K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final

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K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final
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The poster for K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final
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Promotion K-1
DateMarch 15, 2013
Venue Arena Zagreb
City Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb

K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final was a kickboxing event promoted by the K-1 promotion. It took place on March 15, 2013 in Zagreb, Croatia. It was the 19th annual K-1 World GP Final and the first K-1 event since the establishment of K-1 Global Holdings Ltd by EMCOM Entertainment. [1] For the first time in history, it was held outside Japan. [2]

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Results

K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final results
Reserve Fight: K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Dževad Poturak vs. Sergei Lascenko Flag of Ukraine.svg
Poturak defeated Lascenko by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0.
Quarter finals: K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Flag of Romania.svg Cătălin Moroşanu vs. Pavel Zhuravlev Flag of Ukraine.svg
Zhuravlev defeated Moroşanu by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0.
Flag of Croatia.svg Mirko Cro Cop vs. Jarrell Miller Flag of the United States.svg
Cro Cop defeated Miller by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0.
Flag of Morocco.svg Badr Hari vs. Zabit Samedov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Hari defeated Samedov by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0.
Flag of Suriname.svg Ismael Londt vs. Hesdy Gerges Flag of Egypt.svg
Londt defeated Gerges by 3rd round TKO.
Super Fight (1): K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xie Chuang vs. Samo Petje Flag of Slovenia.svg
Chuang defeated Petje by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0.
Super Fight (2): K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Flag of Croatia.svg Emil Zoraj vs. Edmond Paltatzis Flag of Greece.svg
Zoraj defeated Paltatzis by 2nd round KO.
Semi final (1): K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavel Zhuravlev vs. Mirko Cro Cop Flag of Croatia.svg
Cro Cop defeated Zhuravlev by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0.
Super Fight (3): K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Flag of Croatia.svg Toni Milanović vs. Jason Wilnis Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Wilnis defeated Milanović by 1st round TKO.
Semi final (2): K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Dževad Poturak vs. Ismael Londt Flag of Suriname.svg
Londt defeated Poturak by 2nd round TKO.
Super Fight (4): K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Flag of Croatia.svg Agron Preteni vs. Andrei Stoica Flag of Romania.svg
Preteni defeated Stoica by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0.
Super Fight (5): K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Flag of Croatia.svg Mladen Brestovac vs. Frank Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg
Brestovac defeated Muñoz by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0.
Final: K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Flag of Croatia.svg Mirko Cro Cop def. Ismael Londt Flag of Suriname.svg
Cro Cop defeated Ismael by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0.

K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Tournament bracket

First Round1Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
        
Flag of Romania.svg Cătălin Moroşanu DEC
Flag of Poland.svg Paul Slowinski 3-0
Flag of Romania.svg Cătălin Moroşanu DEC
Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavel Zhuravlev *3-0
Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Uehara DEC
Flag of Japan.svg Hiromi Amada 3-0
Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavel Zhuravlev 3-0
Flag of Croatia.svg Mirko Cro Cop DEC
Flag of Croatia.svg Mirko Cro Cop DEC
Flag of the United States.svg Randy Blake 2-0
Flag of Croatia.svg Mirko Cro Cop DEC
Flag of the United States.svg Jarrell Miller 3-0
Flag of the United States.svg Jarrell Miller DEC
Flag of Lithuania.svg Arnold Oborotov 3-0
Flag of Croatia.svg Mirko Cro Cop DEC
Flag of Suriname.svg Ismael Londt 3-0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Edwards TKO
Flag of Romania.svg Raul Cătinaș 2nd
Flag of Morocco.svg Badr Hari **DEC
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Zabit Samedov 3-0
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Zabit Samedov TKO
Flag of the United States.svg Xavier Vigney 1st
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Dževad Poturak TKO
Flag of Suriname.svg Ismael Londt 2nd
Flag of Suriname.svg Ismael Londt DEC
Flag of India.svg Singh Jaideep 2-0
Flag of Suriname.svg Ismael Londt TKO
Flag of Egypt.svg Hesdy Gerges 3rd
Flag of Egypt.svg Hesdy Gerges DEC
Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergei Lascenko 3-0

1 featured in K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo final 16.
* Makoto Uehara and Ben Edwards were unable to fight - their places in the Quarter Finals were taken by Pavel Zhuravlev and Badr Hari
** Badr Hari was unable to fight in the Semi Finals due to injury - his place was taken by Reserve Fight winner Dževad Poturak.

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