K-1 Fighting Network Turkey 2007

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K-1 Fighting Network Turkey 2007
Details
Promotion	Topuz Production
Date	November 2, 2007
Venue	İstanbul Gösteri Merkezi
City	Istanbul, Turkey
Event chronology
K-1 Fighting Network Latvia 2007	K-1 Fighting Network Turkey 2007	K-1 Championships 2007 German Finals

K-1 Fighting Network Turkey 2007 was a kickboxing event held by the Topuz Production^[1] in association with K-1 on Friday, November 2, 2007 at the İstanbul Gösteri Merkezi in Istanbul, Turkey. It was one of the K-1 Fighting Network's regional qualifying tournaments held throughout the world, featuring three Super fights and a classic K-1 eight-man elimination tournament, with a winner qualifying for K-1 World GP 2008 in Las Vegas.

The event had a total of 18 fighters from four different continents. All fights were fought under K-1 Rules (3 Mins x 3 Rounds + 2 Extra Rounds).

[edit] Results^[2]

The entire bout list below is in order of Red Corner first:

Opening Fight (Middleweight)

• Burak Ugur (Bujin Fight Club) vs Jordi van der Sluijs (Team Kraus SuperPro)

Ugur defeated van der Sluijs in first round by right hook KO.

Reserve Fight (Heavyweight)

• Deniz Fidan (Sports Life) vs Kemal Dervishov (Eminonu Belediyesi Spor Kulübü)

Fidan defeated Dervishov at 2'55" in first round by KO.

Tournament Quarter-Final Bout No:1

• Andre Meunier (Team Ultimate) vs Karl Glischinsky (Baltik Thais Kiel)

Glischinsky defeated Meunier at 0'55" in second round by left-right hook combo + front kick TKO.

Tournament Quarter-Final Bout No:2

• Freddy Kemayo (Faucon GYM) vs Kouichi Pettas (Spirit Gym)

Kemayo defeated Pettas at 1'50" in extra round by doctor stoppage TKO.

Tournament Quarter-Final Bout No:3

• Dzevad Poturak (Jumruk Gym) vs Abdulmalik Gadzhiev^[3] (Dubai Fight Academy)

Poturak defeated Gadzhiev at 2'58" in first round by right hook KO.

Tournament Quarter-Final Bout No:4

• Erhan Deniz (Mejiro Gym/Global Gym) vs Vitor Miranda (M-13 Muay Thai)

Miranda defeated Deniz by three round majority decision (2-0).

Super Fight (Heavyweight)

• Gokhan Saki (Golden Glory Gym) vs Magomed Magomedov (Chinuk Gym)

Saki defeated Magomedov by three round unanimous decision (3-0).

Pettas vs Kemayo

Tournament Semi-Final No:1

• Karl Glyschinsky vs Freddy Kemayo

Glyschinsky defeated Kemayo by three round majority decision (2-0).

Tournament Semi-Final No:2

• Dzevad Poturak vs Vitor Miranda

Miranda defeated Poturak at 2'45" in the third round by KO.

Super Fight (Middleweight)

• Adem Bozkurt (Champion Gym) vs Kozo Mitsuyama (Five Rings Dojo)

Bozkurt defeated Mitsuyama at 1'50" in first round by right hook KO .

Super Fight (Heavyweight)

• Zabit Samedov (Chinuk Gym) vs David Dancrade (Faucon Gym)

Samedov defeated Dancrade after two extra rounds by unanimous decision (3-0).

Tournament Final

• Karl Glyschinsky vs Vitor Miranda

Miranda defeated Glyschinsky at the end of the first round by doctor stoppage TKO due to cut on Glischinsky's right eye. Miranda became the K-1 Turkey 2007 Champion.

Footnotes before the event:

Karl Glischinsky replaced previously announced fighter Lukasz Jarosz from Kirschbaum Gym due to injury.

Freddy Kemayo replaced announced fighter Ramazan Ramazanov from Scorpion GYM.

Kemal Devishov replaced previously announced fighter Eyüp Kuşçu from Eyüp Kuşçu Pro Team because his mother had passed away just before the tournament.

[edit] Tournament Bracket

[edit] Gallery

Turkish Fighters: Fidan, Bozkurt and Deniz	Glyschinsky vs Meunier	Kemayo vs Watanabe	Magomedov vs Saki
The Fighters	Andre Meunier	Kemayo before his bout	Dancrade during preparation
General view	Albert Kraus

[edit] External links

• Official Web Site

[edit] See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of male kickboxers
• List of kickboxing organizations

[edit] References