# List of K-1 champions

This is the list of all K-1 champions. Included are the K-1 World Grand Prix and K-1 World MAX champions as well as all the preliminary tournament winners from the events promoted by FEG (1993– 2011), K-1 Global (2012–2023), and K-1 (2014–present), following the former's dissolution. The list does not contain K-1's mixed martial arts branch Hero's and DREAM champions.

## K-1 Championship
### K-1 Super Heavyweight Championship

       Weight limit: Unlimited
| Name | Date | Defenses |
| Semmy Schilt (def. Ray Sefo) | March 4, 2007 | def. Mighty Mo on June 23, 2007 def. Mark Hunt on April 13, 2008 def. Jérôme Le Banner on June 29, 2008 def. Errol Zimmerman on April 3, 2010 |
| Schilt retired from professional competition on June 26, 2013 |||

### K-1 Heavyweight Championship

       Weight limit: 100 kg (220.5 lb)
| Name | Date | Defenses |
| Badr Hari (def. Yusuke Fujimoto) | April 28, 2007 | def. Glaube Feitosa on June 29, 2008 |
| Hari was stripped of his title on December 17, 2008, for unsportsmanlike behavior |||
| Kyotaro Fujimoto (def. Gökhan Saki) | March 28, 2009 | def. Peter Aerts on April 3, 2010 |
| Fujimoto vacated the title on October 1, 2011, in order to pursue a career in professional boxing |||
| Antonio Plazibat (def. Ibrahim El Bouni) | November 23, 2017 | |
| Roel Mannaart (def. Antonio Plazibat) | March 21, 2018 | def. Chris Bradford on November 24, 2019 |

### K-1 Cruiserweight Championship

       Weight limit: 90 kg (198.4 lb)
| Name | Date | Defenses |
| Sina Karimian (def. Boubaker El Bakouri) | September 24, 2018 | def. Hisaki Kato on March 10, 2019 def. Ryo Aitaka on March 22, 2020 |
| K-JEE (def. Sina Karimian) | November 3, 2020 | |
| Sina Karimian (def. K-JEE) | March 28, 2021 | |
| Liu Ce (def. Sina Karimian) | March 20, 2024 | def. Mahmoud Sattari on September 29, 2024 |

### K-1 Middleweight Championship

       Weight limit: 75 kg (165.3 lb)
| Name | Date | Defenses |
| Hasan Toy (def. Shintaro Matsukura) | June 3, 2023 | |
| Shintaro Matsukura (def. Hasan Toy) | December 9, 2023 | |

### K-1 Super Welterweight Championship

       Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)
| Name | Date | Defenses |
| Marat Grigorian (def. Jordann Pikeur) | July 4, 2015 | |
| Grigorian was stripped of the title on December 6, 2016, after refusing to defend |||
| Chingiz Allazov (def. Yasuhiro Kido) | June 18, 2017 | def. Hinata Watanabe on March 21, 2018 |
| Allazov vacated the title on February 5, 2019, after signing with Bellator Kickboxing |||
| Minoru Kimura (def. Hiromi Wajima) | March 22, 2020 | |
| Hiromi Wajima (def. Minoru Kimura) | December 4, 2021 | def. Jomthong Chuwattana on March 12, 2023 def. Jordann Pikeur on July 17, 2023 |
| Ouyang Feng (def. Hiromi Wajima) | December 9, 2023 | |

### K-1 Welterweight Championship

       Weight limit: 67.5 kg (148.8 lb)
| Name | Date | Defenses |
| Yuta Kubo (def. Mohan Dragon) | September 18, 2017 | def. Melsik Baghdasaryan on March 21, 2018 def. Yasuhiro Kido on March 10, 2019 def. Jordann Pikeur on March 22, 2020 |
| Kubo retired from the sport on August 20, 2020. |||
| Masaaki Noiri (def. Rukiya Anpo) | September 20, 2021 | |
| Noiri vacated the title on March 27, 2024, after departing from the promotion. |||

### K-1 Super Lightweight Championship

       Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb)
| Name | Date | Defenses |
| Kaew Fairtex (def. Yasuomi Soda) | November 3, 2014 | def. Minoru Kimura on November 21, 2015 def. Massaro Glunder on March 4, 2016 def. Hideaki Yamazaki on April 22, 2017 |
| Masaaki Noiri (def. Kaew Fairtex) | June 18, 2017 | |
| Noiri vacated the title on August 19, 2018, after moving up in weight |||
| Kaew Fairtex (def. Daizo Sasaki) | November 3, 2018 | |
| Rukiya Anpo (def. Kaew Fairtex) | November 3, 2018 | def. Kaew Fairtex on December 28, 2019 def. Fukashi Mizutani on March 22, 2020 |
| Hideaki Yamazaki (def. Rukiya Anpo) | September 22, 2020 | |
| Tetsuya Yamato (def. Hideaki Yamazaki) | April 3, 2022 | def. Daizo Sasaki on September 11, 2022 def. Kenta Hayashi on March 12, 2023 |
| Yamato vacated the title on March 8, 2024. |||
| Yodkhunpon Weerasakreck (def. Shu Inagaki) | September 29, 2024 | def. Hayato Suzuki on February 9, 2025 |

### K-1 Lightweight Championship

       Weight limit: 62.5 kg (137.8 lb)
| Name | Date | Defenses |
| Wei Rui (def. Ren Hiramoto) | February 25, 2017 | def. Kongnapa Weerasakreck on June 18, 2017 |
| Koya Urabe (def. Wei Rui) | March 21, 2018 | |
| Kenta Hayashi (def. Koya Urabe) | March 10, 2019 | |
| Kongnapa Weerasakreck (def. Kenta Hayashi) | December 13, 2020 | |
| Taio Asahisa (def. Kongnapa Weerasakreck) | July 17, 2021 | |
| Yuki Yoza (def. Taio Asahisa) | March 12, 2023 | |

### K-1 Super Featherweight Championship

       Weight limit: 60 kg (132.3 lb)
| Name | Date | Defenses |
| Koya Urabe (def. Hirotaka Urabe) | January 18, 2015 | |
| Hirotaka Urabe (def. Koya Urabe) | November 21, 2015 | |
| Taiga Kawabe (def. Hirotaka Urabe) | February 25, 2017 | |
| Taiga was stripped of the title on February 3, 2018, due to contract disputes |||
| Takeru Segawa (def. Kosuke Komiyama) | February 25, 2017 | def. Kouzi on December 8, 2018 def. Leona Pettas on March 28, 2021 |
| Takeru vacated the title on June 27, 2022, due to injuries and mental health issues |||
| Leona Pettas (def. Hirotaka Asahisa) | September 11, 2022 | |
| Pettas vacated the title on January 29, 2025. |||

### K-1 Featherweight Championship

       Weight limit: 57.5 kg (126.8 lb)
| Name | Date | Defenses |
| Takeru Segawa (def. Kaito Ozawa) | November 3, 2016 | def. Wang Junguang on September 18, 2017 |
| Takeru vacated the title after moving up in weight |||
| Yuta Murakoshi (def. Haruma Saikyo) | June 17, 2018 | def. Hirotaka Urabe on March 10, 2019 |
| Murakoshi vacated the title on August 26, 2019, after moving up in weight |||
| Yuki Egawa (def. Jawsuayai Sor.Dechaphan) | September 24, 2019 | |
| Tatsuya Tsubakihara (def. Yuki Egawa) | March 21, 2021 | |
| Taito Gunji (def. Tatsuya Tsubakihara) | December 4, 2021 | def. View Petchkoson on March 12, 2023 |
| Takumi Terada (def. Taito Gunji) | September 29, 2024 | def. Takahito Niimi on February 9, 2025 |

### K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship

       Weight limit: 55 kg (121.3 lb)
| Name | Date | Defenses |
| Takeru Segawa (def. Taiga Kawabe) | April 19, 2015 | def. Charles Bongiovanni on November 21, 2015 |
| Takeru vacated the title on August 28, 2016 |||
| Yoshiki Takei (def. Kenji Kubo) | April 22, 2017 | def. Kenji Kubo on March 21, 2018 |
| Takei vacated the title on December 13, 2020, after transitioning to the sport of boxing |||
| Akihiro Kaneko (def. Masashi Kumura) | February 27, 2022 | def. Kompetch Sitsarawatsuer on March 12, 2023 def. Masashi Kumura on September 10, 2023 def. Manolis Kallistis on February 9, 2025 |

### K-1 Bantamweight Championship

       Weight limit: 53 kg (116.8 lb)
| Name | Date | Defenses |
| Toma Kuroda (def. Issei Ishii) | December 3, 2022 | def. issei Ishii on December 9, 2023 |
| Kuroda vacated the title on January 3, 2025. |||

### K-1 Women's Flyweight Championship

       Weight limit: 52 kg (114.6 lb)
| Name | Date | Defenses |
| KANA (def. Josefine Lindgren Knutsson) | September 28, 2019 | def. Souris Manfredi on June 25, 2022 def. Funda Alkayış on March 12, 2023 def. McKenna Wade on July 17, 2023 |
| Antonia Prifti (def. Kana Morimoto) | December 9, 2023 | |
| SAHO (def. Antonia Prifti) | March 20, 2024 | |

### K-1 Women's Atomweight Championship

       Weight limit: 45 kg (99.2 lb)
| Name | Date |
| Phayahong Ayothayafightgym (def. Miyuu Sugawara) | June 25, 2022 |
| Miyuu Sugawara (def. Phayahong Ayothayafightgym) | March 12, 2023 |
| Sugawara vacated the title on December 15, 2024. She announced to be pursuing a career in boxing. |||
| Kira Matsutani (def. Aki Suematsu) | February 9, 2025 |

## K-1 WORLD GRAND PRIX Champions
### Openweight

K-1 and FEG (1993-2010), K-1 (2024–present)

### K-1 WORLD GRAND PRIX : Finalists

K-1 and FEG (1993-2010), K-1 (2024–present)
K-1 WORLD GP FINAL :
| Fighter | Best Result | Previous appearances in GP FINAL | Record (W-L-D-NC) |
| Branko Cikatić | Champions 1993 | 1993, 1994 | 87-11-1-1 |
| Masaaki Satake | Runner-up 1994 | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 | 43-12-4-0 |
| Peter Aerts | Champions 1994, 1995, 1998 | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 | 108-35-2-0 |
| Maurice Smith | 3rd place 1993 | 1993 | 53-13-5-0 |
| Changpuek Kiatsongrit | Quarter Finals 1993 | 1993 | 277-99-5-0 |
| Todd Hays | Quarter Finals 1993 | 1993 | 11-1 |
| Ernesto Hoost | Champions 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 | 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006 | 99-21-1-0 |
| Toshiyuki Atokawa | Quarter Finals 1993, 1995 | 1993, 1995 | 5-10 |
| Patrick Smith | 3rd place 1994 | 1994 | 66-8 |
| Rob van Esdonk | Quarter Finals 1994 | 1994 | 8-10 |
| Michael Thompson | Quarter Finals 1994 | 1994 | 7-6 |
| Andre Mannaart | Quarter Finals 1994 | 1994 | 58-19-5-0 |
| Andy Hug | Champions 1996 | 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 | 37-9-1-0 |
| Mike Bernardo | Runner-up 1996 | 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 | 54-18-3-2 |
| Jérôme Le Banner | Runner-up 1995, 2002 | 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 | 87-23-2-1 |
| Stan Longinidis | Quarter Finals 1995 | 1995 | 88-9-5-1 |
| John Kleijn | Quarter Finals 1995 | 1995 | 1-2 |
| Sam Greco | 3rd place 1998, 1999 | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 | 19-9-2-2 |
| Mirko Filipović | Runner-up 1999 | 1996, 1999, 2000 | 26-8 |
| Musashi | Runner-up 2003, 2004 | 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 | 49-30-5-1 |
| Duane Van Der Merwe | Quarter Finals 1996 | 1996 | 5-4 |
| Francisco Filho | Runner-up 2001 | 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 | 16-7-2-0 |
| Ray Sefo | Runner-up 2000 | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 | 56-22-1-0 |
| Cyril Abidi | 3rd place 2000, 2003 | 2000, 2003 | 25-16 |
| Stefan Leko | 3rd place 2001 | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006 | 69-39-1-1 |
| Mark Hunt | Champions 2001 | 2001, 2002 | 30-13 |
| Nicholas Pettas | Quarter Finals 2001 | 2001 | 9-9 |
| Alexey Ignashov | 3rd place 2001 | 2001, 2003 | 86-22 |
| Bob Sapp | Quarter Finals 2002 | 2002 | 12-19 |
| Francois Botha | 3rd place 2004 | 2003, 2004 | 4-12 |
| Peter Graham | Quarter Finals 2003 | 2003 | 59-14-1-0 |
| Remy Bonjasky | Champions 2003, 2004, 2008 | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 | 78-20 |
| Kaoklai Kaennorsing | 3rd place 2004 | 2004 | 88-40-5-1 |
| Mighty Mo | Quarter Finals 2004, 2010 | 2004, 2010 | 20-22 |
| Semmy Schilt | Champions 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 | 43-6-1-0 |
| Glaube Feitosa | Runner-up 2005 | 2005, 2006, 2007 | 17-17-10 |
| Ruslan Karaev | Quarter Finals 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 | 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 | 15-9 |
| Choi Hong-man | Quarter Finals 2005, 2007 | 2005, 2007 | 13-9 |
| Chalid Arrab | Quarter Finals 2006 | 2006 | 34-8 |
| Junichi Sawayashiki | Quarter Finals 2007 | 2007 | 15-8 |
| Badr Hari | Runner-up 2008, 2009 | 2007, 2008, 2009 | 106-17-0-3 |
| Ewerton Teixeira | Quarter Finals 2008, 2009 | 2008, 2009 | 11-4 |
| Gökhan Saki | 3rd place 2008, 2010 | 2008, 2010 | 82-16-0-1 |
| Errol Zimmerman | 3rd place 2008, 2024 | 2008, 2009, 2024 | 87-29-0-1 |
| Alistair Overeem | Champions 2010 | 2009, 2010 | 10-4-0-1 |
| Daniel Ghiță | Quarter Finals 2010 | 2010 | 52-11 |
| Kyotaro | Quarter Finals 2010 | 2010 | 21-7 |
| Tyrone Spong | Quarter Finals 2010 | 2010 | 107-7-1-1 |
| Ariel Machado | Champions 2024 | 2024 | 60-14 |
| Rhys Brudenell | Quarter Finals 2024 | 2024 | 22-4 |
| Shota Yamaguchi | 3rd place 2024 | 2024 | 8-2 |
| Claudio Istrate | Quarter Finals 2024 | 2024 | 60-24-3-1 |
| Feng Rui | Runner-up 2024 | 2024 | 12-1 |
| K-Jee | Quarter Finals 2024 | 2024 | 22-17 |
| Mattia Faraoni | Quarter Finals 2024 | 2024 | 28-5 |

## K-1 WORLD MAX Champions
### -70kg

K-1 and FEG (2002-2010), K-1 (2024–present)

### K-1 WORLD MAX : Finalists

K-1 and FEG (2002-2010), K-1 (2024–present)
K-1 WORLD MAX FINAL :
| Fighter | Best Result | Previous appearances in MAX FINAL | Record (W-L-D-NC) |
| Albert Kraus | Champions 2002 | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 | 115-30-3-0 |
| Takayuki Kohiruimaki | 3rd place 2002, 2004 | 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 | 40-20-2-0 |
| Duane Ludwig | 3rd place 2003 | 2002, 2003 | 14-7-1-0 |
| Marino Deflorin | Quarter Finals 2002 | 2002 | 24-10 |
| Shane Chapman | Quarter Finals 2002 | 2002 | 65-18-5-1 |
| Masato | Champions 2003, 2008 | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 | 55-6-2-0 |
| Kaolan Kaovichit | Runner-up 2002 | 2002 | 101-20-2-0 |
| Zhang Jiapo | Quarter Finals 2002 | 2002 | 62-11 |
| Marfio Canoletti | Quarter Finals 2003 | 2003 | 36-10 |
| Mike Zambidis | 3rd place 2010 | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010 | 157-24 |
| Andy Souwer | Champions 2005, 2007 | 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 | 161-21-2-0 |
| Sakeddaw Kiatputon | 3rd place 2003 | 2003 | 3-1 |
| Kozo Takeda | Quarter Finals 2003 | 2003 | 45-20-7-0 |
| John Wayne Parr | Quarter Finals 2004, 2005 | 2004, 2005 | 99-30-2-0 |
| Shamil Gaidarbekov | Quarter Finals 2004 | 2004 | 27-6 |
| Buakaw Banchamek | Champions 2004, 2006 | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2024 | 244-25-14-2 |
| Jadamba Narantungalag | Quarter Finals 2004, 2005 | 2004, 2005 | 4-6 |
| Kazuya Yasuhiro | 3rd place 2005 | 2005 | 7-13 |
| Gago Drago | 3rd place 2006, 2010 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 | 76-26-4-2 |
| Virgil Kalakoda | Quarter Finals 2006 | 2006 | 10-10 |
| Yoshihiro Sato | Runner-up 2010 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 | 54-25-1-0 |
| Artur Kyshenko | Runner-up 2008 | 2007, 2008, 2009 | 72-14-1-2 |
| Warren Stevelmans | Quarter Finals 2008 | 2008 | 59-34-5-0 |
| Yasuhiro Kido | Quarter Finals 2008 | 2008 | 57-26-2-1 |
| Nieky Holzken | Quarter Finals 2009 | 2009 | 95-18-0-1 |
| Yuya Yamamoto | 3rd place 2009 | 2009 | 35-28-1-0 |
| Giorgio Petrosyan | Champions 2009, 2010 | 2009, 2010 | 107-3-2-2 |
| Yuichiro Nagashima | Quarter Finals 2010 | 2010 | 21-18-2-0 |
| Mohammed Khamal | Quarter Finals 2010 | 2010 | 48-10-3-0 |
| Michał Głogowski | Quarter Finals 2010 | 2010 | 21-5-1-0 |
| Stoyan Koprivlenski | Champions 2024 | 2024 | 23-9 |
| Dengue Silva | 3rd place 2024 | 2024 | 45-6 |
| Darryl Verdonk | Quarter Finals 2024 | 2024 | 15-6 |
| Viktor Akimov | Runner-up 2024 | 2024 | 13-4 |
| Romano Bakboord | Quarter Finals 2024 | 2024 | 18-8-1-0 |
| Kacper Muszyński | Quarter Finals 2024 | 2024 | 25-1-1-0 |
| Zhora Akopyan | Quarter Finals 2024 | 2024 | 30-6 |
| Sergio Sanchez | 3rd place 2024 | 2024 | 78-17 |

## K-1 World Tournament Champions

K-1 WORLD GP JAPAN (2014-2023), K-1 WORLD MAX (2024-present)

## K-1 Japan Tournament Champions

| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2021-05-30 | Toma Kuroda | Japan | K-1 World GP 2021: Japan Bantamweight Tournament | Yokohama, Japan | Kazuki Miburo | Japan |
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2016-04-24 | Taiga | Japan | K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Koya Urabe | Japan |
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2016-03-04 | Hideaki Yamazaki | Japan | K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament | Tokyo, Japan | Masaaki Noiri | Japan |
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2011-06-25 | Yuta Kubo | Japan | K-1 World MAX 2011 –63 kg Japan Tournament Final | Tokyo, Japan | Koya Urabe | Japan |
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2010-07-05 | Tetsuya Yamato | Japan | K-1 World MAX 2010 –63 kg Japan Tournament Final | Tokyo, Japan | Yuta Kubo | Japan |
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 1997-11-09 | Takehiro Murahama | Japan | K-1 Grand Prix '97 Final, K-1 Japan Featherweight GP '97 | Tokyo, Japan | Kenichi Sato | Japan |

## K-1 Global Champions

Openweight
-95 kg
-85 kg
-85 kg : Light Heavyweight
-70 kg

## K-2 / K-3 : Grand Prix Champions
### K-2

Weight limit: 82 kg

### K-3

Weight limit: 75 kg