King of Kings returned to Riga, Latvia for another huge show on October 28th, 2017, this time featuring a -65 kg tournament. To the delight of the local crowd, both Latvian fighters won their semi-final matchups, with Artur Smertjiev becoming the eventual champion beating Janis Freimanis by majority decision in the finals. The full results for the night can be found below. Highlights from the event are at the bottom of the page.
-71 kg, Kickboxing Rules: Hubert Dylewski (Poland) def. Nikita Petrov (Latvia) by UD
-65 kg Tournament Semi-Final #1: Janis Freimanis (Latvia) def. Ulugbek Zukhurov (Uzbekistan) by UD
-65 kg Tournament Semi-Final #2: Artur Smertjiev (Latvia) def. Vecislav Makarov (Russia) by TKO, 1st rd
-66 kg, MMA Rules: Namik Vesnenok (Latvia) def. Bartosz Morgiel (Poland) by submission (guillotine choke), 1st rd
-71 kg, Kickboxing Rules: Vjaceslavs Tevins (Latvia) def. Denis Makowski (Poland) by MD
Finals of -65 kg Tournament: Artur Smertjiev (Latvia) def. Janis Freimanis (Latvia) by MD
The next KOK event will be on 18th of November from Vilnius, Lithuania, which you can of course watch live on FightBox. The next live event on FightBox will be on Monday october 30th - Superkombat kickboxing from Brasov, Romania.