It was the 17th K-1 World GP Final, the culmination of a year full of regional elimination tournaments.

All fights followed K-1's classic tournament format and were conducted under K-1 Rules, three rounds of three minutes each, with a possible tiebreaker.

[2] The match ups were held the day proceeding the World Grand Prix Final 16.

The last two finalists Ewerton Teixeira and Alistair Overeem will meet in the second quarter final match.

On November 28, it was announced that Sergei Kharitonov would be replacing Chalid Arrab to face Daniel Ghita in the second reserve bout.