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K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Final

K-1 martial arts event in 2007

Summary

K-1 martial arts event in 2007

Field	Value
name	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Final
image	K-1GP2007 poster.jpg
promotion	K-1
date	December 8, 2007
venue	Yokohama Arena JPN
city	Yokohama, Japan
attendance	17,667
purse	US$ 400,000
previousevent	K-1 Championships 2007 German Finals
followingevent	K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2007

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.{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106112926/http://www.k-1.co.jp/en/news/2007/0930_wgp_01.html | archive-date=2009-11-06 | url-status=dead

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. 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

|RD1-team01=FRA Jérôme Le Banner |RD1-score01=KO |RD1-team02=KOR Yong-soo Park |RD1-score02=

|RD1-team03=KOR Choi Hong-man |RD1-score03=DEC |RD1-team04=USA Mighty Mo |RD1-score04=

|RD1-team05=NLD Semmy Schilt |RD1-score05=TKO |RD1-team06=POL Paul Slowinski |RD1-score06=

|RD1-team07=BRA Glaube Feitosa |RD1-score07=DEC |RD1-team08=GER Chalid Arrab |RD1-score08=

|RD1-team09=MAR Badr Hari |RD1-score09=TKO |RD1-team10=NZ Doug Viney |RD1-score10=

|RD1-team11=NLD Remy Bonjasky |RD1-score11=KO |RD1-team12=GER Stefan Leko |RD1-score12=

|RD1-team13=NLD Peter Aerts |RD1-score13=TKO |RD1-team14=NZ Ray Sefo |RD1-score14=

|RD1-team15=JPN Yusuke Fujimoto |RD1-score15= |RD1-team16=JPN Junichi Sawayashiki |RD1-score16=TKO

|RD2-team01=FRA Jérôme Le Banner |RD2-score01=DEC |RD2-team02=KOR Choi Hong-man |RD2-score02=

|RD2-team03=NLD Semmy Schilt |RD2-score03=DEC |RD2-team04=BRA Glaube Feitosa |RD2-score04=

|RD2-team05=MAR Badr Hari |RD2-score05= |RD2-team06=NLD Remy Bonjasky |RD2-score06=DEC

|RD2-team07=NLD Peter Aerts |RD2-score07=KO |RD2-team08=JPN Junichi Sawayashiki |RD2-score08=

|RD3-team01=FRA Jérôme Le Banner |RD3-score01= |RD3-team02=NLD Semmy Schilt |RD3-score02=TKO

|RD3-team03=NLD Remy Bonjasky |RD3-score03= |RD3-team04=NLD Peter Aerts |RD3-score04=DEC

|RD4-team01=NLD Semmy Schilt |RD4-score01=TKO |RD4-team02=NLD Peter Aerts |RD4-score02=

Results

Source:{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026160337/http://www.k-1.co.jp/en/event/2007/1208_wgp/index.html | archive-date=2009-10-26 | url-status=dead

Opening Fights: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R :Mitsugu Noda JPN def. Noel Cadet FRA :Noda defeated Cadet by TKO at 1:13 of the 2nd Round.

:Jan Nortje RSA def. Dong-wook Kim KOR :Nortje defeated Kim by TKO (Punch) at 0:11 of the 2nd Round.

:Takashi Tashikawa JPN def. Ki-min Kim KOR :Tashikawa defeated Kim by KO at 1:21 of the 1st Round.

Reserve Fight: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R :Paul Slowinski POL def. Mighty Mo USA :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 FRA def. Choi Hong-man KOR :Le Banner defeated Choi by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-29, 30-28, 30-29).

:Semmy Schilt NED def. Glaube Feitosa BRA :Schilt defeated Feitosa by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-27, 30-28, 30-27).

:Remy Bonjasky NED def. Badr Hari MAR :Bonjasky defeated Hari by 3rd Round Majority Decision 2-0 (30-29, 29-29, 30-29).

:Peter Aerts NED def. Junichi Sawayashiki JPN :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 NED def. Jérôme Le Banner FRA :Schilt defeated Le Banner by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at 1:02 of the 2nd Round.

:Peter Aerts NED def. Remy Bonjasky NED :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 JPN def. David Dancrade FRA :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 NED def. Peter Aerts NED :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.{{cite web |url-status = dead

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.

Line-up changes before the event: :POL Paul Slowinski replaces announced fighter GER Chalid Arrab due to an Appendicitis.{{cite web |url-status=usurped

:FRA David Dancrade replaces announced fighter FRA Souleimane Konate due to an injury.

:NZL 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.

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