List of K-1 champions
This is the list of all K-1 champions. Included are the K-1 World Grand Prix and K-1 World MAX champions as well as all the preliminary tournament winners from the events promoted by K-1 and FEG (1993-2011) and later by K-1 Global (2012–present) following the former's dissolution. The list does not contain K-1's mixed martial arts branch Hero's and DREAM champions.[1]
K-1 Championship[edit]
K-1 Super Heavyweight Championship[edit]
- Weight limit: Unlimited
Name | Date | Defenses |
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Semmy Schilt (def. Ray Sefo) | March 4, 2007 |
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Schilt retired from professional competition on June 26, 2013[2] |
K-1 Heavyweight Championship[edit]
- Weight limit: 100 kg (220.5 lb)
Name | Date | Defenses |
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Badr Hari (def. Yusuke Fujimoto) | April 28, 2007 |
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Hari was stripped of his title on December 17, 2008, for unsportsmanlike behavior[3] | ||
Kyotaro Fujimoto (def. Gökhan Saki) | March 28, 2009 |
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Fujimoto vacated the title on October 1, 2011, in order to pursue a career in professional boxing[4] | ||
Antonio Plazibat (def. Ibrahim El Bouni) | November 23, 2017 | |
Roel Mannaart (def. Antonio Plazibat) | March 21, 2018 |
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K-1 Cruiserweight Championship[edit]
- Weight limit: 90 kg (198.4 lb)
Name | Date | Defenses |
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Sina Karimian (def. Boubaker El Bakouri) | September 24, 2018 |
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K-JEE (def. Sina Karimian) | November 3, 2020 | |
Sina Karimian (def. K-JEE) | March 28, 2021 | |
Liu Ce (def. Sina Karimian) | March 20, 2024 |
K-1 Middleweight Championship[edit]
- Weight limit: 75 kg (165.3 lb)
Name | Date | Defenses |
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Hasan Toy (def. Shintaro Matsukura) | June 3, 2023 | |
Shintaro Matsukura (def. Hasan Toy) | December 9, 2023 |
K-1 Super Welterweight Championship[edit]
- Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)
- Formerly known as Welterweight until 2016.
Name | Date | Defenses |
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Marat Grigorian (def. Jordann Pikeur) | July 4, 2015 | |
Grigorian was stripped of the title on December 6, 2016, after refusing to defend[5] | ||
Chingiz Allazov (def. Yasuhiro Kido) | June 18, 2017 |
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Allazov vacated the title on February 5, 2019, after signing with Bellator Kickboxing[6] | ||
Minoru Kimura (def. Hiromi Wajima) | March 22, 2020 | |
Hiromi Wajima (def. Minoru Kimura) | December 4, 2021 |
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Ouyang Feng (def. Hiromi Wajima) | December 9, 2023 |
K-1 Welterweight Championship[edit]
- Weight limit: 67.5 kg (148.8 lb)
Name | Date | Defenses |
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Yuta Kubo (def. Mohan Dragon) | September 18, 2017 |
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Kubo retired from the sport on August 20, 2020.[7] | ||
Masaaki Noiri (def. Rukiya Anpo) | September 20, 2021 | |
Noiri vacated the title on March 27, 2024, after departing from the promotion.[8] |
K-1 World GP Super Lightweight Championship[edit]
- Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb)
- Formerly known as Lightweight until 2016.
Name | Date | Defenses |
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Kaew Fairtex (def. Yasuomi Soda) | November 3, 2014 |
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Masaaki Noiri (def. Kaew Fairtex) | June 18, 2017 | |
Noiri vacated the title on August 19, 2018, after moving up in weight[9] | ||
Kaew Fairtex (def. Daizo Sasaki) | November 3, 2018 | |
Rukiya Anpo (def. Kaew Fairtex) | November 3, 2018 |
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Hideaki Yamazaki (def. Rukiya Anpo) | September 22, 2020 | |
Tetsuya Yamato (def. Hideaki Yamazaki) | April 3, 2022 |
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Yamato vacated the title on March 8, 2024.[10] |
K-1 Lightweight Championship[edit]
- Weight limit: 62.5 kg (137.8 lb)
Name | Date | Defenses |
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Wei Rui (def. Ren Hiramoto) | February 25, 2017 |
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Koya Urabe (def. Wei Rui) | March 21, 2018 | |
Kenta Hayashi (def. Koya Urabe) | March 10, 2019 | |
Kongnapa Weerasakreck (def. Kenta Hayashi) | December 13, 2020 | |
Taio Asahisa (def. Kongnapa Weerasakreck) | July 17, 2021 | |
Yuki Yoza (def. Taio Asahisa) | March 12, 2023 |
K-1 Super Featherweight Championship[edit]
- Weight limit: 60 kg (132.3 lb)
Name | Date | Defenses |
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Koya Urabe (def. Hirotaka Urabe) | January 18, 2015 | |
Hirotaka Urabe (def. Koya Urabe) | November 21, 2015 | |
Taiga Kawabe (def. Hirotaka Urabe) | February 25, 2017 | |
Taiga was stripped of the title on February 3, 2018, due to contract disputes[11] | ||
Takeru Segawa (def. Kosuke Komiyama) | February 25, 2017 |
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Takeru vacated the title on June 27, 2022, due to injuries, depression and a panic disorder[12] | ||
Leona Pettas (def. Hirotaka Asahisa) | September 11, 2022 |
K-1 Featherweight Championship[edit]
- Weight limit: 57.5 kg (126.8 lb)
Name | Date | Defenses |
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Takeru Segawa (def. Kaito Ozawa) | November 3, 2016 |
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Takeru vacated the title after moving up in weight[13] | ||
Yuta Murakoshi (def. Haruma Saikyo) | June 17, 2018 |
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Murakoshi vacated the title on August 26, 2019, after moving up in weight[14] | ||
Yuki Egawa (def. Jawsuayai Sor.Dechaphan) | September 24, 2019 | |
Tatsuya Tsubakihara (def. Yuki Egawa) | March 21, 2021 | |
Taito Gunji (def. Tatsuya Tsubakihara) | December 4, 2021 |
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K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship[edit]
- Weight limit: 55 kg (121.3 lb)
Name | Date | Defenses |
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Takeru Segawa (def. Taiga Kawabe) | April 19, 2015 |
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Takeru vacated the title on August 28, 2016[15] | ||
Yoshiki Takei (def. Kenji Kubo) | April 22, 2017 |
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Takei vacated the title on December 13, 2020, after transitioning to the sport of boxing[16] | ||
Akihiro Kaneko (def. Masashi Kumura) | February 27, 2022 |
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K-1 Bantamweight Championship[edit]
- Weight limit: 53 kg (116.8 lb)
Name | Date | Defenses |
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Toma Kuroda (def. Issei Ishii) | December 3, 2022 |
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K-1 Women's Flyweight Championship[edit]
- Weight limit: 52 kg (114.6 lb)
Name | Date | Defenses |
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Kana Morimoto (def. Josefine Lindgren Knutsson) | September 28, 2019 |
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Antonia Prifti (def. Kana Morimoto) | December 9, 2023 | |
SAHO (def. Antonia Prifti) | March 20, 2024 |
K-1 Women's Atomweight Championship[edit]
- Weight limit: 45 kg (99.2 lb)
Name | Date | Defenses |
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Phayahong Ayothayafightgym (def. Miyuu Sugawara) | June 26, 2022 | |
Miyuu Sugawara (def. Phayahong Ayothayafightgym) | March 12, 2023 |
K-1 World Grand Prix Champions[edit]
K-1 World Grand Prix Tables
Fighters | Titles | Runner-up | Third place | Appearance in Finals |
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Ernesto Hoost | 4 | 1 (1993) | 3 | 11 (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006) |
Semmy Schilt | 4 | 0 | 1 (2010) | 5 |
Peter Aerts | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010) |
Remy Bonjasky | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Andy Hug | 1 (1996) | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Branko Cikatić | 1 (1993) | 0 | 1 (1994) | 2 |
Mark Hunt | 1 (2001) | 0 | 1 (2002) | 2 |
Alistair Overeem | 1 (2010) | 0 | 1 (2009) | 2 |
Nation | Titles | Runner-up | Third place | Total |
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Netherlands | 15 | 4 | 10 | 29 |
Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
K-1 World GP Preliminary / Other Tournament Champions[edit]
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
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2013-03-15 | Mirko Filipović | Croatia | K-1 RISING World GP Final | Zagreb, Croatia | Ismael Londt | Suriname |
K-1 World GP Preliminary / Other Tournament Champions[edit]
Legend: K-1 World Grand Prix Qualifier
K-2 Grand Prix Champions[edit]
Weight limit: 82 kg
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
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1995-01-07 | Rob Kaman | Netherlands | K-2 France Grand Prix '95 | Paris, France | Jérôme Turcan | France |
1994-05-08 | Ernesto Hoost | Netherlands | K-2 Plus Tournament 1994 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Bob Schreiber | Netherlands |
1993-12-19 | Ernesto Hoost | Netherlands | K-2 Grand Prix '93 | Tokyo, Japan | Changpuek Kiatsongrit | Thailand |
K-3 Grand Prix Champions[edit]
Weight limit: 75 kg
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
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1995-07-16 | Ivan Hippolyte | Netherlands | K-3 Grand Prix '95 | Nagoya, Japan | Taiei Kin | Japan |
K-1 World MAX Champions[edit]
Weight limit: 70 kg
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
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2010-11-08 | Giorgio Petrosyan | Italy | K-1 World MAX 2010 Final | Tokyo, Japan | Yoshihiro Sato | Japan |
2009-10-26 | Giorgio Petrosyan | Italy | K-1 World MAX 2009 Final | Yokohama, Japan | Andy Souwer | Netherlands |
2008-10-01 | Masato | Japan | K-1 World MAX 2008 Final | Tokyo, Japan | Artur Kyshenko | Ukraine |
2007-10-03 | Andy Souwer | Netherlands | K-1 World MAX 2007 Final | Tokyo, Japan | Masato | Japan |
2006-06-30 | Buakaw Por. Pramuk | Thailand | K-1 World MAX 2006 Final | Yokohama, Japan | Andy Souwer | Netherlands |
2005-07-20 | Andy Souwer | Netherlands | K-1 World MAX 2005 Final | Yokohama, Japan | Buakaw Por. Pramuk | Thailand |
2004-07-07 | Buakaw Por. Pramuk | Thailand | K-1 World MAX 2004 Final | Tokyo, Japan | Masato | Japan |
2003-07-05 | Masato | Japan | K-1 World MAX 2003 Final | Saitama, Japan | Albert Kraus | Netherlands |
2002-05-11 | Albert Kraus | Netherlands | K-1 World MAX 2002 Final | Tokyo, Japan | Kaolan Kaovichit | Thailand |
K-1 World MAX Preliminary / Other Tournament Champions[edit]
Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
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2014-10-12 | Enriko Kehl | Germany | K-1 RISING World MAX 2014 Final | Pattaya, Thailand | Buakaw Banchamek | Thailand |
2012-12-15 | Murthel Groenhart | Netherlands | K-1 RISING World MAX 2012 Final | Athens, Greece | Artur Kyshenko | Ukraine |
K-1 World MAX Preliminary / Other Tournament Champions[edit]
Legend: Middleweight Artistic Xtreme Qualifier
K-1 World GP Japan Champions[edit]
Date | Weight | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
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2022-12-03 | 53kg | Toma Kuroda | Japan | K-1 World GP 2022 in Osaka | Osaka, Japan | Issei Ishii | Japan |
2022-09-11 | 60kg | Leona Pettas | Japan | K-1 World GP 2022: Yokohamatsuri | Yokohama, Japan | Hirotaka Asahisa | Japan |
2022-08-11 | 57.5kg | Taito Gunji | Japan | K-1 World GP 2022 in Fukuoka | Fukuoka, Japan | Toma | Japan |
2022-06-25 | 45kg | Phayahong Ayothayafightgym | Thailand | K-1: Ring of Venus | Tokyo, Japan | Miyuu Sugawara | Japan |
2022-02-27 | 55kg | Akihiro Kaneko | Japan | K-1 World GP 2022 Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Masashi Kumura | Japan |
2021-09-20 | 67.5kg | Masaaki Noiri | Japan | K-1 World GP 2021: Yokohamatsuri | Yokohama, Japan | Rukiya Anpo | Japan |
2020-03-22 | 70kg | Minoru Kimura | Brazil | K-1: K’Festa 3 | Saitama, Japan | Hiromi Wajima | Japan |
2019-12-28 | 52kg | Kana Morimoto | Japan | K-1 World GP 2019 Japan: ~Women's Flyweight Championship Tournament~ | Nagoya, Japan | Josefine Lindgren Knutsson | Sweden |
2019-11-24 | 57.5kg | Yuki Egawa |
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