List of K-1 champions
This is the list of all K-1 champions. Included are the K-1 World Grand Prix and K-1 World MAX champions as well as all the preliminary tournament winners from the events promoted by K-1 and FEG (1993-2011) and later by K-1 Global (2012-present) following the former's dissolution. The list does not contain K-1's mixed martial arts branch Hero's and DREAM champions.[1]
Current champions
Division | Champion | Since | Title defenses |
---|---|---|---|
Super Welterweight (-70 kg) | Chingiz Allazov | June 18, 2017 | 0 |
Super Lightweight (-65 kg) | Masaaki Noiri | June 18, 2017 | 0 |
Lightweight (-62.5 kg) | Wei Rui | February 25, 2017 | 1 |
Super Featherweight (-60 kg) | Taiga | February 25, 2017 | 1 |
Featherweight (-57.5 kg) | Takeru | November 3, 2016 | 1 |
Super Bantamweight (-55 kg) | Takei Yoshiki | April 22, 2017 | 0 |
K-1 Championship
K-1 Super Heavyweight Championship
- Weight limit: Unlimited
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2007-03-04 - 2013-06-26[2] | Semmy Schilt | Netherlands | K-1 World GP 2010 in Yokohama K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Yokohama K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Amsterdam K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan Fukuoka, Japan Yokohama, Japan Amsterdam, Netherlands Yokohama, Japan | 4 2010-04-03 Errol Zimmerman - Curaçao 3 2008-06-29 Jérôme Le Banner - France 2 2008-04-13 Mark Hunt - New Zealand 1 2007-06-23 Mighty Mo - United States 2007-03-04 Ray Sefo - New Zealand |
K-1 Super Cruiserweight Championship
- Weight limit: 100 kg (220.5 lb)
- Formerly known as Super Middleweight until 2016.
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2009-03-28 - 2011-10-01 | Keijiro Maeda | Japan | K-1 World GP 2010 in Yokohama K-1 World GP 2009 in Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan Yokohama, Japan |
1 2010-04-03 Peter Aerts - Netherlands |
2007-04-28 - 2008-12-17 [3] | Badr Hari | Morocco | K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii | Fukuoka, Japan Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
1 2008-06-29 Glaube Feitosa - Brazil |
K-1 Super Middleweight Championship
- Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)
- Formerly known as Super Welterweight until 2016.
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2017-06-18 - current | Chingiz Allazov | Belarusian | K-1 World GP 2017 -70kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 2017-06-18 Yasuhiro Kido - Japan |
2015-07-04 - 2016-12-06 | Marat Grigorian | Armenia | K-1 World GP 2015 -70kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 2015-07-04 Jordann Pikeur - Netherlands |
K-1 Super Welterweight Championship
- Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb)
- Formerly known as Super Lightweight until 2016.
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2017-06-18 - current | Masaaki Noiri | Japan | K-1 World GP 2017 -70kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 2017-06-18 Kaew Fairtex - Thailand |
2014-11-03 - 2017-06-18 | Kaew Fairtex | Thailand | K-1 World GP 2017 Super Bantamweight Championship Tournament K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan | 2 2017-04-22 Hideaki Yamazaki - Japan 1 2015-11-21 Minoru Kimura - Brazil 2014-11-03 Yasuomi Soda - Japan |
K-1 Lightweight Championship
- Weight limit: 62.5 kg (137.8 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2017-02-25 - current | Wei Rui | China | K-1 World GP 2017 -70kg Championship Tournament K-1 World GP 2017 -62.5kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan | 1 2017-06-18 Gonnapar Weerasakreck - Thailand 2017-02-25 Hiramoto Ren - Japan |
K-1 Super Featherweight Championship
- Weight limit: 60 kg (132.3 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2015-11-21 - current | Hirotaka Urabe | Japan | K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship | Tokyo, Japan | 2015-11-21 Koya Urabe - Japan |
2015-01-18 - 2015-11-21 | Koya Urabe | Japan | K-1 World GP 2015 -60kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 2015-01-18 Hirotaka Urabe - Japan |
K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship
- Weight limit: 55 kg (121.3 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2015-04-19 - 2016-08-28[4] | Takeru | Japan | K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan | 1 2015-11-21 Charles Bongiovanni - France 2015-04-19 Taiga - Japan |
K-1 World Grand Prix Champions
K-1 World Grand Prix Tables
Fighters | Titles | Runner-up | Third place | Appearance in Finals |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ernesto Hoost | 4 | 1
(1993) |
3 | 11
(1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006) |
Semmy Schilt | 4 | 0 | 1
(2010) |
5 |
Peter Aerts | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17
(1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010) |
Remy Bonjasky | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Andy Hug | 1
(1996) |
2 | 0 | 3 |
Mirko Filipović | 1
(2012) |
1
(1999) |
0 | 4 |
Branko Cikatić | 1
(1993) |
0 | 1
(1994) |
2 |
Mark Hunt | 1
(2001) |
0 | 1
(2002) |
2 |
Alistair Overeem | 1
(2010) |
0 | 1
(2009) |
2 |
Nation | Titles | Runner-up | Third place | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Netherlands | 15 | 4 | 10 | 29 |
Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
K-1 World GP Preliminary / Other Tournament Champions
K-2 Grand Prix Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
1995-01-07 | Rob Kaman | Netherlands | K-2 France Grand Prix '95 | Paris, France | Jérôme Turcan | France |
1994-05-08 | Ernesto Hoost | Netherlands | K-2 Plus Tournament 1994 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Bob Schreiber | Netherlands |
1993-12-19 | Ernesto Hoost | Netherlands | K-2 Grand Prix '93 | Tokyo, Japan | Changpuek Kiatsongrit | Thailand |
K-3 Grand Prix Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
1995-07-16 | Ivan Hippolyte | Netherlands | K-3 Grand Prix '95 | Nagoya, Japan | Taiei Kin | Japan |
K-1 World MAX Champions
K-1 World MAX Preliminary / Other Tournament Champions
K-1 World GP in Japan Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
2017-06-18 | Chingiz Allazov | Belarusian | K-1 World GP 2017 Super Middleweight Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Yasuhiro Kido | Japan |
2017-02-25 | Wei Rui | China | K-1 World GP 2017 Lightweight Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Hiramoto Ren | Japan |
2016-09-19 | Koya Urabe | Japan | K-1 World GP 2016 Super Featherweight World Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Taiga | Japan |
2016-06-24 | Kaew Fairtex | Thailand | K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg World Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Ilias Bulaid | Morocco |
2015-07-04 | Marat Grigorian | Armenia | K-1 World GP 2015 -70kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Jordann Pikeur | Netherlands |
2015-04-19 | Takeru | Japan | K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Taiga | Japan |
2015-01-18 | Koya Urabe | Japan | K-1 World GP 2015 -60kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Hirotaka Urabe | Japan |
2014-11-03 | Kaew Fairtex | Thailand | K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Yasuomi Soda | Japan |
K-1 Japan Champions
K-1 World GP -65kg Japan Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
2016-03-04 | Hideaki Yamazaki | Japan | K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Masaaki Noiri | Japan |
K-1 Japan -63kg Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
2011-06-25 | Yuta Kubo | Japan | K-1 World MAX 2011 -63kg Japan Tournament Final | Tokyo, Japan | Koya Urabe | Japan |
2010-07-05 | Tetsuya Yamato | Japan | K-1 World MAX 2010 Final 16, -63 kg Japan Tournament Final | Tokyo, Japan | Yuta Kubo | Japan |
K-1 World GP -60kg Japan Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
2016-04-24 | Taiga | Japan | K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Koya Urabe | Japan |
K-1 Japan -57kg Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
1997-11-09 | Takehiro Murahama | Japan | K-1 Grand Prix '97 Final, K-1 Japan Feather Weight GP '97 | Tokyo, Japan | Kenichi Sato | Japan |
K-1 Japan Youth Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality | ||
70kg class | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009-08-10 | Shintaro Matsukura | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2009 King Of Under 18 Final 16 70 kg Class Tournament | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan | Koki Saito | Japan | ||
62kg class | ||||||||
2009-12-31 | Masaaki Noiri | Japan | Dynamite!! 2009 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | Shota Shimada | Japan | ||
2008-12-31 | Hiroya | Japan | Dynamite!! 2008 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | Koya Urabe | Japan | ||
2007-12-31 | Yudai | Japan | K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!! | Osaka, Osaka, Japan | Hiroya | Japan |
K-1 Japan Youth Preliminary Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality | ||
70kg class | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009-07-04 | Masaya Matsuhana | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Chubu- 70 kg class tournament | Kuwana, Mie, Japan | Kōki Saitō | Japan | ||
2009-06-21 | Taichi Satō | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Tohoku- 70 kg tournament | Osaki, Miyagi, Japan | Yūki | Japan | ||
65kg class | ||||||||
2010-09-04 | Ren Takeno | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2010 Elimination West Japan Round 60–65 kg class tournament B Block | Ōsaka, Ōsaka, Japan | Shō Ogawa | Japan | ||
2010-09-04 | Keigi Shida | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2010 Elimination West Japan Round 60–65 kg class tournament A Block | Ōsaka, Ōsaka, Japan | Riki Matsuoka | Japan | ||
2010-08-25 | Ryōsuke Sasaki | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2010 Elimination East Japan Round 60–65 kg class tournament B Block | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | Minoru Kimura | Japan | ||
2010-08-25 | Shōei Haruyama | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2010 Elimination East Japan Round 60–65 kg class tournament A Block | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | Kōki Takeuchi | Japan | ||
62kg class | ||||||||
2009-07-04 | Hiroki Akimoto | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Chubu- 62 kg class tournament | Kuwana, Mie, Japan | Shō Ogawa | Japan | ||
2009-06-28 | Keisuke Miyamoto | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Kanto- 62 kg class tournament B Block | Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan | Kōhei Nishikawa | Japan | ||
2009-06-28 | Tsukasa Fuji | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Kanto- 62 kg class tournament A Block | Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan | Ryōsuke Sasaki | Japan | ||
2009-06-21 | Kōhei Masuko | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Tohoku- 62 kg tournament | Osaki, Miyagi, Japan | Nobuaki Yamamoto | Japan | ||
2009-06-14 | Hiroto Yamaguchi | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Kansai- 62 kg tournament | Sakai, Osaka, Japan | Riki Matsuoka | Japan | ||
2009-06-07 | Kengo Sonoda | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Kyushu- 62 kg tournament | Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan | Yūto Maeda] | Japan | ||
2008-08-03 | Nobuaki Yamamoto | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2008 Tohoku and Hokkaido Area Representative Decision Match | Aomori, Aomori, Japan | Yūya Akimoto | Japan | ||
2008-07-27 | Kengo Sonoda | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2008 Kyushu, Okinawa and Shikoku Area Representative Decision Match | Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan | Yūto Maeda | Japan | ||
2008-07-21 | Kōya Urabe | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2008 Kanto Area Representative Decision Match | Adachi, Tokyo, Japan | Taizō Sasaki | Japan | ||
2008-07-06 | Ryūya Hisakabe | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2008 Chubu Area Representative Decision Match | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | Yūsuke Tsuboi | Japan | ||
2008-06-15 | Norifumi Kitani | Japan | K-1 Koshien 2008 West Japan Area Representative Decision Match | Osaka, Osaka, Japan | Hirohito Yamaguchi | Japan |
See also
References
- ↑ "Event Schedule". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick". Liverkick.com. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
- ↑ "Badr Hari to be stripped of K-1 title, suspended indefinitely?". fansofk1.com. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- ↑ "Takeru vacated the title going up to Featherweight". k-1wg.com. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- 1 2 "EG announces penalties against Badr Hari (official statement)". Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2009.