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15/09/2026

GOAT brings Kickboxing back to Live Terrestrial TV in Japan with 3 ISKA World title fights

Tokyo, Japan 14th September 2026, Martial Arts Technologies staged a press conference at the Ritz Carlton in Tokyo Midtown announcing Kickboxing’s return to National Japanese Terrestrial TV. GOAT Kickboxing Festival 3 featuring three ISKA World title fights will be held at Tokyo Tennozu Studio, Sunday 25th October 2026 broadcast Live Nationwide on six TV Channels TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Setouchi and TV Kyushu. The main card will feature Japanese Champions from KNOCKOUT, RISE and SHOOT BOXING who will face three ISKA Champions, contesting ISKA World titles, see matches listed below. This historic event could change the future of Kickboxing in Japan.

ISKA World Super-featherweight title 59kg K-1R
Ryusei Kumagai (Japan) vs Rodrigo Bogado (Argentina)

ISKA World Super-lightweight title 63.5kg K-1R
Yuki Kasahara (Japan) vs Soheil Dridi (France)

ISKA World Light-cruiserweight title 85kg K-1R
Vaggelis Tzorzis (Greece) vs Kenta Nambara (Japan)

14/09/2026

K-1 WORLD MAX 2026 Final 8
Tournament lottery draw

Tokyo, Japan 13th September 2026, the K-1 WORLD MAX 2026 Final 8 Tournament lottery draw was staged in Shibuya, the lottery used the same system as previous years. The eight fighters pick an envelope from a box each envelope contains a number between 1 to 8. The person who picks number 1, get the first chance to take a place in the tournament grid from A to H and so on, in some cases you get to choose your opponent. The order in which the fighters pick is decided by the results from their qualifying fight, the quickest KO/TKO, a unanimous decision by the biggest margin. The draw delivered some great matchups, ISKA Champions Lorenzo di Vara (Italy) and Lon Panha (Cambodia) will be in the same bracket, defending K-1 Champion Jonas Salcicha (Brazil) is in the other bracket with dangerous newcomer Vladimir Turaev (Russia) see full draw below. The K-1 WORLD MAX 2026 Final 8 will be staged Tuesday 29th December 2026 at the BUNTAI Arena, Yokohama, Japan.

1st Quarterfinal
Lorenzo di Vara (Italy)
Kasper Musinski (Poland)
2nd Quarterfinal
Lon Panha (Cambodia)
Zak Punkhurst (Australia

3rd Quarterfinal
Jonis Koriseu (Brazil)
Vladimir Turaev (Russia)
4th Quarterfinal
Jonas Salcicha (Brazil)
Jay Jay Morris (Netherlands)

14/09/2026

K-1 WORLD MAX 2026 Results
ISKA Champs win places in final 8

Tokyo, Japan 12th September 2026, K-1 WORLD MAX 2026 final 16 70kg was staged at Yoyogi Stadium. ISKA World Champion Lorenzo Di Vara (Italy) caused a major upset defeating last year’s finalist Darryl Verdonk (Netherlands). Di Vara dropped Verdonk in the second round, then skilfully controlled the rest of the fight to win a unanimous decision. ISKA Kun Khmer World Champion Lorn Panha (Cambodia) made history as the first Khmer fighter to win a K-1 qualifying round, defeating Kazuki Matumoto (Japan) by a majority decision. ISKA Champs Di Vara and Panha advance to the K-1 WORLD MAX 2026 final 8 in Yokohama, Japan, 29th December 2026. The Yoyogi card also featured five K-1 World title fights see full results below.

K-1 WORLD MAX 2026 Final 16 70kg
Jonas Salsicha def. Zhora Akopyan Dec. 3-0
Lorenzo Di Vara def. Darryl Verdonk Dec. 3-0
Kacper Muszyński def. Serhii Adamchuk Dec. 2-1 ExtR
Vladimir Tulaev def. Stoyan Koprivlenski by KO R2 2:16
Jayjay Morris def. Vitor Toffanelli Dec. 3-0
Lorn Panha def. Kazuki Matsumoto Dec. 2-0
Zack Pankhurst def. PK Saenchai Dec. 2-0
Jones Coliseu def. Alfousseynou Kamara TKO R3 1:56

K-1 World Super lightweight title 65kg:
Taio Asahisa def. Alassane Kamara Dec. 3-0
K-1 World Super-featherweight title 60kg:
Tomoya Yokoyama def. Thun Menghong KO R2 1:25
K-1 World Lightweight title 62.5kg:
Samuel Nagasawa def. Yuzuki Satomi by TKO R2 1:41
K-1 World Super-bantamweight title 55kg:
Riamu def. Akihiro Kaneko Dec. 2-1 ExtR
K-1 World Featherweight title 57.5kg:
Rui Okubo def. Ryota Ishida by KO R3 1:25

K-1 Super-fights & Prelims
95kg Maxim Baklanov def. Bogdan Stoica TKO R1 1:45
52kg Mona Kimura def. Marine Nicol Dec. 3-0 ExtR
63kg Yuta Murakoshi def. Kenta Hayashi Dec. 3-0
55kg Kenshin Tanabe def. Koji Ikeda TKO R2 2:05
67.5kg Takuma Tsukamoto def. Manuel Menendez Dec. 3-0
57.5kg Daiju Kurata def. Raigo Miyazaki Dec. 3-0

12/09/2026

K-1 WORLD MAX 2026
ISKA Champ wins ticket to Final
Di Vara defeats Verdonk

12/09/2026

K-1 WORLD MAX 2026
ISKA Champ wins ticket to Final
Panha defeats Matumoto

11/09/2026

ISKA World Heavyweight title
Nathan Cook vs Sem Van Der Lans
WAR Fight Series 05/09/2026

10/09/2026

ISKA UK Results
Wolverhampton, England UK, 5th September 2026, Darren Underwood presented WAR Fight Series 15 featuring ISKA World Championship Kickboxing, Saturday 5th September 2026 at The Hanger, Wolverhampton. Sem Van Der Lans (Netherlands) stepped in as a late replacement and caused a upset, stopping Nathan Cook (England) in the third round with a body kick, capturing the ISKA World Super-heavyweight K-1 Rules title. On the stacked main card Lyes Marinko and Haris Babri won ISKA British titles.

10/09/2026

FROM THE ROMA TOURNAMENT FINAL TO THE WORLD STAGE!

Relive Lorenzo Di Vara’s intense showdown in the Roma tournament final! Di Vara faces his ultimate test this week on September 12 at K-1 WORLD MAX 2026 FINAL 16 as he collides with last year’s tournament runner-up Darryl Verdonk in a blockbuster opening-round war! Heavy striking guaranteed!

10/09/2026

ISKA Tatami Sports Four Nations Championships 2026

The ISKA Ring Sports Four Nations Championships 2026 will be staged Sunday 15th November 2026 at Oxstalls Arena Gloucester and will include Semi-Contact, Light-contact, Kick-Light, Forms/Kata and Extreme Tricks. This is a qualifying event for the ISKA AMA World Championship 2027 in London. Early bird discounts are available, registration is open https://www.kihapp.com/tournaments/27488-iska-4-nations-tatami-sports-championships-2026

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