K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 is an upcoming martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday, October 02, 2010 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, Korea. It will be the Final Elimination tournament for top sixteen fighters. The winners will qualify for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final held in December 11, 2010 at Yokohama Arena, Japan.
The eight finalists from K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final were automatically qualified, except Remy Bonjasky who could not compete, the eighth spot was filled by K-1 Heavyweight champion, Keijiro Maeda then two World GP 2010 tournament winners from the Bucharest and Canberra. The last six spots were selected by fan voting.
Badr Hari also declared forfait for the tournament for as yet unknown reasons, being replaced by Andrei Arlovski. On 21th September, even the announcements were already made, Michael Schiavello confirmed on his Twitter one last modification of the final card, Ray Sefo will replace Ruslan Karaev.
K-1 World GP 2010 Final 16 Fight Card
Opening bout: K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R
South Korea Min Ho Song vs Hyun Man Myung South Korea
Superfights: K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R
Russia Sergey Kharitonov vs Takumi Sato Japan
Germany Chalid Arrab vs Dževad Poturak Bosnia and Herzegovina
K-1 World GP 2010 Final 16 Elimination bouts: K-1 rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 2R
New Zealand Ray Sefo vs Tyrone Spong Suriname
Belarus Andrei Arlovski vs Raul Cătinaş Romania
Turkey Gökhan Saki vs Freddy Kemayo France
Netherlands Errol Zimmerman vs Daniel Ghiţă Romania
Brazil Ewerton Teixeira vs Peter Aerts Netherlands
Netherlands Semmy Schilt vs Hesdy Gerges Egypt
France Jérôme Le Banner vs Kyotaro Japan
Netherlands Alistair Overeem vs Ben Edwards Australia