2023 in K-1
The year 2023 is the 30th year in the history of the K-1, a Japanese kickboxing promotion. The year will start with K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6.
2023 in K-1 | |
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Information | |
First date | March 12, 2023 |
List of events
# | Event Title | Date | Arena | Location |
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1 | K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6 | March 12, 2023 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | Tokyo, Japan |
2 | K-1 World GP 2023: inaugural Middleweight Championship Tournament | June 3, 2023 | Yokohama Budokan | Yokohama, Japan |
3 | K-1 World GP 2023 at Ryogoku | July 17, 2023 | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | Tokyo, Japan |
4 | ReBOOT~K-1 ReBIRTH~ | September 10, 2023 | Yokohama Arena | Yokohama, Japan |
K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6
K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6 | |
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Promotion | K-1 |
Date | March 12, 2023 |
Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium |
City | Tokyo, Japan |
K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6 was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on March 12, 2023, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
Background
Four K-1 title fights were announced for the event on January 13, 2023: A K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship bout between champion Akihiro Kaneko and challenger Kompetch Sitsarawatsuer;[2] a K-1 Women's Atomweight Championship bout between champion Phayahong Ayothayafightgym and challenger Miyuu Sugawara;[3] a K-1 Lightweight Championship bout between champion Taio Asahisa and challenger Yuki Yoza;[4] as well as a K-1 Super Welterweight Championship bout between champion Hiromi Wajima and challenger Jomthong Chuwattana.[5]
Three additional title fights were added on January 27: Tetsuya Yamato was booked to make his second K-1 World GP Super Lightweight Championship defense against the former K-1 Lightweight champion Kenta Hayashi,[6] the K-1 Featherweight champion Taito Gunji was scheduled to make his first title defense against View Petchkoson,[7] while the K-1 Women's Flyweight champion Kana Morimoto made her second title defense against the one-time FEA and WAKO world champion Funda Alkayış.[8]
Fight Card
K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6 | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Super Lightweight 65 kg | Tetsuya Yamato (c) | def. | Kenta Hayashi | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Super Lightweight Championship |
Lightweight 62.5 kg | Yuki Yoza | def. | Taio Asahisa (c) | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Lightweight Championship |
Super Welterweight 70 kg | Hiromi Wajima (c) | def. | Jomthong Chuwattana | TKO (Corner stoppage) | 4 | 0:25 | For the K-1 Super Welterweight Championship |
Catchweight 69 kg | Masaaki Noiri | def. | Dzhabar Askerov | KO (Right straight) | 1 | 2:00 | |
Super Welterweight 70 kg | Jordann Pikeur | def. | Abiral Ghimire | KO (Left hook) | 3 | 0:06 | |
Super Heavyweight +100 kg | Kyotaro Fujimoto | def. | Satoshi Ishii | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Intermission | |||||||
Featherweight 57.5 kg | Taito Gunji (c) | def. | View Petchkoson | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Featherweight Championship |
Super bantamweight 55 kg | Akihiro Kaneko (c) | def. | Kompetch Sitsarawatsuer | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship |
Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Masashi Kumura | def. | Masahiko Suzuki | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Featherweight 57.5 kg | Haruto Yasumoto | def. | Toma | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Welterweight 67.5 kg | Ayinta Ali | def. | Takumi Sanekata | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Cruiserweight 90 kg | Ștefan Lătescu | def. | Seiya Tanigawa | KO (Punches) | 2 | 2:50 | |
Cruiserweight 90 kg | Ryunosuke Hoshi | def. | Akira Jr | KO (Right cross) | 3 | 1:08 | |
Intermission | |||||||
Women's Flyweight 52 kg | KANA (c) | def. | Funda Alkayış | TKO (Retirement/low kicks) | 2 | 1:31 | For the K-1 Women's Flyweight Championship |
Atomweight 45 kg | Miyuu Sugawara | def. | Phayahong Ayothayafightgym (c) | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Women's Atomweight Championship |
Bantamweight 53 kg | Yodsila Chor.Hapayak | def. | Issei Ishii | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Super Featherweight 60 kg | Yuki Egawa | def. | Kang Yun-Seong | KO (Punches) | 1 | 1:50 | |
Catchweight 62 kg | Tatsuya Oiwa | def. | Yuta Kunieda | KO (Right overhand) | 2 | 1:37 | |
Super Lightweight 65 kg | Pakorn P.K. Saenchai Muaythaigym | def. | Hayato Suzuki | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Middleweight 75 kg | Shintaro Matsukura | def. | Igor Silva | KO (Right cross) | 2 | 2:25 | |
Middleweight 75 kg | Vinicius Dionizio | def. | Katsuya Jinbo | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Preliminary Card | |||||||
Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Eruto | def. | Kosuke | KO (Punch) | 2 | 2:58 | |
Featherweight 57.5 kg | Raita Hashimoto | draw | Riku Yamamoto | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Catchweight 64.5 kg | Kuto Ueno | def. | Ryugi | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
K-1 World GP 2023: inaugural Middleweight Championship Tournament
K-1 World GP 2023: inaugural Middleweight Championship Tournament | |
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Promotion | K-1 |
Date | June 3, 2023 |
Venue | Yokohama Budokan |
City | Yokohama, Japan |
K-1 World GP 2023: inaugural Middleweight Championship Tournament will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on June 3, 2023, at the Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Japan.
Background
A middleweight (-75 kg) World Grand Prix was held during the event, with the winner being crowned the inaugural K-1 middleweight champion.[10]
K-1 champions Akihiro Kaneko, Yuki Yoza and Toma Kuroda all made appearances in non-title fights.[11][12][13]
K-1 World Middleweight Tournament bracket
Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Li Hui | DEC | |||||||||||||
Katsuya Jinbo | 4R | |||||||||||||
Li Hui | DEC | |||||||||||||
Hasan Toy | 3R | |||||||||||||
Hasan Toy | TKO | |||||||||||||
Danilo Zanolini | 1R | |||||||||||||
Hasan Toy | KO | |||||||||||||
Shintaro Matsukura | 1R | |||||||||||||
Shintaro Matsukura | KO | |||||||||||||
Vinicius Dionizio | 1R | |||||||||||||
Shintaro Matsukura | DEC | |||||||||||||
Mustapha Haida | 3R | |||||||||||||
Mustapha Haida | DEC | |||||||||||||
MIKE JOE | 3R |
Fight Card
K-1 World GP 2023: inaugural Middleweight Championship Tournament | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight 75 kg | Hasan Toy | def. | Shintaro Matsukura | KO (Left hook) | 1 | 0:46 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix Final. For the inaugural K-1 Middleweight Championship. |
Catchweight 56 kg | Akihiro Kaneko | def. | Emre Karaca | KO (3 Knockdowns/punches) | 1 | ||
Lightweight 62.5 kg | Yuki Yoza | def. | Aaron Clarke | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Bantamweight 53 kg | Toma Kuroda | def. | Ramadan Ondash | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Bantamweight 53 kg | Koji Ikeda | def. | Petchmongkol Soonkelahuaytom | Ext.R Decision (Split) | 4 | 3:00 | |
Super Featherweight 60 kg | Tomoya Yokoyama | def. | Tatsuya Oiwa | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Super Featherweight 60 kg | Chihiro Nakajima | def. | Han Kyungmin | KO (Left hook to the body) | 2 | 1:06 | |
Middleweight 75 kg | Shintaro Matsukura | def. | Mustapha Haida | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix Semi Final |
Middleweight 75 kg | Hasan Toy | def. | Li Hui | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix Semi Final |
Super Lightweight 65 kg | Pakorn P.K. Saenchai Muaythaigym | def. | Daizo Sasaki | Ext.R Decision (Split) | 4 | 3:00 | |
Featherweight 57.5 kg | Tatsuya Tsubakihara | def. | Riku Morisaka | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Bantamweight 53 kg | Kazuki Miburo | def. | Yusei Shirahata | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Bantamweight 53 kg | Ryunosuke Saito | def. | Rui Okubo | Ext.R Decision (Split) | 4 | 3:00 | |
Middleweight 75 kg | Mustapha Haida | def. | MIKE JOE | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix Quarter Final |
Middleweight 75 kg | Shintaro Matsukura | def. | Vinicius Dionizio | TKO (2 Knockdowns/punches) | 1 | 2:09 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix Quarter Final |
Middleweight 75 kg | Hasan Toy | def. | Danilo Zanolini | TKO (2 Knockdowns/high kick) | 1 | 1:35 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix Quarter Final |
Middleweight 75 kg | Li Hui | def. | Katsuya Jinbo | Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix Quarter Final |
Middleweight 75 kg | Aqil Bukhari | def. | Tomoki Yoshino | KO (Punches) | 2 | 2:11 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix reserve fight |
Preliminary Card | |||||||
Middleweight 75 kg | Masaki Oishi | def. | Yashazaru | KO (Front kick to the body) | 1 | 1:17 | |
Featherweight 57.5 kg | Raita Hashimoto | draw. | Kokoro Terashima | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 |
K-1 World GP 2023 at Ryogoku
K-1 World GP 2023 at Ryogoku | |
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Promotion | K-1 |
Date | July 17, 2023 |
Venue | Ryōgoku Kokugikan |
City | Tokyo, Japan |
K-1 World GP 2023 at Ryogoku will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on July 17, 2023, at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.
Background
A K-1 Super Welterweight Championship bout between champion Hiromi Wajima and former Krush Super Welterweight Champion Jordann Pikeur is expected to headline the event.[15]
A catchweight bout between K-1's former super lightweight and welterweight champion Masaaki Noiri and current SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Champion Amansio Paraschiv is expected to co-headline the event. Paraschiv took the fight on short notice.[16]
A cruiserweight bout between former Krush and K-1 cruiserweight champion K-Jee and former DFS Heavyweight Championship challenger Ștefan Lătescu is expected to take place at the event.[17]
Fight Card
K-1 World GP 2023 at Ryogoku | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Super Welterweight 70 kg | Hiromi Wajima (c) | def. | Jordann Pikeur | TKO (Referee stop./punches) | 2 | 2:17 | For the K-1 Super Welterweight title |
Women's Flyweight 52 kg | KANA (C) | def. | Mckenna Wade | KO (Body kick) | 1 | 0:52 | For the K-1 Women's Flyweight title |
Catchweight 69.5 kg | Masaaki Noiri | def. | Amansio Paraschiv | KO (Body kick) | 1 | 1:33 | |
Featherweight 57.5 kg | Taito Gunji | def. | Dausayam Wor.Wanchai | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Atomweight 45 kg | Miyuu Sugawara | def. | Dimitra Agathangelidou | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Catchweight 63.5 kg | Yuki Yoza | def. | Aikmongkol Gaiyanghadao | KO (Liver kick) | 1 | 0:43 | |
Cruiserweight 90 kg | Ștefan Lătescu | def. | K-Jee | KO (Left hook to the body) | 1 | 1:53 | |
Cruiserweight 90 kg | Seiya Tanigawa | def. | Akira Jr | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Cruiserweight 90 kg | Carlos Budiao | def. | Ryunosuke Hoshi | TKO (3 knockdowns) | 1 | 0:58 | |
Featherweight 57.5 kg | Toma | def. | View Petchkoson | TKO (Ref.stop/punches) | 3 | 2:52 | |
Featherweight 57.5 kg | Tatsuki Shinotsuka | def. | Yusuke | Ext.R KO (Punches) | 4 | 0:46 | |
Women's Flyweight 52 kg | SAHO | def. | Mariya Suzuki | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Chikara Iwao | def. | Koki | KO (Body punches) | 1 | 1:45 | |
Welterweight 67.5 kg | Jomthong Strikergym | def. | Ayinta Ali | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Atomweight 45 kg | Kira Matsutani | def. | Phayahong Ayothayafightgym | Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | |
Lightweight 62.5 kg | Yuto Shinohara | def. | Ryuka | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Catchweight 59 kg | Taimu Hisai | def. | Ryuto | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Catchweight 64 kg | Fumiya Osawa | def. | Hisaki Higashimoto | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Lightweight 62.5 kg | Kento Ito | def. | Tingtong Seikenkai | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Super Lightweight 65 kg | Hayato Suzuki | def. | Dansiam AyothayaFightgym | KO (Left cross) | 1 | 1:28 | |
Super Lightweight 65 kg | Fukashi | draw. | Sijun Jin | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Preliminary Card | |||||||
Lightweight 62.5 kg | Kuto Ueno | def. | Shuichi Inoue | KO (Low kick) | 2 | 2:59 | |
Featherweight 57.5 kg | Haruto Matsumoto | def. | Riku Yamamoto | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
ReBOOT~K-1 ReBIRTH~
ReBOOT~K-1 ReBIRTH~ | |
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Promotion | K-1 |
Date | September 10, 2023 |
Venue | Yokohama Arena |
City | Yokohama, Japan |
ReBOOT~K-1 ReBIRTH~ was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on September 10, 2023, at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
Part of the collaborative ReBOOT event with Quintet, K-1 ReBIRTH intended to be the first event in a revamp of K-1; in-which the promotion re-branded their weight classes (under the "K-1 WORLD GP" and "K-1 WORLD MAX" banners, for heavyweights and fighters weighting -75 kg and under, respectively) and held a heavyweight World Grand Prix similar to past K-1 tournaments from the FEG years.[19][20]
The event was distributed by DAZN outside of Japan.[21][22]
Background
A K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Akihiro Kaneko and challenger Masashi Kumura co-headlined the event.[23]
K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament
Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Claudio Istrate | KO | |||||||||||||
Mahmoud Sattari | 1R | |||||||||||||
Claudio Istrate | DEC | |||||||||||||
Sina Karimian | 3R | |||||||||||||
Sina Karimian | TKO | |||||||||||||
Kerim Jemai | 3R | |||||||||||||
Claudio Istrate | 1R | |||||||||||||
Liu Ce | KO | |||||||||||||
Michał Turyński | 4R | |||||||||||||
Ariel Machado | UD | |||||||||||||
Ariel Machado | 2R | |||||||||||||
Liu Ce | KO | |||||||||||||
Valentin Bordianu | 1R | |||||||||||||
Liu Ce | KO |
Fight Card
ReBOOT~K-1 ReBIRTH~ | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Openweight | Liu Ce | def. | Claudio Istrate | KO (Low kick) | 1 | 0:45 | K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament Final |
Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Akihiro Kaneko (c) | def. | Masashi Kumura | Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship |
Super Heavyweight +100 kg | Mikio Ueda | def. | K-Jee | TKO (3 knockdows) | 2 | 1:39 | |
Openweight | Liu Ce | def. | Ariel Machado | KO (Low kicks) | 2 | 1:57 | K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament Semi Final |
Openweight | Claudio Istrate | def. | Sina Karimian | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament Semi Final |
Featherweight 57.5 kg | Taito Gunji | def. | Angelos Martinos | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Super Featherweight 60 kg | Tomoya Yokoyama | def. | Yuki Egawa | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Openweight | Liu Ce | def. | Valentin Bordianu | KO (Right hook) | 1 | 1:36 | K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament Quarter Final |
Openweight | Ariel Machado | def. | Michał Turyński | Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament Quarter Final |
Openweight | Sina Karimian | def. | Kerim Jemai | TKO (2 knockdowns/punches) | 3 | 1:35 | K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament Quarter Final |
Openweight | Claudio Istrate | def. | Mahmoud Sattari | TKO (2 knockdowns/punches) | 1 | 2:19 | K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament Quarter Final |
Preliminary Card | |||||||
Atomweight 45 kg | Miyuu Sugawara | def. | Maria Nella | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
Lightweight 62.5 kg | Kento Ito | def. | Yuzuki Satomi | TKO (Referee stop./punches) | 2 | 2:18 | |
Bantamweight 53 kg | Koji Ikeda | def. | Shinta | KO (knee to the body) | 2 | 2:43 | |
Super Lightweight 65 kg | Hayato Suzuki | def. | Mohamed Islam | Ext. R Decision (Split) | 4 | 3:00 |
K-1 ReBIRTH 2
K-1 ReBIRTH 2 | |
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Promotion | K-1 |
Date | December 9, 2023 |
Venue | Edion Arena |
City | Osaka, Japan |
K-1 ReBIRTH 2 was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on December 9, 2023, at the Edion Arena in Osaka, Japan.
Background
A trio of title fights was announced for the event on October 10: a K-1 Bantamweight Championship bout between Issei Ishii and Toma Kuroda,[24] a K-1 Middleweight Championship bout between Hasan Toy and Shintaro Matsukura,[25] a K-1 Super Welterweight Championship bout between Hiromi Wajima and Ouyang Feng.[26]
Fight Card
K-1 ReBIRTH 2 | |||||||
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Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight 70 kg | Hiromi Wajima (c) | vs. | Ouyang Feng | For the K-1 Super Welterweight Championship | |||
Middleweight 75 kg | Hasan Toy (c) | vs. | Shintaro Matsukura | For the K-1 Middleweight Championship | |||
Bantamweight 53 kg | Toma Kuroda (c) | vs. | Issei Ishii | For the K-1 Bantamweight Championship | |||
Atomweight 45 kg | Miyuu Sugawara | vs. | Lucille Deadman | ||||
Catchweight 56 kg | Akihiro Kaneko | vs. | Lan Shanteng | ||||
Cruiserweight 90 kg | Liu Ce | vs. | Seiya Tanigawa | ||||
Welterweight 67.5 kg | Kaito | vs. | Meison Hide Usami | ||||
Welterweight 67.5 kg | Jomthong Strikergym | vs. | Riki Matsuoka | ||||
Super Welterweight 70 kg | Abiral Ghimire | vs. | Riku | ||||
Lightweight 62.5 kg | Yuto Shinohara | vs. | Tatsuya Oiwa | ||||
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