The winners qualified for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final held on 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.

[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.