On Sun., Aug. 2, 2009, the 2009 K-1 Asia Grand Prix took place at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul, Korea.
Singh “Heart” Jaideep from India made it to the K-1 Asia Grand Prix Finals by first knocking out Park Yong Soo in the quarter-finals and then putting a stop to Ko Taisei with devastating leg kicks in the semi-finals.
It was a dominating three round performance over Ken Taiei that won “Heart” Jaideep the unanimous decision victory in the finals, thus becoming the K-1 Asia 2009 tournament champion.
Here are the complete results:
Main-Event: K-1 Asia GP 2009 Final
Singh “Heart” Jaideep Def. Kin Taiei by Decision 3-0
Superfight
Pavel Zuravliov Def. Gokhan Saki by Decision 3-0
K-1 Asia GP 2009 Fights Semi-Finals
SF-2: Singh “Heart” Jaideep Def. Ko Taisei by KO (leg-kick) Round 1 2:45
SF-1: Kin Taiei Def. Takumi Sato by decision 2-1 after ext.
Superfight
Jae Hee Cheon Def. Kim Tae Han by Decision 3-0
K-1 Asia GP 2009 Fights – Quarter Finals
Reserve: KOICHI Def. Yusuke Sakashita by Decision 3-0
QF-4: Ko Taisei Def. Min Ho Song by Decision 2-0
QF-3: Singh “Heart” Jaideep Def. Park Yong Soo by KO Round 2 1:35
QF-2: Takumi Sato Def. Yang Rae Yoo by Decision 3-0 after ext.
QF-1: Kin Taiei Def. Sun Wu by TKO Round 3 0:00 (towel thrown)
Opening Fights:
Hyun Man Myung Def. Nae Chul Kim by Decision 3-0
Ik Hwan Chang Def. Joung Hyun Koh by Decision 2-1