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 | ||||
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 The poster for K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16 | ||||
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| Promotion | K-1 | |||
| Date | September 27, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Olympic Gymnastics Arena | |||
| City |  Seoul, Korea | |||
| Attendance | 15,729 | |||
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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 edit
K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka edit
The winner was Ewerton Teixeira. For more information, see K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka.
K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam edit
| Round of 16 | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
 Doug Viney
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 Zabit Samedov
| DEC | Zabit Samedov
| DEC | ||||||||||||||||
 Vitor Miranda
| Zabit Samedov
| DEC | |||||||||||||||||
| Sergei Gur
|  Brian Douwes *
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 Freddy Kemayo
| KO | Freddy Kemayo
| KO | ||||||||||||||||
 Erhan Deniz
|  Cătălin Moroșanu
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| Cătălin Moroșanu
| DEC | Zabit Samedov
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| Errol Zimmerman
| KO | Errol Zimmerman
| DEC | ||||||||||||||||
 Damir Tovarovič
| Errol Zimmerman
| TKO | |||||||||||||||||
 Attila Karacs
| KO | Attila Karacs
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 Petr Vondraček
| Errol Zimmerman
| KO | |||||||||||||||||
 Paula Mataele
|  Bjorn Bregy
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| Björn Bregy
| KO | Bjorn Bregy
| KO | ||||||||||||||||
 Jan Nortje
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* 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 edit
| Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Ruslan Karaev
| KO | |||||||||||||
 Tatsufumi Tomihira
| Ruslan Karaev
| TKO | ||||||||||||
| Young-hyun Kim
| DEC | Young-hyun Kim
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 Saiseelek Nor-Seepun
| Ruslan Karaev
| KO | ||||||||||||
| Aleksandr Pitchkounov
| DEC | Aleksandr Pitchkounov
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| Nobu Hayashi
| Aleksandr Pitchkounov
| KO | ||||||||||||
| Yong-soo Park
|  Vaughn Anderson *
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| 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 edit
| Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Mighty Mo
| DEC | |||||||||||||
| Justice Smith
| Randy Kim *
| KO | ||||||||||||
| Butterbean
| Wesley Correira
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| Wesley Correira
| KO | Randy Kim
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| Gokhan Saki
| KO | Gokhan Saki
| KO | |||||||||||
| Deutsch Pu'u
| Gokhan Saki
| KO | ||||||||||||
 Nicholas Pettas
| Rick Cheek
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| 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 edit
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] edit
- 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 edit
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ DiPietro, Monty. "Aerts Overwhelms Schilt in Seoul". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
- ^ "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.