K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final was a martial arts

Martial arts

Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....

 event held by the K-1

K-1

K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

 on Saturday December 5, 2009 at the Yokohama Arena

Yokohama Arena

is an indoor sporting arena located in Yokohama, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 17,000 and was opened in 1989. The arena was modeled after US sports venue Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is a five minute walk from the closest subway station, Shin-Yokohama Station on the JR/Yokohama...

 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

K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16

K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16 was a martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, Korea. It will be the Final Elimination tournament for top sixteen fighters...

 on September 26, 2009 in Seoul, Korea.

Michael Buffer

Michael Buffer

Michael Buffer is an American professional ring announcer for boxing and professional wrestling matches. He is known for his trademarked catchphrase, "Let's get ready to rumble!" He is known for pioneering a distinct announcing style in which he rolls certain letters and adds other inflections to...

 was the ring announcer for the night.

Qualifying events

Qualifying events for K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final

	Location	Stadium	Date	Winner
K-1 Rumble of the Kings	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	Hovet Arena	20 November 2009	Rickard Nordstrand Rickard Nordstrand Rickard Nordstrand is a Swedish Light Heavyweight kickboxer competing in K-1.-Titles and accomplishments:* 2009 WMC World Light Heavyweight Champion* 2004 IFMA Amateur World Cruiserweight Champion...
K-1 Europe Grand Prix	Tallinn Tallinn Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list... , Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...	Nokia Hall	21 November 2009	Andrei Bokan

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

Ruslan Karaev

Ruslan Savelyevich Karaev is a Russian kickboxer of Ossetian origin. He is K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas and K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei tournament champion...

 who was first up chose spot number 1. Badr Hari

Badr Hari

Badr "The Golden Boy" Hari is a Moroccan-Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight champion and K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 finalist. As of May 2011, Hari is ranked the #2 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com...

 was up next and decided to face Karaev for the third time. Errol Zimmerman

Errol Zimmerman

Errol Zimmerman is a Surinamese-Curaçaoan kickboxer, fighting out of Golden Glory Gym in Breda, Netherlands. He is three time Dutch Muay Thai champion and K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam tournament champion....

 was next and chose the 7th spot. Remy Bonjasky

Remy Bonjasky

Remy "The Flying Gentleman" Bonjasky is a Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer of Surinamese descent. He is a three-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion, who has won the title in 2003, 2004, and 2008...

 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

Semmy Schilt

Semmy Schilt , also known as Sem Schilt, is a Dutch Ashihara karateka, kickboxer, mixed martial artist and four time K-1 World GP champion. He is the first and only fighter in K-1 history to win the championship three times in a row, and also shares the record with Ernesto Hoost for most GPs won,...

 opted for a 4th match with Jerome. The last two finalists Ewerton Teixeira

Ewerton Teixeira

Ewerton Teixeira is a Brazilian Super Heavyweight kyokushin karateka and kickboxer, currently competing in K-1. He obtained his first K-1 title in 2008 at K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka by beating Keijiro Maeda in the final...

 and Alistair Overeem

Alistair Overeem

Alistair Cees Overeem is a British born Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer, signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, Dream Interim Heavyweight Champion, K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, and made history by being the only fighter in combat...

 will meet in the second quarter final match.

On November 28, it was announced that Sergei Kharitonov would be replacing Chalid Arrab

Chalid Arrab

Chalid "Die Faust" Arrab is a German kickboxer and mixed martial artist of Moroccan descent. He trains at Team Golden Glory in Breda under Cor Hemmers.-Biography and career:...

 to face Daniel Ghita

Daniel Ghita

Daniel Ghiţă is a Romanian super heavyweight kickboxer. He is a former WKN European Muaythai champion, currently competing in the K-1, It's Showtime and Local Kombat promotions...

 in the second reserve bout.

Results

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K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final was a martial arts

Martial arts

Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....

 event held by the K-1

K-1

K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

 on Saturday December 5, 2009 at the Yokohama Arena

Yokohama Arena

is an indoor sporting arena located in Yokohama, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 17,000 and was opened in 1989. The arena was modeled after US sports venue Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is a five minute walk from the closest subway station, Shin-Yokohama Station on the JR/Yokohama...

 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

K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16

K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16 was a martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, Korea. It will be the Final Elimination tournament for top sixteen fighters...

 on September 26, 2009 in Seoul, Korea.

Michael Buffer

Michael Buffer

Michael Buffer is an American professional ring announcer for boxing and professional wrestling matches. He is known for his trademarked catchphrase, "Let's get ready to rumble!" He is known for pioneering a distinct announcing style in which he rolls certain letters and adds other inflections to...

 was the ring announcer for the night.

Qualifying events

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|Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

|Hovet Arena
|20 November 2009
|Rickard Nordstrand

Rickard Nordstrand

Rickard Nordstrand is a Swedish Light Heavyweight kickboxer competing in K-1.-Titles and accomplishments:* 2009 WMC World Light Heavyweight Champion* 2004 IFMA Amateur World Cruiserweight Champion...

  
|-
! scope="row" | K-1 Europe Grand Prix
|Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

, Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

|Nokia Hall
|21 November 2009
|Andrei Bokan  
|}

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

Ruslan Karaev

Ruslan Savelyevich Karaev is a Russian kickboxer of Ossetian origin. He is K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas and K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei tournament champion...

 who was first up chose spot number 1. Badr Hari

Badr Hari

Badr "The Golden Boy" Hari is a Moroccan-Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight champion and K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 finalist. As of May 2011, Hari is ranked the #2 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com...

 was up next and decided to face Karaev for the third time. Errol Zimmerman

Errol Zimmerman

Errol Zimmerman is a Surinamese-Curaçaoan kickboxer, fighting out of Golden Glory Gym in Breda, Netherlands. He is three time Dutch Muay Thai champion and K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam tournament champion....

 was next and chose the 7th spot. Remy Bonjasky

Remy Bonjasky

Remy "The Flying Gentleman" Bonjasky is a Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer of Surinamese descent. He is a three-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion, who has won the title in 2003, 2004, and 2008...

 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

Semmy Schilt

Semmy Schilt , also known as Sem Schilt, is a Dutch Ashihara karateka, kickboxer, mixed martial artist and four time K-1 World GP champion. He is the first and only fighter in K-1 history to win the championship three times in a row, and also shares the record with Ernesto Hoost for most GPs won,...

 opted for a 4th match with Jerome. The last two finalists Ewerton Teixeira

Ewerton Teixeira

Ewerton Teixeira is a Brazilian Super Heavyweight kyokushin karateka and kickboxer, currently competing in K-1. He obtained his first K-1 title in 2008 at K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka by beating Keijiro Maeda in the final...

 and Alistair Overeem

Alistair Overeem

Alistair Cees Overeem is a British born Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer, signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, Dream Interim Heavyweight Champion, K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, and made history by being the only fighter in combat...

 will meet in the second quarter final match.

On November 28, it was announced that Sergei Kharitonov would be replacing Chalid Arrab

Chalid Arrab

Chalid "Die Faust" Arrab is a German kickboxer and mixed martial artist of Moroccan descent. He trains at Team Golden Glory in Breda under Cor Hemmers.-Biography and career:...

 to face Daniel Ghita

Daniel Ghita

Daniel Ghiţă is a Romanian super heavyweight kickboxer. He is a former WKN European Muaythai champion, currently competing in the K-1, It's Showtime and Local Kombat promotions...

 in the second reserve bout.

Results

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K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final was a martial arts

Martial arts

Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....

 event held by the K-1

K-1

K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

 on Saturday December 5, 2009 at the Yokohama Arena

Yokohama Arena

is an indoor sporting arena located in Yokohama, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 17,000 and was opened in 1989. The arena was modeled after US sports venue Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is a five minute walk from the closest subway station, Shin-Yokohama Station on the JR/Yokohama...

 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

K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16

K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16 was a martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, Korea. It will be the Final Elimination tournament for top sixteen fighters...

 on September 26, 2009 in Seoul, Korea.

Michael Buffer

Michael Buffer

Michael Buffer is an American professional ring announcer for boxing and professional wrestling matches. He is known for his trademarked catchphrase, "Let's get ready to rumble!" He is known for pioneering a distinct announcing style in which he rolls certain letters and adds other inflections to...

 was the ring announcer for the night.

Qualifying events

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:80%;"
|+ Qualifying events for K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final
|-
|
! scope="col" | Location
! scope="col" | Stadium
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Winner
|-
! scope="row" | K-1 Rumble of the Kings
|Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

|Hovet Arena
|20 November 2009
|Rickard Nordstrand

Rickard Nordstrand

Rickard Nordstrand is a Swedish Light Heavyweight kickboxer competing in K-1.-Titles and accomplishments:* 2009 WMC World Light Heavyweight Champion* 2004 IFMA Amateur World Cruiserweight Champion...

  
|-
! scope="row" | K-1 Europe Grand Prix
|Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

, Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

|Nokia Hall
|21 November 2009
|Andrei Bokan  
|}

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

Ruslan Karaev

Ruslan Savelyevich Karaev is a Russian kickboxer of Ossetian origin. He is K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas and K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei tournament champion...

 who was first up chose spot number 1. Badr Hari

Badr Hari

Badr "The Golden Boy" Hari is a Moroccan-Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight champion and K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 finalist. As of May 2011, Hari is ranked the #2 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com...

 was up next and decided to face Karaev for the third time. Errol Zimmerman

Errol Zimmerman

Errol Zimmerman is a Surinamese-Curaçaoan kickboxer, fighting out of Golden Glory Gym in Breda, Netherlands. He is three time Dutch Muay Thai champion and K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam tournament champion....

 was next and chose the 7th spot. Remy Bonjasky

Remy Bonjasky

Remy "The Flying Gentleman" Bonjasky is a Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer of Surinamese descent. He is a three-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion, who has won the title in 2003, 2004, and 2008...

 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

Semmy Schilt

Semmy Schilt , also known as Sem Schilt, is a Dutch Ashihara karateka, kickboxer, mixed martial artist and four time K-1 World GP champion. He is the first and only fighter in K-1 history to win the championship three times in a row, and also shares the record with Ernesto Hoost for most GPs won,...

 opted for a 4th match with Jerome. The last two finalists Ewerton Teixeira

Ewerton Teixeira

Ewerton Teixeira is a Brazilian Super Heavyweight kyokushin karateka and kickboxer, currently competing in K-1. He obtained his first K-1 title in 2008 at K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka by beating Keijiro Maeda in the final...

 and Alistair Overeem

Alistair Overeem

Alistair Cees Overeem is a British born Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer, signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, Dream Interim Heavyweight Champion, K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, and made history by being the only fighter in combat...

 will meet in the second quarter final match.

On November 28, it was announced that Sergei Kharitonov would be replacing Chalid Arrab

Chalid Arrab

Chalid "Die Faust" Arrab is a German kickboxer and mixed martial artist of Moroccan descent. He trains at Team Golden Glory in Breda under Cor Hemmers.-Biography and career:...

 to face Daniel Ghita

Daniel Ghita

Daniel Ghiţă is a Romanian super heavyweight kickboxer. He is a former WKN European Muaythai champion, currently competing in the K-1, It's Showtime and Local Kombat promotions...

 in the second reserve bout.

Results

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