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K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 was a martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday, October 02, 2010 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, Korea. It was the Final Elimination tournament for top sixteen fighters. The winners have qualified for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final held in December 11, 2010 at Yokohama Arena, Japan.

The eight finalists from K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final were automatically qualified, except Remy Bonjasky who could not compete. The eighth spot was filled by K-1 Heavyweight champion, Keijiro Maeda then two World GP 2010 tournament winners from the Bucharest and Canberra. The last six spots were selected by fan voting. [1]

Badr Hari did not enter the tournament for as yet unknown reasons, being replaced by Andrei Arlovski. On September 21, 2010, Michael Schiavello confirmed on his Twitter one last modification of the final card, Ray Sefo replaced Ruslan Karaev.[2] On September 28, 2010, Andrei Arlovski announced on Twitter that he will not fight in the tournament. [3] The Belarusian was replaced by Mighty Mo.

Final 16 Participating Fighters
[edit] Qualified

* Netherlands Semmy Schilt (K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Champion)
* Netherlands Alistair Overeem (2009 Grand Prix Semi Finalist)
* Curaçao Errol Zimmerman (2009 Grand Prix Quarter Finalist)
* Brazil Ewerton Teixeira (2009 Grand Prix Quarter Finalist)
* France Jerome Le Banner (2009 Grand Prix Quarter Finalist)
* France Freddy Kemayo (K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest Champion)
* Australia Ben Edwards (K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Canberra Champion)
* Japan Kyotaro (K-1 Heavyweight Champion)

[edit] Wild Cards

* Netherlands Peter Aerts
* New Zealand Ray Sefo
* Romania Daniel Ghit,a(
* Romania Raul Ca(tinas,
* Turkey Gökhan Saki
* Suriname Tyrone Spong
* Egypt Hesdy Gerges
* American Samoa Mighty Mo