2023 in K-1
The year 2023 is the 30th year in the history of the K-1, a Japanese kickboxing promotion. The year will start with K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6.
| 2023 in K-1 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| First date | March 12, 2023 | 
List of events
    
| # | Event Title | Date | Arena | Location | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6 | March 12, 2023 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium |  Tokyo, Japan | 
| 2 | K-1 World GP 2023: inaugural Middleweight Championship Tournament | June 3, 2023 | Yokohama Budokan |  Yokohama, Japan | 
| 3 | K-1 World GP 2023 at Ryogoku | July 17, 2023 | Ryōgoku Kokugikan |  Tokyo, Japan | 
| 4 | ReBOOT~K-1 ReBIRTH~ | September 10, 2023 | Yokohama Arena |  Yokohama, Japan | 
K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6
    
| K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6 | |
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| Information | |
| Promotion | K-1 | 
| Date | March 12, 2023 | 
| Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | 
| City |  Tokyo, Japan | 
K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6 was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on March 12, 2023, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
Background
    
Four K-1 title fights were announced for the event on January 13, 2023: A K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship bout between champion Akihiro Kaneko and challenger Kompetch Sitsarawatsuer;[2] a K-1 Women's Atomweight Championship bout between champion Phayahong Ayothayafightgym and challenger Miyuu Sugawara;[3] a K-1 Lightweight Championship bout between champion Taio Asahisa and challenger Yuki Yoza;[4] as well as a K-1 Super Welterweight Championship bout between champion Hiromi Wajima and challenger Jomthong Chuwattana.[5]
Three additional title fights were added on January 27: Tetsuya Yamato was booked to make his second K-1 World GP Super Lightweight Championship defense against the former K-1 Lightweight champion Kenta Hayashi,[6] the K-1 Featherweight champion Taito Gunji was scheduled to make his first title defense against View Petchkoson,[7] while the K-1 Women's Flyweight champion Kana Morimoto made her second title defense against the one-time FEA and WAKO world champion Funda Alkayış.[8]
Fight Card
    
| K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Super Lightweight 65 kg |  Tetsuya Yamato (c) | def. |  Kenta Hayashi | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Super Lightweight Championship | 
| Lightweight 62.5 kg |  Yuki Yoza | def. |  Taio Asahisa (c) | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Lightweight Championship | 
| Super Welterweight 70 kg |  Hiromi Wajima (c) | def. |  Jomthong Chuwattana | TKO (Corner stoppage) | 4 | 0:25 | For the K-1 Super Welterweight Championship | 
| Catchweight 69 kg |  Masaaki Noiri | def. |  Dzhabar Askerov | KO (Right straight) | 1 | 2:00 | |
| Super Welterweight 70 kg |  Jordann Pikeur | def. |  Abiral Ghimire | KO (Left hook) | 3 | 0:06 | |
| Super Heavyweight +100 kg |  Kyotaro Fujimoto | def. |  Satoshi Ishii | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Intermission | |||||||
| Featherweight 57.5 kg |  Taito Gunji (c) | def. |  View Petchkoson | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Featherweight Championship | 
| Super bantamweight 55 kg |  Akihiro Kaneko (c) | def. |  Kompetch Sitsarawatsuer | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship | 
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg |  Masashi Kumura | def. |  Masahiko Suzuki | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg |  Haruto Yasumoto | def. |  Toma | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Welterweight 67.5 kg |  Ayinta Ali | def. |  Takumi Sanekata | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg |  Ștefan Lătescu | def. |  Seiya Tanigawa | KO (Punches) | 2 | 2:50 | |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg |  Ryunosuke Hoshi | def. |  Akira Jr | KO (Right cross) | 3 | 1:08 | |
| Intermission | |||||||
| Women's Flyweight 52 kg |  KANA (c) | def. |  Funda Alkayış | TKO (Retirement/low kicks) | 2 | 1:31 | For the K-1 Women's Flyweight Championship | 
| Atomweight 45 kg |  Miyuu Sugawara | def. |  Phayahong Ayothayafightgym (c) | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Women's Atomweight Championship | 
| Bantamweight 53 kg |  Yodsila Chor.Hapayak | def. |  Issei Ishii | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg |  Yuki Egawa | def. |  Kang Yun-Seong | KO (Punches) | 1 | 1:50 | |
| Catchweight 62 kg |  Tatsuya Oiwa | def. |  Yuta Kunieda | KO (Right overhand) | 2 | 1:37 | |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg |  Pakorn P.K. Saenchai Muaythaigym | def. |  Hayato Suzuki | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Middleweight 75 kg |  Shintaro Matsukura | def. |  Igor Silva | KO (Right cross) | 2 | 2:25 | |
| Middleweight 75 kg |  Vinicius Dionizio | def. |  Katsuya Jinbo | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg |  Eruto | def. |  Kosuke | KO (Punch) | 2 | 2:58 | |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg |  Raita Hashimoto | draw |  Riku Yamamoto | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Catchweight 64.5 kg |  Kuto Ueno | def. |  Ryugi | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
K-1 World GP 2023: inaugural Middleweight Championship Tournament
    
| K-1 World GP 2023: inaugural Middleweight Championship Tournament | |
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| Information | |
| Promotion | K-1 | 
| Date | June 3, 2023 | 
| Venue | Yokohama Budokan | 
| City |  Yokohama, Japan | 
K-1 World GP 2023: inaugural Middleweight Championship Tournament will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on June 3, 2023, at the Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Japan.
Background
    
A middleweight (-75 kg) World Grand Prix was held during the event, with the winner being crowned the inaugural K-1 middleweight champion.[10]
K-1 champions Akihiro Kaneko, Yuki Yoza and Toma Kuroda all made appearances in non-title fights.[11][12][13]
K-1 World Middleweight Tournament bracket
    
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
|  Li Hui | DEC | |||||||||||||
|  Katsuya Jinbo | 4R | |||||||||||||
|  Li Hui | DEC | |||||||||||||
|  Hasan Toy | 3R | |||||||||||||
|  Hasan Toy | TKO | |||||||||||||
|  Danilo Zanolini | 1R | |||||||||||||
|  Hasan Toy | KO | |||||||||||||
|  Shintaro Matsukura | 1R | |||||||||||||
|  Shintaro Matsukura | KO | |||||||||||||
|  Vinicius Dionizio | 1R | |||||||||||||
|  Shintaro Matsukura | DEC | |||||||||||||
|  Mustapha Haida | 3R | |||||||||||||
|  Mustapha Haida | DEC | |||||||||||||
|  MIKE JOE | 3R | |||||||||||||
Fight Card
    
| K-1 World GP 2023: inaugural Middleweight Championship Tournament | |||||||
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| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight 75 kg |  Hasan Toy | def. |  Shintaro Matsukura | KO (Left hook) | 1 | 0:46 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix Final. For the inaugural K-1 Middleweight Championship. | 
| Catchweight 56 kg |  Akihiro Kaneko | def. |  Emre Karaca | KO (3 Knockdowns/punches) | 1 | ||
| Lightweight 62.5 kg |  Yuki Yoza | def. |  Aaron Clarke | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Bantamweight 53 kg |  Toma Kuroda | def. |  Ramadan Ondash | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Bantamweight 53 kg |  Koji Ikeda | def. |  Petchmongkol Soonkelahuaytom | Ext.R Decision (Split) | 4 | 3:00 | |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg |  Tomoya Yokoyama | def. |  Tatsuya Oiwa | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg |  Chihiro Nakajima | def. |  Han Kyungmin | KO (Left hook to the body) | 2 | 1:06 | |
| Middleweight 75 kg |  Shintaro Matsukura | def. |  Mustapha Haida | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix Semi Final | 
| Middleweight 75 kg |  Hasan Toy | def. |  Li Hui | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix Semi Final | 
| Super Lightweight 65 kg |  Pakorn P.K. Saenchai Muaythaigym | def. |  Daizo Sasaki | Ext.R Decision (Split) | 4 | 3:00 | |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg |  Tatsuya Tsubakihara | def. |  Riku Morisaka | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Bantamweight 53 kg |  Kazuki Miburo | def. |  Yusei Shirahata | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Bantamweight 53 kg |  Ryunosuke Saito | def. |  Rui Okubo | Ext.R Decision (Split) | 4 | 3:00 | |
| Middleweight 75 kg |  Mustapha Haida | def. |  MIKE JOE | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix Quarter Final | 
| Middleweight 75 kg |  Shintaro Matsukura | def. |  Vinicius Dionizio | TKO (2 Knockdowns/punches) | 1 | 2:09 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix Quarter Final | 
| Middleweight 75 kg |  Hasan Toy | def. |  Danilo Zanolini | TKO (2 Knockdowns/high kick) | 1 | 1:35 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix Quarter Final | 
| Middleweight 75 kg |  Li Hui | def. |  Katsuya Jinbo | Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix Quarter Final | 
| Middleweight 75 kg |  Aqil Bukhari | def. |  Tomoki Yoshino | KO (Punches) | 2 | 2:11 | K-1 75kg World Grand Prix reserve fight | 
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Middleweight 75 kg |  Masaki Oishi | def. |  Yashazaru | KO (Front kick to the body) | 1 | 1:17 | |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg |  Raita Hashimoto | draw. |  Kokoro Terashima | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
K-1 World GP 2023 at Ryogoku
    
| K-1 World GP 2023 at Ryogoku | |
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| Information | |
| Promotion | K-1 | 
| Date | July 17, 2023 | 
| Venue | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | 
| City |  Tokyo, Japan | 
K-1 World GP 2023 at Ryogoku will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on July 17, 2023, at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.
Background
    
A K-1 Super Welterweight Championship bout between champion Hiromi Wajima and former Krush Super Welterweight Champion Jordann Pikeur is expected to headline the event.[15]
A catchweight bout between K-1's former super lightweight and welterweight champion Masaaki Noiri and current SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Champion Amansio Paraschiv is expected to co-headline the event. Paraschiv took the fight on short notice.[16]
A cruiserweight bout between former Krush and K-1 cruiserweight champion K-Jee and former DFS Heavyweight Championship challenger Ștefan Lătescu is expected to take place at the event.[17]
Fight Card
    
| K-1 World GP 2023 at Ryogoku | |||||||
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| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Super Welterweight 70 kg |  Hiromi Wajima (c) | def. |  Jordann Pikeur | TKO (Referee stop./punches) | 2 | 2:17 | For the K-1 Super Welterweight title | 
| Women's Flyweight 52 kg |  KANA (C) | def. |  Mckenna Wade | KO (Body kick) | 1 | 0:52 | For the K-1 Women's Flyweight title | 
| Catchweight 69.5 kg |  Masaaki Noiri | def. |  Amansio Paraschiv | KO (Body kick) | 1 | 1:33 | |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg |  Taito Gunji | def. |  Dausayam Wor.Wanchai | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Atomweight 45 kg |  Miyuu Sugawara | def. |  Dimitra Agathangelidou | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Catchweight 63.5 kg |  Yuki Yoza | def. |  Aikmongkol Gaiyanghadao | KO (Liver kick) | 1 | 0:43 | |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg |  Ștefan Lătescu | def. |  K-Jee | KO (Left hook to the body) | 1 | 1:53 | |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg |  Seiya Tanigawa | def. |  Akira Jr | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg |  Carlos Budiao | def. |  Ryunosuke Hoshi | TKO (3 knockdowns) | 1 | 0:58 | |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg |  Toma | def. |  View Petchkoson | TKO (Ref.stop/punches) | 3 | 2:52 | |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg |  Tatsuki Shinotsuka | def. |  Yusuke | Ext.R KO (Punches) | 4 | 0:46 | |
| Women's Flyweight 52 kg |  SAHO | def. |  Mariya Suzuki | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg |  Chikara Iwao | def. |  Koki | KO (Body punches) | 1 | 1:45 | |
| Welterweight 67.5 kg |  Jomthong Strikergym | def. |  Ayinta Ali | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Atomweight 45 kg |  Kira Matsutani | def. |  Phayahong Ayothayafightgym | Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg |  Yuto Shinohara | def. |  Ryuka | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Catchweight 59 kg |  Taimu Hisai | def. |  Ryuto | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Catchweight 64 kg |  Fumiya Osawa | def. |  Hisaki Higashimoto | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg |  Kento Ito | def. |  Tingtong Seikenkai | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg |  Hayato Suzuki | def. |  Dansiam AyothayaFightgym | KO (Left cross) | 1 | 1:28 | |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg |  Fukashi | draw. |  Sijun Jin | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Lightweight 62.5 kg |  Kuto Ueno | def. |  Shuichi Inoue | KO (Low kick) | 2 | 2:59 | |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg |  Haruto Matsumoto | def. |  Riku Yamamoto | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
ReBOOT~K-1 ReBIRTH~
    
| ReBOOT~K-1 ReBIRTH~ | |
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| Information | |
| Promotion | K-1 | 
| Date | September 10, 2023 | 
| Venue | Yokohama Arena | 
| City |  Yokohama, Japan | 
ReBOOT~K-1 ReBIRTH~ was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on September 10, 2023, at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
Part of the collaborative ReBOOT event with Quintet, K-1 ReBIRTH intended to be the first event in a revamp of K-1; in-which the promotion re-branded their weight classes (under the "K-1 WORLD GP" and "K-1 WORLD MAX" banners, for heavyweights and fighters weighting -75 kg and under, respectively) and held a heavyweight World Grand Prix similar to past K-1 tournaments from the FEG years.[19][20]
The event was distributed by DAZN outside of Japan.[21][22]
Background
    
A K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Akihiro Kaneko and challenger Masashi Kumura co-headlined the event.[23]
K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament
    
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
|  Claudio Istrate | KO | |||||||||||||
|  Mahmoud Sattari | 1R | |||||||||||||
|  Claudio Istrate | DEC | |||||||||||||
|  Sina Karimian | 3R | |||||||||||||
|  Sina Karimian | TKO | |||||||||||||
|  Kerim Jemai | 3R | |||||||||||||
|  Claudio Istrate | 1R | |||||||||||||
|  Liu Ce | KO | |||||||||||||
|  Michał Turyński | 4R | |||||||||||||
|  Ariel Machado | UD | |||||||||||||
|  Ariel Machado | 2R | |||||||||||||
|  Liu Ce | KO | |||||||||||||
|  Valentin Bordianu | 1R | |||||||||||||
|  Liu Ce | KO | |||||||||||||
Fight Card
    
| ReBOOT~K-1 ReBIRTH~ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Openweight |  Liu Ce | def. |  Claudio Istrate | KO (Low kick) | 1 | 0:45 | K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament Final | 
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg |  Akihiro Kaneko (c) | def. |  Masashi Kumura | Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship | 
| Super Heavyweight +100 kg |  Mikio Ueda | def. |  K-Jee | TKO (3 knockdows) | 2 | 1:39 | |
| Openweight |  Liu Ce | def. |  Ariel Machado | KO (Low kicks) | 2 | 1:57 | K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament Semi Final | 
| Openweight |  Claudio Istrate | def. |  Sina Karimian | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament Semi Final | 
| Featherweight 57.5 kg |  Taito Gunji | def. |  Angelos Martinos | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg |  Tomoya Yokoyama | def. |  Yuki Egawa | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Openweight |  Liu Ce | def. |  Valentin Bordianu | KO (Right hook) | 1 | 1:36 | K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament Quarter Final | 
| Openweight |  Ariel Machado | def. |  Michał Turyński | Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament Quarter Final | 
| Openweight |  Sina Karimian | def. |  Kerim Jemai | TKO (2 knockdowns/punches) | 3 | 1:35 | K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament Quarter Final | 
| Openweight |  Claudio Istrate | def. |  Mahmoud Sattari | TKO (2 knockdowns/punches) | 1 | 2:19 | K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament Quarter Final | 
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Atomweight 45 kg |  Miyuu Sugawara | def. |  Maria Nella | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg |  Kento Ito | def. |  Yuzuki Satomi | TKO (Referee stop./punches) | 2 | 2:18 | |
| Bantamweight 53 kg |  Koji Ikeda | def. |  Shinta | KO (knee to the body) | 2 | 2:43 | |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg |  Hayato Suzuki | def. |  Mohamed Islam | Ext. R Decision (Split) | 4 | 3:00 | |
K-1 ReBIRTH 2
    
| K-1 ReBIRTH 2 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion | K-1 | 
| Date | December 9, 2023 | 
| Venue | Edion Arena | 
| City |  Osaka, Japan | 
K-1 ReBIRTH 2 was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on December 9, 2023, at the Edion Arena in Osaka, Japan.
Background
    
A trio of title fights was announced for the event on October 10: a K-1 Bantamweight Championship bout between Issei Ishii and Toma Kuroda,[24] a K-1 Middleweight Championship bout between Hasan Toy and Shintaro Matsukura,[25] a K-1 Super Welterweight Championship bout between Hiromi Wajima and Ouyang Feng.[26]
Fight Card
    
| K-1 ReBIRTH 2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight 70 kg |  Hiromi Wajima (c) | vs. |  Ouyang Feng | For the K-1 Super Welterweight Championship | |||
| Middleweight 75 kg |  Hasan Toy (c) | vs. |  Shintaro Matsukura | For the K-1 Middleweight Championship | |||
| Bantamweight 53 kg |  Toma Kuroda (c) | vs. |  Issei Ishii | For the K-1 Bantamweight Championship | |||
| Atomweight 45 kg |  Miyuu Sugawara | vs. | .svg.png.webp) Lucille Deadman | ||||
| Catchweight 56 kg |  Akihiro Kaneko | vs. |  Lan Shanteng | ||||
| Cruiserweight 90 kg |  Liu Ce | vs. |  Seiya Tanigawa | ||||
| Welterweight 67.5 kg |  Kaito | vs. |  Meison Hide Usami | ||||
| Welterweight 67.5 kg |  Jomthong Strikergym | vs. |  Riki Matsuoka | ||||
| Super Welterweight 70 kg |  Abiral Ghimire | vs. |  Riku | ||||
| Lightweight 62.5 kg |  Yuto Shinohara | vs. |  Tatsuya Oiwa | ||||
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