King of Kings returned to the Zalgirio Arena, the largest arena in the Baltic States, to kick off their fall / winter series of events. There as a packed house in Kaunas, Lithuania to witness a Lightweight World Title defense, a memorable first round submission and several top MMA fights.
KOK Lightweight Champion Henrikas Viksraitis successfully defended the -71 kg championship against Mindaugas Narauskas in a fight that went the full five rounds. Viksraitis’ low kicks took a toll on Narauskas in a fight that was controlled for the most part by the older, more experienced champion. Also, the returning Julija Stoliarenko scored an impressive first round armbar submission in just 19. The full results for the evening can be found below.
Preliminary Fights (live on Facebook)
-71 kg, MMA Rules: Nedas Pranckus (Lithuania) def. Danila Mattiukov (Lithuania) by UD
-71 kg, Kickboxing Rules: Lukas Banevicius (Lithuania) def. Rytis Lekys (Lithuania) by UD
FightBox KOK Hero’s Series
-71 kg, Kickboxing Rules: Andrius Tebera (Lithuania) vs. Tauras Adomaitis (Lithuania) - DRAW
-85 kg, MMA Rules: Naglis Kanisauskas (Lithuania) def. Anatolij Makarin (Russia) by submission (armbar) rd. 2
-85 kg, Kickboxing Rules: Paulis Mitkus (Lithuania) def. Robert Ismail (Poland / Belarus) by MD
-71 kg, Kickboxing Rules: Dovydas Rimkus (Lithuania) def. Osvald Fedorovic (Lithuania) by SD
-85 kg, MMA Rules: Erikas Golubovskis (Lithuania) def. Arnoldas Misiunas (Lithuania) by UD
-77 kg, MMA Rules: Raimondas Krilavicius vs. Vitoldas Jagelo - DRAW
-62 kg, MMA Rules: Julija Stoliarenko def. Victoria Dvaraninovich by submission (armbar) rd. 1
KOK World Championship 2019 in Kaunas
-75 kg, Kickboxing Rules: Vaidas Valancius (Lithuania) def. Kamil Pawlak (Poland) by UD
-69 kg, Kickboxing Rules: Nauris Lukosiunas (Lithuania) def. Can Pinar (Holland) by UD
-65 kg, Kickboxing Rules: Matas Pultarazinskas (Lithuania) def. Mika Tahitu (Holland) by UD
-81 kg, Kickboxing Rules: Yauhen Lasheuski (Belarus) vs. Karolis Liukaitis (Lithuania) - DRAW
+95 kg, Boxing Rules: Mantas Rimdeika (Lithuania) def. Fabio Kwasi (Holland) by SD
Main Event, -71 kg, Kickboxing Rules, KOK Lightweight World Title Fight, 5 x 3 min
Henrikas Viksraitis (Lithuania) def. Mindaugas Narauskas (Lithuania) by UD
It’s also worth noting that during this event KOK announced that when they return to Vilnius on November 16th it will mark the 20th anniversary of the promotion. This historic event will not be one to be missed. The next live KOK event on FightBox will be 09.11.2019 from Slovakia. To see a list of upcoming live events on FightBox, click here.
