2011 IKF
WORLD CLASSIC
Amateur Kickboxing Championships
Orlando, Florida, USA - JULY 15th, 16th & 17th 2011

SEEDING & MATCHMAKING

RULE STYLE and WEIGHT CLASS REGISTRATION

All Fighters must choose a RULE DIVISION - FIGHTING STYLE and WEIGHTCLASS to Fight in when they register for their Regional Event OR when they Register as a Walkover to the Finals.

For fighters who qualified and plan to attend the Finals as a Regional Winner or Walkover (No regional to attend or no opponent at their regional) they CANNOT change their RULE or WEIGHT DIVISION at the National Finals. They MUST Compete at Nationals in the SAME RULE DIVISION and SAME WEIGHT DIVISION as they Won their Regional level event at or Registered as a Walkover at. If a fighter weighs-in heavier than their registered fight weight division, whether at the Regional Level or the Finals, they will be given "2 HOURS" to LOSE the Weight to make their Registered weight class. NO FIGHTER MAY "GAIN" Weight to make their weight class. If a Fighter weighs-in UNDER their weight class, they will be automatically disqualified from competition without any refund of any registration fees. If after 2 hours, the fighter is still unable to make their registered weight, they will be disqualified from competition whether at the Regional Level or the Finals, without any refund of registration fees.

HOWEVER if there are no fighters in or close to their weight and or rule division registered for the Finals, they will be given a choice within 1 week after the Registration Deadline date to either switch rule and or weight divisions OR be given a refund of their Finals Registration Fees.

MATCHMAKING AT THE FINALS

  1. All FINAL MATCHMAKING and BOUT ORDER for each bout at the FINALS will be Confirmed AFTER the Official Weigh-Ins.

  2. WALKOVER CHAMPIONS: There will be NO WALKOVER CHAMPIONS.
    "HOWEVER",     IF you were in a bracket of 4 or more fighters and none of your confirmed opponents showed up at the weigh-in of the Finals Tournament you will be awarded the title by walkover.

  3. If a fighter qualifies at a regional event and we discover that there are no CONFIRMED Opponents for them to fight in their weight class PRIOR to the date of the Finals Tournament Weekend, they will have several options.
    • SWITCH to a WEIGHT CLASS above or below them to be matched.
    • SWITCH to a different rule style.
    • Not attend the Finals Tournament.

FIGHTER SEEDING

SPECIAL NOTICE!
RULES AFTER FIRST DEADLINE PASSES
ALL DIVISIONS WITHOUT A MINIMUM OF -1- FIGHTER IN THEM WILL CLOSE AS OF FIRST DEADLINE
If you register AFTER FIRST DEADLINE you must register into a division that has fighters in it.
NOT A CLOSED DIVISION!
Regional Tournament Seeding only applies BEFORE first deadline.
Previous Champion -TOP SEED- only applies BEFORE first deadline.
AFTER FIRST DEADLINE passes, all fighters will be seeded according to WHEN their registration is received.

  • Fighters Are Seeded According To The Following
    1. First Seeding right goes to the Previous Years Defending Champion if in the SAME weightclass and rule style.

    2. If no Previous Years Defending Champion, the next potential seed position goes to a fighter who fought in an actual regional division bout at a regional event and won his/her match.
      • If there is more than 1 winner, the seeding will be determined by WHEN the fighters Registration Form was RECEIVED here at IKF Headquarters.

    3. If no Regional Winner, the next potential seed position goes to a fighter who Lost a Regional Seeding Tournament Bout.

    4. If no Regional Winner or loser who fought, the next potential seed position goes to a fighter who Registered at a Regional Seeding Tournament but did not have a bout.

    5. PRIOR TO FIRST DEADLINE: If no Regional registered fighters, fighter's will be seeded according to *WHEN their registration form was RECEIVED at the IKF Office.
      • (*) This seeding use to go to the fighter with the better confirmed fight record. However, in 2010, we discovered several fighters who registered with false records. So this is the only fair way to register all fighters. This being said, "Get your registration form & photo in EARLY!"
      • If a Tie on Day RECEIVED, the tie will be broken by Earliest date registration was POSTMARKED to IKF.

    6. AFTER FIRST DEADLINE All fighters will be seeded according to WHEN their registration is received.


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