K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16

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K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16
K-1 World GP Final16.jpg
The poster for K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16
Promotion K-1
DateSeptember 27, 2008
Venue Olympic Gymnastics Arena
City Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul, Korea
Attendance15,729
Event chronology
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K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16 was a martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday September 27, 2008 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, Korea. It was the Final Elimination tournament for top sixteen fighters. The winners qualified for the K-1 World GP 2008 Final held on December 6, 2008, at Yokohama Arena, Japan. [1]

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The eight finalists from K-1 World GP 2007 Final were automatically qualified, then four World GP 2008 tournament winners in Amsterdam, Fukuoka, Taipei and Hawaii. The last four spots were selected by fan voting.

The K-1 World GP 2008 Final 16 attracted a crowd of 15,769 to the Seoul Olympic Complex and was broadcast live across South Korea by CJ Media and in Japan on the Fuji TV Network. [2]

Qualifying events

K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka

The winner was Ewerton Teixeira. For more information, see K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka.

K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam

Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
Flag of New Zealand.svg Doug Viney  
Flag of Belarus.svg Zabit Samedov DEC Flag of Belarus.svg Zabit Samedov DEC
Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Miranda   Flag of Belarus.svg Zabit Samedov DEC
Flag of Belarus.svg Sergei Gur   Flag of the Netherlands.svg Brian Douwes * 
Flag of France.svg Freddy Kemayo KO Flag of France.svg Freddy Kemayo KO
Flag of Turkey.svg Erhan Deniz   Flag of Romania.svg Cătălin Moroșanu  
Flag of Romania.svg Cătălin Moroșanu DEC Flag of Belarus.svg Zabit Samedov  
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Errol Zimmerman KO Flag of the Netherlands.svg Errol Zimmerman DEC
Flag of Croatia.svg Damir Tovarovič   Flag of the Netherlands.svg Errol Zimmerman TKO
Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Karacs KO Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Karacs  
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Vondraček   Flag of the Netherlands.svg Errol Zimmerman KO
Flag of Tonga.svg Paula Mataele   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Bjorn Bregy  
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Björn Bregy KO Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Bjorn Bregy KO
Flag of South Africa.svg Jan Nortje  

* Reserve Fight winner Brian Douwes replaced Freddy Kemayo in the Semi Finals as Freddy Kemayo was unable to continue due to injury

K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei

Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
Flag of Russia.svg Ruslan Karaev KO
Flag of Japan.svg Tatsufumi Tomihira   Flag of Russia.svg Ruslan Karaev TKO
Flag of South Korea.svg Young-hyun Kim DEC Flag of South Korea.svg Young-hyun Kim  
Flag of Thailand.svg Saiseelek Nor-Seepun   Flag of Russia.svg Ruslan Karaev KO
Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Pitchkounov DEC Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Pitchkounov  
Flag of Japan.svg Nobu Hayashi   Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Pitchkounov KO
Flag of South Korea.svg Yong-soo Park   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vaughn Anderson * 
Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Uehara KO

* Reserve Fight winner Vaughn Anderson replaced Makoto Uehara in the Semi Finals as Makoto Uehara was unable to continue due to injury

K-1 World GP 2008 in Hawaii

Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
Flag of the United States.svg Mighty Mo DEC
Flag of the United States.svg Justice Smith   Flag of South Korea.svg Randy Kim *KO
Flag of the United States.svg Butterbean   Flag of the United States.svg Wesley Correira  
Flag of the United States.svg Wesley Correira KO Flag of South Korea.svg Randy Kim  
Flag of Turkey.svg Gokhan Saki KO Flag of Turkey.svg Gokhan Saki KO
Flag of the United States.svg Deutsch Pu'u   Flag of Turkey.svg Gokhan Saki KO
Flag of Denmark.svg Nicholas Pettas   Flag of the United States.svg Rick Cheek  
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Cheek TKO

* Reserve Fight winner Randy Kim replaced Mighty Mo in the Semi Finals as Mighty Mo could not continue due to injury

Fan Voting Results

Paul Slowinski earned a wild-card spot on the card through a fan poll on the K-1 website. Ray Sefo of New Zealand and Chalid "Die Faust" Arrab from Germany were also voted into the tournament.

Results

Source: [3]

Keijiro Maeda Flag of Japan.svg vs Min Ho Song Flag of South Korea.svg
Maeda defeated Song by KO (Right Low Kick) at 1:43 of the 3rd Round.
Zabit Samedov Flag of Belarus.svg vs Fabiano da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg
Samedov defeated da Silva by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-28, 30-29).
Yong-soo Park Flag of South Korea.svg vs Randy Kim Flag of South Korea.svg
Kim defeated Park by KO (Right Low Kick) at 1:11 of the 2nd Round.
Ruslan Karaev Flag of Russia.svg vs Chalid Arrab Flag of Germany.svg
Karaev defeated Arrab by KO (3 Knockdown, Punche Rush) at 2:30 of the 2nd Round.
Jerome Le Banner Flag of France.svg vs Junichi Sawayashiki Flag of Japan.svg
Le Banner defeated Sawayashiki by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-26, 30-27, 30-28).
Ray Sefo Flag of New Zealand.svg vs Gokhan Saki Flag of Turkey.svg
Saki defeated Sefo by Extra Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (10-9, 10-9, 10-9). After 3 rounds the judges had scored it Decision Draw 0-0 (29-29, 30-30, 30-30).
Glaube Feitosa Flag of Brazil.svg vs Errol Zimmerman Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Zimmerman defeated Feitosa by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-26, 30-26, 30-26).
Remy Bonjasky Flag of the Netherlands.svg vs Paul Slowinski Flag of Poland.svg
Bonjasky defeated Slowinski by 3rd Round Majority Decision 2-0 (30-29, 30-30, 30-29).
Ewerton Teixeira Flag of Brazil.svg vs Musashi Flag of Japan.svg
Teixeira defeated Musashi by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-28, 30-28).
Badr Hari Flag of Morocco.svg vs Hong-man Choi Flag of South Korea.svg
Hari defeated Hong-man by TKO (Corner stoppage) at the beginning of the Extra Round. After 3 rounds the judges had scored it a Majority Draw 1-0 (28-29, 28-28, 28-28) in favour of Hong-man.
Semmy Schilt Flag of the Netherlands.svg vs Peter Aerts Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Aerts defeated Schilt by 3rd Round Majority Decision 2-0 (30-29, 30-29, 30-30).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FieLDS K-1 WORLD GP 2008 IN SEOUL -FINAL16-". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  2. ↑ DiPietro, Monty. "Aerts Overwhelms Schilt in Seoul". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  3. ↑ "FieLDS K-1 WORLD GP 2008 IN SEOUL -FINAL16-". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
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