. 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	Badr Hari	Morocco
2010	Alistair Overeem	Netherlands	Peter Aerts	Netherlands

K-1 World Grand Prix Tables

Fighters	Titles	Runner-up	Third place	Appearance in Finals
Ernesto Hoost	4 (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002)	1 (1993)	3 (1995, 1996, 2006)	11 (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Semmy Schilt	4 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)	0	1 (2010)	5 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010)
Peter Aerts	3 (1994, 1995, 1998)	3 (2006, 2007, 2010)	2 (1997, 2003)	17 (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,