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K-1 martial arts event in 2010
K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final 16
The poster for K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final 16
PromotionK-1
DateOctober 02, 2010
VenueOlympic Gymnastics Arena
CitySouth Korea Seoul, Republic of Korea
Attendance12,719
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

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.

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.

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. On September 28, 2010, Andrei Arlovski announced on Twitter that he would not fight in the tournament. The Belarusian was replaced by Mighty Mo.

Final 16 Participating Fighters

Qualified

Wild cards

Results

K-1 World GP 2010 Final 16 results
Opening Fight: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R
South Korea Hyun Man Myung def. Min Ho Song South Korea
Myung defeated Song by KO (right hook) at 0:35 of the 1st round.
Super Fights: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dževad Poturak def. Chalid Arrab Germany
Poturak defeated Arrab by TKO (corner stoppage) at 0:06 of the 3rd round.
Russia Sergey Kharitonov def. Takumi Sato Japan
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
Suriname Tyrone Spong def. Ray Sefo New Zealand
Spong defeated Sefo by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-27, 30-28, 30-28).
Turkey Gökhan Saki def. Freddy Kemayo France
Saki defeated Kemayo by KO (3 knockdown, punch rush) at 2:14 of the 1st round.
Romania Daniel Ghiță def. Errol Zimmerman Netherlands
Ghiţă defeated Zimmerman by KO (right straight) at 0:18 of the 2nd round.
Japan Kyotaro def. Jérôme Le Banner France
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.
Netherlands Peter Aerts def. Ewerton Teixeira Brazil
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.
United States Mighty Mo def. Raul Cătinaș Romania
Mo defeated Cătinaş by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-27, 30-27, 30-28).
Netherlands Semmy Schilt def. Hesdy Gerges Egypt
Schilt defeated Gerges by 3rd round split decision 2-1 (30-28, 30-29, 29-30).
Netherlands Alistair Overeem def. Ben Edwards Australia
Overeem defeated Edwards by KO (right hook/3 knockdowns) at 2:08 of the 1st round.

See also

References

  1. "K-1 producer Mr.Tanikawa announced FEG was partner with a Chinese investment bank. K-1 WGP schedule was official announced by FEG". mainichi.jp. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  2. "Schiavello confirms one last modification of the fight card". twitter.com. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  3. "Arlovski to miss K-1 Seoul 2010". twitter.com. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  4. "Fight Card". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2010-09-19.

External links

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