2021 in K-1

The year 2021 is the 29th year in the history of the K-1, an international kickboxing event. The year started with K-1: K’Festa 4.

2021 in K-1
Information
First dateMarch 28, 2021
Events
Fights
Chronology
2020 in K-1 2021 in K-1 2022 in K-1

List of events
# Event Title Date Arena Location
1 K-1: K’Festa 4 March 21, 2021
March 28, 2021		 Tokyo Garden Theater
Nippon Budokan		 Tokyo, Japan

K-1: K’Festa 4
K-1: K’Festa 4
Information
PromotionK-1
DateMarch 21, 2021
March 28, 2021
VenueTokyo Garden Theater
Nippon Budokan
City Yoyogi, Japan

K-1: K'Festa 4 will be a kickboxing event held by K-1. It was originally scheduled to be held on January 24, 2021 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Yoyogi, Japan,[1] but was later postponed as the Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency for Tokyo, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The event was rescheduled for two dates: March 21 and March 28, 2021, to be held at the Tokyo Garden Theater and Nippon Budokan, respectively.[3]

Originally scheduled fights

The event was suppposed to be headlined by a match between the reigning K-1 Super Featherweight champion Takeru Segawa and the reigning Krush Super Featherweight champion Leona Pettas.[4]

Former K-1 Heavyweight champion Kyotaro Fujimoto was to make his comeback to kickboxing, following a ten-year hiatus.[5] He is scheduled to fight Kosuke Jitsutaka.[6]

Former K-1 Super Lightweight champion Rukiya Anpo was scheduled to fight Kaito.[7] Yuto Shinohara was set to face Yuma Saikyo, with both fighters coming off a two fight losing skid.[8] Tomoya Yokoyama was to fight TETSU,[9] while Akihiro Kaneko was set to fight Momotaro Kiyama.[10]

2019 K-1 Featherweight GP finalist Jawsuayai Sor.Dechaphan was scheduled to fight Shuhei Kumura,[11] while his brother Masashi Kumura was scheduled to fight Dansiam Ayothaya Fight Gym.[12] The 2017 super welterweight finalist Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to fight Daiki Matsushita.[13] Former K-1 Super Lightweight champion Masaaki Noiri was scheduled to fight Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai.[14]

The rest of the main card was rounded up with the following fights: Hiroki was to fight Ryuka at lightweight, Mio Tsumura was to fight Mako Yamada at a 46kg catchweight, Kamlaiphet Pran26 was to fight Daisuke Fujimura at super welterweight, Petchseenil Sor.Puangthong was to fight Miho Takanashi at atomweight and Sina Karimian was to fight Seiya Tanigawa at cruiserweight.[15]

March 21st event

The card will be headlined by a rematch between Yuki Egawa and Tatsuya Tsubakihara for the K-1 Featherweight title. The two previously fought at the K-1 World GP 2020 in Osaka, with Tsubakihara winning a majority decision.[16]

In the co-main event, the K-1 Super Lightweight champion Hideaki Yamazaki is scheduled to fight Fukashi Mizutani in a non-title bout.[17]

Former two-time Krush Welterweight title challenger Kaisei Kondo will face Maki Dwansonpong.[18] K-1 and Krush Cruiserweight title challenger Hisaki Kato is scheduled to fight Mahmoud Sattari.[19]

March 28th event

The main event bout between Takeru Segawa and Leona Pettas for the K-1 Super Featherweight Championship will serve as the headliner. The heavyweight bout between Kyotaro and Kosuke Jitsutaka was likewise rescheduled. The fight between the former K-1 Lightweight champion Rukiya Anpo and Kaito was scrapped, as Anpo was forced to withdraw due to injury. Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai, Dansiam AyothayaFightGym, Kamlaiphet Pran26 and Petchseenil Sor Puangthong will all be unable to compete due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. TETSU versus Tomoya Yokoyama, MIO versus Mako Yamada, Akihiro Kaneko versus Momotaro Kiyama and Hiroki versus Ryuka were all rescheduled for this event as well.[20]

Fight Card
K-1: K'Festa 4 Day 1
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight 57.5 kg Yuki Egawa (c) vs. Tatsuya Tsubakihara For the K-1 Featherweight Championship.
Super Lightweight 65 kg Hideaki Yamazaki vs. Fukashi
Welterweight 67.5 kg Kaisei Kondo vs. Maki Dwansonpong
Cruiserweight 90 kg Hisaki Kato vs. Mahmoud Sattari
Super Lightweight 65 kg Hayato Suzuki vs. Vitor Tofanelli
Catchweight 75 kg Katsuya Jinbo vs. Julio Cesar Mori
Lightweight 62.5 kg Hisaki Higashimoto vs. Shuji Kawarada

[21]

Fight Card
K-1: K'Festa 4
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Super Featherweight 60 kg Takeru (c) vs. Leona Pettas For the K-1 Super Featherweight Championship.
Heavyweight 100 kg Kyotaro vs. Kosuke Jitsutaka
Super Welterweight 70kg Yasuhiro Kido vs. Daiki Matsushita
Lightweight 62.5kg Yuto Shinohara vs. Yuma Saikyo
Super Featherweight 60kg Tetsuji Noda vs. Tomoya Yokoyama
Catchweight 46kg MIO vs. Mako Yamada
Super Bantamweight 55kg Akihiro Kaneko vs. Momotaro Kiyama
Lightweight 62.5kg Hiroki vs. Ryuka
Super Welterweight 70kg Minoru Kimura vs.
Welterweight 67.5 kg Masaaki Noiri vs.
Super Bantamweight 55kg Masashi Kumura vs.
Super Bantamweight 55kg Shuhei Kumura vs.
Atomweight 48kg Miho Takanashi vs.
Lightweight 62.5kg Kaito vs.
Preliminary Card
Featherweight 57.5kg Kurasaki Masafumi vs. Takahashi Naoki
Super Featherweight 60kg Sagegami Kazuki vs. Kodama Kenshin
Super Lightweight 65kg Inagaki Shu vs. Shimizu Takuma
Women's Minimumweight Keito Weerasakreck vs. REONA
Lightweight 62.5kg Hatori Jin vs. Miyake Yuya

[22]

See also

References
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