K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Final

K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Final was a kickboxing and martial arts event promoted by the K-1 organization. It was the third K-1 MAX final for middleweight kickboxers (70 kg/154 lb weight class) involving eight finalists and two reserve fighters, with all bouts fought under K-1 rules. Seven of the eight finalists had won elimination fights at the K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Open, while the last finalist and both reserve fighters were invited despite suffering defeats. As well as tournament matches there was also an opening fight, fought under K-1 rules and a super fight fought under K-1 mixed rules (2 rounds of kickboxing, 2 rounds of MMA). In total there were fourteen fighters at the event, representing nine countries.

K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Final
Information
PromotionK-1
DateJuly 7, 2004
VenueYoyogi National Gymnasium
City Tokyo, Japan
Attendance14,819
Event chronology
K-1 Beast 2004 in Shizuoka K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Final Kings of Oceania 2004

The tournament winner was Buakaw Por. Pramuk who won the ten million yen first prize by defeating reigning K-1 MAX champion and pre-tournament favourite Masato in the final by unanimous decision after an extra extension round. It was an excellent victory for the relatively unknown Thai who would burst on to the global kickboxing scene and would go on to become a real force in the middleweight division. The other notable result saw popular local MMA fighter Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto defeat kickboxer Yasuhiro Kazuya in their special MMA vs kickboxing match. The event was held in Tokyo at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, on Wednesday, 7 July 2004 in front of 14,000 spectators.[1]

K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Final
K-1 World MAX Open Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
Paolo Balicha    
Takayuki Kohiruimaki DEC     Takayuki Kohiruimaki DEC  
Hayato       Mike Zambidis    
Mike Zambidis DEC       Takayuki Kohiruimaki    
Duane Ludwig         Buakaw Por. Pramuk KO  
John Wayne Parr DEC     John Wayne Parr    
Buakaw Por. Pramuk DEC     Buakaw Por. Pramuk DEC  
Jordan Tai         Buakaw Por. Pramuk DEC
Masato DEC       Masato  
Serkan Yilmaz       Masato DEC  
      Jadamba Narantungalag *    
        Masato DEC  
Marfio Canoletti         Albert Kraus    
Shamil Gaidarbekov DEC     Shamil Gaidarbekov        
Albert Kraus DEC     Albert Kraus DEC      
Jadamba Narantungalag    

* Despite defeat Jadamba Narantungalag is invited to tournament as finalist

Results
K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Final Results[2][3]
Opening Fight -70 kg: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R
Takashi Ohno def. Vincent Swaans
Ohno defeated Swaans by TKO (Referee Stoppage) at 2:56 of the 1st Round.
K-1 World MAX Tournament Reserve Fight -70 kg: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R
Duane Ludwig def. Serkan Yilmaz
Ludwig defeated Yilmaz by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (28-27, 30-29, 30-28).
K-1 World MAX Tournament Quarter Finals -70 kg: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R
Takayuki Kohiruimaki def. Mike Zambidis
Kohiruimaki defeated Zambidis by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (30-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Buakaw Por. Pramuk def. John Wayne Parr
Por. Pramuk defeated Parr by Extra Round Split Decision 2-1 (10-9, 9-10, 10-9). After 3 rounds it was scored a draw (30-30, 30-30, 30-30).
Masato def. Jadamba Narantungalag
Masato defeated Narantungalag by 3rd Round Majority Decision 2-0 (30-29, 30-30, 30-29).
Albert Kraus def. Shamil Gaidarbekov
Kraus defeated Gaidarbekov by 3rd Round Majority Decision 2-0 (30-29, 30-30, 30-29).
K-1 World MAX Tournament Semi Finals -70 kg: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R
Buakaw Por. Pramuk def. Takayuki Kohiruimaki
Por. Pramuk defeated Kohiruimaki by KO (Knees) at 0:42 of the 2nd Round.
Masato def. Albert Kraus
Masato defeated Kraus by 3rd Round Unanimous Decision 3-0 (29-28, 29-28, 30-28).
Super Fight -70 kg: K-1 Special Mixed Rules / 3Min. 4R
Norifumi Yamamoto def. Yasuhiro Kazuya
Yamamoto defeated Kazuya by Submission (Armbar) at 2:40 of the 2nd Round.
K-1 World MAX Tournament Final -70 kg: K-1 Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.2R
Buakaw Por. Pramuk def. Masato
Por. Pramuk defeated Masato by Extra Round Unanimous Decision 3-0. After 3 rounds the judges had scored it a draw.

See also

References
  1. "Buakaw Bests the Best at World Max 2004 Final". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2010-09-14.
  2. "Results". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2010-09-12.
  3. "Results". K-1sport.de - Your Source for Everything K-1.
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