K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Final

K-1 martial arts event in 2007

K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Final
The poster for K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Final.
Promotion	K-1
Date	December 8, 2007
Venue	Yokohama Arena
City	Yokohama, Japan
Attendance	17,667
Total purse	US$ 400,000

K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Final was a martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday December 8, 2007 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. It was the 15th 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 top eight fighters, K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16 was held on October 28, 2007 in Seoul, Korea.^[1]

The event drew a sellout crowd of 17,667 to the Yokohama Arena. It was broadcast live in Japan on the Fuji TV network; in South Korea on XTM; in Hong Kong on PCCW; in Australia on Main Event; in Brazil on Globosat; in Canada on The Fight Network; in Romania on ProTV; in Hungary on RTL Klub and across Scandinavia on Viasat. With all the delayed broadcasts bringing it to a total of 135 countries.^[2] The English language commentary team was headed by an Australian Michael Schiavello, with four time K-1 World Champion Ernesto Hoost, Ray Sefo and Akebono. The event ring announcer was Jimmy Lennon Jr.

K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Final Tournament[edit]

Opening Fights: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R

Mitsugu Noda def. Noel Cadet

Noda defeated Cadet by TKO at 1:13 of the 2nd Round.

Jan Nortje def. Dong-wook Kim

Nortje defeated Kim by TKO (Punch) at 0:11 of the 2nd Round.

Takashi Tashikawa def. Ki-min Kim

Tashikawa defeated Kim by KO at 1:21 of the 1st Round.

Reserve Fight: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R

Paul Slowinski def. Mighty Mo

Slowinski defeated Mo by TKO (Low Kicks) at 0:50 of the 2nd Round.

Quarter Finals: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R

Jérôme Le Banner def. Choi Hong-man

Le Banner defeated Choi by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-29, 30-28, 30-29).

Semmy Schilt def. Glaube Feitosa

Schilt defeated Feitosa by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-27, 30-28, 30-27).

Remy Bonjasky def. Badr Hari

Bonjasky defeated Hari by 3rd Round Majority Decision 2-0 (30-29, 29-29, 30-29).

Peter Aerts def. Junichi Sawayashiki

Aerts defeated Sawayashiki by KO (Straight Right Punch) at 1:29 of the 1st Round.

Semi Finals: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R

Semmy Schilt def. Jérôme Le Banner

Schilt defeated Le Banner by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at 1:02 of the 2nd Round.

Peter Aerts def. Remy Bonjasky

Aerts defeated Bonjasky by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-29, 30-27, 30-28).

Super Fight: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.2R

Musashi def. David Dancrade

Musashi defeated Dancrade by KO (Left Mid Kick) at 2:59 of the 1st Round.

Final: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.2R

Semmy Schilt def. Peter Aerts

Schilt defeated Aerts by TKO (Knee Injury) at 1:49 of the 1st Round.

The tournament winner Semmy Schilt of Netherlands became the first fighter ever in K-1 history to win the Championship three years in a row and picked up a winner’s purse of US$400,000.^[2]

For the last six years, the K-1 World GP Champion has been a Dutchman and in K-1’s 15-year history, a Dutch fighter has won the World GP a total of 12 times.^[2]

Line-up changes before the event:

Paul Slowinski replaces announced fighter Chalid Arrab due to an Appendicitis.^[4]

David Dancrade replaces announced fighter Souleimane Konate due to an injury.^[4]

Ray Sefo is not cleared to fight by the doctor due to an eye injury sustained during training. The Reserve Fight #2 is dropped from the card and his opponent Paul Slowinski is moved up to Reserve Fight #1.^[4]

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