Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the opponents. In most sports that use it, welterweight is heavier than lightweight but lighter than middleweight.
A combat sport, or fighting sport, is a competitive contact sport that usually involves one-on-one combat. In many combat sports, a contestant wins by scoring more points than the opponent or by disabling the opponent. Common combat sports include mixed martial arts, boxing, wrestling, fencing, savate, kickboxing, Muay Thai, Sanda, Tae Kwon Do, Capoeira, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, HMB, Sambo, Kyokushin, and Kūdō, sometimes even Ninjutsu.
Yubileyny Sports Palace, Sportivniy kompleks Yubileyniy; also translated as Yubileiny (Jubilee) Palace of Sports, is an indoor sports arena and concert complex that is located in St. Petersburg, Russia. It houses more than 7,000 seats for ice hockey and basketball.
Zabit "Maugli" Samedov is an Azerbaijani kickboxer fighting out of Chinuk Gym in Minsk, Belarus. He has competed in the K-1, It's Showtime and SUPERKOMBAT promotions.
The World Association of Kickboxing Organizations is an international organization of kickboxing. The governing body of amateur kickboxing certified by WAKO is created to develop support and govern at an amateur level In addition to holding world championship events, WAKO sanctions the champions of kickboxing. WAKO is the only organisation worldwide that is recognised by the GAISF and the IOC.
Pavel Zhuravlev is a Ukrainian heavyweight kickboxer and boxer, the 2012 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Tournament Champion, 2013 Legend Fighting Show -93 kg Tournament Champion and 2012 K-1 World Grand Prix Final Semifinalist.
Karim Ghajji, is a French kickboxer and B-boy. As of 1 October 2017, he is ranked the #9 welterweight in the world by CombatPress.com.
The World Combat Games are an international multi-sport event featuring combat sports and martial arts. Fifteen Olympic and non-Olympic sports are currently on the programme: aikido, boxing, fencing, judo, ju-jitsu, karate, kendo, kickboxing, Muay Thai, Pankration, sambo, savate, sumo, taekwondo, wrestling and wushu.
The first World Combat Games were held in Beijing, China, from August 28 to September 4, 2010. 136 gold medals were vied for by 1,108 competitors from all five continents.
W.A.K.O. European Championships 2012 in Bucharest were the joint twenty-three European kickboxing championships held by the W.A.K.O. organization arranged by the Romanian Full-Contact Martial Arts Federation (F.R.A.M.C.) president Dorel Bulearcă. The first event was held the previous month in Ankara, Turkey. It was the first W.A.K.O. event to be held in Bucharest and Romania and involved over 550 amateur men and women from 35 countries across Europe.
Muay Thai, for the 2013 World Combat Games was held at the Yubileiny - Sports Complex, 'Yubileiny' Hall, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Preliminary rounds were done on the 19 and 21 October 2013. All the medal events was held on 23 October 2013.
Savate, for the 2013 World Combat Games, took place at the Sports Complex 'Yubileiny' Hall 2, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The medals were awarded on the 20 and 22 October 2013. Also, these Games marked the debut of this sport because it was not contested in the inaugural 2010 WCG. This sport was demonstrated at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Boxing, for the 2013 World Combat Games, was held at the Yubileiny - Sports Complex 'Yubileiny' Hall 1 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Preliminary rounds took place on the 20 and 22 October 2013. All the medals have been decided on the 24 October 2013.
Ju-jitsu, for the 2013 World Combat Games, was held at the Yubileiny - Sports Complex 'Yubileiny' Hall 2, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Competitions took place on the 24 and 25 October 2013.
Artem Olegovich Vakhitov is a Russian Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. Having begun practicing Muay Thai at eleven years old, Vakhitov first came to prominence due to a successful amateur career by winning four IFMA European and three world championships as well as taking silver at the World Combat Games in 2010 and gold in 2013. He turned professional in 2009, and signed with Glory in 2013 after becoming the WMC European Super Light Heavyweight Champion. He is currently ranked the #1 light heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com, Combat Press and GLORY. Vakhitov is the current Glory Light Heavyweight Champion.
Farinaz Lari is an Iranian kickboxer. She was the first Iranian woman to win the World Kickboxing Championships. She is currently the 52 kg World Number Five ranked contender in K-1 Rules WAKO as of November 2017.
Haidar Mohammed Alasadi is an Iraqi kickboxer. He is the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Champion, former Arabian Champion, former Asian Champion of 2012 in Kickboxing and qualified for the 2013 World Combat Games but lost at the quarter finals.
The kickboxing event at the World Games 2017 was held at the Orbita Hall in Poland. For the first time, Kickboxing was included in the World Games 2017 as an invitational sport.
