K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16

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]

K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16
The poster for K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16.
Information
PromotionK-1
DateSeptember 27, 2008
VenueOlympic Gymnastics Arena
City Seoul, Korea
Attendance15,729
Event chronology
K-1 Koshien 2008 King of Under 18 Final 16 K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16 K-1 World MAX 2008 World Championship Tournament Final

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
Doug Viney  
Zabit Samedov DEC Zabit Samedov DEC
Vitor Miranda   Zabit Samedov DEC
Sergei Gur   Brian Douwes *  
Freddy Kemayo KO Freddy Kemayo KO
Erhan Deniz   Catalin Morosanu  
Catalin Morosanu DEC Zabit Samedov  
Errol Zimmerman KO Errol Zimmerman DEC
Damir Tovarovič   Errol Zimmerman TKO
Attila Karacs KO Attila Karacs  
Petr Vondraček   Errol Zimmerman KO
Paula Mataele   Bjorn Bregy  
Björn Bregy KO Bjorn Bregy KO
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
Ruslan Karaev KO
Tatsufumi Tomihira   Ruslan Karaev TKO
Young-hyun Kim DEC Young-hyun Kim  
Saiseelek Nor-Seepun   Ruslan Karaev KO
Aleksandr Pitchkounov DEC Aleksandr Pitchkounov  
Nobu Hayashi   Aleksandr Pitchkounov KO
Yong-soo Park   Vaughn Anderson *  
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
Mighty Mo DEC
Justice Smith   Randy Kim * KO
Butterbean   Wesley Correira  
Wesley Correira KO Randy Kim  
Gokhan Saki KO Gokhan Saki KO
Deutsch Pu'u   Gokhan Saki KO
Nicholas Pettas   Rick Cheek  
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[3]
  • Opening Fights: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Keijiro Maeda vs Min Ho Song
Maeda defeated Song by KO (Right Low Kick) at 1:43 of the 3rd Round.
Zabit Samedov vs Fabiano da Silva
Samedov defeated da Silva by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-28, 30-29).
Yong Soo Park vs Randy Kim
Kim defeated Park by KO (Right Low Kick) at 1:11 of the 2nd Round.
  • Final 16 : K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 2R
Ruslan Karaev vs Chalid Arrab
Karaev defeated Arrab by KO (3 Knockdown, Punche Rush) at 2:30 of the 2nd Round.
Jerome Le Banner vs Junichi Sawayashiki
Le Banner defeated Sawayashiki by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-26, 30-27, 30-28).
Ray Sefo vs Gokhan Saki
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 vs Errol Zimmerman
Zimmerman defeated Feitosa by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-26, 30-26, 30-26).
Remy Bonjasky vs Paul Slowinski
Bonjasky defeated Slowinski by 3rd Round Majority Decision 2-0 (30-29, 30-30, 30-29).
Ewerton Teixeira vs Musashi
Teixeira defeated Musashi by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-28, 30-28).
Badr Hari vs Hong-man Choi
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 vs Peter Aerts
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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