K-1 martial arts events in 2018
2018 in K-1 First date March 21, 2018
The year 2018 was the 26th year in the history of the K-1 , an international kickboxing event. The year started with K-1: K’Festa 1 .
List of events
#
Event Title
Date
Arena
Location
1
K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1
March 21, 2018
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama , Japan
2
K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament
June 17, 2018
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama , Japan
3
K-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship Tournament
September 24, 2018
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama , Japan
4
K-1 World GP 2018: 3rd Super Lightweight Championship Tournament
November 3, 2018
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama , Japan
5
K-1 World GP 2018: K-1 Lightweight World's Strongest Tournament
December 8, 2018
Edion Arena
Osaka , Japan
K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1 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
[ 1]
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 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.
Fight Card
K-1 World GP 2018 Featherweight World Tournament
Weight Class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Featherweight 57.5 kg
Yuta Murakoshi
def.
Haruma Saikyo
TKO (Ankle Injury)
1
0:50
Featherweight GP Final
Lightweight 62.5 kg
Koya Urabe
def.
KO (Knee and Punch)
2
0:46
Super Lightweight 65 kg
Masaaki Noiri
def.
KO (Punch to the Body)
2
2:45
Welterweight 67.5 kg
Minoru Kimura
def.
KO (Punch)
1
2:48
Super Lightweight 65 kg
Hideaki Yamazaki
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Featherweight 57.5 kg
Yuta Murakoshi
def.
Jorge Varela
Ext.Round Decision (Unanimous)
4
3:00
Featherweight GP Semi-Finals
Featherweight 57.5 kg
Haruma Saikyo
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Featherweight GP Semi-Finals
Lightweight 62.5 kg
Gonnapar Weerasakreck
def.
Rukiya Anpo
TKO (3 Knockdown Rules)
2
1:47
Welterweight 67.5 kg
Yasuhiro Kido
def.
Massaro Glunder
DQ (Holding)
3
2:30
Heavyweight 90+ kg
Hisaki Kato
def.
Makoto Uehara
Ext.Round Decision (Split)
4
3:00
Featherweight 57.5 kg
Haruma Saikyo
def.
Hirotaka Asahisa
Decision (Split)
3
3:00
Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals
Featherweight 57.5 kg
def.
KO (Punch)
1
1:28
Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals
Featherweight 57.5 kg
Yuta Murakoshi
def.
Elias Mahmoudi
Ext.Round Decision (Split)
4
3:00
Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals
Featherweight 57.5 kg
def.
Kaito Ozawa
TKO (2 Knockdown Rules)
1
2:56
Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals
Featherweight 57.5 kg
Yuki Egawa
def.
TKO (Punches)
1
1:26
Featherweight GP Reserve Fight
Preliminary Card
Featherweight 57.5 kg
Namito Izawa
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Super Lightweight 65 kg
Kaisei Kondo
Draw
Decision
3
3:00
Welterweight 67.5 kg
def.
KO
1
1:03
Super Featherweight 60 kg
Tomoya Yokoyama
def.
KO
1
1:03
K-1 World GP 2018 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament bracket
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
Haruma Saikyo
S.Dec
3r.
Haruma Saikyo
U.Dec
3r.
Ryusei Ashizawa
KO
1r.
1r.
Yuta Murakoshi
TKO
Yuta Murakoshi
S.Dec
4r.
Yuta Murakoshi
U.Dec
4r.
Jorge Varela
TKO
1r.
K-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship Tournament
K-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship Tournament kickboxing event held by K-1 on September 24, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama , Japan .
Background
This event will feature an 8-Man Cruiserweight Tournament.
Results
K-1 World GP 2018 Cruiserweight World Tournament
Weight Class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Cruiserweight 90 kg
Sina Karimian
def.
Boubaker El Bakouri
Decision (Majority)
3
3:00
Cruiserweight GP Final
Super Featherweight 60 kg
Takeru
def.
Daniel Puertas Gallardo
KO (Punches)
1
2:08
Super Bantamweight 55 kg
Yoshiki Takei
def.
Akram Hamidi
KO (Punches)
1
1:41
Super Featherweight 60 kg
Koji
def.
Stavros Exakoustidis
Ext.Round Decision (Split)
3
3:00
Cruiserweight 90 kg
Boubaker El Bakouri
def.
TKO (2 Knockdown Rules)
2
1:38
Cruiserweight GP Semi-Finals
Cruiserweight 90 kg
Sina Karimian
def.
K-Jee
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Cruiserweight GP Semi-Finals
Featherweight 57.5 kg
def.
Kaito Ozawa
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Lightweight 62.5 kg
Rukiya Anpo
def.
Kenta Hayashi
KO (Punch)
3
0:43
Super Featherweight 60 kg
Suarek Rukkukamui
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Cruiserweight 90 kg
Boubaker El Bakouri
def.
Makoto Uehara
KO (Punch)
1
1:05
Cruiserweight GP Quarter-Finals
Cruiserweight 90 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Cruiserweight GP Quarter-Finals
Cruiserweight 90 kg
K-Jee
def.
TKO (Referee Stoppage)
1
2:36
Cruiserweight GP Quarter-Finals
Cruiserweight 90 kg
Sina Karimian
def.
KO (Knee and Punches)
4
0:38
Cruiserweight GP Quarter-Finals
Cruiserweight 90 kg
def.
KO (Knee to the Body)
3
2:48
Cruiserweight GP Reserve Fight
Preliminary Card
Super Lightweight 65 kg
Kaisei Kondo
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
2:00
K-1 Koshien 2018 -65kg Final
Lightweight 60 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
2:00
K-1 Koshien 2018 -60kg Final
Super Bantamweight 55 kg
def.
KO
3
0:33
K-1 Koshien 2018 -55kg Final
Lightweight 62.5 kg
def.
Decision (Majority)
3
3:00
Super Bantamweight 55 kg
def.
KO
1
0:38
K-1 World GP 2018 Cruiserweight Tournament bracket
K-1 World GP 2018: 3rd Super Lightweight Championship Tournament
K-1 World GP 2018: 3rd Super Lightweight Championship Tournament kickboxing event held by K-1 on November 3, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama , Japan .
Background
This event will feature an 8-Man Super Lightweight Tournament.
Fight Card
K-1 World GP 2018 Super Lightweight World Tournament
Weight Class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Super Lightweight 65 kg
Kaew Fairtex
def.
Daizo Sasaki
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Super Lightweight GP Final
Featherweight 57 kg
Alex Rivas
def.
Yuta Murakoshi
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Catchweight 68 kg
Jordann Pikeur
def.
Minoru Kimura
TKO (4 Knockdowns)
3
1:29
Featherweight 57 kg
Hirotaka Urabe
def.
KO (Overhand Right)
3
2:28
Welterweight 67.5 kg
Yasuhiro Kido
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Super Lightweight 65 kg
Kaew Fairtex
def.
Yasuomi Soda
Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)
4
3:00
Super Lightweight GP Semi Final
Super Lightweight 65 kg
Daizo Sasaki
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Super Lightweight GP Semi Final
Catchweight 50 kg
KANA
def.
Josefine Lindgren Knutsson
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Cruiserweight 90 kg
Hisaki Kato
def.
KO (Overhand Left)
1
1:59
Featherweight 57 kg
Yuki Egawa
def.
Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)
4
3:00
Super Lightweight 65 kg
Kaew Fairtex
def.
Tetsuya Yamato
KO (High Kick)
1
1:32
Super Lightweight GP Quarter Final
Super Lightweight 65 kg
Yasuomi Soda
def.
TKO (2 Knockdowns)
4
2:31
Super Lightweight GP Quarter Final
Super Lightweight 65 kg
def.
TKO (Punches)
1
1:09
Super Lightweight GP Quarter Final
Super Lightweight 65 kg
Daizo Sasaki
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Super Lightweight GP Quarter Final
Super Lightweight 65 kg
def.
TKO (2 Knockdowns)
1
2:40
Super Lightweight GP Reserve Fight
Preliminary Card
Super Lightweight 65 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
2:00
K-1 College 2018 -65kg Final
Super Featherweight 60 kg
def.
KO
3
1:25
K-1 College 2018 -60kg Final
Super Bantamweight 55 kg
Hinata Matsumoto
def.
TKO
2
1:29
K-1 College 2018 -55kg Final
Super Featherweight 60 kg
Tomoya Yokoyama
def.
KO
1
0:36
Super Lightweight 65 kg
def.
KO
3
0:43
K-1 World GP 2018 Super Lightweight Tournament bracket
K-1 World GP 2018: K-1 Lightweight World's Strongest Tournament kickboxing event held by K-1 on December 8, 2018 at the Edion Arena Osaka in Osaka , Japan .
Background
This event will feature an 8-Man Lightweight Tournament.
Results
K-1 World GP 2018 Lightweight World Tournament
Weight Class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Super Featherweight 60 kg
Takeru
def.
Koji
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
For the K-1 Super Featherweight Championship
Lightweight 62.5 kg
Kenta Hayashi
def.
KO (Punches)
3
1:52
Lightweight GP Final
Super Bantamweight 55 kg
Yoshiki Takei
def.
Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)
4
3:00
Welterweight 67.5 kg
Masaaki Noiri
def.
KO (Punches)
1
1:57
Welterweight 67.5 kg
Rukiya Anpo
def.
Hideaki Yamazaki
TKO (High Kick)
4
0:14
Lightweight 62.5 kg
def.
KO (Punches)
2
2:00
Lightweight GP Semi-Finals
Lightweight 62.5 kg
Kenta Hayashi
def.
Yuto Shinohara
KO (Punches)
1
2:31
Lightweight GP Semi-Finals
Featherweight 57.5 kg
Taio Asahisa
def.
Riku Anpo
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Super Bantamweight 55 kg
vs.
Shuhei Kumura
No Contest (Accidental Headbutt)
1
1:45
Lightweight 62.5 kg
def.
Decision (Majority)
3
3:00
Lightweight GP Quarter-Finals
Lightweight 62.5 kg
def.
KO (Punch)
3
2:15
Lightweight GP Quarter-Finals
Lightweight 62.5 kg
Yuto Shinohara
def.
Gonnapar Weerasakreck
KO (Punch)
1
0:25
Lightweight GP Quarter-Finals
Lightweight 62.5 kg
Kenta Hayashi
def.
Decision (Split)
3
3:00
Lightweight GP Quarter-Finals
Lightweight 62.5 kg
def.
Ext.Round Decision (Unanimous)
4
3:00
Lightweight GP Reserve Fight
Preliminary Card
Featherweight 57.5 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Lightweight 62.5 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
Super Bantamweight 55 kg
vs.
Draw (Split)
3
3:00
K-1 World GP 2018 Lightweight Tournament bracket
See also
References
Saitama, Japan
Wei Rui (c)
Kaew Weerasakreck
Issam Chahid
Minoru Kimura
Chingiz Allazov (c)
Polina Petukhova
Roel Mannaart
Antonio Plazibat (c)
Melsik Baghdasaryan
Dennis Wosik
Stavros Exakoustidis
Arthur Sorsor
Vincent Foschiani
Jorge Varela
Silviu Vitez
Elias Mahmoudi
Sina Karimian
Aundre Groce
Jonathan Tuhu
Josefine Lindgren Knutsson
Mo Abdurahman
Sean Clancy
Sam Hill
Indigo Boyd