Men's Light-Contact at WAKO World Championships 2007 Belgrade -79 kg

The men's 79 kg (173.8 lbs) Light-Contact category at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Belgrade was the fifth heaviest of the male Light-Contact tournaments falling between middleweight and light heavyweight when compared to Low-Kick and K-1's weight classes. There were twenty-three men from three continents (Europe, Asia and Africa) taking part in the competition. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Light-Contact rules.

Owing to the unequal number of fighters not suitable for a thirty-two man tournament, nine of the contestants had byes through to the second round. The tournament gold medalist was the Hungarian Zoltan Dancso who won gold by defeating the German Stefan Bücker by split decision. By virtue of reaching the semi-finals, Slovak Martin Navratil and Poland's Robert Matyja won bronze medals.[1]

Results

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1st round 2nd round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Stefan Bücker D(3:0)
  Mukeshar R. Chowdhury  
  Stefan Bücker D(2:1)
  Ruslan Ishmakov  
  Ruslan Ishmakov DQ
  Mirzad Vukalic     Nicholas Gardner  
  Nicholas Gardner D(3:0)   Stefan Bücker D(3:0)
  Martin Navratil  
  Volkan Karaduman D(3:0)
  Armin Ghenaati Yeganeh     Mark Welvering  
  Mark Welvering DEC(3:0)   Volkan Karaduman  
  Martin Navratil D(3:0)
  Stewart Edgeworth  
  Martin Navratil D(3:0)   Martin Navratil D(3:0)
  Bernhard Sussitz     Stefan Bücker  
  Zoltan Dancso D(2:1)
  Andrea Primitivi D(3:0)
  Olle Blomquist D(3:0)   Olle Blomquist  
  Toni Cerundolo     Andrea Primitivi  
  Robert Matyja D(2:1)
  Mamadou Traore  
  Jan Homolka     Robert Matyja D(3:0)
  Robert Matyja D(3:0)   Robert Matyja  
  Zoltan Dancso D(3:0)
  Ruslan Batrudtinov  
  Slobodan Kajmakoski     Sanjin Dedic D(3:0)
  Sanjin Dedic D(3:0)   Sanjin Dedic  
  Hugo Matos     Zoltan Dancso D(2:1)
  Daniel Lazar D(3:0)   Daniel Lazar  
  Zoltan Dancso D(3:0)
Abbreviation Meaning
D (3:0) Decision (Unanimous)
D (2:1) Decision (Split)
KO Knockout
TKO Technical Knockout
AB Abandonment (Injury in match)
WO Walkover (No fight)
DQ Disqualification

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "LC w -55 kg - Kickboxing Ireland Home Page (Light-Contact Results)" (PDF). www.kickboxingireland.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
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