The year 2018 is the 5th year in the history of the
Kunlun Fight
Kunlun Fight (KLF) (Chinese: 昆仑决; pinyin: Kūnlún Jué), is a kickboxing promotion headquartered in Beijing, China. It debuted in 2014 and is regarded as one of the top kickboxing promotions in the world. Events are broadcast on Jiangsu Te ...
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kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
promotion based in
China. 2018 started with Kunlun Fight 69.
The events were broadcasts through television agreements in mainland China with
Jiangsu TV
Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation (JSBC) () is China's third biggest television network after China Central Television (CCTV) and Hunan Broadcasting System (HBS). The television network is owned by the Jiangsu provincial government. The network is ...
and around the world with various other channels. The events were also streamed live on the Kunlun Fight app and multiple other services.
Traditionally, most Kunlun Fight events have both tournament fights and superfights (single fights).
2018 KLF Tournament Champions
Events lists
List of Kunlun Fight events
List of Kunlun Combat Professional League events
List of Road to Kunlun events
Kunlun Fight 69
''Kunlun Fight 69'' was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight on February 4, 2018 at the Guanshan Lake International Conference Center in
Guiyang
Guiyang (; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), historically rendered as Kweiyang, is the capital of Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, ...
,
China.
Background
This event had the 4-man finals for both the 70 kg and 100+kg tournaments that were held throughout 2017. Featured on the card were also Kunlun Fight 75 kg champion
Vitaly Gurkov and
Buakaw Banchamek
Sombat Banchamek ( th, สมบัติ บัญชาเมฆ, born May 8, 1982) a.k.a. Buakaw Banchamek ( th, บัวขาว บัญชาเมฆ, links=no, Buakaw meaning "white lotus") is a martial artist from Thailand of ethnic ...
.
2017 KLF 70 kg World Championship Tournament bracket
2017 100+kg World Championship Tournament bracket
Results
Kunlun Fight 70
''Kunlun Fight 70'' was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight on March 11, 2018 at the Mangrove Tree International Conference Center in
Sanya, Hainan,
China.
Background
This event featured two 4-Man 70-kilogram qualifying Tournaments to earn a spot in 2018 KLF 70 kg World Championship Tournament.
2018 KLF 70 kg World championship Qualifying bracket 1
2018 KLF 70 kg World championship Qualifying bracket 2
Results
Kunlun Fight 71
''Kunlun Fight 71'' was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight on April 1, 2018 at the Mangrove Tree Convention Center in
Qingdao,
China.
Background
This event featured two 4-Man 70-kilogram qualifying Tournaments to earn a spot in 2018 KLF 70 kg World Championship Tournament.
2018 KLF 70 kg World championship Qualifying bracket 3
2018 KLF 70 kg World championship Qualifying bracket 4
Results
Kunlun Fight 72
Kunlun Fight 72 was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight on April 15, 2018 at the
Kunlun World Combat Sports Center in
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
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China.
Background
This event featured two 4-Man 70-kilogram qualifying Tournaments to earn a spot in 2018 KLF 70 kg World Championship Tournament.
2018 KLF 70 kg World championship Qualifying bracket 5
2018 KLF 70 kg World championship Qualifying bracket 6
Results
Kunlun Fight 73
''Kunlun Fight 73'' was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight on May 6, 2018 at the Mangrove Tree International Conference Center in
Sanya, Hainan,
China.
Background
This event featured a 8-Man 70-kilogram qualifying Tournaments to earn a spot in 2018 KLF 70 kg World Championship Tournament.
2018 KLF 70 kg World championship Qualifying bracket 7
Results
Kunlun Fight 74
''Kunlun Fight 74'' was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight on May 13, 2018 in
Jinan
Jinan (), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Tsinan, is the Capital (political), capital of Shandong province in East China, Eastern China. With a population of 9.2 million, it is the second-largest city i ...
,
China.
Background
This event featured a 8-Man 61.5-kilogram Tournaments to earn the 2018 KLF 61.5 kg World Championship.
2018 KLF 61.5 kg World Championship Tournament bracket
1Zhao Chongyang was injured and couldn't participate in the second round of the Grand Prix, and was subsequently replaced by reserve fight winner Jiang Feng.
Results
Kunlun Fight World Tour: Russia
''Kunlun Fight World Tour: Russia'' was a
Mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on strike (attack), striking, grappling and ground f ...
event held by Kunlun Fight and Modern Fighting Pankration on May 26, 2018 at the
Platinum Arena in
Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk ( rus, Хабaровск, a=Хабаровск.ogg, r=Habárovsk, p=xɐˈbarəfsk) is the largest city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China–Russia border, at the confluence of th ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...
.
Results
Kunlun Fight Macao
''Kunlun Fight Macao'' was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight at the
Macau Forum on June 1, 2018 in
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
,
China.
Results
Kunlun Fight 75
''Kunlun Fight 75'' was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight on August 5, 2018 at the Mangrove Tree International Conference Center in
Sanya
Sanya (; also spelled Samah) is the southernmost city on Hainan Island, and one of the four prefecture-level cities of Hainan Province in South China.
According to the 2020 census, the total population of Sanya was 1,031,396 inhabitants, li ...
,
Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slight ...
,
China.
Background
This event featured the round of 16 of the 2018 KLF 70-kilogram world championship tournament.
Superbon Banchamek has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled Final 16 bout with Nayanesh Ayman due to an injury. The bout was rescheduled to Kunlun Fight 76. Ayman instead faced Jiao Zhou in a 72 kg bout.
2018 KLF 70 kg World Championship Tournament bracket
1Yohann Drai was injured and couldn't participate in the tournament, and was subsequently replaced by Nayanesh Ayman.
2Superbon Banchamek had to pull out the tournament because of the flu, Russian Anatoly Moiseev stepped in on short notice to square off against Morocco's Marouan Toutouh.
Results
Kunlun Fight 76
''Kunlun Fight 76'' was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight on September 9, 2018 at the Solife Stadium in
Zhangqiu
Zhangqiu () is one of 10 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, East China. The district has an area of 1721.29 square kilometers, 20 towns, 908 villages and the permanent resident population w ...
,
China.
Background
This event featured a 8-Female 60-kilogram Tournaments to earn the 2018 KLF 60 kg Mulan Legend World Championship.
2018 KLF 60 kg Mulan Legend World Championship Tournament bracket
Results
Kunlun Fight 77
Kunlun Fight 77 was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight on October 13, 2018 at the Kunlun Fight Stadium in
Tongling
Tongling (; former names: Tunglinghsien, Tungkwanshan) is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province. A river port along the Yangtze River, Tongling borders Wuhu to the east, Chizhou to the southwest and Anqing to the west.
As of the ...
,
China.
Background
Superbon Banchamek had to pull out the tournament because of the flu, Russian
Anatoly Moiseev stepped in on short notice to square off against Morocco's
Marouan Toutouh.
Results
Kunlun Fight 78
Kunlun Fight 78 was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight on October 22, 2018 at the Kunlun Fight Stadium in
Tongling
Tongling (; former names: Tunglinghsien, Tungkwanshan) is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province. A river port along the Yangtze River, Tongling borders Wuhu to the east, Chizhou to the southwest and Anqing to the west.
As of the ...
,
Anhui
Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...
,
China
Background
This event featured a 8-man 75-kilogram Tournaments to earn the 2018 KLF 75 kg World Championship.
2018 KLF 75 kg World Championship Tournament bracket
Results
Kunlun Fight Elite Fight Night 1
''Kunlun Fight Elite Fight Night 1'' was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight on November 5, 2018 at the Kunlun Fight Stadium in
Tongling
Tongling (; former names: Tunglinghsien, Tungkwanshan) is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province. A river port along the Yangtze River, Tongling borders Wuhu to the east, Chizhou to the southwest and Anqing to the west.
As of the ...
,
Anhui
Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...
,
China.
Results
Kunlun Fight Elite Fight Night 2
''Kunlun Fight Elite Fight Night 2'' was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight on November 6, 2018 at the Kunlun Fight Stadium in
Tongling
Tongling (; former names: Tunglinghsien, Tungkwanshan) is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province. A river port along the Yangtze River, Tongling borders Wuhu to the east, Chizhou to the southwest and Anqing to the west.
As of the ...
,
Anhui
Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...
,
China.
Results
Kunlun Fight Elite Fight Night 3
''Kunlun Fight Elite Fight Night 3'' was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight on November 19, 2018 at the Kunlun Fight Stadium in
Tongling
Tongling (; former names: Tunglinghsien, Tungkwanshan) is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province. A river port along the Yangtze River, Tongling borders Wuhu to the east, Chizhou to the southwest and Anqing to the west.
As of the ...
,
Anhui
Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...
,
China.
Results
Kunlun Fight 79
''Kunlun Fight 79'' was a
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...
event held by Kunlun Fight on December 15, 2018 at the Shanxi Sports Center Gymnasium in
Taiyuan
Taiyuan (; ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; also known as (), ()) is the capital and largest city of Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province ...
,
China.
Background
This event featured a 8-man 66-kilogram Tournaments to earn the 2018 KLF 66 kg World Championship.
2018 KLF 66 kg World Championship Tournament bracket
Results
See also
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List of Kunlun Fight events
This is a list of events held and scheduled by Kunlun Fight (KLF), a kickboxing and mixed martial arts promotion based in China. The first Kunlun Fight event, 2014 in Kunlun Fight#Kunlun Fight 1, Kunlun Fight 1, took place in Pattaya, Thailand on J ...
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2018 in Glory
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2018 in Glory of Heroes
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2018 in K-1
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2018 in ONE Championship
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2018 in Romanian kickboxing
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References
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