List of K-1 champions
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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.[1]
Current champions
Division | Champion | Since | Title defenses |
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Heavyweight | ![]() |
2018 | 1 |
Cruiserweight (-90 kg) | ![]() |
2018 | 2 |
Super Welterweight (-70 kg) | ![]() |
2020 | |
Welterweight (-67,5 kg) | ![]() |
2017 | 3 |
Super Lightweight (-65 kg) | ![]() |
2019 | 2 |
Lightweight (-62,5 kg) | ![]() |
2019 | |
Super Featherweight (-60 kg) | ![]() |
2018 | 1 |
Featherweight (-57.5 kg) | ![]() |
2019 | |
Super Bantamweight (-55 kg) | ![]() |
2017 | 2 |
K-1 Championship
K-1 Super Heavyweight Championship
- Weight limit: Unlimited
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2007-03-04 - 2013-06-26[2] | Semmy Schilt | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2010 in Yokohama K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Yokohama K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Amsterdam K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Yokohama |
Yokohama, Japan Fukuoka, Japan Yokohama, Japan Amsterdam, Netherlands Yokohama, Japan |
4 2010-04-03 Errol Zimmerman - ![]() 3 2008-06-29 Jérôme Le Banner - ![]() 2 2008-04-13 Mark Hunt - ![]() 1 2007-06-23 Mighty Mo - ![]() 2007-03-04 Ray Sefo - ![]() |
K-1 Heavyweight Championship
- Weight limit: 100 kg (220.5 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / No. of Defenses |
2007-04-28 - 2008-12-17 [3] | Badr Hari | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka |
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Fukuoka, Japan |
2007-04-28 Yusuke Fujimoto - |
2009-03-28 - 2011-10-01 | Kyotaro Fujimoto | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2009 in Yokohama K-1 World GP 2010 in Yokohama |
Yokohama, Japan Yokohama, Japan |
2009-03-28 Gökhan Saki - ![]() 1 2010-04-03 Peter Aerts - ![]() |
2017-11-23 - 2018-03-21 | Antonio Plazibat | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2017 Japan Heavyweight Championship Tournament | Saitama, Japan | 2017-11-23 Ibrahim El Bouni - ![]() |
2018-03-21 - current | Roel Mannaart | ![]() |
K-1 K'Festa 1 K-1 World GP 2019 Yokohamatsuri |
Saitama, Japan Yokohama, Japan |
2018-03-21 Antonio Plazibat - ![]() 1 2019-11-24 Chris Bradford - ![]() |
K-1 Cruiserweight Championship
- Weight limit: 90 kg (198.4 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / No. of Defenses |
2018-09-24 - current | Sina Karimian | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2018 -90kg World Tournament K-1: K’Festa 2 K-1: K’Festa 3 |
Tokyo, Japan Saitama, Japan Tokyo, Japan |
2018-09-24 Boubaker El Bakouri - ![]() 1 2019-03-10 Hisaki Kato - ![]() 2 2020-03-22 Ryo Aitaka - ![]() |
K-1 Super Welterweight Championship
- Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2015-07-04 - 2016-12-06 | Marat Grigorian | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2015 -70kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 2015-07-04 Jordann Pikeur - ![]() |
2017-06-18 - 2019 | Chingiz Allazov | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2017 -70kg Championship Tournament K-1: K’Festa 1 |
Tokyo, Japan Saitama, Japan |
2017-06-18 Yasuhiro Kido - ![]() 1 2018-03-21 Hinata - ![]() |
2020-03-22 - current | Minoru Kimura | ![]() |
K-1: K’Festa 3 | Saitama, Japan | 2020-03-22 Hiromi Wajima - ![]() |
K-1 Welterweight Championship
- Weight limit: 67.5 kg (148.8 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2017-09-18 - current | Yuta Kubo | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2017 Welterweight Championship Tournament K-1: K’Festa 1 K-1: K’Festa 2 K-1: K’Festa 3 |
Tokyo, Japan Saitama, Japan Tokyo, Japan Saitama, Japan |
2017-09-18 Mohan Dragon - ![]() 1 2018-03-21 Melsik Baghdasaryan - ![]() 2 2019-03-10 Yasuhiro Kido - ![]() 3 2020-03-22 Jordann Pikeur - ![]() |
K-1 Super Lightweight Championship
- Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb)
- Formerly known as Lightweight until 2016.
K-1 Lightweight Championship
- Weight limit: 62.5 kg (137.8 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2017-02-25 - 2018-03-21 | Wei Rui | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2017 Super Middleweight Championship Tournament K-1 World GP 2017 Lightweight Championship Tournament, Final |
Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan |
1 2017-06-18 Gonnapar Weerasakreck - ![]() 2017-02-25 Ren Hiramoto - ![]() |
2018-03-21 - 2019-03-10 | Koya Urabe | ![]() |
K-1: K’Festa 1 | Saitama, Japan | 2018-03-21 Wei Rui - ![]() |
2019-03-10 - Present | Kenta Hayashi | ![]() |
K-1: K’Festa 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 2019-03-10 Koya Urabe - ![]() |
K-1 Super Featherweight Championship
- Weight limit: 60 kg (132.3 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2015-01-18 - 2015-11-21 | Koya Urabe | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2015 -60kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 2015-01-18 Hirotaka Urabe - ![]() |
2015-11-21 - 2017-02-25 | Hirotaka Urabe | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship | Tokyo, Japan | 2015-11-21 Koya Urabe - ![]() |
2017-02-25 - 2018-02-03[4] | Taiga | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2017 Lightweight Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 2017-02-25 Hirotaka Urabe - ![]() |
2018-03-21 - current | Takeru | ![]() |
K-1: K’Festa 1 K-1 World GP 2018 –62.5 kg World Tournament |
Saitama, Japan Osaka, Japan |
2016-09-19 Kosuke Komiyama - ![]() 1 2018-12-08 Koji - ![]() |
K-1 Featherweight Championship
- Weight limit: 57.5 kg (126.8 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2016-11-03 - 2018-03-21 | Takeru | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2016 Super Featherweight World Tournament K-1 World GP 2017 Welterweight Championship Tournament |
Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan |
2016-11-03 Kaito Ozawa - ![]() 1 2017-09-18 Wang Junguang - ![]() |
2018-06-17 - 2019-08-25 | Yuta Murakoshi | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2018 -57.5kg World Tournament K-1: K’Festa 2 |
Tokyo, Japan Saitama, Japan |
2018-06-17 Haruma Saikyo - ![]() 1 2019-03-10 Hirotaka Urabe - ![]() |
2019-11-24 - current | Yuki Egawa | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2019 Yokohamatsuri | Yokohama, Japan | 2019-11-24 Jawsuayai Sor.Dechaphan - ![]() |
K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship
- Weight limit: 55 kg (121.3 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2015-04-19 - 2016-08-28[5] | Takeru | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg Championship Tournament |
Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan |
2015-04-19 Taiga - ![]() 1 2015-11-21 Charles Bongiovanni - ![]() |
2017-04-22 - current | Yoshiki Takei | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2017 Super Bantamweight Championship Tournament K-1: K’Festa 1 |
Tokyo, Japan Saitama, Japan |
2017-04-22 Kenji Kubo - ![]() 1 2018-03-21 Kenji Kubo - ![]() |
K-1 World Grand Prix Champions
K-1 World Grand Prix Tables
Fighters | Titles | Runner-up | Third place | Appearance in Finals |
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4 | 1
(1993) |
3 | 11
(1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006) |
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4 | 0 | 1
(2010) |
5 |
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3 | 3 | 2 | 17
(1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010) |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
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1
(1996) |
2 | 0 | 3 |
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1
(2012) |
1
(1999) |
0 | 4 |
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1
(1993) |
0 | 1
(1994) |
2 |
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1
(2001) |
0 | 1
(2002) |
2 |
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1
(2010) |
0 | 1
(2009) |
2 |
Nation | Titles | Runner-up | Third place | Total |
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15 | 4 | 10 | 29 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
K-1 World GP Preliminary / Other Tournament Champions
Legend: K-1 World Grand Prix Qualifier
K-2 Grand Prix Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
1995-01-07 | Rob Kaman | ![]() |
K-2 France Grand Prix '95 | Paris, France | Jérôme Turcan | ![]() |
1994-05-08 | Ernesto Hoost | ![]() |
K-2 Plus Tournament 1994 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Bob Schreiber | ![]() |
1993-12-19 | Ernesto Hoost | ![]() |
K-2 Grand Prix '93 | Tokyo, Japan | Changpuek Kiatsongrit | ![]() |
K-3 Grand Prix Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
1995-07-16 | Ivan Hippolyte | ![]() |
K-3 Grand Prix '95 | Nagoya, Japan | Taiei Kin | ![]() |
K-1 World MAX Champions
K-1 World MAX Preliminary / Other Tournament Champions
Legend: Middleweight Artistic Xtreme Qualifier
K-1 World GP in Japan Champions
K-1 Japan Champions
K-1 World GP -65kg Japan Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
2016-03-04 | Hideaki Yamazaki | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Masaaki Noiri | ![]() |
K-1 Japan -63kg Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
2011-06-25 | Yuta Kubo | ![]() |
K-1 World MAX 2011 -63kg Japan Tournament Final | Tokyo, Japan | Koya Urabe | ![]() |
2010-07-05 | Tetsuya Yamato | ![]() |
K-1 World MAX 2010 Final 16, -63 kg Japan Tournament Final | Tokyo, Japan | Yuta Kubo | ![]() |
K-1 World GP -60kg Japan Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
2016-04-24 | Taiga | ![]() |
K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Koya Urabe | ![]() |
K-1 Japan -57kg Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
1997-11-09 | Takehiro Murahama | ![]() |
K-1 Grand Prix '97 Final, K-1 Japan Feather Weight GP '97 | Tokyo, Japan | Kenichi Sato | ![]() |
K-1 Japan Youth Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality | ||
70kg class | ||||||||
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2009-08-10 | Shintaro Matsukura | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2009 King Of Under 18 Final 16 70 kg Class Tournament | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan | Koki Saito | ![]() | ||
62kg class | ||||||||
2009-12-31 | Masaaki Noiri | ![]() |
Dynamite!! 2009 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | Shota Shimada | ![]() | ||
2008-12-31 | Hiroya | ![]() |
Dynamite!! 2008 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | Koya Urabe | ![]() | ||
2007-12-31 | Yudai | ![]() |
K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!! | Osaka, Osaka, Japan | Hiroya | ![]() |
K-1 Japan Youth Preliminary Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality | ||
70kg class | ||||||||
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2009-07-04 | Masaya Matsuhana | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Chubu- 70 kg class tournament | Kuwana, Mie, Japan | Kōki Saitō | ![]() | ||
2009-06-21 | Taichi Satō | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Tohoku- 70 kg tournament | Osaki, Miyagi, Japan | Yūki | ![]() | ||
65kg class | ||||||||
2010-09-04 | Ren Takeno | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2010 Elimination West Japan Round 60–65 kg class tournament B Block | Ōsaka, Ōsaka, Japan | Shō Ogawa | ![]() | ||
2010-09-04 | Keigi Shida | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2010 Elimination West Japan Round 60–65 kg class tournament A Block | Ōsaka, Ōsaka, Japan | Riki Matsuoka | ![]() | ||
2010-08-25 | Ryōsuke Sasaki | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2010 Elimination East Japan Round 60–65 kg class tournament B Block | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | Minoru Kimura | ![]() | ||
2010-08-25 | Shōei Haruyama | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2010 Elimination East Japan Round 60–65 kg class tournament A Block | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | Kōki Takeuchi | ![]() | ||
62kg class | ||||||||
2009-07-04 | Hiroki Akimoto | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Chubu- 62 kg class tournament | Kuwana, Mie, Japan | Shō Ogawa | ![]() | ||
2009-06-28 | Keisuke Miyamoto | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Kanto- 62 kg class tournament B Block | Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan | Kōhei Nishikawa | ![]() | ||
2009-06-28 | Tsukasa Fuji | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Kanto- 62 kg class tournament A Block | Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan | Ryōsuke Sasaki | ![]() | ||
2009-06-21 | Kōhei Masuko | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Tohoku- 62 kg tournament | Osaki, Miyagi, Japan | Nobuaki Yamamoto | ![]() | ||
2009-06-14 | Hiroto Yamaguchi | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Kansai- 62 kg tournament | Sakai, Osaka, Japan | Riki Matsuoka | ![]() | ||
2009-06-07 | Kengo Sonoda | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Kyushu- 62 kg tournament | Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan | Yūto Maeda] | ![]() | ||
2008-08-03 | Nobuaki Yamamoto | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2008 Tohoku and Hokkaido Area Representative Decision Match | Aomori, Aomori, Japan | Yūya Akimoto | ![]() | ||
2008-07-27 | Kengo Sonoda | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2008 Kyushu, Okinawa and Shikoku Area Representative Decision Match | Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan | Yūto Maeda | ![]() | ||
2008-07-21 | Koya Urabe | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2008 Kanto Area Representative Decision Match | Adachi, Tokyo, Japan | Taizō Sasaki | ![]() | ||
2008-07-06 | Ryūya Hisakabe | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2008 Chubu Area Representative Decision Match | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | Yūsuke Tsuboi | ![]() | ||
2008-06-15 | Norifumi Kitani | ![]() |
K-1 Koshien 2008 West Japan Area Representative Decision Match | Osaka, Osaka, Japan | Hirohito Yamaguchi | ![]() |
See also
References
- ^ "Event Schedule". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick". Liverkick.com. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
- ^ "Badr Hari to be stripped of K-1 title, suspended indefinitely?". fansofk1.com. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- ^ https://efight.jp/news-20180203_278629
- ^ "Takeru vacated the title going up to Featherweight". k-1wg.com. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- ^ a b "EG announces penalties against Badr Hari (official statement)". Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2009.