# K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16

K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16 was a martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday September 27, 2008 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, Korea. It was the Final Elimination tournament for top sixteen fighters. The winners qualified for the K-1 World GP 2008 Final held on December 6, 2008, at Yokohama Arena, Japan.
The eight finalists from K-1 World GP 2007 Final were automatically qualified, then four World GP 2008 tournament winners in Amsterdam, Fukuoka, Taipei and Hawaii. The last four spots were selected by fan voting.
The K-1 World GP 2008 Final 16 attracted a crowd of 15,769 to the Seoul Olympic Complex and was broadcast live across South Korea by CJ Media and in Japan on the Fuji TV Network.

## Qualifying events
### K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka

The winner was Ewerton Teixeira. For more information, see K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka.

### K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Doug Viney | Doug Viney | | | | | | | |
| Zabit Samedov | Zabit Samedov | DEC | Zabit Samedov | Zabit Samedov | DEC | | | | | | |
| Vitor Miranda | Vitor Miranda | | | | | Zabit Samedov | Zabit Samedov | DEC | | | |
| Sergei Gur | Sergei Gur | | | | | Brian Douwes * | Brian Douwes * | | | | |
| Freddy Kemayo | Freddy Kemayo | KO | Freddy Kemayo | Freddy Kemayo | KO | | | | | | |
| Erhan Deniz | Erhan Deniz | | Cătălin Moroșanu | Cătălin Moroșanu | | | | | | | |
| Cătălin Moroșanu | Cătălin Moroșanu | DEC | | | | | | | Zabit Samedov | Zabit Samedov | |
| Errol Zimmerman | Errol Zimmerman | KO | | | | | | | Errol Zimmerman | Errol Zimmerman | DEC |
| Damir Tovarovič | Damir Tovarovič | | Errol Zimmerman | Errol Zimmerman | TKO | | | | | | |
| Attila Karacs | Attila Karacs | KO | Attila Karacs | Attila Karacs | | | | | | | |
| Petr Vondraček | Petr Vondraček | | | | | Errol Zimmerman | Errol Zimmerman | KO | | | |
| Paula Mataele | Paula Mataele | | | | | Bjorn Bregy | Bjorn Bregy | | | | |
| Björn Bregy | Björn Bregy | KO | Bjorn Bregy | Bjorn Bregy | KO | | | | | | |
| | | | Jan Nortje | Jan Nortje | | | | | | | |
* Reserve Fight winner Brian Douwes replaced Freddy Kemayo in the Semi Finals as Freddy Kemayo was unable to continue due to injury

### K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei

| Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Ruslan Karaev | Ruslan Karaev | KO | | | | | | |
| Tatsufumi Tomihira | Tatsufumi Tomihira | | Ruslan Karaev | Ruslan Karaev | TKO | | | |
| Young-hyun Kim | Young-hyun Kim | DEC | Young-hyun Kim | Young-hyun Kim | | | | |
| Saiseelek Nor-Seepun | Saiseelek Nor-Seepun | | | | | Ruslan Karaev | Ruslan Karaev | KO |
| Aleksandr Pitchkounov | Aleksandr Pitchkounov | DEC | | | | Aleksandr Pitchkounov | Aleksandr Pitchkounov | |
| Nobu Hayashi | Nobu Hayashi | | Aleksandr Pitchkounov | Aleksandr Pitchkounov | KO | | | |
| Yong-soo Park | Yong-soo Park | | Vaughn Anderson * | Vaughn Anderson * | | | | |
| Makoto Uehara | Makoto Uehara | KO | | | | | | |
* Reserve Fight winner Vaughn Anderson replaced Makoto Uehara in the Semi Finals as Makoto Uehara was unable to continue due to injury

### K-1 World GP 2008 in Hawaii

| Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Mighty Mo | Mighty Mo | DEC | | | | | | |
| Justice Smith | Justice Smith | | Randy Kim * | Randy Kim * | KO | | | |
| Butterbean | Butterbean | | Wesley Correira | Wesley Correira | | | | |
| Wesley Correira | Wesley Correira | KO | | | | Randy Kim | Randy Kim | |
| Gokhan Saki | Gokhan Saki | KO | | | | Gokhan Saki | Gokhan Saki | KO |
| Deutsch Pu'u | Deutsch Pu'u | | Gokhan Saki | Gokhan Saki | KO | | | |
| Nicholas Pettas | Nicholas Pettas | | Rick Cheek | Rick Cheek | | | | |
| Rick Cheek | Rick Cheek | TKO | | | | | | |
* Reserve Fight winner Randy Kim replaced Mighty Mo in the Semi Finals as Mighty Mo could not continue due to injury

### Fan Voting Results

Paul Slowinski earned a wild-card spot on the card through a fan poll on the K-1 website. Ray Sefo of New Zealand and Chalid "Die Faust" Arrab from Germany were also voted into the tournament.

## Results

Source:
* Opening Fights: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 1R
    Keijiro Maeda vs Min Ho Song
    Maeda defeated Song by KO (Right Low Kick) at 1:43 of the 3rd Round.
    Zabit Samedov vs Fabiano da Silva
    Samedov defeated da Silva by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-28, 30-29).
    Yong-soo Park vs Randy Kim
    Kim defeated Park by KO (Right Low Kick) at 1:11 of the 2nd Round.
* Final 16 : K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext. 2R
    Ruslan Karaev vs Chalid Arrab
    Karaev defeated Arrab by KO (3 Knockdown, Punche Rush) at 2:30 of the 2nd Round.
    Jerome Le Banner vs Junichi Sawayashiki
    Le Banner defeated Sawayashiki by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-26, 30-27, 30-28).
    Ray Sefo vs Gokhan Saki
    Saki defeated Sefo by Extra Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (10-9, 10-9, 10-9). After 3 rounds the judges had scored it Decision Draw 0-0 (29-29, 30-30, 30-30).
    Glaube Feitosa vs Errol Zimmerman
    Zimmerman defeated Feitosa by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-26, 30-26, 30-26).
    Remy Bonjasky vs Paul Slowinski
    Bonjasky defeated Slowinski by 3rd Round Majority Decision 2-0 (30-29, 30-30, 30-29).
    Ewerton Teixeira vs Musashi
    Teixeira defeated Musashi by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-28, 30-28, 30-28).
    Badr Hari vs Hong-man Choi
    Hari defeated Hong-man by TKO (Corner stoppage) at the beginning of the Extra Round. After 3 rounds the judges had scored it a Majority Draw 1-0 (28-29, 28-28, 28-28) in favour of Hong-man.
    Semmy Schilt vs Peter Aerts
    Aerts defeated Schilt by 3rd Round Majority Decision 2-0 (30-29, 30-29, 30-30).