K-1 WGP 2023 KFESTA 6: K-1 vs. Rise will be a kickboxing event to be held on March 11, 2023, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
Fight Card
Main Card
Super Lightweight 65 kg Japan Tetsuya Yamato (c) vs. Japan Kenta Hayashi K-1 Super Lightweight Championship
Lightweight 62.5 kg Japan Taio Asahisa (c) vs. Japan Yuki Yoza K-1 Lightweight Championship
Super Welterweight 70 kg Japan Hiromi Wajima (c) vs. Thailand Jomthong Chuwattana K-1 Super Welterweight Championship
Catchweight 69 kg Japan Masaaki Noiri vs. Russia Dzhabar Askerov
Super Welterweight 70 kg Netherlands Jordann Pikeur vs. Nepal Abiral Ghimire
Super Heavyweight +100 kg Japan Kyotaro Fujimoto vs. Croatia Satoshi Ishii
Intermission
Featherweight 57.5 kg Japan Taito Gunji (c) vs. Thailand View Petchkoson K-1 Featherweight Championship
Super bantamweight 55 kg Japan Akihiro Kaneko (c) vs. Thailand Kompetch Sitsarawatsuer K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship
Super Bantamweight 55 kg Japan Masashi Kumura vs. Japan Masahiko Suzuki
Featherweight 57.5 kg Japan Toma vs. Japan Haruto Yasumoto
Welterweight 67.5 kg Ghana Ayinta Ali vs. Japan Takumi Sanekata
Cruiserweight 90 kg Romania Ștefan Lătescu vs. Japan Seiya Tanigawa
Cruiserweight 90 kg Philippines Akira Jr vs. Japan Ryunosuke Hoshi
Intermission
Women's Flyweight 52 kg Japan KANA (c) vs. Turkey Funda Alkayış K-1 Women's Flyweight Championship
Atomweight 45 kg Thailand Phayahong Ayothayafightgym (c) vs. Japan Miyuu Sugawara K-1 Women's Flyweight Championship
Bantamweight 53 kg Japan Issei Ishii vs. Thailand Yodsila Chor.Hapayak
Super Featherweight 60 kg Japan Yuki Egawa vs. Morocco Adam Bouarourou
Super Featherweight 60 kg Japan Kaito Ozawa vs. Japan Tatsuya Oiwa
Super Lightweight 65 kg Japan Hayato Suzuki vs. Thailand Pakorn P.K. Saenchai Muaythaigym
Middleweight 75 kg Japan Shintaro Matsukura vs. Brazil Igor Silva
Middleweight 75 kg Japan Katsuya Jinbo vs. Brazil Vinicius Dionizio
Preliminary Fights
Super Bantamweight 55 kg Japan Eruto vs. Japan Kosuke
Featherweight 57.5 kg Japan Raita Hashimoto vs. Japan Riku Yamamoto
Catchweight 64.5 kg Japan Ryugi vs. Japan Kuto Ueno
Background
Four K-1 title fights were announced for the event on January 13, 2023: A K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship bout between champion Akihiro Kaneko and challenger Kompetch Sitsarawatsuer; a K-1 Women's Atomweight Championship bout between champion Phayahong Ayothayafightgym and challenger Miyuu Sugawara; a K-1 Lightweight Championship bout between champion Taio Asahisa and challenger Yuki Yoza; as well as a K-1 Super Welterweight Championship bout between champion Hiromi Wajima and challenger Jomthong Chuwattana.
Three additional title fights were added on January 27: Tetsuya Yamato was booked to make his second K-1 World GP Super Lightweight Championship defense against the former K-1 Lightweight champion Kenta Hayashi, the K-1 Featherweight champion Taito Gunji was scheduled to make his first title defense against View Petchkoson, while the K-1 Women's Flyweight champion Kana Morimoto made her second title defense against the one-time FEA and WAKO world champion Funda Alkayış.
