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K-1 producer Carlos Kikuta invites fighters and fans to nominate partcipants for the upcoming Grand Prix.
K-1 and Krush producers Carlos Kikuta and Mitsuru Miyata announced three 'pillars' for the upcoming March 20th K-1 event: the return of the K-1 ...

opinion
A pair of pound-for-pound wins earned Allazov our most prestigious award of the year.
There was quite a bit of discussion among the website writers, rankings panel members, and other contributors on who should win this year's 'Male Fighter of the Yea...

opinion
Antonia Prifti's masterclass against last year's Fighter of the Year Kana Morimoto earns her this year's Female Fighter of the Year award.
Greek fighter {Antonia Prifti} made her first bid for gold outside of Europe against K-1 women's Flyweight cham...

opinion
Dethroning the long-reigning GLORY kingpin all but guaranteed Collins the award.
There were quite a few contenders for this particular award this year. {Chico Kwasi}, an experienced veteran, went on a three-fight win streak with GLORY and inched clos...

opinion
Chadd Collin's very unexpected but well deserved win earns this year's Upset of the Year Award.
Petchpanomrung Kitatmoo9 has been one of the most dominant kickboxers in the past decade, having not lost a kickboxing fight since 2017. His historic run ...

opinion
Chingiz Allazov's crushing right hand to claim the ONE Featherweight title and the spot as the best fighter in the world earns him this year's Knockout of the Year award.2023 once again delivered a plethora of amazing fights and knockouts. The kickbo...

opinion
These are the top ten best Kickboxing fights of 2023 with Akihiro Kaneko vs Masashi Kumura 3 taking the top spot.2023 was a year action-packed with Kickboxing fights. RISE WS, K-1 World GP, ONE Championship, and GLORY Kickboxing, all showed their bes...

opinion
RISE’s final event of the year is our pick for event of the year.
THE MATCH 2022 was a watershed moment in the history of kickboxing with the sport reaching the height not seen since the golden age of K-1 in the 2000s. Yet, as the dust settled, quest...