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The sport is very popular in Japan, Korea, Brazil and in Europe but enjoys only limited popularity in the United Kingdom and the United States. K-1 is rarely broadcast on English television, and the majority of US states does not sanction fight events, therefore K-1 fights are banned. To date, all K-1 tournaments in the US have taken place in Las Vegas or Honolulu (with one exception: Milwaukee 2001).

The events are frequently shown on Tokyo Broadcasting System and Fuji TV in Japan, XTM in South Korea, Combate (channel) and SporTV in Brazil, HDNet ("HDNet Fights") in the United States and on Eurosport in Europe. Reruns of older events are also aired on The Fight Network in Canada and Star Sports in India. Smaller K-1 sanctioned events are also broadcast in other countries by national and local sport channels.

There have been a few alleged nationality biased controversies as well. On May 13, 2006, an all-Dutch judging panel decided in favor of Remy Bonjasky from Netherlands against Jerome Le Banner from France at the K-1 World Grand Prix in Amsterdam. Many thought Jerome Le Banner had won the contest but judges had a slim majority decision in favor of the Dutch fighter Bonjasky (30–30, 29–28, 30–28). Le Banner filed a protest and K-1 officials from Japan and the United States reviewed the match based on current K-1 Grand Prix judging criteria and two weeks later on June 30, 2006, the result was reversed and Jerome Le Banner was officially announced as the new winner.

[edit] List of K-1 world champions

Full list of all the K-1 tournament champions see List of K-1 champions.

[edit] K-1 World Grand Prix Champions

Year Champion Nationality Runner-up Nationality
1993 Branko Cikatić  Croatia Ernesto Hoost  Netherlands
1994 Peter Aerts  Netherlands Masaaki Satake  Japan
1995 Peter Aerts  Netherlands Jérôme Le Banner  France
1996 Andy Hug  Switzerland Mike Bernardo  South Africa
1997 Ernesto Hoost  Netherlands Andy Hug  Switzerland
1998 Peter Aerts  Netherlands Andy Hug  Switzerland
1999 Ernesto Hoost  Netherlands Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović  Croatia
2000 Ernesto Hoost  Netherlands Ray Sefo  New Zealand
2001 Mark Hunt  New Zealand Francisco Filho  Brazil
2002 Ernesto Hoost  Netherlands Jerome Le Banner  France
2003 Remy Bonjasky  Netherlands Musashi  Japan
2004 Remy Bonjasky  Netherlands Musashi  Japan
2005 Semmy Schilt  Netherlands Glaube Feitosa  Brazil
2006 Semmy Schilt  Netherlands Peter Aerts  Netherlands
2007 Semmy Schilt  Netherlands Peter Aerts  Netherlands
2008 Remy Bonjasky  Netherlands No runner-up (Badr Hari disqualified)
2009 Semmy Schilt  Netherlands