# 2018 in K-1

The year 2018 was the 25th year in the history of the K-1, a Japanese kickboxing promotion. The year started with K-1: K’Festa 1.

## List of events

| # | Event Title | Date | Arena | Location |
| 1 | K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1 | March 21, 2018 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan |
| 2 | K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament | June 17, 2018 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan |
| 3 | K-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship Tournament | September 24, 2018 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan |
| 4 | K-1 World GP 2018: 3rd Super Lightweight Championship Tournament | November 3, 2018 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan |
| 5 | K-1 World GP 2018: K-1 Lightweight World's Strongest Tournament | December 8, 2018 | Edion Arena | Osaka, Japan |

## K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1

K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1 was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on March 21, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

### Background

This event features six world title fights and an 8-Man Super Featherweight Tournament.
Wei Rui, came overweight at the weigh-ins and his title was vacated. By winning Koya Urabe was eligible for the title while Wei Rui was ineligible and in case of him winning the title would have become vacant.

### Fight Card

K’Festa 1 :
| Weight Class | | | | Method | Round | Time | Notes |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Takeru | def. | Kosuke Komiyama | TKO (3 Knockdown Rule) | 3 | 2:02 | Super Featherweight GP Finals |
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Yoshiki Takei (c) | def. | Kenji Kubo | KO (Right Hook) | 1 | 1:28 | For the K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Koya Urabe | def. | Wei Rui (c) | KO (Straight Left) | 2 | 1:14 | For the K-1 Lightweight Championship |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Ren Hiramoto | def. | Kaew Weerasakreck | KO (Punches) | 2 | 2:18 | |
| Welterweight 67.5 kg | Yasuhiro Kido | def. | Issam Chahid | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Welterweight 67.5 kg | Minoru Kimura | def. | Jin Hirayama | KO (Left Hook) | 1 | 2:50 | |
| Super Welterweight 70 kg | Chingiz Allazov (c) | def. | Hinata | KO (Left Hook) | 2 | 0:23 | For the K-1 Super Welterweight Championship |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Masaaki Noiri (c) | def. | Tetsuya Yamato | KO (Punches) | 3 | 2:57 | For the K-1 Super Lightweight Championship |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Takeru | def. | Masanobu Goshu | KO (Punches) | 1 | 2:24 | Super Featherweight GP Semi-Finals |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Kosuke Komiyama | def. | Koji | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Super Featherweight GP Semi-Finals |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Jun Nakazawa | vs. | Yasuomi Soda | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Taito Gunji | def. | Takumi Tosaka | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Women's Catchweight 50.5 kg | Kana Morimoto | def. | Polina Petukhova | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Heavyweight 100 kg | Roel Mannaart | def. | Antonio Plazibat (c) | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Heavyweight Championship |
| Welterweight 67.5 kg | Yuta Kubo (c) | def. | Melsik Baghdasaryan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Welterweight Championship |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Masanobu Goshu | def. | Denis Wosik | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | Super Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Takeru | def. | Stavros Exakoustidis | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Super Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Kosuke Komiyama | def. | Suarek Rukkukamui | KO (Left Head Kick) | 1 | 2:56 | Super Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Koji | def. | Hirotaka Urabe | Decision (Extra Round - Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | Super Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Tatsuya Oiwa | def. | Takumi Yokoyama | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | Super Featherweight GP Reserve Fight |
| Preliminary Card ||||||||
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Hayato | def. | Toshi | TKO (3 Knockdown Rule) | 1 | 1:25 | |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Kaisei Kondo | def. | Shota Hara | KO (Punches) | 1 | 1:22 | |
| Welterweight 67.5 kg | Ruku | def. | Kona Kato | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Junpei Sano | def. | Hideaki Matsumura | TKO (3 Knockdown Rule) | 3 | 2:07 | |

### K-1 World GP 2018 -60kg Japan Tournament bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Masanobu Goshyu | Masanobu Goshyu | UD | | | | | | |
| Dennis Wosik | Dennis Wosik | | | | | | | |
| Dennis Wosik | Dennis Wosik | | Masanobu Goshyu | Masanobu Goshyu | | | | |
| | | | Takeru | Takeru | KO | | | |
| Takeru | Takeru | UD | Takeru | Takeru | KO | | | |
| Stavros Exakoustidis | Stavros Exakoustidis | | | | | | | |
| Stavros Exakoustidis | Stavros Exakoustidis | | | | | Takeru | Takeru | KO |
| | | | | | | Kosuke Komiyama | Kosuke Komiyama | |
| Kosuke Komiyama | Kosuke Komiyama | KO | | | | | | | Kosuke Komiyama | Kosuke Komiyama |
| Suarek Rukkukamui | Suarek Rukkukamui | | | | | | | |
| Suarek Rukkukamui | Suarek Rukkukamui | | Kosuke Komiyama | Kosuke Komiyama | UD | | | |
| | | | Koji | Koji | | | | |
| Hirotaka Urabe | Hirotaka Urabe | | Koji | Koji | | | | |
| Koji | Koji | UD | | | | | | |

## K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament

K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on June 17, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

### Background

This event will feature an 8-Man Featherweight Tournament.

### Fight Card

K-1 World GP 2018 Featherweight World Tournament :
| Weight Class | | | | Method | Round | Time | Notes |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg | Yuta Murakoshi | def. | Haruma Saikyo | TKO (Ankle Injury) | 1 | 0:50 | Featherweight GP Final |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Koya Urabe | def. | Arthur Sorsor | KO (Knee and Punch) | 2 | 0:46 | |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Masaaki Noiri | def. | Vincent Foschiani | KO (Punch to the Body) | 2 | 2:45 | |
| Welterweight 67.5 kg | Minoru Kimura | def. | Kazuki Yamagiwa | KO (Punch) | 1 | 2:48 | |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Hideaki Yamazaki | def. | Jun Nakazawa | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg | Yuta Murakoshi | def. | Jorge Varela | Ext.Round Decision (Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | Featherweight GP Semi-Finals |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg | Haruma Saikyo | def. | Ryusei Ashizawa | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Featherweight GP Semi-Finals |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Gonnapar Weerasakreck | def. | Rukiya Anpo | TKO (3 Knockdown Rules) | 2 | 1:47 | |
| Welterweight 67.5 kg | Yasuhiro Kido | def. | Massaro Glunder | DQ (Holding) | 3 | 2:30 | |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg | Hisaki Kato | def. | Makoto Uehara | Ext.Round Decision (Split) | 4 | 3:00 | |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg | Haruma Saikyo | def. | Hirotaka Asahisa | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg | Ryusei Ashizawa | def. | Silviu Vitez | KO (Punch) | 1 | 1:28 | Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg | Yuta Murakoshi | def. | Elias Mahmoudi | Ext.Round Decision (Split) | 4 | 3:00 | Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg | Jorge Varela | def. | Kaito Ozawa | TKO (2 Knockdown Rules) | 1 | 2:56 | Featherweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg | Yuki Egawa | def. | Yuta Otaki | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:26 | Featherweight GP Reserve Fight |
| Preliminary Card ||||||||
| Featherweight 57.5 kg | Namito Izawa | def. | Kento Ito | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Kaisei Kondo | Draw | Hayato Suzuki | Decision | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Welterweight 67.5 kg | Kaito | def. | Toshiki Watanabe | KO | 1 | 1:03 | |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Tomoya Yokoyama | def. | Kazuma Kubo | KO | 1 | 1:03 | |

### K-1 World GP 2018 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Haruma Saikyo | Haruma Saikyo | S.Dec | | | | | | |
| Hirotaka Asahisa | Hirotaka Asahisa | 3r. | | | | | | |
| Hirotaka Asahisa | Hirotaka Asahisa | 3r. | Haruma Saikyo | Haruma Saikyo | U.Dec | | | |
| | | | Ryusei Ashizawa | Ryusei Ashizawa | 3r. | | | |
| Ryusei Ashizawa | Ryusei Ashizawa | KO | Ryusei Ashizawa | Ryusei Ashizawa | 3r. | | | |
| Silviu Vitez | Silviu Vitez | 1r. | | | | | | |
| Silviu Vitez | Silviu Vitez | 1r. | | | | Haruma Saikyo | Haruma Saikyo | 1r. |
| | | | | | | Yuta Murakoshi | Yuta Murakoshi | TKO |
| Yuta Murakoshi | Yuta Murakoshi | S.Dec | | | | | | | Yuta Murakoshi | Yuta Murakoshi | TKO |
| Elias Mahmoudi | Elias Mahmoudi | 4r. | | | | | | |
| Elias Mahmoudi | Elias Mahmoudi | 4r. | Yuta Murakoshi | Yuta Murakoshi | U.Dec | | | |
| | | | Jorge Varela | Jorge Varela | 4r. | | | |
| Jorge Varela | Jorge Varela | TKO | Jorge Varela | Jorge Varela | 4r. | | | |
| Kaito Ozawa | Kaito Ozawa | 1r. | | | | | | |

## K-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship Tournament

K-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship Tournament will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on September 24, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

### Background

This event will feature an 8-Man Cruiserweight Tournament.

### Results

K-1 World GP 2018 Cruiserweight World Tournament :
| Weight Class | | | | Method | Round | Time | Notes |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg | Sina Karimian | def. | Boubaker El Bakouri | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | Cruiserweight GP Final |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Takeru | def. | Daniel Puertas Gallardo | KO (Punches) | 1 | 2:08 | |
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Yoshiki Takei | def. | Akram Hamidi | KO (Punches) | 1 | 1:41 | |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Koji | def. | Stavros Exakoustidis | Ext.Round Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg | Boubaker El Bakouri | def. | Hitoshi Sugimoto | TKO (2 Knockdown Rules) | 2 | 1:38 | Cruiserweight GP Semi-Finals |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg | Sina Karimian | def. | K-Jee | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Cruiserweight GP Semi-Finals |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg | Ryusei Ashizawa | def. | Kaito Ozawa | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Rukiya Anpo | def. | Kenta Hayashi | KO (Punch) | 3 | 0:43 | |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Suarek Rukkukamui | def. | Masanobu Goshu | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg | Boubaker El Bakouri | def. | Makoto Uehara | KO (Punch) | 1 | 1:05 | Cruiserweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg | Hitoshi Sugimoto | def. | Aundre Groce | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Cruiserweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg | K-Jee | def. | Brian McGrath | TKO (Referee Stoppage) | 1 | 2:36 | Cruiserweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg | Sina Karimian | def. | OD-KEN | KO (Knee and Punches) | 4 | 0:38 | Cruiserweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg | RUI | def. | Furuta Taichi | KO (Knee to the Body) | 3 | 2:48 | Cruiserweight GP Reserve Fight |
| Preliminary Card ||||||||
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Kaisei Kondo | def. | Ryuka Ohba | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 2:00 | K-1 Koshien 2018 -65kg Final |
| Lightweight 60 kg | Rikiya Yamaura | def. | Ryusei Shimizu | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 2:00 | K-1 Koshien 2018 -60kg Final |
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Kazuma Takuda | def. | Rui Kasami | KO | 3 | 0:33 | K-1 Koshien 2018 -55kg Final |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Hisaki Higashimoto | def. | Shuji Kawarada | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Takaya Ogura | def. | Ryota | KO | 1 | 0:38 | |

### K-1 World GP 2018 Cruiserweight Tournament bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Sina Karimian | Sina Karimian | KO | | | | | | |
| OD-KEN | OD-KEN | 4r. | | | | | | |
| OD-KEN | OD-KEN | 4r. | Sina Karimian | Sina Karimian | UD | | | |
| | | | K-Jee | K-Jee | 3r. | | | |
| K-Jee | K-Jee | TKO | K-Jee | K-Jee | 3r. | | | |
| Brian McGrath | Brian McGrath | 1r. | | | | | | |
| Brian McGrath | Brian McGrath | 1r. | | | | Sina Karimian | Sina Karimian | MD |
| | | | | | | Boubaker El Bakouri | Boubaker El Bakouri | 3r. |
| Hitoshi Sugimoto | Hitoshi Sugimoto | UD | | | | | | | Boubaker El Bakouri | Boubaker El Bakouri | 3r. |
| Aundre Groce | Aundre Groce | 3r. | | | | | | |
| Aundre Groce | Aundre Groce | 3r. | Boubaker El Bakouri | Boubaker El Bakouri | TKO | | | |
| | | | Hitoshi Sugimoto | Hitoshi Sugimoto | 2r. | | | |
| Boubaker El Bakouri | Boubaker El Bakouri | KO | Hitoshi Sugimoto | Hitoshi Sugimoto | 2r. | | | |
| Makoto Uehara | Makoto Uehara | 1r. | | | | | | |

## K-1 World GP 2018: 3rd Super Lightweight Championship Tournament

K-1 World GP 2018: 3rd Super Lightweight Championship Tournament will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on November 3, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

### Background

This event will feature an 8-Man Super Lightweight Tournament.

### Fight Card

K-1 World GP 2018 Super Lightweight World Tournament :
| Weight Class | | | | Method | Round | Time | Notes |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Kaew Fairtex | def. | Daizo Sasaki | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Super Lightweight GP Final |
| Featherweight 57 kg | Alex Rivas | def. | Yuta Murakoshi | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Catchweight 68 kg | Jordann Pikeur | def. | Minoru Kimura | TKO (4 Knockdowns) | 3 | 1:29 | |
| Featherweight 57 kg | Hirotaka Urabe | def. | Ryusei Ashizawa | KO (Overhand Right) | 3 | 2:28 | |
| Welterweight 67.5 kg | Yasuhiro Kido | def. | Jonathan Tuhu | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Kaew Fairtex | def. | Yasuomi Soda | Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | Super Lightweight GP Semi Final |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Daizo Sasaki | def. | Jun Nakazawa | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Super Lightweight GP Semi Final |
| Catchweight 50 kg | KANA | def. | Josefine Lindgren Knutsson | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Cruiserweight 90 kg | Hisaki Kato | def. | RUI | KO (Overhand Left) | 1 | 1:59 | |
| Featherweight 57 kg | Yuki Egawa | def. | Hayato | Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Kaew Fairtex | def. | Tetsuya Yamato | KO (High Kick) | 1 | 1:32 | Super Lightweight GP Quarter Final |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Yasuomi Soda | def. | Mo Abdurahman | TKO (2 Knockdowns) | 4 | 2:31 | Super Lightweight GP Quarter Final |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Jun Nakazawa | def. | Sean Clancy | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:09 | Super Lightweight GP Quarter Final |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Daizo Sasaki | def. | Sam Hill | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Super Lightweight GP Quarter Final |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Daiki Matsushita | def. | FUMIYA | TKO (2 Knockdowns) | 1 | 2:40 | Super Lightweight GP Reserve Fight |
| Preliminary Card ||||||||
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Shinichiro Yamamoto | def. | Takumi Furukawa | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 2:00 | K-1 College 2018 -65kg Final |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Kazuki Sagegami | def. | Ryo Shimoji | KO | 3 | 1:25 | K-1 College 2018 -60kg Final |
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Hinata Matsumoto | def. | Gentaro iwamoto | TKO | 2 | 1:29 | K-1 College 2018 -55kg Final |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Tomoya Yokoyama | def. | Yuya | KO | 1 | 0:36 | |
| Super Lightweight 65 kg | Jinya | def. | Yuki Koge | KO | 3 | 0:43 | |

### K-1 World GP 2018 Super Lightweight Tournament bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Daizo Sasaki | Daizo Sasaki | UD | | | | | | |
| Sam Hill | Sam Hill | 3r. | | | | | | |
| Sam Hill | Sam Hill | 3r. | Daizo Sasaki | Daizo Sasaki | UD | | | |
| | | | Jun Nakazawa | Jun Nakazawa | 3r. | | | |
| Jun Nakazawa | Jun Nakazawa | KO | Jun Nakazawa | Jun Nakazawa | 3r. | | | |
| Sean Clancy | Sean Clancy | 1r. | | | | | | |
| Sean Clancy | Sean Clancy | 1r. | | | | Kaew Fairtex | Kaew Fairtex | UD |
| | | | | | | Daizo Sasaki | Daizo Sasaki | 3r. |
| Yasuomi Soda | Yasuomi Soda | KO | | | | | | | Daizo Sasaki | Daizo Sasaki | 3r. |
| Mo Abdurahman | Mo Abdurahman | 4r. | | | | | | |
| Mo Abdurahman | Mo Abdurahman | 4r. | Kaew Fairtex | Kaew Fairtex | Ext.R UD | | | |
| | | | Yasuomi Soda | Yasuomi Soda | 4r. | | | |
| Kaew Fairtex | Kaew Fairtex | KO | Yasuomi Soda | Yasuomi Soda | 4r. | | | |
| Tetsuya Yamato | Tetsuya Yamato | 1r. | | | | | | |

## K-1 World GP 2018: K-1 Lightweight World's Strongest Tournament

K-1 World GP 2018: K-1 Lightweight World's Strongest Tournament was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on December 8, 2018 at the Edion Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan.

### Background

This event will feature an 8-Man Lightweight Tournament.

### Results

K-1 World GP 2018 Lightweight World Tournament :
| Weight Class | | | | Method | Round | Time | Notes |
| Super Featherweight 60 kg | Takeru | def. | Koji | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | For the K-1 Super Featherweight Championship |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Kenta Hayashi | def. | Fumiya Osawa | KO (Punches) | 3 | 1:52 | Lightweight GP Final |
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Yoshiki Takei | def. | Yodbuadeng Fairtex | Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | |
| Welterweight 67.5 kg | Masaaki Noiri | def. | Riki Matsuoka | KO (Punches) | 1 | 1:57 | |
| Welterweight 67.5 kg | Rukiya Anpo | def. | Hideaki Yamazaki | TKO (High Kick) | 4 | 0:14 | |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Fumiya Osawa | def. | Kyoshiro | KO (Punches) | 2 | 2:00 | Lightweight GP Semi-Finals |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Kenta Hayashi | def. | Yuto Shinohara | KO (Punches) | 1 | 2:31 | Lightweight GP Semi-Finals |
| Featherweight 57.5 kg | Taio Asahisa | def. | Riku Anpo | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Yuta Hayashi | vs. | Shuhei Kumura | No Contest (Accidental Headbutt) | 1 | 1:45 | |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Fumiya Osawa | def. | Liu Wei | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | Lightweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Kyoshiro | def. | Indigo Boyd | KO (Punch) | 3 | 2:15 | Lightweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Yuto Shinohara | def. | Gonnapar Weerasakreck | KO (Punch) | 1 | 0:25 | Lightweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Kenta Hayashi | def. | Nicolas Gaffie | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | Lightweight GP Quarter-Finals |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Shinichiro Kawasaki | def. | Hisaki Higashimoto | Ext.Round Decision (Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | Lightweight GP Reserve Fight |
| Preliminary Card ||||||||
| Featherweight 57.5 kg | Tetsu | def. | Masafumi Kurasaki | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight 62.5 kg | Seiya | def. | Koji Suzuki | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Aoshi | vs. | Yuto Kuroda | Draw (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | |

### K-1 World GP 2018 Lightweight Tournament bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Kenta Hayashi | Kenta Hayashi | SD | | | | | | |
| Nicolas Gaffie | Nicolas Gaffie | 3r. | | | | | | |
| Nicolas Gaffie | Nicolas Gaffie | 3r. | Kenta Hayashi | Kenta Hayashi | KO | | | |
| | | | Yuto Shinohara | Yuto Shinohara | 1r. | | | |
| Yuto Shinohara | Yuto Shinohara | KO | Yuto Shinohara | Yuto Shinohara | 1r. | | | |
| Gonnapar Weerasakreck | Gonnapar Weerasakreck | 1r. | | | | | | |
| Gonnapar Weerasakreck | Gonnapar Weerasakreck | 1r. | | | | Kenta Hayashi | Kenta Hayashi | KO |
| | | | | | | Fumiya Osawa | Fumiya Osawa | 3r. |
| Kyoshiro | Kyoshiro | KO | | | | | | | Fumiya Osawa | Fumiya Osawa | 3r. |
| Indigo Boyd | Indigo Boyd | 3r. | | | | | | |
| Indigo Boyd | Indigo Boyd | 3r. | Fumiya Osawa | Fumiya Osawa | KO | | | |
| | | | Kyoshiro | Kyoshiro | 2r. | | | |
| Fumiya Osawa | Fumiya Osawa | MD | Kyoshiro | Kyoshiro | 2r. | | | |
| Liu Wei | Liu Wei | 3r. | | | | | | |