List of K-1 champions
This is the list of all K-1 champions. Included are the K-1 World Grand Prix and K-1 World MAX champions as well as all the preliminary tournament winners from the events promoted by K-1 and FEG (1993-2011) and later by K-1 Global (2012-present) following the former's dissolution. The list does not contain K-1's mixed martial arts branch Hero's and DREAM champions.[1]
Current champions
Division | Champion | Since | Title defences |
---|---|---|---|
Heavyweight | 2018 | 0 | |
Cruiserweight (-100 kg) | 2017 | 1 | |
Middleweight (-75 kg) | 2017 | 1 | |
Welterweight (-70 kg) | 2017 | 1 | |
Lightweight (-65 kg) | 2018 | 1 | |
Featherweight (-60 kg) | 2017 | 6 | |
Bantamweight (-55 kg) | 2017 | 2 | |
K-1 Championship
K-1 Heavyweight Championship
- Weight limit: Unlimited
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2007-03-04 - 2013-06-26[2] | Semmy Schilt | K-1 World GP 2010 in Yokohama K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Yokohama K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Amsterdam K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan Fukuoka, Japan Yokohama, Japan Amsterdam, Netherlands Yokohama, Japan | 4 2010-04-03 Errol Zimmerman - 3 2008-06-29 Jérôme Le Banner - 2 2008-04-13 Mark Hunt - 1 2007-06-23 Mighty Mo - 2007-03-04 Ray Sefo - |
K-1 Cruiserweight Championship
- Weight limit: 85 kg (187.4 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / No. of Defenses |
2009-03-28 - 2011-10-01 | Keijiro Maeda | K-1 World GP 2010 in Yokohama K-1 World GP 2009 in Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan Yokohama, Japan |
1 2010-04-03 Peter Aerts - | |
2007-04-28 - 2008-12-17 [3] | Badr Hari | K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii | Fukuoka, Japan Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
1 2008-06-29 Glaube Feitosa - |
K-1 Middleweight Championship
- Weight limit: 75 kg (165.3 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2017-06-18 - current | Chingiz Allazov | K-1 World GP 2017 -70kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 2017-06-18 Yasuhiro Kido - | |
2015-07-04 - 2016-12-06 | Marat Grigorian | K-1 World GP 2015 -70kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 2015-07-04 Jordann Pikeur - |
K-1 Welterweight Championship
- Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)
- Formerly known as Lightweight until 2016.
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2017-06-18 - current | Masaaki Noiri | K-1 World GP 2017 -70kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 2017-06-18 Kaew Fairtex - | |
2014-11-03 - 2017-06-18 | Kaew Fairtex | K-1 World GP 2017 Super Bantamweight Championship Tournament K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan | 2 2017-04-22 Hideaki Yamazaki - 1 2015-11-21 Minoru Kimura - 2014-11-03 Yasuomi Soda - |
K-1 Lightweight Championship
- Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2017-02-25 - current | Wei Rui | K-1 World GP 2017 -70kg Championship Tournament K-1 World GP 2017 -62.5kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan | 1 2017-06-18 Gonnapar Weerasakreck - 2017-02-25 Hiramoto Ren - |
K-1 Featherweight Championship
- Weight limit: 60 kg (132.3 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2015-11-21 - current | Hirotaka Urabe | K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship | Tokyo, Japan | 2015-11-21 Koya Urabe - | |
2015-01-18 - 2015-11-21 | Koya Urabe | K-1 World GP 2015 -60kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | 2015-01-18 Hirotaka Urabe - |
K-1 Bantamweight Championship
- Weight limit: 55 kg (121.3 lb)
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Title Fights / № of Defenses |
2015-04-19 - 2016-08-28[4] | Takeru | K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg Championship Tournament | Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan | 1 2015-11-21 Charles Bongiovanni - 2015-04-19 Taiga - |
K-1 World Grand Prix Champions
K-1 World Grand Prix Tables
Fighters | Titles | Runner-up | Third place | Appearance in Finals |
---|---|---|---|---|
4 | 1
(1993) |
3 | 11
(1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006) | |
4 | 0 | 1
(2010) |
5 | |
3 | 3 | 2 | 17
(1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010) | |
3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
1
(1996) |
2 | 0 | 3 | |
1
(2012) |
1
(1999) |
0 | 4 | |
1
(1993) |
0 | 1
(1994) |
2 | |
1
(2001) |
0 | 1
(2002) |
2 | |
1
(2010) |
0 | 1
(2009) |
2 | |
Nation | Titles | Runner-up | Third place | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
15 | 4 | 10 | 29 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
K-1 World GP Preliminary / Other Tournament Champions
K-2 Grand Prix Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
1995-01-07 | Rob Kaman | K-2 France Grand Prix '95 | Paris, France | Jérôme Turcan | ||
1994-05-08 | Ernesto Hoost | K-2 Plus Tournament 1994 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Bob Schreiber | ||
1993-12-19 | Ernesto Hoost | K-2 Grand Prix '93 | Tokyo, Japan | Changpuek Kiatsongrit |
K-3 Grand Prix Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
1995-07-16 | Ivan Hippolyte | K-3 Grand Prix '95 | Nagoya, Japan | Taiei Kin |
K-1 World MAX Champions
K-1 World MAX Preliminary / Other Tournament Champions
K-1 World GP in Japan Champions
K-1 Japan Champions
K-1 World GP -65kg Japan Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
2016-03-04 | Hideaki Yamazaki | K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Masaaki Noiri | ||
K-1 Japan -63kg Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
2011-06-25 | Yuta Kubo | K-1 World MAX 2011 -63kg Japan Tournament Final | Tokyo, Japan | Koya Urabe | ||
2010-07-05 | Tetsuya Yamato | K-1 World MAX 2010 Final 16, -63 kg Japan Tournament Final | Tokyo, Japan | Yuta Kubo | ||
K-1 World GP -60kg Japan Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
2016-04-24 | Taiga | K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Koya Urabe | ||
K-1 Japan -57kg Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
1997-11-09 | Takehiro Murahama | K-1 Grand Prix '97 Final, K-1 Japan Feather Weight GP '97 | Tokyo, Japan | Kenichi Sato | ||
K-1 Japan Youth Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality | ||
70kg class | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009-08-10 | Shintaro Matsukura | K-1 Koshien 2009 King Of Under 18 Final 16 70 kg Class Tournament | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan | Koki Saito | ||||
62kg class | ||||||||
2009-12-31 | Masaaki Noiri | Dynamite!! 2009 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | Shota Shimada | ||||
2008-12-31 | Hiroya | Dynamite!! 2008 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | Koya Urabe | ||||
2007-12-31 | Yudai | K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!! | Osaka, Osaka, Japan | Hiroya |
K-1 Japan Youth Preliminary Tournament Champions
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality | ||
70kg class | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009-07-04 | Masaya Matsuhana | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Chubu- 70 kg class tournament | Kuwana, Mie, Japan | Kōki Saitō | ||||
2009-06-21 | Taichi Satō | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Tohoku- 70 kg tournament | Osaki, Miyagi, Japan | Yūki | ||||
65kg class | ||||||||
2010-09-04 | Ren Takeno | K-1 Koshien 2010 Elimination West Japan Round 60–65 kg class tournament B Block | Ōsaka, Ōsaka, Japan | Shō Ogawa | ||||
2010-09-04 | Keigi Shida | K-1 Koshien 2010 Elimination West Japan Round 60–65 kg class tournament A Block | Ōsaka, Ōsaka, Japan | Riki Matsuoka | ||||
2010-08-25 | Ryōsuke Sasaki | K-1 Koshien 2010 Elimination East Japan Round 60–65 kg class tournament B Block | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | Minoru Kimura | ||||
2010-08-25 | Shōei Haruyama | K-1 Koshien 2010 Elimination East Japan Round 60–65 kg class tournament A Block | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | Kōki Takeuchi | ||||
62kg class | ||||||||
2009-07-04 | Hiroki Akimoto | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Chubu- 62 kg class tournament | Kuwana, Mie, Japan | Shō Ogawa | ||||
2009-06-28 | Keisuke Miyamoto | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Kanto- 62 kg class tournament B Block | Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan | Kōhei Nishikawa | ||||
2009-06-28 | Tsukasa Fuji | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Kanto- 62 kg class tournament A Block | Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan | Ryōsuke Sasaki | ||||
2009-06-21 | Kōhei Masuko | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Tohoku- 62 kg tournament | Osaki, Miyagi, Japan | Nobuaki Yamamoto | ||||
2009-06-14 | Hiroto Yamaguchi | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Kansai- 62 kg tournament | Sakai, Osaka, Japan | Riki Matsuoka | ||||
2009-06-07 | Kengo Sonoda | K-1 Koshien 2009 Elimination Tournament -Kyushu- 62 kg tournament | Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan | Yūto Maeda] | ||||
2008-08-03 | Nobuaki Yamamoto | K-1 Koshien 2008 Tohoku and Hokkaido Area Representative Decision Match | Aomori, Aomori, Japan | Yūya Akimoto | ||||
2008-07-27 | Kengo Sonoda | K-1 Koshien 2008 Kyushu, Okinawa and Shikoku Area Representative Decision Match | Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan | Yūto Maeda | ||||
2008-07-21 | Kōya Urabe | K-1 Koshien 2008 Kanto Area Representative Decision Match | Adachi, Tokyo, Japan | Taizō Sasaki | ||||
2008-07-06 | Ryūya Hisakabe | K-1 Koshien 2008 Chubu Area Representative Decision Match | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | Yūsuke Tsuboi | ||||
2008-06-15 | Norifumi Kitani | K-1 Koshien 2008 West Japan Area Representative Decision Match | Osaka, Osaka, Japan | Hirohito Yamaguchi |
See also
References
- ↑ "Event Schedule". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick". Liverkick.com. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
- ↑ "Badr Hari to be stripped of K-1 title, suspended indefinitely?". fansofk1.com. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- ↑ "Takeru vacated the title going up to Featherweight". k-1wg.com. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- 1 2 "EG announces penalties against Badr Hari (official statement)". Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2009.