2022 in K-1
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.
| 2021 in K-1 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| First date | February 27, 2022 | 
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 | K-1: Ring of Venus | June 25, 2022 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium |  Tokyo, 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.[1]
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.[2] Kotomi later withdrew, and was replace by Ran, who faced Morimoto in a non-title bout.[3]
K-1 Lightweight Champion Taio Asahisa was scheduled to face Yuki Yoza in a non-title bout.[4]
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.[5]
Reigning Krush Super Lightweight champion Daizo Sasaki was scheduled to face Vitor Toffanelli.[6]
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 | |
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| 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.[8]
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.[9]
A K-1 Super Lightweight Championship bout between the reigning titleholder Hideaki Yamazaki and title challenger Tetsuya Yamato was scheduled for the event.[10]
K1 Featherweight champion Taito Gunji was booked to face Toma Tanabe in a non-title bout.[11]
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 | |
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 was booked to face Phayahong Ayothayafightgym in the semifinals of the K-1 atomweight Grand Prix. The second atomweight bout pitted the reigning Krush atomweight champion Miyuu Sugawara against Kira Matsutani.[12]
Kana Morimoto, Mako Yamada and Miho Takanashi were scheduled to participate in a Japan versus the world matchups, where they would face international opponents.[13]
Fight Card
    
| K-1: Ring of Venus | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Atomweight 45kg |  Mio Tsumura | vs. |  Phayahong Ayothayafightgym | K-1 Atomweight Grand Prix semifinals | |||
| Atomweight 45kg |  Miyuu Sugawara | vs. |  Kira Matsutani | K-1 Atomweight Grand Prix semifinals | |||
| Flyweight 50kg |  Kana Morimoto | vs. |  | ||||
| Minimumweight 48kg |  Miho Takanashi | vs. |  | ||||
| Minimumweight 48kg |  Mako Yamada | vs. |  | ||||
| Flyweight 52kg |  Mahiro | vs. |  Yoshimi | ||||
| Flyweight 52kg |  Rikako Sakurai | vs. |  Mariya Suzuki | ||||
| Atomweight 45kg |  Yuri Morikawa | vs. |  Nana Okuwaki | ||||
| Minimumweight 48kg |  MOE | vs. |  MARI | ||||
| Minimumweight 48kg |  Yuka | vs. |  Mirei | ||||
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