th ...
, and
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) Tou ...
made his first title defense against
Hisaki Kato is a Japanese-French professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer who most recently competed in Bellator's Middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2013, he has also competed for Rizin. Background Born and raised in Pari ...
.


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K-1 World GP 2019: Super Bantamweight World Tournament

''K-1 World GP 2019: Super Bantamweight World Tournament'' was a
kickboxing Kickboxing is a combat sports, combat sport focused on kicking and punch (strike), punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is pract ...
event held by K-1 on June 30, 2019 at the
Saitama Super Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It opened preliminarily on May 5, 2000, and then was officially opened on September 1 of the same year. Its maximum spectator capacity is 36,500, making i ...
in Saitama,
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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Background

During this event a Super Bantamweight Grand Prix was held, featuring the reigning champion
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 ...
,
Shuhei Kumura Shuhei Kumura (玖村 修平) is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. He is the current Krush Featherweight (-57.5kg) champion. As of June 2022, Combat Press ranks him as the fourth best super flyweight kickboxer in the world. K ...
, Samvel Babayan and
Masashi Kumura is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the super bantamweight division of K-1. He is the former Krush Super Bantamweight champion, having held the title between 2019 and 2021. Kumura is a two-time K-1 World Grand Prix finalist, having ...
. In the co-main event,
Rukiya Anpo is a Japanese kickboxer, who commpeted in the super lightweight and welterweight divisions of K-1. A professional competitor since 2011, he is the former K-1 Super Lightweight champion and the 2021 K-1 welterweight Grand Prix runner-up. As o ...
and Kaew Fairtex fought for the Super Lightweight title.


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K-1 World GP 2019: Japan vs World 5 vs 5 & Special Superfight in Osaka

''K-1 World GP 2019: Japan vs World 5 vs 5 & Special Superfight in Osaka '' was a
kickboxing Kickboxing is a combat sports, combat sport focused on kicking and punch (strike), punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is pract ...
event held by K-1 on August 24, 2019 at the
EDION Arena Osaka is an indoor sporting arena located in Namba, Osaka, Japan. It first opened in 1952 and the current building was constructed in 1987. It is the venue of a professional sumo tournament (honbasho) held in March every year. The capacity of the a ...
in
Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
,
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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Background

The event was headlined by a "Comeback of the Year" match between Koji and Tatsuya Oiwa. In the co-main event Kenta Hayashi fought Deniz Demirkapu.


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K-1 World GP 2019 Yokohamatsuri

''K-1 World GP 2019 Yokohamatsuri'' was a
kickboxing Kickboxing is a combat sports, combat sport focused on kicking and punch (strike), punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is pract ...
event held by K-1 on November 24, 2019 at the
Yokohama Arena is an indoor arena located in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 17,000 and was opened in 1989. The arena was modeled after US sports venue Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is a five-minute walk from the ...
in
Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...
,
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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Background

A featherweight Grand Prix was held during this event, which featured
Yuki Egawa is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the super featherweight division of K-1. A professional competitor since 2013, he is the former Krush Featherweight and K-1 Featherweight champion. Combat Press ranked him as a top ten super f ...
, Jawsuayai Sor.Dechaphan,
Haruma Saikyo Haruma Saikyo is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. He is the former Krush Featherweight champion. As of 1 August 2020, he is ranked the #9 strawweight in the world by Combat Press. Kickboxing career After going 2-1 in his fir ...
, Arthur Meyer, Jorge Varela,
Riku Anpo is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the featherweight division of K-1. He is the former Krush Super Featherweight champion. Kickboxing career Super featherweight Anpo made his professional debut against Takayuki Tsujita at HOOST CU ...
,
Hirotaka Urabe Hirotaka Urabe is a retired Japanese kickboxer. He was the 2015 K-1 Super Featherweight Grand Prix winner, as well as the inaugural and two time Krush Super Featherweight champion. As of December 2020, he was the #10 ranked Super Flyweight, a ...
and Brandon Spain. In the co-main event, the K-1 Super Featherweight champion
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 ...
fought a non-title bout with
Yuta Murakoshi Yuta Murakoshi is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. He is the former K-1 Featherweight and RISE Bantamweight champion. As of November 2021, he is the #5 ranked bantamweight in the world according to Combat Press. He was ranke ...
.


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K-1 World GP 2019 Japan: ～Women's Flyweight Championship Tournament～

''K-1 World GP 2019 Japan: ～Women's Flyweight Championship Tournament～'' was a
kickboxing Kickboxing is a combat sports, combat sport focused on kicking and punch (strike), punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is pract ...
event held by K-1 on December 28, 2019 at the
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium , also known as , is a multi-purpose gymnasium in Nagoya, Japan, built in 1964. Overview Located on the site of the secondary enclosure of Nagoya Castle, it is host to numerous concerts and events. The gymnasium has 4,375 fixed seats, and can ...
in
Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...
,
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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Background

The event was headlined by a Super Lightweight title rematch between the reigning champion
Rukiya Anpo is a Japanese kickboxer, who commpeted in the super lightweight and welterweight divisions of K-1. A professional competitor since 2011, he is the former K-1 Super Lightweight champion and the 2021 K-1 welterweight Grand Prix runner-up. As o ...
and
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 ...
. The event also featured a Women's Flyweight Grand Prix, to crown the new K-1 champion, which included the reigning Krush champion
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' ...
, the former Krush title challenger
Josefine Lindgren Knutsson Josefine Lindgren Knutsson (born 16 January 1996) is a Swedish mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. She is the 2019 K-1 flyweight (-52 kg) Grand Prix finalist. Kickboxing career Knutsson faced the ISKA and future Enfusion strawweigh ...
, former Krush champion
Mellony Geugjes Mellony Geugjes (born ) is a Dutch female kickboxer and mixed martial artist, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She has competed professionally since 2009 and is the current ISKA Featherweight champion which she won by defeating Dilara Yildiz. M ...
, as well as the
Enfusion Enfusion is a Dutch kickboxing promotion company based in Alkmaar, Netherlands. It produces events worldwide, which showcase twelve kickboxing weight classes (7 male and 5 female). Enfusion held its first event in 2013 in the Zwembad Sporthal i ...
and
ISKA The ISKA (originally International Sport Karate Association, later also called the International Sport Kickboxing Association) is one of the major international bodies regulating sport karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the United ...
champion
Cristina Morales Cristina Morales Martin (born 27 July 1993) is a Spanish kickboxer. She is the reigning ISKA Atomweight K1 World Champion, and the former Enfusion 52 kg World Champion. Kickboxing career In March 2019, Morales was scheduled to fight Fanny ...
. The reigning Super Bantamweight champion
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 ...
fought a non-title bout against Suriyanlek OBT.Kamphee, while the Featherweight champion
Yuki Egawa is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the super featherweight division of K-1. A professional competitor since 2013, he is the former Krush Featherweight and K-1 Featherweight champion. Combat Press ranked him as a top ten super f ...
met the Super Featherweight champion
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 ...
in an exhibition match.


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See also

* 2019 in Glory *
2019 in Kunlun Fight The year 2019 was the 6th year in the history of the Kunlun Fight, a kickboxing promotion based in China. 2019 started with Kunlun Fight 80. The events were broadcasts through television agreements in mainland China with Jiangsu TV and around the ...
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2019 in ONE Championship The year 2019 is the 9th year in the history of the ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts, kickboxing and muay thai promotion based in Singapore. Background Chatri Sityodtong announced that ONE Championship will do 45 events in 2019: 24 ONE Ch ...
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2019 in Romanian kickboxing The 2019 season was the 17th season of competitive kickboxing in Romania. List of events OSS Fighters 03 ''OSS Fighters 03'' was a kickboxing event produced by the OSS Fighters that took place on February 28, 2019, at the Polyvalent Hall (Buc ...
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2019 in Wu Lin Feng The year 2019 is the 16th year in the history of the Wu Lin Feng, a Chinese kickboxing promotion. List of events Wu Lin Feng 2019: WLF -65kg World Championship Tournament ''Wu Lin Feng 2019: WLF -65kg World Tournament'' was a kickboxing event ...


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