2018 in K-1

The year 2018 was the 25th year in the history of the K-1, a Japanese kickboxing promotion. The year started with K-1: K’Festa 1.

2018 in K-1
Information
First date	March 21, 2018
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List of events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
1	K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1	March 21, 2018	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan
2	K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament	June 17, 2018	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan
3	K-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship Tournament	September 24, 2018	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan
4	K-1 World GP 2018: 3rd Super Lightweight Championship Tournament	November 3, 2018	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan
5	K-1 World GP 2018: K-1 Lightweight World's Strongest Tournament	December 8, 2018	Edion Arena	Osaka, Japan

K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1

K-1: K’Festa 1
Promotion	K-1
Date	March 21, 2018
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama, Japan

K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1 was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on March 21, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Background

This event features six world title fights and an 8-Man Super Featherweight Tournament.

Wei Rui, came overweight at the weigh-ins and his title was vacated. By winning Koya Urabe was eligible for the title while Wei Rui was ineligible and in case of him winning the title would have become vacant.

Fight Card

K’Festa 1
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Takeru	def.	Kosuke Komiyama	TKO (3 Knockdown Rule)	3	2:02	Super Featherweight GP Finals
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Yoshiki Takei (c)	def.	Kenji Kubo	KO (Right Hook)	1	1:28	For the K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Koya Urabe	def.	Wei Rui (c)	KO (Straight Left)	2	1:14	For the K-1 Lightweight Championship
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Ren Hiramoto	def.	Kaew Weerasakreck	KO (Punches)	2	2:18
Welterweight 67.5 kg	Yasuhiro Kido	def.	Issam Chahid	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Welterweight 67.5 kg	Minoru Kimura	def.	Jin Hirayama	KO (Left Hook)	1	2:50
Super Welterweight 70 kg	Chingiz Allazov (c)	def.	Hinata	KO (Left Hook)	2	0:23	For the K-1 Super Welterweight Championship
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Masaaki Noiri (c)	def.	Tetsuya Yamato	KO (Punches)	3	2:57	For the K-1 Super Lightweight Championship
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Takeru	def.	Masanobu Goshu	KO (Punches)	1	2:24	Super Featherweight GP Semi-Finals
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Kosuke Komiyama	def.	Koji	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Super Featherweight GP Semi-Finals
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Jun Nakazawa	vs.	Yasuomi Soda	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Taito Gunji	def.	Takumi Tosaka	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Women's Catchweight 50.5 kg	Kana Morimoto	def.	Polina Petukhova	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Heavyweight	Roel Mannaart	def.	Antonio Plazibat (c)	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	For the K-1 Heavyweight Championship
Welterweight 67.5 kg	Yuta Kubo (c)	def.	Melsik Baghdasaryan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	For the K-1 Welterweight Championship
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Masanobu Goshu	def.	Denis Wosik	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00	Super Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Takeru	def.	Stavros Exakoustidis	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Super Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Kosuke Komiyama	def.	Suarek Rukkukamui	KO (Left Head Kick)	1	2:56	Super Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Koji	def.	Hirotaka Urabe	Decision (Extra Round - Unanimous)	4	3:00	Super Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Tatsuya Oiwa	def.	Takumi Yokoyama	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00	Super Featherweight GP Reserve Fight
Preliminary Card
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Hayato	def.	Toshi	TKO (3 Knockdown Rule)	1	1:25
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Kaisei Kondo	def.	Shota Hara	KO (Punches)	1	1:22
Welterweight 67.5 kg	Ruku	def.	Kona Kato	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Junpei Sano	def.	Hideaki Matsumura	TKO (3 Knockdown Rule)	3	2:07

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K-1 World GP 2018 -60kg Japan Tournament bracket

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Masanobu Goshyu

UD

Dennis Wosik

Masanobu Goshyu

Takeru

KO

Takeru

UD

Stavros Exakoustidis

Takeru

KO

Kosuke Komiyama

Kosuke Komiyama

KO

Suarek Rukkukamui

Kosuke Komiyama

UD

Koji

Hirotaka Urabe

Koji

UD

K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament

K-1 World GP 2018 -57.5kg
Promotion	K-1
Date	June 17, 2018
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama, Japan

K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on June 17, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Background

This event will feature an 8-Man Featherweight Tournament.

Fight Card

K-1 World GP 2018 Featherweight World Tournament
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Yuta Murakoshi	def.	Haruma Saikyo	TKO (Ankle Injury)	1	0:50	Featherweight GP Final
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Koya Urabe	def.	Arthur Sorsor	KO (Knee and Punch)	2	0:46
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Masaaki Noiri	def.	Vincent Foschiani	KO (Punch to the Body)	2	2:45
Welterweight 67.5 kg	Minoru Kimura	def.	Kazuki Yamagiwa	KO (Punch)	1	2:48
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Hideaki Yamazaki	def.	Jun Nakazawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Yuta Murakoshi	def.	Jorge Varela	Ext.Round Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00	Featherweight GP Semi-Finals
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Haruma Saikyo	def.	Ryusei Ashizawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Featherweight GP Semi-Finals
Lightweight 62.5  kg	Gonnapar Weerasakreck	def.	Rukiya Anpo	TKO (3 Knockdown Rules)	2	1:47
Welterweight 67.5 kg	Yasuhiro Kido	def.	Massaro Glunder	DQ (Holding)	3	2:30
Cruiserweight 90 kg	Hisaki Kato	def.	Makoto Uehara	Ext.Round Decision (Split)	4	3:00
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Haruma Saikyo	def.	Hirotaka Asahisa	Decision (Split)	3	3:00	Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Ryusei Ashizawa	def.	Silviu Vitez	KO (Punch)	1	1:28	Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Yuta Murakoshi	def.	Elias Mahmoudi	Ext.Round Decision (Split)	4	3:00	Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Jorge Varela	def.	Kaito Ozawa	TKO (2 Knockdown Rules)	1	2:56	Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Yuki Egawa	def.	Yuta Otaki	TKO (Punches)	1	1:26	Featherweight GP Reserve Fight
Preliminary Card
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Namito Izawa	def.	Kento Ito	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Kaisei Kondo	Draw	Hayato Suzuki	Decision	3	3:00
Welterweight 67.5 kg	Kaito	def.	Toshiki Watanabe	KO	1	1:03
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Tomoya Yokoyama	def.	Kazuma Kubo	KO	1	1:03

K-1 World GP 2018 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament bracket

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Haruma Saikyo

S.Dec

Hirotaka Asahisa

3r.

Haruma Saikyo

U.Dec

Ryusei Ashizawa

3r.

Ryusei Ashizawa

KO

Silviu Vitez

1r.

Haruma Saikyo

1r.

Yuta Murakoshi

TKO

Yuta Murakoshi

S.Dec

Elias Mahmoudi

4r.

Yuta Murakoshi

U.Dec

Jorge Varela

4r.

Jorge Varela

TKO

Kaito Ozawa

1r.

K-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship Tournament

K-1 World GP 2018 -90kg
Promotion	K-1
Date	September 24, 2018
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama, Japan

K-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship Tournament will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on September 24, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Background

This event will feature an 8-Man Cruiserweight Tournament.

Results

K-1 World GP 2018 Cruiserweight World Tournament
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Cruiserweight 90 kg	Sina Karimian	def.	Boubaker El Bakouri	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00	Cruiserweight GP Final
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Takeru	def.	Daniel Puertas Gallardo	KO (Punches)	1	2:08
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Yoshiki Takei	def.	Akram Hamidi	KO (Punches)	1	1:41
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Koji	def.	Stavros Exakoustidis	Ext.Round Decision (Split)	3	3:00
Cruiserweight 90 kg	Boubaker El Bakouri	def.	Hitoshi Sugimoto	TKO (2 Knockdown Rules)	2	1:38	Cruiserweight GP Semi-Finals
Cruiserweight 90 kg	Sina Karimian	def.	K-Jee	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Cruiserweight GP Semi-Finals
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Ryusei Ashizawa	def.	Kaito Ozawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Rukiya Anpo	def.	Kenta Hayashi	KO (Punch)	3	0:43
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Suarek Rukkukamui	def.	Masanobu Goshu	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Cruiserweight 90 kg	Boubaker El Bakouri	def.	Makoto Uehara	KO (Punch)	1	1:05	Cruiserweight GP Quarter-Finals
Cruiserweight 90 kg	Hitoshi Sugimoto	def.	Aundre Groce	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Cruiserweight GP Quarter-Finals
Cruiserweight 90 kg	K-Jee	def.	Brian McGrath	TKO (Referee Stoppage)	1	2:36	Cruiserweight GP Quarter-Finals
Cruiserweight 90 kg	Sina Karimian	def.	OD-KEN	KO (Knee and Punches)	4	0:38	Cruiserweight GP Quarter-Finals
Cruiserweight 90 kg	RUI	def.	Furuta Taichi	KO (Knee to the Body)	3	2:48	Cruiserweight GP Reserve Fight
Preliminary Card
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Kaisei Kondo	def.	Ryuka Ohba	Decision (Unanimous)	3	2:00	K-1 Koshien 2018 -65kg Final
Lightweight 60 kg	Rikiya Yamaura	def.	Ryusei Shimizu	Decision (Unanimous)	3	2:00	K-1 Koshien 2018 -60kg Final
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Kazuma Takuda	def.	Rui Kasami	KO	3	0:33	K-1 Koshien 2018 -55kg Final
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Hisaki Higashimoto	def.	Shuji Kawarada	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Takaya Ogura	def.	Ryota	KO	1	0:38

K-1 World GP 2018 Cruiserweight Tournament bracket

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Sina Karimian

KO

OD-KEN

4r.

Sina Karimian

UD

K-Jee

3r.

K-Jee

TKO

Brian McGrath

1r.

Sina Karimian

MD

Boubaker El Bakouri

3r.

Hitoshi Sugimoto

UD

Aundre Groce

3r.

Boubaker El Bakouri

TKO

Hitoshi Sugimoto

2r.

Boubaker El Bakouri

KO

Makoto Uehara

1r.

K-1 World GP 2018: 3rd Super Lightweight Championship Tournament

K-1 World GP 2018 -65kg
Promotion	K-1
Date	November 3, 2018
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama, Japan

K-1 World GP 2018: 3rd Super Lightweight Championship Tournament will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on November 3, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Background

This event will feature an 8-Man Super Lightweight Tournament.

Fight Card

K-1 World GP 2018 Super Lightweight World Tournament
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Kaew Fairtex	def.	Daizo Sasaki	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Super Lightweight GP Final
Featherweight 57 kg	Alex Rivas	def.	Yuta Murakoshi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Catchweight 68 kg	Jordann Pikeur	def.	Minoru Kimura	TKO (4 Knockdowns)	3	1:29
Featherweight 57 kg	Hirotaka Urabe	def.	Ryusei Ashizawa	KO (Overhand Right)	3	2:28
Welterweight 67.5 kg	Yasuhiro Kido	def.	Jonathan Tuhu	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Kaew Fairtex	def.	Yasuomi Soda	Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00	Super Lightweight GP Semi Final
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Daizo Sasaki	def.	Jun Nakazawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Super Lightweight GP Semi Final
Catchweight 50 kg	KANA	def.	Josefine Lindgren Knutsson	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Cruiserweight 90 kg	Hisaki Kato	def.	RUI	KO (Overhand Left)	1	1:59
Featherweight 57 kg	Yuki Egawa	def.	Hayato	Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Kaew Fairtex	def.	Tetsuya Yamato	KO (High Kick)	1	1:32	Super Lightweight GP Quarter Final
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Yasuomi Soda	def.	Mo Abdurahman	TKO (2 Knockdowns)	4	2:31	Super Lightweight GP Quarter Final
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Jun Nakazawa	def.	Sean Clancy	TKO (Punches)	1	1:09	Super Lightweight GP Quarter Final
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Daizo Sasaki	def.	Sam Hill	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Super Lightweight GP Quarter Final
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Daiki Matsushita	def.	FUMIYA	TKO (2 Knockdowns)	1	2:40	Super Lightweight GP Reserve Fight
Preliminary Card
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Shinichiro Yamamoto	def.	Takumi Furukawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	2:00	K-1 College 2018 -65kg Final
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Kazuki Sagegami	def.	Ryo Shimoji	KO	3	1:25	K-1 College 2018 -60kg Final
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Hinata Matsumoto	def.	Gentaro iwamoto	TKO	2	1:29	K-1 College 2018 -55kg Final
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Tomoya Yokoyama	def.	Yuya	KO	1	0:36
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Jinya	def.	Yuki Koge	KO	3	0:43

K-1 World GP 2018 Super Lightweight Tournament bracket

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Daizo Sasaki

UD

Sam Hill

3r.

Daizo Sasaki

UD

Jun Nakazawa

3r.

Jun Nakazawa

KO

Sean Clancy

1r.

Kaew Fairtex

UD

Daizo Sasaki

3r.

Yasuomi Soda

KO

Mo Abdurahman

4r.

Kaew Fairtex

Ext.R UD

Yasuomi Soda

4r.

Kaew Fairtex

KO

Tetsuya Yamato

1r.

K-1 World GP 2018: K-1 Lightweight World's Strongest Tournament

K-1 World GP 2018 -62.5kg
Promotion	K-1
Date	December 8, 2018
Venue	Edion Arena Osaka
City	Osaka, Japan

K-1 World GP 2018: K-1 Lightweight World's Strongest Tournament was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on December 8, 2018 at the Edion Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan.

Background

This event will feature an 8-Man Lightweight Tournament.

Results

K-1 World GP 2018 Lightweight World Tournament
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Super Featherweight 60 kg	Takeru	def.	Koji	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	For the K-1 Super Featherweight Championship
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Kenta Hayashi	def.	Fumiya Osawa	KO (Punches)	3	1:52	Lightweight GP Final
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Yoshiki Takei	def.	Yodbuadeng Fairtex	Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
Welterweight 67.5 kg	Masaaki Noiri	def.	Riki Matsuoka	KO (Punches)	1	1:57
Welterweight 67.5 kg	Rukiya Anpo	def.	Hideaki Yamazaki	TKO (High Kick)	4	0:14
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Fumiya Osawa	def.	Kyoshiro	KO (Punches)	2	2:00	Lightweight GP Semi-Finals
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Kenta Hayashi	def.	Yuto Shinohara	KO (Punches)	1	2:31	Lightweight GP Semi-Finals
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Taio Asahisa	def.	Riku Anpo	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Yuta Hayashi	vs.	Shuhei Kumura	No Contest (Accidental Headbutt)	1	1:45
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Fumiya Osawa	def.	Liu Wei	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00	Lightweight GP Quarter-Finals
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Kyoshiro	def.	Indigo Boyd	KO (Punch)	3	2:15	Lightweight GP Quarter-Finals
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Yuto Shinohara	def.	Gonnapar Weerasakreck	KO (Punch)	1	0:25	Lightweight GP Quarter-Finals
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Kenta Hayashi	def.	Nicolas Gaffie	Decision (Split)	3	3:00	Lightweight GP Quarter-Finals
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Shinichiro Kawasaki	def.	Hisaki Higashimoto	Ext.Round Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00	Lightweight GP Reserve Fight
Preliminary Card
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Tetsu	def.	Masafumi Kurasaki	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Seiya	def.	Koji Suzuki	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Aoshi	vs.	Yuto Kuroda	Draw (Split)	3	3:00

K-1 World GP 2018 Lightweight Tournament bracket

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Kenta Hayashi

SD

Nicolas Gaffie

3r.

Kenta Hayashi

KO

Yuto Shinohara

1r.

Yuto Shinohara

KO

Gonnapar Weerasakreck

1r.

Kenta Hayashi

KO

Fumiya Osawa

3r.

Kyoshiro

KO

Indigo Boyd

3r.

Fumiya Osawa

KO

Kyoshiro

2r.

Fumiya Osawa

MD

Liu Wei

3r.

See also

• 2018 in Glory
• 2018 in Glory of Heroes
• 2018 in Kunlun Fight
• 2018 in ONE Championship
• 2018 in Romanian kickboxing