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 FEG (1993– 2012), K-1 Global (2012–2023), and K-1 (2014–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 World Championship * K-1 FEG (2007 - 2012) K-1 Super Heavyweight Championship ::''Weight limit: Unlimited'' K-1 Heavyweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' * K-1 WORLD GP JAPAN (2014 - present) K-1 World GP Heavyweight Championship ::''Weight limit: Unlimited'' K-1 World GP Cruiserweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 World GP Middleweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 World GP Super Welterweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 World GP Welterweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 World GP Super Lightweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 World GP ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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K-1 World Grand Prix
K-1 World Grand Prix, also known as the K-1 ''WORLD'' GP, is an elimination kickboxing tournament that was originally held annually from 1993 by the K-1 organization, under the ownership of the Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG). Each year, K-1 would hold various 16-men, 8-match grand prix style qualifying tournaments throughout the world to determine which 16 fighters will compete in the main World GP. Match-ups Combatants of the quarter-finals of a 16-man 8-match tournament were paired by drawing, with the exception of the final. A lottery draw would take place. The balls represented numbers 1 to 8, which determined the fighters' order in choosing a position (from A to H), and the line-number of the match. The next fighter was able to choose between challenging the one on the stage or an "empty" section. This procedure went on until one fighter had to fill its slot left next to the lone rival. K-1 World Grand Prix dates and venues Champions See also * List of K-1 e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Antonio Plazibat
Antonio Plazibat (born 12 December 1993) is a Croatian professional kickboxer, who currently competes in the Heavyweight division of Glory. Plazibat is a former K-1 Heavyweight Champion. At the amateur level, Plazibat captured medals at both the WAKO world and continental tournaments, as he won the silver medal at the 2015 WAKO World Championships and the gold medal at the 2018 European Championships. As of December 2024, he is ranked as the 5th best heavyweight kickboxer in the world by Combat Press. Combat Press has ranked him as a top 10 heavyweight continually since August 2021. Amateur career Antonio Plazibat began his kickboxing career as an amateur, training with Ameno Gym. His first fight was against Dražen Kuraja in the semifinal bout of the 2013 Croatian Kickboxing Championship 91 kg tournament. Despite being the underdog, Plazibat knocked Kuraja down twice, and would go on to win a unanimous decision. In the finals he faced Andrija Lekić. Despite fighting with ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marat Grigorian
Marat Grigorian (; born 29 May 1991) is an Armenian- Belgian kickboxer currently signed to ONE Championship, where he competes in the featherweight division. Grigorian previously competed for Glory. He is a former Glory Lightweight Champion. He is famous for his technical aggressive fighting style and knockout power. Combat Press ranks him as the #2 lightweight and #4 pound-for-pound kickboxer in the world. Background Marat Grigorian was born to Armenian parents on 29 May 1991 in Talin, Soviet Armenia and has three older sisters. The family moved to Germany when he was three years old, but were sent back to Armenia after three years in the country. After gathering funds by working multiple simultaneous odd jobs, the parents relocated the family to Antwerp, Belgium, when Marat was nine. In Belgium, Marat started training kickboxing in a nearby gym in his early youth years. Kickboxing career Glory Marat trains at Hemmers Gym in the Netherlands. He has established himself as one ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shintaro Matsukura
Shintaro Matsukura is a Japanese kickboxer fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. He is the current WPMF World Super Middleweight champion. Career On March 2, 2008 Matsukura participated to the K-1 tryouts, he passed every steps and was selected by the officials including K-1 youth development director Kensaku Maeda. Matsukura turned professional on July 20, 2008 at the MAJKF BREAK THROUGH 5 event. He was defeated by unanimous decision against Kenichi Hashimoto. Matsukura returned to amateur competition when he participated to the 2009 K-1 Koshien -70 kg tournament. Matsukura won the tournament, defeating three opponents in the same day. On March 27, 2010 Matsukura faced Yuuki at K-1 WORLD MAX 2010 ~-70 kg Japan Tournament~. He won the fight by knockout in the second round after flooring his opponent three times. In 2010 Matsukura participated to the annual New Year's eve event of japanese combat sport combining MMA and kickboxing called World Victory Road Presents: Soul ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hasan Toy
Hasan Toy (born April 18, 1994) is a Dutch-Turkish kickboxer, currently competing in the middleweight division of K-1. He is the former K-1 Middleweight Champion and the 2023 K-1 World Middleweight Grand Prix winner. Kickboxing career Wu Lin Feng Toy participated in the 2018 Wu Lin Feng 67 kilogram contender tournament, held at Wu Lin Feng 2018: World Championship Tianjin on March 3, 2018. After beating Feng Jie by unanimous decision in the semifinals, Toy faced Ilias Bulaid in the tournament finals. He won the fight by split decision. Toy faced David Mejia at Wu Lin Feng 2018: WLF -67kg World Cup 2018-2019 2nd Round on August 4, 2018. He won the fight by decision. Toy was booked to face Liu Yaning at Wu Lin Feng 2018: WLF -67kg World Cup 2018-2019 4th Round on October 6, 2018. He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout. Toy next faced Diego Freitas at Wu Lin Feng 2018: WLF -67kg World Cup 2018-2019 6th Round on December 1, 2018. He won the fight by decision. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mahmoud Sattari
Mahmoud Sattari ( born 22 February 1991) is an Iranian Muay Thai kickboxer. Sattari is currently under contract with the K-1 Organization. As of June 2022 he was the #9 ranked Light Heavyweight kickboxer in the world by Combat Press. Biography and career Sattari started kickboxing at the age of six. He has won several national championships in the youth category up to adults. Silver medals at the 2014 Asian Beach Games and gold medals the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games are some of his achievements in amateur Muay Thai. Sattari also took part in the 2016 IFMA World Muaythai Championships in Jönköping and the 2017 WAKO World Muaythai Championships in Budapest Sattari emigrated to Japan in 2020 to participate in professional world leagues. On 17 October 2020, he was able to present himself by defeating Seiya Tanigawa in the Krush organization. On 25 November 2020, he won the M-1 Heavyweight Championship title. On 21 March 2021, he defeated Hisaki Kato in the second ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liu Ce
Liu Ce () is a Chinese professional Sanda kickboxer, currently competing in the heavyweight divisions of Wu Lin Feng and K-1. He is the former K-1 Cruiserweight (−90kg) champion and the K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament winner. Professional kickboxing career Liu started to focus on professional kickboxing full time in 2018. He lost his first two fights of the year on the Glory of Heroes promotion. He lost by decision to Marino Schouten on July 28, 2018 at Glory of Heroes 33: Shanghai. On October 12, 2018, Liu lost to Mikita Shostak by unanimous decision at Glory of Heroes 35: Meishan. On August 9, 2023, it was announced that Liu Ce would be one of eight participants in the 30th Anniversary K-1 Openweight Grand Prix, which took place at K-1 World GP 2023: ReBOOT~K-1 ReBIRTH~ on September 10, 2023. Ce was booked to face Valentin Bordianu in the quarterfinals of the one-day tournament. He won the fight by a first-round knockout, as he was able to floor himn wi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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K-Jee (kickboxer)
K-Jee (born 5 November 1990) is a Japanese male kickboxer and the former K-1 Cruiserweight Champion and the former Krush Cruiserweight champion. Kickboxing career He took part in the 2017 Heavyweight Grand Prix, but lost to the eventual winner Antonio Plazibat in the quarterfinals. He bounced back with a TKO win over Shinya Uemura, during Krush 89. K-Jee participated in the 2018 K-1 Cruiserweight Grand Prix, for the inaugural K-1 Cruiserweight title. He beat Brian McGrath by TKO in the quarterfinals, but lost a unanimous decision to Sina Karimian in the semifinals. K-Jee won his next two fights, knocking Yuki Kudo out with a flying knee during Krush 97, and Hitoshi Sugimoto with a right hook during Krush 101. He fought for his first major title during Krush 104, when he fought Rui Hanazawa for the Krush Cruiserweight title. He defeated Hanazawa by a second round TKO. K-Jee was scheduled to fight Hisaki Kato in December 2019. Kato won the fight by a second round TKO. The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ryo Aitaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler and former kickboxer, who competed in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions of K-1. He was a one-time K-1 Cruiserweight title challenger, having challenged for the title in 2020. In 2023, he took up professional wrestling, training at the Ibushi Prowrest Lab, and made his debut for Gleat on December 30, under the ring name , and later under his real name. 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 u ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hisaki Kato
is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer who competed in Bellator's Middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2013, he has also competed for Rizin. Background Born and raised in Paris, Kato's father was a Japanese judoka who moved to Paris to pursue a career teaching the martial art, and become one of the top instructors in the country. However, he died when Kato was only a few years old. Kato's mother is French. Growing up, Kato pursued judo but favored the striking techniques of traditional Japanese martial arts such as karate. Kato was also a highly talented handball player; he began competing in junior high and moved to Japan at the age of 18 where he competed for the national team and attended college. He later returned to his martial arts roots at the age of 23, joining the Kudo Federation of Japan where he competed and won five consecutive national tournaments. After winning his fifth title, Kato was offered a contract by the Japan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Boubaker El Bakouri
Boubaker El Bakouri (born 12 April 1994) is a Moroccan kickboxer and the finalist of the 2018 K-1 Cruiserweight Grand Prix. Kickboxing career In 2015 Boubaker participated in the A1 World Combat Cup Platinium. In the quarter-finals, he won a unanimous decision against Bas Vorstenbosch. In the semi-finals, he lost a decision to Ibrahim El Bouni. El Bakouri had his first fight with Enfusion during Enfusion 45, when he fought Rustam Guseinov. He won the fight by a third round TKO. El Bakouri participated in the 2018 K-1 Cruiserweight Grand Prix. He scored (T)KO wins over Makoto Uehara in the quarter-finals and Hitoshi Sugimoto in the semi-finals, and fought for the cruiserweight title against Sina Karimian. Boubaker lost the fight by majority decision. Returning to Enfusion he lost to Mattia Faraoni by unanimous decision, Hicham El Gaoui through an injury in the first round. Championships and accomplishments *K-1 **2018 K-1 Cruiserweight Grand Prix Runner-up **2016 and 201 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |