# Men's Light-Contact at WAKO World Championships 2007 Belgrade -79 kg

The men's 79 kg (173.8 lbs) Light-Contact category at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Belgrade was the fifth heaviest of the male Light-Contact tournaments falling between middleweight and light heavyweight when compared to Low-Kick and K-1's weight classes. There were twenty-three men from three continents (Europe, Asia and Africa) taking part in the competition. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Light-Contact rules.
Owing to the unequal number of fighters not suitable for a thirty-two man tournament, nine of the contestants had byes through to the second round. The tournament gold medalist was the Hungarian Zoltan Dancso who won gold by defeating the German Stefan Bücker by split decision. By virtue of reaching the semi-finals, Slovak Martin Navratil and Poland's Robert Matyja won bronze medals.

## Results

| 1st round | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Stefan Bücker | Stefan Bücker | D(3:0) | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Mukeshar R. Chowdhury | Mukeshar R. Chowdhury | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Stefan Bücker | Stefan Bücker | D(2:1) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ruslan Ishmakov | Ruslan Ishmakov | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ruslan Ishmakov | Ruslan Ishmakov | DQ | | | | | | | | | |
| Mirzad Vukalic | Mirzad Vukalic | | Nicholas Gardner | Nicholas Gardner | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nicholas Gardner | Nicholas Gardner | D(3:0) | | | | | | | Stefan Bücker | Stefan Bücker | D(3:0) | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Martin Navratil | Martin Navratil | | | | |
| | | | Volkan Karaduman | Volkan Karaduman | D(3:0) | | | | | | | | | |
| Armin Ghenaati Yeganeh | Armin Ghenaati Yeganeh | | Mark Welvering | Mark Welvering | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mark Welvering | Mark Welvering | DEC(3:0) | | | | Volkan Karaduman | Volkan Karaduman | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Martin Navratil | Martin Navratil | D(3:0) | | | | | | |
| | | | Stewart Edgeworth | Stewart Edgeworth | | | | | | | | | | |
| Martin Navratil | Martin Navratil | D(3:0) | Martin Navratil | Martin Navratil | D(3:0) | | | | | | | | | |
| Bernhard Sussitz | Bernhard Sussitz | | | | | | | | | | | Stefan Bücker | Stefan Bücker | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Zoltan Dancso | Zoltan Dancso | D(2:1) |
| | | | Andrea Primitivi | Andrea Primitivi | D(3:0) | | | | | | | | | |
| Olle Blomquist | Olle Blomquist | D(3:0) | Olle Blomquist | Olle Blomquist | | | | | | | | | | |
| Toni Cerundolo | Toni Cerundolo | | | | | Andrea Primitivi | Andrea Primitivi | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Robert Matyja | Robert Matyja | D(2:1) | | | | | | |
| | | | Mamadou Traore | Mamadou Traore | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jan Homolka | Jan Homolka | | Robert Matyja | Robert Matyja | D(3:0) | | | | | | | | | |
| Robert Matyja | Robert Matyja | D(3:0) | | | | | | | Robert Matyja | Robert Matyja | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Zoltan Dancso | Zoltan Dancso | D(3:0) | | | |
| | | | Ruslan Batrudtinov | Ruslan Batrudtinov | | | | | | | | | | |
| Slobodan Kajmakoski | Slobodan Kajmakoski | | Sanjin Dedic | Sanjin Dedic | D(3:0) | | | | | | | | | |
| Sanjin Dedic | Sanjin Dedic | D(3:0) | | | | Sanjin Dedic | Sanjin Dedic | | | | | | | |
| Hugo Matos | Hugo Matos | | | | | Zoltan Dancso | Zoltan Dancso | D(2:1) | | | | | | |
| Daniel Lazar | Daniel Lazar | D(3:0) | Daniel Lazar | Daniel Lazar | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Zoltan Dancso | Zoltan Dancso | D(3:0) | | | | | | | | | |

### Key

| Abbreviation | Meaning |
| D (3:0) | Decision (Unanimous) |
| D (2:1) | Decision (Split) |
| KO | Knockout |
| TKO | Technical Knockout |
| AB | Abandonment (Injury in match) |
| WO | Walkover (No fight) |
| DQ | Disqualification |