K-1 World GP 2024 Final is a kickboxing event that will be held by K-1 on December 14, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.
Fight Card
Main Card
Openweight TBA vs. TBAK-1 World GP 2024 Tournament Final Catchweight 56 kg Japan Akihiro Kaneko vs. Russia Aslanbek Zikreev Super Bantamweight 55 kg Japan Rui Okubo vs. Japan Riamu Catchweight 71.5 kg Poland Kacper Muszyński vs. Romania Valentin Mavrodin Super Welterweight 70 kg Bulgaria Stoyan Koprivlenski vs. Japan Hiromi Wajima Cruiserweight 90 kg Netherlands Thian De Vries vs. Japan RUI Openweight Japan Daichi Kimura vs. Iran Sina Karimian Openweight TBA vs. TBAK-1 World GP 2024 Tournament Semifinal Openweight TBA vs. TBAK-1 World GP 2024 Tournament Semifinal Super Featherweight 60 kg Japan Chihiro Nakajima vs. Belarus Daniil Yermolenka Super Lightweight 65 kg Japan Hikaru Terashima vs. Belarus Danila Kvach Super Lightweight 65 kg Japan Daizo Sasaki vs. Japan Takuma Tsukamoto Super Bantamweight 55 kg Japan Momotaro Kiyama vs. Japan Koji Ikeda Openweight Japan K-Jee vs. Netherlands Errol ZimmermanK-1 World GP 2024 Tournament Quarterfinal Openweight Brazil Ariel Machado vs. United Kingdom Rhys BrudenellK-1 World GP 2024 Tournament Quarterfinal Openweight China Feng Rui vs. Italy Mattia FaraoniK-1 World GP 2024 Tournament Quarterfinal Openweight Japan Shota Yamaguchi vs. Italy Claudio IstrateK-1 World GP 2024 Tournament Quarterfinal Openweight Japan Seiya Tanigawa vs. Japan Kosuke JitsukataK-1 World GP 2024 Tournament Reserve
Preliminary Card
Featherweight 57.5 kg Japan Takaya Komatsu vs. Japan Kosei Sekiguchi Lightweight 62.5 kg Japan Rui vs. Japan Raiki Bantamwweight 53 kg Japan Ren Ogawa vs. Japan Taki Super Bantamweight 55 kg Japan Daichi vs. Japan Yukito Iwagami Super Featherweight 60 kg Japan Kanata Ueno vs. Japan Sakuya Ueda
Background
The pairings for the K-1 WORLD GP 2024 Western Europe Open Weight Qualifier Tournament for the K-1 WORLD GP 2024 in Sicily to be held in Italy on Saturday, July 27, 2024 (local time) have been decided.
The winner of this tournament will be eligible to participate in the Final Tournament, a one-day tournament of eight open weight fighter-class fighters at the K-1 WORLD GP 2024 in Tokyo to be held on Saturday, December 14 at Yoyogi Daiichi Gymnasium in Tokyo.
The Eastern Europe Open Weight Qualifier Tournament for the K-1 Bosnia Tournament, held on June 30, was a series of upsets, with Milos Cvečkanin of Serbia winning and securing his place in Tokyo.
This is the first time since 2008 that a K-1 certified tournament has been held in Italy, but the last time was in 2003, so this is the first time in 21 years that it has been held. Former K-1 MAX champion Giorgio Petrosyan, an Armenian immigrant with Italian nationality, was a star fighter from the country, and made his name known around the world.