2022 in K-1

2021 in K-1
Information
First date	February 27, 2022
Events
Fights

The year 2022 is the 30th year in the history of the K-1, an international kickboxing event. The year started with K-1 World GP 2022 Japan.

List of events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
1	K-1 World GP 2022 Japan	February 27, 2022	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan
2	K-1: K'Festa 5	April 3, 2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan
3	THE MATCH 2022	June 19, 2022	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan
4	K-1: Ring of Venus	June 25, 2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan
5	K-1 World GP 2022 in Fukuoka	August 11, 2022	Fukuoka Convention Center	Fukuoka, Japan

K-1 World GP 2022 Japan

K-1 World GP 2022 Japan
Information
Promotion	K-1
Date	February 27, 2022
Venue	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
City	Tokyo, Japan

K-1 World GP 2022 Japan will be a kickboxing event held by K-1, which will be held on February 27, 2022, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

Background

A K-1 Women's Flyweight Championship bout between reigning champion Kana Morimoto and title challenger Kotomi was expected to take place at the event. Kotomi later withdrew, and was replace by Ran, who faced Morimoto in a non-title bout.

K-1 Lightweight Champion Taio Asahisa was scheduled to face Yuki Yoza in a non-title bout.

A Super Bantamweight World Grand Prix is expected to take place during the event. The tournament was organized to fill the vacant K-1 Super Bantamweight title.

Reigning Krush Super Lightweight champion Daizo Sasaki was scheduled to face Vitor Toffanelli.

K-1 Japan Super Bantamweight Tournament bracket

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Riamu

DEC

Ikko

3R

Riamu

TKO

Akihiro Kaneko

2R

Akihiro Kaneko

KO

Yuto Kuroda

2R

Akihiro Kaneko

DEC

Masashi Kumura

3R

Masashi Kumura

KO

Momotaro Kiyama

1R

Masashi Kumura

TKO

Junki Sasaki

1R

Junki Sasaki

DEC

Sho Uchida

4R

Fight Card

K-1 World GP 2022 Japan
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Akihiro Kaneko	def.	Masashi Kumura	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00	Super Bantamweight Tournament Finals
Catchweight 58kg	Takeru Segawa	draw.	Taito Gunji		2	2:00	Exhibition bout.
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Yuki Yoza	def.	Taio Asahisa	Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
W. Flyweight 52 kg	Kana Morimoto	def.	Ran	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Super Lightweight 65 kg	Daizo Sasaki	def.	Vitor Tofanelli	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Super Welterweight 70 kg	Abiral Ghimire	def.	Daiki Matsushita	TKO (Punches)	1	2:00
Super featherweight 60 kg	Ryusei Ashizawa	def.	Narufumi Nishimoto	TKO (Three knockdowns)	2	1:58
Catchweight 61 kg	Kotaro Shimano	def.	Hirotaka Urabe	KO (Right cross)	3	2:51
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Masashi Kumura	def.	Junki Sasaki	TKO (2 Knockdown rule/Punches)	1	1:37	Super Bantamweight Tournament Semifinals
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Akihiro Kaneko	def.	Riamu	TKO (2 Knockdown/Low kick)	2	2:23	Super Bantamweight Tournament Semifinals
Minimumweight 48 kg	Miho Takanashi	def.	Yuka	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
Welterweight 67.5 kg	Kota Nakano	def.	Kazuki Yamagiwa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Catchweight 73 kg	Katsuya Jinbo	def.	Danilo Zanolini	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Shuhei Kumura	def.	Kaito Ozawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Yuto Shinohara	def.	Shuji Kawarada	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Satomi Yuzuki	def.	Ryuka	Ext. R. Decision (Split)	3	3:00
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Junki Sasaki	def.	Sho Uchida	Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00	Super Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinals
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Masashi Kumura	def.	Momotaro Kiyama	KO (Left kick to the body)	1	1:24	Super Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinals
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Riamu	def.	Ikko	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Super Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinals
Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Akihiro Kaneko	def.	Yuto Kuroda	KO (Right cross)	3	2:17	Super Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinals
Preliminary Card
Super bantamweight 55 kg	Eiki Kurata	def.	Eruto	KO (Head kick)	1	2:28	Super Bantamweight Tournament Reserve Bout
Super bantamweight 55 kg	"Kyoken" Jin	def.	Kosuke	TKO (Left hook)	3	1:19
Super featherweight 60 kg	Haru Furumiya	def.	Taihei Shimomura	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Satoshi Tanaka	def.	Sota Amano	TKO (Referee stoppage)	3	2:51
Catchweight 52 kg	Rui Okubo	def.	Shohei Nishibayashi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00

K-1: K'Festa 5

K-1: K'Festa 5
Information
Promotion	K-1
Date	April 3, 2022
Venue	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
City	Tokyo, Japan

K-1: K'Festa 5 will be a kickboxing event held by K-1, which will be held on April 3, 2022, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

Background

An openweight tournament was held during the event. It featured the former K-1 cruiserweight champion K-Jee, the former K-1 heavyweight champion Kyotaro Fujimoto, current Krush cruiserweight champion Mahmoud Sattari, as well as Hidenori Sakamoto, Kosuke Jitsukata, Satoshi Ishii, Animal Koji and Seiya Tanigawa.

A K-1 Super Lightweight Championship bout between the reigning titleholder Hideaki Yamazaki and title challenger Tetsuya Yamato was scheduled for the event.

K1 Featherweight champion Taito Gunji was booked to face Toma Tanabe in a non-title bout.

K-1 Japan Openweight Tournament bracket

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

K-Jee

KO

Mahmoud Sattari

1R

Mahmoud Sattari

DEC

Kyotaro Fujimoto

3R

Kyotaro Fujimoto

TKO

Hidenori Sakamoto

2R

Mahmoud Sattari

KO

Seiya Tanigawa

3R

Satoshi Ishii

KO

Kosuke Jitsukata

2R

Hisaki Kato

KO

Seiya Tanigawa

1R

Seiya Tanigawa

DEC

Animal Koji

3R

Fight Card

K-1: K'Festa 5
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Openweight	Mahmoud Sattari	def.	Seiya Tanigawa	KO (Right straight)	3	0:17	Openweight tournament finals
Super lightweight 65kg	Tetsuya Yamato	def.	Hideaki Yamazaki	KO (Left hook)	1	0:50	For the K-1 Super Lightweight Championship
Welterweight 67.5kg	Masaaki Noiri	def.	Kona Kato	TKO (Corner stoppage)	2	1:50
Welterweight 67.5kg	Rukiya Anpo	def.	Playchumphon Sor.Srisomphong	KO (Left hook to the body)	1	2:17
Featherweight 60kg	Hirotaka Asahisa	def.	Yuta Murakoshi	KO (Jumping knee)	1	1:42
Super featherweight 60kg	Tatsuya Oiwa	def.	Yuki Egawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Featherweight 57.5kg	Taito Gunji	def.	Toma Tanabe	Ext. R. Dec. (Unanimous)	4	3:00
Featherweight 57.5kg	Tatsuya Tsubakihara	def.	Takahito Niimi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Openweight	Mahmoud Sattari	def.	Kyotaro Fujimoto	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00	Openweight tournament semifinals
Openweight	Seiya Tanigawa	def.	Hisaki Kato	KO (Head kick)	1	2:20	Openweight tournament semifinals
Lightweight 62.5kg	Kongnapa Weerasakreck	def.	Shoya Suzuki	KO (Knee)	1	2:13
Middleweight 75kg	Shintaro Matsukura	def.	Julio Cesar Mori	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Catchweight 61kg	Kyoken	def.	Satoru Nariai	KO (Right straight)	2	2;29
Super lightweight 65kg	Hayato Suzuki	def.	Kenta Hayashi	TKO (Referee stoppage)	3	0:19
Super lightweight 65kg	Fukashi Mizutani	def.	Ruku Kojima	TKO (Corner stoppage)	3	2:15
Openweight	Mahmoud Sattari	def.	K-Jee	KO (Left hook)	1	1:28	Openweight tournament quarterfinals
Openweight	Kyotaro Fujimoto	def.	Hidenori Sakamoto	TKO (Referee stoppage)	2	2:11	Openweight tournament quarterfinals
Openweight	Satoshi Ishii	def.	Kosuke Jitsukata	KO (Left straight)	2	1:02	Openweight tournament quarterfinals
Openweight	Seiya Tanigawa	def.	Animal Koji	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Openweight tournament quarterfinals
Openweight	Hisaki Kato	def.	Ryo Aitaka	KO (Left hook)	3	1:05	Openweight tournament reserve bout
Preliminary Card
Openweight	Ryunosuke Hoshi	def.	RUI	KO (Right straight)	1	2:50

THE MATCH 2022

The Match 2022
Information
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation K-1 RISE
Date	June 19, 2022
Venue	Tokyo Dome
City	Tokyo, Japan

The Match 2022 will be a kickboxing event held as a partnership with K-1 and RISE on June 19, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan.

Background

The main event will feature the megafight between the RISE Featherweight champion Tenshin Nasukawa and the K-1 Super Featherweight champion Takeru Segawa.

Fight Card

The Match 2022
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time
Catchweight 58 kg	Tenshin Nasukawa	def.	Takeru	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Catchweight 68.5 kg	Kaito Ono	def.	Masaaki Noiri	Ext R. Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
Super lightweight 65 kg	Kento Haraguchi	def.	Hideaki Yamazaki	TKO (Ref Stoppage)	2	0:33
Super lightweight 65 kg	Rukiya Anpo	def.	Kosei Yamada	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Lightweight 63 kg	Kongnapa Weerasakreck	def.	Taiju Shiratori	TKO (Punch)	1	2:42
Catchweight 62 kg	Kan Nakamura	def.	Leona Pettas	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
Catchweight 62 kg	YA-MAN	def.	Ryusei Ashizawa	KO (punch)	1	1:49
Catchweight 71 kg	Hiromi Wajima	def.	BeyNoah	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Catchweight 100 kg	Sina Karimian	def.	Rikiya Yamashita	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Catchweight 100 kg	Mahmoud Sattari	def.	Yuta Uchida	KO (punch)	1
Super featherweight 60 kg	Yuki Kasahara	def.	Chihiro Nakajima	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Bantamweight 53 kg	Kazane Nagai	def.	Toma Kuroda	Ext R. Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
Super bantamweight 55 kg	Mutsuki Ebata	def.	Riamu	Ext R. Decision (Split)	4	3:00
Super bantamweight 55 kg	Masashi Kumura	def.	Shiro	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Super bantamweight 55 kg	Masahiko Suzuki	def.	Akihiro Kaneko	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
Bantamweight 53 kg	Rui Okubo	def.	Ryujin Nasukawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00

K-1: Ring of Venus

K-1: Ring of Venus
Information
Promotion	K-1
Date	June 25, 2022
Venue	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
City	Tokyo, Japan

K-1: Ring of Venus will be a kickboxing event held by K-1, which will be held on June 25, 2022, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

Background

Multiple-time Shootboxing tournament winner Mio Tsumura is booked to face Phayahong Ayothayafightgym in the semifinals of the K-1 atomweight Grand Prix. The second atomweight bout pits the reigning Krush atomweight champion Miyuu Sugawara against Kira Matsutani.

Kana Morimoto, Mako Yamada and Miho Takanashi are scheduled to participate in a Japan versus the world matchups, where they will face international opponents.

Fight Card

K-1: Ring of Venus
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Flyweight 50 kg	Kana Morimoto (c)	def.	Souris Manfredi	KO (Head kick)	3	1:28	For the K-1 Women's Flyweight title
Atomweight 45 kg	Phayahong Ayothayafightgym	def.	Miyuu Sugawara	Ext. R. Decision (Majority)	4	3:00	K-1 Atomweight Grand Prix Final
Catchweight 53 kg	Jacinta Austin	def.	SAHO	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Minimumweight 48 kg	Erivan Barut	def.	Miho Takanashi	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
Minimumweight 48 kg	Mako Yamada	def.	Marine Bigey	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Flyweight 52 kg	Mahiro	def.	Yoshimi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Flyweight 52 kg	Mariya Suzuki	def.	Rikako Sakurai	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Minimumweight 48 kg	MOE	def.	MARI	Ext. R. Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
Flyweight 52 kg	Noriko Ikeuchi	def.	Arina	Ext. R. Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
Atomweight 45 kg	Nana Okuwaki	def.	Yuri Morikawa	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
Atomweight 45 kg	Miyuu Sugawara	def.	Kira Matsutani	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00	K-1 Atomweight Grand Prix semifinals
Atomweight 45 kg	Phayahong Ayothayafightgym	def.	Mio Tsumura	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	K-1 Atomweight Grand Prix semifinals
Atomweight 45 kg	Chan Lee	def.	Raika	KO (Left straight)	2	1:26	K-1 Atomweight Grand Prix alternate bout
Minimumweight 48 kg	Keito Weerasakreck	def.	Kai	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Minimumweight 48 kg	Masami	def.	C-ZUKA	KO (Punches)	3	1:35
Catchweight 55 kg	Noriko Ueno	def.	Yuka	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Flyweight 52 kg	RAN	def.	Naomi Toody	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Preliminary Card
Atomweight 45 kg	Kiho	draw.	Miho Yata	Decision (Majority)	3	2:00
Atomweight 45 kg	Naru Yoshizaki	def.	Aiko	Decision (Split)	3	2:00
Atomweight 45 kg	Yura	def.	Noa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	2:00

K-1 World GP 2022 in Fukuoka

K-1 World GP 2022 in Fukuoka
Information
Promotion	K-1
Date	August 11, 2022
Venue	Fukuoka Convention Center
City	Fukuoka, Japan

K-1 World GP 2022 in Fukuoka will be a kickboxing event held by K-1, which will be held on August 11, 2022, at the Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan.

Background

A Featherweight World Grand Prix was held during the event, featuring Jawsuayai Sor.Dechaphan, Shuhei Kumura, Taito Gunji, Facu Suarez, Tatsuya Tsubakihara, Toma Tanabe, Takahito Niimi and Wang Junguang.

K-1 World Featherweight Tournament bracket

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Shuhei Kumura

Jawsuayai Sor.Dechaphan

Taito Gunji

Facu Suarez

Tatsuya Tsubakihara

Toma Tanabe

Takahito Niimi

Wang Junguang

Fight Card

K-1 World GP 2022 in Fukuoka
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Jawsuayai Sor.Dechaphan	vs.	Shuhei Kumura				K-1 Featherweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Taito Gunji	vs.	Facu Suarez				K-1 Featherweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Tatsuya Tsubakihara	vs.	Toma Tanabe				K-1 Featherweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Takahito Niimi	vs.	Wang Junguang				K-1 Featherweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal
Featherweight 57.5 kg	Takumi Terada	vs.	Ginji				K-1 Featherweight Grand Prix Reserve Bout
Cruiserweight 90 kg	K-JEE	vs.	Seiya Tanigawa
Super Heavyweight 100 kg+	Hidenori Sakamoto	vs.	Naoto Maruyama
Welterweight 67.5 kg	Kaito	vs.	Koki
Lightweight 62.5 kg	Yuki Yoza	vs.	Yuto Shinohara
Bantamweight 53 kg	Issei Ishii	vs.	Kazuki Fujita

See also

• 2022 in Glory
• 2022 in ONE Championship
• 2022 in Romanian kickboxing
• 2022 in Wu Lin Feng

External links

• Official website