Results and Recap: K-1 Rising

K-1 Rising took place in Madrid, Spain this past weekend. Fans of Kickboxing were excited to see the return of K-1 and it did not disappoint. The event featured the K-1 Max Final 16 as well as some big heavyweight names in action.

In the Max tournament Andy Ristie, Chris Nigimbi, Reese McCallister and Andy Souwer all moved on to the Final 8 with decision wins. Ristie defeated Gago Drago by unanimous decision, McCallister defeated Longern Superpro Samui by unanimous decision, McCallister defeated Yuji Nashiro by unanimous decision and Souwer defeated Abraham Roqueni by split decision.

Mike Zambidis, Yasuhiro Kido, Murthel Groenhart and Artur Kyshenko all scored stoppage victories to advance in the tournament. Zambidis used a left hook to eliminate Chahid Oulad El Hadj, Kido connected with a spinning backfist to KO Xu Yan, Groenhart used a flurry of punches to stop Harut Grigorian and Artur Kyshenko landed a vicious left hook to bounce Su Hwan Lee for the tournament.

In the heavyweight bouts that were featured at the event Sergei Lascenko and Rico Verhoeven went the distance with Lascenko taking home a split decision victory. Daniel Ghita took the fight to Wendell Roche forcing his corner to stop the fight. Mirko Filipovic looked to be in top form as he knocked out Loren Javier Jorge with an uppercut in the second round. In the night’s main event Anderson Silva took the fight to Badr Hari, but despite his performance he came up short against the kickboxing power house that is Hari. In the end Hari took home a unanimous decision victory over Silva.

Also announced as part of the K-1 broadcast was the date for the event in Los Angeles, CA. All of the action will take place on September 8th at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.

Results:

Non Tournament Fights

Badr Hari def. Anderson Silva via Unanimous Decision

Mirko Filipovic def. Loren Javier Jorge via KO in Rd. 2

Daniel Ghita def. Wendell Roche via (T)KO in Rd. 2

Sergei Lascenko def. Rico Verhoeven via Split Decision

German Tabuenca def. David Pena via Split Decision.

David Calvo def. Jonay Risco via Split Decision.

Maximo Suarez def. Fran Palenzuela via Unanimous Decision.

Zeben Diaz def. Emad Kadyear via Decision.

K-1 MAX Final 16

Andy Ristie def. Gago Drago via Unanimous Decision

Chris Ngimbi def. Longern Superpro Samui via Unanimous Decision

Mike Zambidis def. Chahid Oulad El Hadj via KO (Left Hook) in Rd.3
Yasuhiro Kido def. Xu Yan via KO (Spinning Backfist) in Rd. 3
Reese McCallister def. Yuji Nashiro via Unanimous Decision.
Murthel Groenhart def. Harut Grigorian via KO (Punches) in Rd. 3
Artur Kyshenko def. Su Hwan Lee via KO (Left Hook) in Rd. 2
Andy Souwer def. Abraham Roqueni by Split Decision