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K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16

K-1 martial arts event in 2010

Summary

K-1 martial arts event in 2010

Field	Value
name	K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final 16
image	K-1Double Impact 2010poster.jpg
promotion	K-1
date	October 02, 2010
venue	Olympic Gymnastics Arena
city	ROK Seoul, Republic of Korea
attendance	12,719
previousevent	K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Canberra
followingevent	K-1 World MAX 2010 in Seoul World Championship Tournament Final 16

K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 was a martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, Korea. It was the Final Elimination tournament for top sixteen fighters. The winners qualified for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final held on December 11, 2010 at Yokohama Arena, Japan.

The eight finalists from K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final were automatically qualified, except Remy Bonjasky who could not compete. The eighth spot was filled by K-1 Heavyweight champion, Keijiro Maeda then two World GP 2010 tournament winners from the Bucharest and Canberra. The last six spots were selected by fan voting.

Badr Hari did not enter the tournament for as yet unknown reasons, being replaced by Andrei Arlovski. On September 21, 2010, Michael Schiavello confirmed on his Twitter one last modification of the final card, Ray Sefo replaced Ruslan Karaev.{{cite web On September 28, 2010, Andrei Arlovski announced on Twitter that he would not fight in the tournament.{{cite web The Belarusian was replaced by Mighty Mo.

Final 16 Participating Fighters

Qualified

NED Semmy Schilt (K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Champion)
NED Alistair Overeem (2009 Grand Prix Semi Finalist)
BRA Ewerton Teixeira (2009 Grand Prix Quarter Finalist)
FRA Jerome Le Banner (2009 Grand Prix Quarter Finalist)
NED Errol Zimmerman (2009 Grand Prix Quarter Finalist)
JPN Kyotaro (K-1 Heavyweight Champion)
FRA Freddy Kemayo (K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest Champion)
AUS Ben Edwards (K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Canberra Champion)

Wild cards

NED Peter Aerts
New Zealand Ray Sefo
ROM Daniel Ghiță
ROM Raul Cătinaș
TUR Gökhan Saki
SUR Tyrone Spong
EGY Hesdy Gerges
USA Mighty Mo

Results

Myung defeated Song by KO (right hook) at 0:35 of the 1st round.	Poturak defeated Arrab by TKO (corner stoppage) at 0:06 of the 3rd round.	Kharitonov defeated Sato by KO (right hook) at 2:30 of the 1st round.	Spong defeated Sefo by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-27, 30-28, 30-28).	Saki defeated Kemayo by KO (3 knockdown, punch rush) at 2:14 of the 1st round.	Ghiţă defeated Zimmerman by KO (right straight) at 0:18 of the 2nd round.	Kyotaro defeated Le Banner by forfeit before the 1st extra round due to disagreement with the judges decision. After 3 rounds the judges had scored it a majority draw 1-0 (30-29, 29-29, 29-29) in favor of Le Banner.	Aerts defeated Teixeira by extra round unanimous decision 3-0 (10-9, 10-9, 10-9). After 3 rounds the judges had scored it a majority draw 1-0 (30-30, 30-30, 30-29) in favor of Teixeira.	Mo defeated Cătinaş by 3rd round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-27, 30-27, 30-28).	Schilt defeated Gerges by 3rd round split decision 2-1 (30-28, 30-29, 29-30).	Overeem defeated Edwards by KO (right hook/3 knockdowns) at 2:08 of the 1st round.
Super Fights: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
Bosnia Dževad Poturak def. Chalid Arrab GER
RUS Sergey Kharitonov def. Takumi Sato JPN
K-1 World GP 2010 Final 16 Elimination Fights: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 2R
SUR Tyrone Spong def. Ray Sefo New Zealand
TUR Gökhan Saki def. Freddy Kemayo FRA
ROM Daniel Ghiță def. Errol Zimmerman NED
JPN Kyotaro def. Jérôme Le Banner FRA
NED Peter Aerts def. Ewerton Teixeira BRA
USA Mighty Mo def. Raul Cătinaș ROM
NED Semmy Schilt def. Hesdy Gerges EGY
NED Alistair Overeem def. Ben Edwards AUS

References

"K-1 producer Mr.Tanikawa announced FEG was partner with a Chinese investment bank. K-1 WGP schedule was official announced by FEG.". mainichi.jp.

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