''K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Final'' was a

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event held by the

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on Saturday December 8, 2007 at the

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. 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,

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was held on October 28, 2007 in

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. The event drew a sellout crowd of 17,667 to the

. It was broadcast live in

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on the

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network; in

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on XTM; in

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; in

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; in

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; in

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; in

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; in

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and across

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. With all the delayed broadcasts bringing it to a total of 135 countries. The

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commentary team was headed by an

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, with four time K-1 World Champion

Ernesto Hoost Ernesto Frits Hoost (born 11 July 1965) is a Dutch retired professional kickboxer. A four-time K-1 World Champion, Hoost is considered to be one of the greatest kickboxers of all time. Debuting in 1993 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 1993, where h ...

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and Akebono. The event ring announcer was

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K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Final Tournament

Results

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

Jan Nortje Johannes "Jan" Nortje (born 11 April 1975) is a South African professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist and undefeated professional boxer who has fought for Strikeforce, DREAM, K-1, Inoki Genome Federation, PRIDE Fighting Championship and Ne ...

def. Dong-wook Kim :Nortje defeated Kim by TKO (Punch) at 0:11 of the 2nd Round. : Takashi Tashikawa def. Ki-min Kim :Tashikawa defeated Kim by KO at 1:21 of the 1st Round. Reserve Fight: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R :

Paul Slowinski Paul "The Sting" Slowinski (born 24 September 1980) is a Polish-Australian kickboxer, a four-time World Muay Thai Council (WMC) Muay Thai World champion and two-time K-1 World GP 2006 in Auckland and K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam champion. A ...

def. Mighty Mo :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 Jérôme Philippe Le Banner (; born December 26, 1972) is a French kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and professional wrestler. Le Banner fought for most of his career in K-1 and became known for his aggressive fighting style and knockout power. ...

def.

Choi Hong-man Choi Hong-man (; born October 30, 1980), often anglicised to Hongman Choi, is a South Korean kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and former ssireum wrestler. In Asia, he is called "Che Man", "Techno Goliath", "Korean Monster" and "Korean Colossus ...

:Le Banner defeated Choi by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-29, 30-28, 30-29). :

Semmy Schilt Sem "Semmy" Schilt (; born 27 October 1973) is a Dutch actor and former kickboxer, karateka and mixed martial artist. Schilt holds the distinction of being the only kickboxer to have won 5 major heavyweight tournaments, being a four-time List of ...

def.

Glaube Feitosa Glaube Araújo Feitosa (born April 9, 1973) is a Brazilian former kickboxer and a kyokushin full contact karate practitioner who was competing in K-1. In 2005, Feitosa won K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas tournament and was a K-1 World G ...

:Schilt defeated Feitosa by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-27, 30-28, 30-27). :

Remy Bonjasky Remy Kenneth Bonjasky (born January 10, 1976) is a Surinamese-Dutch former kickboxer. He is a three-time K-1 World Grand Prix heavyweight champion, winning the title in 2003, 2004, and 2008. He is widely considered one of the greatest kickboxe ...

def.

Badr Hari Badr Hari (Arabic: بدر هاري; born 8 December 1984) is a Moroccan-Dutch professional kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter. Born in Amsterdam, Hari made his professional kickboxing debut in 2000, and quickly rose to fame with his aggressive and ...

:Bonjasky defeated Hari by 3rd Round Majority Decision 2-0 (30-29, 29-29, 30-29). :

Peter Aerts Peter Aerts (born 25 October 1970) is a Dutch retired kickboxer. Known for his devastating high kicks, which earned him the nickname "The Dutch Lumberjack", he is widely considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight kickboxers of all time. B ...

def.

Junichi Sawayashiki is a Japanese heavyweight kickboxer from Tokyo, currently competing in K-1. Biography Sawayashiki, at only 19 years old, turned pro in 2004 and started fighting for R.I.S.E. kickboxing promotion in Japan. He made his K-1 debut on December 2, 2 ...

:Aerts defeated Sawayashiki by KO (Straight Right Punch) at 1:29 of the 1st Round. Semi Finals: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R :

def.

:Schilt defeated Le Banner by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at 1:02 of the 2nd Round. :

def.

: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 def. David Dancrade :Musashi defeated Dancrade by KO (Left Mid Kick) at 2:59 of the 1st Round. Final: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.2R :

def.

:Schilt defeated Aerts by TKO (Knee Injury) at 1:49 of the 1st Round. The tournament winner

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became the first fighter ever in

history to win the Championship three years in a row and picked up a winner's purse of US$400,000. 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: :

replaces announced fighter

Chalid Arrab Chalid "Die Faust" Arrab (born May 28, 1975) is a German- Moroccan kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He trains at Team Golden Glory in Breda under Cor Hemmers. Biography and career Arrab's amateur boxing record of 34 Wins and 31 KOs out of ...

due to an

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

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.

References

External links

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Results

See also

References

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