King of Kings (kickboxing)

King of Kings, or KOK, is a European kickboxing promotion founded in 2009. The company has its headquarters in Vilnius, Lithuania.

History
The promotion held its first event in Lithuania in 2009. The promotion has since held over 100 events in multiple countries including in Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Estonia, Russia, Germany   and Cyprus. The promotion held its first event in Estonia in 2015. First event in Finland was held in 2019. In the past King of Kings also co-promoted events with K-1. Events in Moldova were promoted with FEA.

Name
Similarly to K-1, the K's in the KOK name stand for Kickboxing, K-1, Karate, Kung-Fu, and other stand-up fight sports and martial arts. They also stand for “King” so “King of Kings” is meant as the best in the world.

Media coverage
KOK is broadcast on FightBox, DAZN, TV3 Sport, Prime Fight, Eleven Sports and Fight Network.

In January 2022, a distribution partnership through United Fight Alliance on U.S. networks was announced.

A 3-year global broadcast deal with DAZN was announced 30 September 2022.

KOK was previously broadcast across Europe on Eurosport in 2014 and 2015. Other past broadcasters include BTV, Canal 3, Lietuvos rytas TV and TV6.

Rules
Fights in KOK are fought mostly under Kickboxing rules, but events also include fights under MMA and Boxing rules.

KOK Heavyweight Championship
Weight limit: Unlimited

KOK Light heavyweight Championship
Weight limit: 95 kg

KOK Middleweight Championship
Weight limit: 85 kg

KOK Welterweight Championship
Weight limit: 77 kg

KOK Lightweight Championship
Weight limit: 71 kg

KOK Featherweight Championship
Weight limit: 65 kg

KOK Bantamweight Championship
Weight limit: 60 kg

KOK Flyweight Championship
Weight limit: 57 kg

KOK Women's Bantamweight Championship
Weight limit: 60 kg

KOK Women's Strawweight Championship
Weight limit: 51 kg

Notable fighters

 * 🇺🇦 Artur Kyshenko
 * 🇲🇩 Constantin Țuțu
 * 🇫🇮 Daniel Forsberg
 * 🇺🇦 Pavel Zhuravlev
 * Sergej Maslobojev
 * 🇮🇷 Masoud Minaei