K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16

K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 was a martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday, October 2, 2010 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 Grand Prix 2010 Final held on December 11, 2010 at Yokohama Arena, Japan.

K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final 16
The poster for K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final 16
Promotion	K-1
Date	October 02, 2010
Venue	Olympic Gymnastics Arena
City	Seoul, Republic of Korea
Attendance	12,719
Event chronology
K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Canberra K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final 16 K-1 World MAX 2010 in Seoul World Championship Tournament Final 16

The eight finalists from K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final were automatically qualified, except Remy Bonjasky who could not compete. The eighth spot was filled by K-1 Heavyweight champion, Keijiro Maeda then two World GP 2010 tournament winners from the Bucharest and Canberra. The last six spots were selected by fan voting.^[1]

Badr Hari did not enter the tournament for as yet unknown reasons, being replaced by Andrei Arlovski. On September 21, 2010, Michael Schiavello confirmed on his Twitter one last modification of the final card, Ray Sefo replaced Ruslan Karaev.^[2] On September 28, 2010, Andrei Arlovski announced on Twitter that he would not fight in the tournament.^[3] The Belarusian was replaced by Mighty Mo.

Final 16 Participating Fighters

Qualified

• Semmy Schilt (K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Champion)
• Alistair Overeem (2009 Grand Prix Semi Finalist)
• Ewerton Teixeira (2009 Grand Prix Quarter Finalist)
• Jerome Le Banner (2009 Grand Prix Quarter Finalist)
• Errol Zimmerman (2009 Grand Prix Quarter Finalist)
• Kyotaro (K-1 Heavyweight Champion)
• Freddy Kemayo (K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest Champion)
• Ben Edwards (K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Canberra Champion)

Wild cards

• Peter Aerts
• Ray Sefo
• Daniel Ghiță
• Raul Cătinaș^{[citation needed]}
• Gökhan Saki
• Tyrone Spong
• Hesdy Gerges
• Mighty Mo

Results

K-1 World GP 2010 Final 16 results^[4]

Opening Fight: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R
Hyun Man Myung def. Min Ho Song
Myung defeated Song by KO (right hook) at 0:35 of the 1st round.
Super Fights: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Dževad Poturak def. Chalid Arrab
Poturak defeated Arrab by TKO (corner stoppage) at 0:06 of the 3rd round.
Sergey Kharitonov def. Takumi Sato
Kharitonov defeated Sato by KO (right hook) at 2:30 of the 1st round.
K-1 World GP 2010 Final 16 Elimination Fights: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 2R
Tyrone Spong def. Ray Sefo
Spong defeated Sefo by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-27, 30-28, 30-28).
Gökhan Saki def. Freddy Kemayo
Saki defeated Kemayo by KO (3 knockdown, punch rush) at 2:14 of the 1st round.
Daniel Ghiță def. Errol Zimmerman
Ghiţă defeated Zimmerman by KO (right straight) at 0:18 of the 2nd round.
Kyotaro def. Jérôme Le Banner
Kyotaro defeated Le Banner by forfeit before the 1st extra round due to disagreement with the judges decision. After 3 rounds the judges had scored it a majority draw 1-0 (30-29, 29-29, 29-29) in favor of Le Banner.
Peter Aerts def. Ewerton Teixeira
Aerts defeated Teixeira by extra round unanimous decision 3-0 (10-9, 10-9, 10-9). After 3 rounds the judges had scored it a majority draw 1-0 (30-30, 30-30, 30-29) in favor of Teixeira.
Mighty Mo def. Raul Cătinaș
Mo defeated Cătinaş by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-27, 30-27, 30-28).
Semmy Schilt def. Hesdy Gerges
Schilt defeated Gerges by 3rd round split decision 2-1 (30-28, 30-29, 29-30).
Alistair Overeem def. Ben Edwards
Overeem defeated Edwards by KO (right hook/3 knockdowns) at 2:08 of the 1st round.

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of K-1 champions
• List of male kickboxers