K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final

K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final
K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final
	Yokohama, Japan
Attendance	17,626
Event chronology

K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final was a

Yokohama, Japan

. It was the 17th K-1 World GP Final, the culmination of a year full of regional elimination tournaments. All fights followed K-1's classic tournament format and were conducted under K-1 Rules, three rounds of three minutes each, with a possible tiebreaker.

The qualification for the top eight fighters was held at the

Seoul, Korea

.

Michael Buffer was the ring announcer for the night.^[2]

Qualifying events

Qualifying events for K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final
	Location	Stadium	Date	Winner
K-1 Rumble of the Kings	Stockholm, Sweden	Hovet Arena	20 November 2009	Rickard Nordstrand
K-1 Europe Grand Prix	Tallinn, Estonia	Nokia Hall	21 November 2009	Andrei Bokan

Match ups

The match ups were held the day proceeding the World Grand Prix Final 16. All fighters drew a ball from a box with a numbers on them and chose their spots in order from who drew ball number 1 to number 8.

Jerome Lebanner decided to walk straight into the 5th spot. Semmy Schilt opted for a 4th match with Jerome. The last two finalists Ewerton Teixeira and Alistair Overeem

will meet in the second quarter final match.

On November 28, it was announced that

Daniel Ghita in the second reserve bout.^[3]

Results

K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final^[4]
Round	Match	Results
Opening fights: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R	Keiichi Samukawa vs Ryuji Kajiwara	Kajiwara defeated Samukawa by 3 round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-28, 30-29).
	Singh Jaideep vs Makoto Uehara	Jaideep defeated Uehara by KO (right hook) at 1:36 of the 2nd round.
	Jan Soukup vs Tsutomu Takahagi	Soukup defeated Takahagi by 3 round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-26, 30-27, 30-28).
Reserve fight 1: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R	Gokhan Saki	Aerts defeated Saki by 3 round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-27, 29-27, 29-28).
K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Quarter finals: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R	Ruslan Karaev vs Badr Hari	Hari defeated Karaev by KO (2 knockdown, right hook) at 0:38 of the 1st round.
	Alistair Overeem vs Ewerton Teixeira	Overeem defeated Teixeira by KO (left knee kick) at 1:06 of the 1st round.
	Jerome Le Banner vs Semmy Schilt	Schilt defeated Le Banner by KO (2 knockdown, Left front kick) at 1:27 of the 1st round.
	Errol Zimmerman vs Remy Bonjasky	Bonjasky defeated Zimmerman by 3 round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-27, 30-28, 29-28).
Reserve fight 2: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R	Daniel Ghita vs Sergei Kharitonov	Ghita defeated Kharitonov by KO (right low kick) at 0:36 of the 3rd round.
K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Semi finals: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R	Badr Hari vs Alistair Overeem	Hari defeated Overeem by KO (2 knockdown, left high kick) at 2:14 of the 1st round.
	Semmy Schilt vs. Remy Bonjasky	Schilt defeated Bonjasky by KO (2 knockdown, right cross) at 2:38 of the 1st round.
Super fight: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R	Kyotaro vs Tyrone Spong	Spong defeated Kyotaro by 3 round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-27, 30-28, 30-28).
K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Finals: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 2R	Badr Hari vs Semmy Schilt	Schilt defeated Hari by KO (2 knockdown, straight right) at 1:48 of the 1st round.