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.

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 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

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.

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