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K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final

K-1 martial arts event in 2009

Summary

K-1 martial arts event in 2009

Field	Value
name	K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final
image	K-1WGP2009Final.jpg
promotion	K-1
date	December 5, 2009
venue	Yokohama Arena
city	JPN Yokohama, Japan
attendance	17,626
previousevent	K-1 Europe Grand Prix 2009 in Tallinn
followingevent	K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Tournament

K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final was a martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday December 5, 2009 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. It was the 17th 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 the top eight fighters was held at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16 on September 26, 2009 in Seoul, Korea.

Michael Buffer was the ring announcer for the night.

Qualifying events

Location	Stadium	Date	Winner	K-1 Rumble of the Kings	K-1 Europe Grand Prix
Stockholm, Sweden	Hovet Arena	20 November 2009	Rickard Nordstrand SWE
Tallinn, Estonia	Nokia Hall	21 November 2009	Andrei Bokan EST

Match ups

The match ups were held the day proceeding the World Grand Prix Final 16. All fighters drew a ball from a box with a numbers on them and chose their spots in order from who drew ball number 1 to number 8. Ruslan Karaev who was first up chose spot number 1. Badr Hari was up next and decided to face Karaev for the third time. Errol Zimmerman was next and chose the 7th spot. Remy Bonjasky had the choice of fighting Zimmerman or picking another spot. Remy was tempted to take the 3rd spot so to be given the chance to fight Badr in the semi-finals, but was challenged by Zimmerman and Remy accepted. Jerome Lebanner decided to walk straight into the 5th spot. Semmy Schilt opted for a 4th match with Jerome. The last two finalists Ewerton Teixeira and Alistair Overeem will meet in the second quarter final match.

On November 28, it was announced that Sergei Kharitonov would be replacing Chalid Arrab to face Daniel Ghita in the second reserve bout.

Results

Round	Match	Results	Opening fights: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R	Reserve fight 1: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R	K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Quarter finals: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R	Reserve fight 2: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R	K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Semi finals: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R	Super fight: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R	K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Finals: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 2R
JPN Keiichi Samukawa vs Ryuji Kajiwara JPN	Kajiwara defeated Samukawa by 3 round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-28, 30-29).
IND Singh Jaideep vs Makoto Uehara JPN	Jaideep defeated Uehara by KO (right hook) at 1:36 of the 2nd round.
CZE Jan Soukup vs Tsutomu Takahagi JPN	Soukup defeated Takahagi by 3 round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-26, 30-27, 30-28).
NED Peter Aerts vs. Gokhan Saki TUR	Aerts defeated Saki by 3 round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-27, 29-27, 29-28).
RUS Ruslan Karaev vs Badr Hari MAR	Hari defeated Karaev by KO (2 knockdown, right hook) at 0:38 of the 1st round.
NED Alistair Overeem vs Ewerton Teixeira BRA	Overeem defeated Teixeira by KO (left knee kick) at 1:06 of the 1st round.
FRA Jerome Le Banner vs Semmy Schilt NED	Schilt defeated Le Banner by KO (2 knockdown, Left front kick) at 1:27 of the 1st round.
NED Errol Zimmerman vs Remy Bonjasky NED	Bonjasky defeated Zimmerman by 3 round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-27, 30-28, 29-28).
ROM Daniel Ghita vs Sergei Kharitonov RUS	Ghita defeated Kharitonov by KO (right low kick) at 0:36 of the 3rd round.
MAR Badr Hari vs Alistair Overeem NED	Hari defeated Overeem by KO (2 knockdown, left high kick) at 2:14 of the 1st round.
NED Semmy Schilt vs. Remy Bonjasky NED	Schilt defeated Bonjasky by KO (2 knockdown, right cross) at 2:38 of the 1st round.
JPN Kyotaro vs Tyrone Spong SUR	Spong defeated Kyotaro by 3 round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-27, 30-28, 30-28).
MAR Badr Hari vs Semmy Schilt NED	Schilt defeated Hari by KO (2 knockdown, straight right) at 1:48 of the 1st round.

K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final bracket

References

(2009-12-05). "A Clean Sweep as Bodies Fall". www.k-1.co.jp.
(2009-12-04). "Grand Prix Details: Fight Order and Ring Announcer Set". headkicklegend.com.
(2009-11-28). "GP News: Die Faust OUT, Kharitonov IN". headkicklegend.com.
"K-1 World GP 2009 Final fight card". www.k-1.co.jp/en.

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