K-1 World MAX 2024 - World Tournament Opening Round is a kickboxing event that will be held by K-1 on March 20, 2024, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Fight Card
Main Card
Super Welterweight 70 kg Japan Hiromi Wajima vs. Netherlands Darryl Verdonk K-1 World Max 2024 Final Elimination Super Welterweight 70 kg China Ouyang Feng vs. Germany Pascal Schroth K-1 World Max 2024 Final Elimination Super Welterweight 70 kg Russia Viktor Akimov vs. Japan Rei Nakajima K-1 World Max 2024 Final Elimination Cruiserweight 90 kg Iran Sina Karimian (c) vs. China Liu Ce K-1 Cruiserweight Championship Women's Flyweight 52 kg Greece Antonia Prifti (c) vs. Japan SAHO K-1 Women's Flyweight Championship Super Welterweight 70 kg Bulgaria Stoyan Koprivlenski vs. Poland Kacper Muszyński K-1 World Max 2024 Final Elimination Super Welterweight 70 kg Armenia Zhora Akopyan vs. Ukraine Taras Hnatchuk K-1 World Max 2024 Final Elimination Super Welterweight 70 kg Suriname Romano Bakboord vs. Thailand Thananchai Sitsongpeenong K-1 World Max 2024 Final Elimination Super Welterweight 70 kg Brazil Dengue Silva vs. Japan Riku K-1 World Max 2024 Final Elimination
Intermission
Featherweight 57.5 kg Japan Taito Gunji vs. Japan Keisuke Monguchi K-1 vs RISE Women's Catchweight 45.5 kg Japan Miyuu Sugawara vs. Japan Koyuki Miyazaki K-1 vs RISE Super Featherweight 60 kg Japan Yuki Egawa vs. Japan Hyuma Hitachi K-1 vs RISE Featherweight 57.5 kg Japan Shoki Kaneda vs. Japan Daiki Toita K-1 vs RISE Super Featherweight 60 kg Japan Yuta Matsuyama vs. Japan Andrei Haraguchi K-1 vs RISE Super Lightweight 65 kg Japan Koya Urabe vs. Japan Hayato Suzuki Catwchweight 56 kg Japan Masashi Kumura vs. Italy Luca Cecchetti Super Featherweight 60 kg Japan Hirotaka Asahisa vs. France Rémi Parra Women's Catchweight 47.5 kg Japan Panchan Rina vs. Japan Koto Hiraoka Welterweight 67.5 kg Japan Meison Usami vs. Japan Yasuhito Shirasu Catchweight 64 kg Japan Fumiya Osawa vs. Japan Yutaka Bantamweight 53 kg Japan Kazuki Miburo vs. Japan Rui Okubo Super Heavyweight +100 kg South Korea Kwon Jangwon vs. Japan Yusuke Ando
Preliminary Fights
Catchweight 95 kg Japan Daichi Kimura vs. Japan Yu Fujikura Super Bantamweight 55 kg Japan Kengo Murata vs. Japan Takumi Shima Lightweight 62.5 kg Japan Ryunosuke vs. Japan Kuto Ueno
Background
This event will mark the return of the "MAX" brand which now includes fights ranging from the Middleweight (-75kg) to flyweight (-51.5kg) divisions. 14 Super Welterweight (-70kg) fighters will face each other to determine the 7 contestants for the final one night tournament happening on July 7. The event will feature two title fights as well as five matchups opposing RISE and K-1 fighters.
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