FieLDS K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Yokohama results and quick recap

by Stefan Manojlovic on Mar 28, 2009 10:47 AM EDT

FieLDS K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Yokohama went down earlier this morning from the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. The stacked kickboxing event featured current Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem in the main event against reigning three-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion Remy Bonjasky.

Also on the card, Peter Aerts took on Errol Zimmerman, Jerome Le Banner locked horns with Ewerton Teixeira and Melvin Manhoef joined three other men in a mini-tournament for the K-1 Heavyweight Title.

For those of you waiting to catch tonight's replay on HDNet starting at 9pm ET, be warned, spoilers ahead!

Starting things off was the semifinal bout in the Heavyweight Tournament which pitted Keijiro Maeda up against Melvin Manhoef. "No Mercy" was stalking his prey ready to come in for the kill when surprisingly Maeda beat him to the punch and landed a right hook that would see Manhoef crashing to the mat and sending the Tournament favorite packing.

Also progressing to the Finals would be Gokhan Saki when he was able to knockout Tyrone Spong with a well placed overhand right. Spong will get a chance at revenge when the two meet again in May.

Semmy Schilt garnered a decision victory over Hesdy Gerges by dominating most of the fight with his reach advantage to score some stiff shots and do lots of damage. Gerges didn’t have much offense to offer and spent most of the fight blocking shots with his face. He was able to hang on to the time limit but it was not nearly enough to get the win.

Getting back to his winning ways would be karate stylist Ewerton Teixeira. He piped Jerome Le Banner to the post in their bout. The contest needed two extra rounds when the judges ruled it a draw on two separate occasions.

Fortunately after the fifth and final round they were able to make a verdict, seeing a split decision in favor of Teixeira.

Junichi Sawayashiki was simply outclassed in his fight with Glaube Feitosa. He would be the victim of several knockdowns, the last of which in the second round he was not able to recover from, handing Feitosa the victory.

Filling in for an absent Badr Hari would be aging veteran and K-1 legend Peter Aerts, who stepped up to take on three-time Dutch Muay Thai Champion Errol Zimmerman. It was a back-and-forth battle that judges called a draw come the end of the third round.

This would lead to an extra round which Aerts used to pull out the victory. It looks like there’s still some life in this old dog yet.

With both fighters suitably rested from their fights earlier in the semifinals of the mini-tournament, the finals were ready to get underway to declare the new K-1 Heavyweight Champion.

Though Saki was the one pushing forward, he was constantly outdone by Maeda, who always had an answer for him by landing some well-timed combinations. The bout would continue in this nature and eventually wind up with the overlooked Maeda being announced the champion.

The main event of the evening didn't disappoint with Alistair Overeem and Remy Bonjasky battling for three rounds. Overeem put on a good performance and was overwhelming Bonjasky for a while with his brute force.

Late into the third Overeem looked to be cruising to a decision win when Bonjasky was able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat with a straight right, knocking Overeem down. He managed to get back up but the knockdown would become the deciding factor in the judges decision, who saw in favor of Bonjasky.

Here are the official results for ‘FieLDS K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Yokohama’:

Preliminary Card:
Mitsugu Noda (8-2) defeated Yang Rae Yoo (0-1) via unanimous decision
Yutaka Sakama (4-1) defeated Takashi Tachikawa (3-3) by KO (0:29-R1)
Takumi Sato (5-3) defeated Hiraku Hori (11-12) by TKO (1:19-R1)

Main Card:
Remy Bonjasky (37-8) defeated Alistair Overeem (1-2) via unanimous decision
Peter Aerts (63-22) defeated Errol Zimmerman (6-2) via unanimous decision
Glaube Feitosa (15-13) defeated Junichi Sawayashiki (5-5) by KO (0:47-R2)
Ewerton Teixeira (6-1) defeated Jerome Le Banner (43-18-2) via split decision
Semmy Schilt (29-3-1) defeated Hesdy Gerges (0-1) via unanimous decision

Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal:
Keijiro Maeda (9-1) defeated Melvin Manhoef (3-2) by KO (2:01-R1)
Gokhan Saki (8-2) defeated Tyrone Spong (1-1) by KO (1:57-R4)

Heavyweight Tournament Final:
Keijiro Maeda (9-1) defeated Gokhan Saki (8-2) via majority decision

Don't forget to catch all the action from FieLDS K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Yokohama in tonight's replay on HDNet starting at 9pm ET.

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bonjasky did not look good at all, and maeda cleaned the house !

by Jared on Mar 28, 2009 10:51 AM EDT reply actions

very impressed with Maeda. Remmy showed off his wlrdclass defense through out the entire fight and Alistar just was fighting dirty, repeatedly throwing Remmy to the ground. I think Remmy deserved to win the fight but it was close.

by john on Mar 28, 2009 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions

I really like how bad they were trying to rob Texeira the whole time too. The one thing i really hate are 10-10 rounds. Someone needs to put a stop to them.

by NameNotRequired on Mar 28, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions

what did u have money on ewerton? that was a very even fight i believe and could have gone either way… lebanner landing the power shots and ewerton throwing a bit more… toss up in my opinion

by brendan on Mar 28, 2009 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Nah, i didn’t have the balls- wish i had though now. I thought maybe that JLB’s elbow might be weak after getting broken last time and i figured with amount of body work that ewerton does that he could possibly break his defense and at least kill his cardio. Also Lebanner landed maybe two or three power shots but ewerton was resetting a lot to set up those kicks so it looked like he was rocked every time he moved backwards after blocking a shot.

by NameNotRequired on Mar 28, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions

for the TUF 10 tryouts, there is a press release that said the cutoff for heavyweight is 225. Now does that mean they can only weigh 225 or lower (which is idiotic) or does that mean they can only weigh above 225?

On another site is says that that is the most they can weigh and that the former NFL players taht are trying out must cut down to that 225. Why would the UFC/TUF do this??

Anyone got ideas?

by ehoglund on Mar 28, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions

it could just be normal k-1 judging. for example Yodsaenklai vs Andy Souwer I think Yod was winning that fight (wearing him down with kicks) but they don’t score k-1 the same as MT and he lost that fight

by quidnunc on Mar 28, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions

ehoglund doesn’t that mean that they cut everybody off that weighs in under 225? they might aswell call it LHW if they’re under 225..

by RoB on Mar 28, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe it means there won’t be heavyweights on the show. Maybe 225 is the heaviest they want the LHWs to be, and they don’t want guys cutting more than 20 pounds.

by Jeremyjackson on Mar 28, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions

This could mean 2 things:

This could mean that they want real HEAVYWEIGHTS instead of guys like Rashad and Jardine who just dropped down to 205 as soon as the show was over. forcing heavyweights to be bigger than 225 is a tactiic clearly designed to feature REAL Heavyweights!

The UFC could also be adding a weight class in between LHW and HW. Recently fighters have expressed interest in added weight classes. Wandy already stated that he would love to fight at Super-middleweight (195 lbs).

by john on Mar 29, 2009 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions

Congrats to Keijiro Maeda for being the 1st ever Japanese K-1 Heavyweight champion.

I won money on Aerts, shilt, Remmy. Lost money on Manhoeff, and LeBanner!

by john on Mar 28, 2009 10:51 AM EDT reply actions

it’s 100% John, you get to see Penn/Florian in philly at UFC101

by kevin on Mar 28, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions

did you watch this event John? I watched for about 90 min. then started to get tired. was looking forward to the overeem match, but couldn’t make it, long week at work!

by kevin on Mar 28, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions

I was in and out the whole card. After manhoef lost, i was sad but i kept hoping that Ewerton might get the upset which he did by a hair. I really liked the jabbed to death clinic that feitosa put on. Fell asleep woke up right after zimm lost. Fell asleep again and woke up midway through the bonjasky fight.

by NameNotRequired on Mar 28, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions

UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn is set to defend his lightweight title against number one contender Kenny Florian. The newly agreed upon match is set to Headline UFC 101 in Philadelphia, PA on August 8th 2009.

The Challenger, Kenny “Kenflo” Florian, is currently riding a six fight win streak inside the octagon. Most recently dispatching Joe Stevenson via RNC in round 1 at UFC 91. Florian has made it no secret that he desires his second shot at the lightweight title. Most recently stating on ESPNS MMA Live,

“At the end of the day, I just want this fight to be signed. Let’s get an event, let’s get a date, and let’s make it happen.”

The Champion, BJ “The Prodigy” Penn, has not been down to lightweight to defend his title since UFC 84, in May of 2008, when he beat Sean Sherk via TKO at the end of the third round. When I asked BJ about the upcoming bout he simply said,

“I look forward to the challenge.”

According to our sources here within Team Penn, Florian has already signed the bout agreement for this fight. As for BJ, we received the bout agreement this afternoon and plan on making this fight happen.

More as it becomes available.

by kevin on Mar 28, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Check this out, gang!

Maia is apparently getting the next shot at the MW title!

Likely to take place at UFC 102 in Portland… an event I plan on attending! As long as Silva gets through Leites, which he will, that will be the next title fight.

I see Maia eating too many bombs trying to get the fight to the ground and getting KO’d early.

by Jeremyjackson on Mar 28, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions

If this is true, it’s a perfect opportunity for Joe Silva to match Marquardt up with Okami in the meantime, thereby eliminating Okami from the title picture (hopefully).

by Jeremyjackson on Mar 28, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions

thats good news Kevin,they have finalized the venue and date!

JJ where did you get this info?
If it’s true man that is great I will be attending the portland even aswell(hopfully).

by NM on Mar 28, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s up on cagepotato right now. Sorry if I’m stepping on any toes here, Mania.

To be honest, I think it might be a little early for Maia… but they probably want to match Anderson up with someone he hasn’t already defeated. Plus the hype angles for this fight are pretty sexy for the UFC… the whole “best striker in the world against the best submission artist in the world” thing.

Wonder how the Bisping/Henderson winner will fit into all this…

by Jeremyjackson on Mar 28, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I read that Okami was gurentee a title shot against the winner of A.Silva/Leites fight by Dana White.

by NM on Mar 28, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I think Dana knows that Okami won’t sell PPVs. If Okami was getting a shot, he’d have gotten it by now. His last fight was on the undercard, for crying out loud. We’ll see.

by Jeremyjackson on Mar 28, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions

As one of the biggest maia fan, my reactin is this is f$%ing bull$hit and ridiculous. Okami has to leave the UFC. He has too. Dana, Joe – just cut him already and let him try to make some money in japan. WTF is the point of being a top 3 MW who barely gets any money or a title shot after 10 fights under the promotion only losing 1 to a former champ?

by NameNotRequired on Mar 28, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions

He was supposed to face Silva at 90 but broke his hand so Cote stepped in.Then at the press conference Dana told Okami he will get next crack at the winner of 97.

Dont get me wrong i would rather pay 45$ to see two of my top middle weights fight then to see boring ass Okami circle for the takedown.

I hope you are right JJ,I hope that they do match Maia/Silva and Marquardt/Okami that would be great!!!

All tho imagine how boring the Okami/Marquardt fight will be lol.

Marquardt UD.

by NM on Mar 28, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions

its so crazy in mw right now alot of them deserve a shot.
but if by any chance spider loses to leites
does he get an instant rematch pushing the rest back again? or does he fight next top guy, that being bisping, hendo, okami, or nate.
and possibly return of cote and maybe rising belcher
and maia would take on leites if he does have next shot.
i wouldnt want this to happen cus im going for silva
but it could be like a little 8 man tournament.

any fight will be good

o yea wand winning if he does, can be thrown in mix, id like to see him vs belcher

by phenomenal angel on Mar 28, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Damn, my post got owned by the mods. Anyways, UFC do the humane thing and just cut Okami instead of yanking him around. Let him go to sengoku and make that paper next to his team mates from Wayjustu K.

by NameNotRequired on Mar 28, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Okami needs some serious media training, and so does 90% of all MMA fighters, Tito looks like a moron because he is one of the few that knows how to do it! every MMA fighter should have a good PR manager, cause most fighters has no idea of what they’re doing.. Badr Hari is the man of K1 right now! I wish every fighter would get some of his unbelivable charisma

by RoB on Mar 28, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah Kev…I will be live in Philly for the Penn/Florian fight!

UFC should really Cut Okami. whats the point of having a top 5 middleweight, that you pay $50,000 per fight, if you are going to stick him on an undercard, matched up against Cans?

Just get rid of him. No point in wasting Yushin’s time.

I actually have a feeling that the reason that Yushin is still in the UFC is because Anderson wants him to be! Top fighters love to get revenge against the few people who beat them…I know Yushin didnt beat Silva, but in the record books, he did. I thikn Anderson wants REVENGE, and thats why I think t he UFC is keeping Okami around….they clearly dont value his skills and toughness!

by john on Mar 29, 2009 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions

JOHN, where did you find odds on Semmy Schilt??? He was not on BetUs or BoDog.

by ViolentMike on Mar 29, 2009 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Also peole, this is the DUMBEST thread to highjack with UFC stuff. 99.99% of the threads are UFC related, go chat about small HW’s and BJ Penn elsewhere.

by ViolentMike on Mar 29, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions

No odds on the Shilt fight. A guy I train with loves k-1 but isnt a fan of mma…go figure! but anyway, we were talking about the event and I said that Shilt was my lOCK of the event, and he was raving about his opponent who I knew nothing about. I said I would bet anything he wanted on Shilt and I would even give him odds. Dude felt so strongly about Shilts opponent winning that he didnt even want odds on the fight…He bet me $20 straight up on the fight. I bet Manhoef online, but I also bet my friend $20 on Manhoef, and lost…so we ended up even anyway. I would never have thought that Manhoeff was ever going to lose to a Japanease fighter but my friend was really confident about it…I was impressed. I guess he knows a thing or two about k-1 cause I would have never dreamed that Melvin was going to get Ko’ed in that fight.

by john on Mar 29, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions

You lucky SOB!!!!!!!!

The only sucker know that would take a bet like that is my brother, but I’d feel too bad to do it to him!

Semmy at even money, WOW.

Maeda was supposed to be a gimme fight for Melvin to steamroll into the finals. he was originally supposed to fight Chaleeb Die Faust. If Die Faust was fighting, I probably wouldn’t have put money on Melvin…

by ViolentMike on Mar 30, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Bonjasky looked kinda slow, not much offense. I thought Overeem was winning that fight until the knockdown. It wasn’t a very decisive decision victory for Bonjasky, as Overeem looked kinda slow in this fight (compared to the Hari fight). Still, not a bad showing for Overeem, I think he could do well in K-1 if he continues to improve his stand-up.

by Belisarius on Mar 28, 2009 10:59 AM EDT reply actions

while overeem was being agressive, he wasnt really scoring at all… throwing your opponent to the ground and clinching do not score any points

by brendan on Mar 28, 2009 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions

surprise Overeem didn’t employ his groin shots strategy, he could have settled for an NC. J/K

Seriously Overeem isn’t a world class kickboxer, he’s a world class MMA fighter with an ever improving skill set. I would love to see Dana sign him to the UFC. His first fight? a no cup match with Kongo with modified rules to allow groin shots. With any luck we’ll see Kongo have his nuts kneed all the way up his throat!

by liukangstoupee on Mar 28, 2009 11:45 AM EDT reply actions

5 hours of boredom. Overeem wasnt agressive too much clinching. He could of easily won if he fought him like he did cro cop.

by Aoiioushi on Mar 28, 2009 12:37 PM EDT reply actions

most disappointing was jlb. He truly thought he won that fight, he was passive and quite frankly I was surprised it went to the second extension. That said, I thought he did enough to maybe win in the 3rd, but in “OT” he clearly lost!

by kevin on Mar 28, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions

the 2008 grand prix was a much better card for sure but this one was decent, wouldnt call it 5 hours of boredom

by brendan on Mar 28, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions

kicking people in the junk and taking someone down are both illegal in K-1.

by Bill Maher on Mar 28, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions

There is an unconfirmed rumour circling the internet this morning that Affliction are lining up WAMMA heavyweight champion, Fedor Emelianenko to square off with Croatian knockout artist, Mirko Cro Cop at their third event.

If true this would be a sensational move by the promotion, who intend to go head to head with the world’s biggest MMA organisation on July 11th, the UFC.

The pair have met before back in 2005 with Emelianenko winning by unanimous decision but fans of the sport would love to see these two heavyweight legends lock horns again, that is for sure.

I copied this from the fix, If this is true who wants to bet that cro cop jumps into the top seven lol?
Emelianenko has been on a role recently, defeating both Tim Sylvia and Andre Arlovski in the first round to silence many of his critics. Cro Cop too has rediscovered his form since leaving the UFC, gaining a TKO victory over giant Hong Man Choi most recently with a low kick.

By Michael Pepper.

by Beaver on Mar 28, 2009 3:14 PM EDT reply actions

This is bull!(not your post Beaver)but the fact that CC wont come back to the UFC I am a HUGE CC fan but this whole thing is crap!!He told the UFC that he needs some time so they let him now he is gonna go and fight for someone else!!

by NM on Mar 28, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t see CroCop wanting any part of Fedor, especially the watered-down version of CroCop we’ve seen lately. He will get destroyed.

by Jeremyjackson on Mar 28, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions

It really doesn’t matter this fight is going to be for free and almost everyone will recording it to watch it sometime after UFC 100. The only problem is Fedor has nothing to gain besides money fighting Cro Cop and everything to lose. Can you imagine the respect he would lose if he lost? There is only one fighter outside the UFC that MMA fans all want to see Fedor fight and thats Barnett anything else is really just inflating Fedors record and his managers wallets.

by Beaver on Mar 28, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions

overeem would be a great fight for fedor well one i would like to see.. MMA that is not a kickboxing match, and outside the ufc maybe bigfoot silva,cro cop would be an intriguing one had cro cop done anything in the last year or 4, there’s still quite a few fights that would make fedor money and be great outside the UFC the only ufc fighter we wanna see him fight is brock noone else is deserving

by randy murders on Mar 29, 2009 1:32 AM EDT up reply actions