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 was the Final Elimination tournament for top sixteen fighters. The winners qualified for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final held on December 5, 2009 at Yokohama Arena , Japan .[ 1]
The eight finalists from K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 Final were automatically qualified, except Gokhan Saki who could not compete due to an injury, the eighth spot was filled by K-1 Super-heavyweight champion, Semmy Schilt , then four World GP 2009 tournament winners from the Yokohama , Lodz , Seoul and Final 16 Qualifying GP . The last four spots were selected by fan voting.
K-1 World GP 2009 Final 16 Elimination results[ 2]
Opening bouts: K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R
Hyun Man Myung def. Taisei Ko
Myung defeated Ko by three round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-27, 30-27).
Min Ho Song def. Nae Chul Kim
Song defeated Kim by TKO (Doc. stop/cut) at 2:09 of the second round.
Women's Special bout: K-1 rules / 2Min. 3R Ext.1R/53 kg
Su Jeong Lim def. Chen Qing
Lim defeated Qing by three round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-29, 30-29, 30-28).
Special bout: K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R
Chi Bin Lim def. Tahir Menxhiqi
Lim defeated Menxhiqi by three round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-28, 30-28).
Superfight: K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R
Taiei Kin def. Cătălin Moroșanu
Kin defeated Morosano by Disqualification (KO after the bell) at 0:00 of the second round.
K-1 World GP 2009 Final 16 Elimination bouts: K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 2R
Remy Bonjasky def Melvin Manhoef
Bonjasky defeated Manhoef by three round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-29, 30-29, 30-29).
Errol Zimmerman def Glaube Feitosa
Zimmerman defeated Feitosa by three round majority decision 2-0 (29-28, 29-28, 30-30).
Ruslan Karaev def Kyotaro
Karaev defeated Kyotaro by three round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-29, 30-28).
Ewerton Teixeira vs Singh Jaideep
Teixeira defeated Jaideep by second extra round unanimous decision 3-0 (10-9, 10-9, 10-9). After three rounds, judges scored it a majority draw (29-29, 30-30, 29-30). First extra round was scored a unanimous draw 0-0 (10-10, 10-10, 10-10).
Semmy Schilt vs Daniel Ghita
Schilt defeated Ghita by three round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-25, 30-26, 30-27).
Jerome Le Banner vs Musashi
Le Banner defeated Musashi by three round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-28, 30-28).
Alistair Overeem def Peter Aerts
Overeem defeated Aerts by three round unanimous decision 3-0 (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
Badr Hari def. Zabit Samedov
Hari defeated Samedov by KO (right body shot) at 2:35 of the first round.