K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Final

K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Final
Information
Promotion K-1
Date December 7, 2002
Venue Tokyo Dome
City Japan Tokyo, Japan
Attendance 74,500
Event chronology

K-1 Bassano 2002 K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Final K-1 Spain MAX 2002

K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Final was a kickboxing event promoted by the K-1. The event was held at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, December 7, 2002 in front of 74,500 spectators. It was the tenth K-1 World Grand Prix final, involving ten of the world's top fighters (two being reservists), with all bouts fought under K-1 Rules (100 kg/156-220 lbs). The eight finalists had almost all qualified via preliminary events, while two additional fighters were invited as reserve fighters (for more detail on this see bulleted list below). In total there were ten fighters at the event, representing eight countries.

The tournament winner was Ernesto Hoost who won his fourth and final K-1 World Grand Prix by defeating Jérôme Le Banner in the final by third round knockout. Jérôme Le Banner would be making his second appearance in the final, which he so far been unable to win, and the defeat was made even worse as it left him with a broken arm which nearly ended his career.

Ernesto Hoost was knocked out of this K-1 World Grand Prix twice (taking into account the Final Elimination) - both times by Bob Sapp - but managed to proceed due to injuries to other fighters.

Qualifiers - Finalists

Qualifiers - Reservists

Tournament bracket

K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Final Elimination Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
        
New Zealand Ray Sefo DEC
Sweden Martin Holm  
New Zealand Ray Sefo DEC
Netherlands Peter Aerts  
Netherlands Peter Aerts DEC
Brazil Glaube Feitosa  
New Zealand Ray Sefo  
Netherlands Ernesto Hoost ** KO
Netherlands Ernesto Hoost  
United States Bob Sapp TKO
United States Bob Sapp KO
Netherlands Ernesto Hoost *  
Canada Michael McDonald  
Netherlands Semmy Schilt DEC
Netherlands Ernesto Hoost KO
France Jérôme Le Banner  
Belarus Alexey Ignashov  
Germany Stefan Leko DEC
Germany Stefan Leko  
New Zealand Mark Hunt KO
New Zealand Mark Hunt DEC
South Africa Mike Bernardo  
New Zealand Mark Hunt  
France Jérôme Le Banner DEC
France Jérôme Le Banner KO
Trinidad and Tobago Gary Goodridge  
France Jérôme Le Banner TKO
Japan Musashi  
Japan Musashi  
BYE  

* Ernesto Hoost replaced Semmy Schilt in the Quarter Finals as Semmy Schilt was injured

** Ernesto Hoost replaced Bob Sapp in the Semi Finals as Bob Sapp was injured

Results

See also

References

  1. ↑ "K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Final Results". K-1 Official Website.
  2. ↑ "Results: K-1 WORLD GRAND PRIX 2002 FINAL". K-1sport.de - Your Source for Everything K-1.
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