For someone who wasn't even supposed to fight for last night's K-1 World Grand Prix title, Gohkan Saki had a big night.

Saki, a 24-year-old from Turkey, was scheduled to fight in one of three reserve fights before the opening ceremonies at the Stan Sheriff Center. But when Chalid "Die Faust" Arrab had to withdraw due to problems obtaining a visa to fight in Hawai'i, Saki was moved into the eight-man heavyweight tournament.

The 6-foot, 214-pound Saki made the most of the opportunity, knocking out Korea's Randy Kim in the final to win his first K-1 title. With the victory, Saki earned a spot in the K-1 Final 16 Tournament, Sept. 27 in Seoul.

Saki improved to 4-1, with two wins by knockout.

Saki landed a devastating left hook to the cheek of Kim with about a minute left in the second round to end the fight.

Saki beat 'Ewa Beach's Deutsch Pu'u — who was also a replacement fighter — with a first-round knockout in the quarterfinals before dispatching Rick Cheek via first-round KO in the semifinals.

Morocco's Badr Hari made quick work of Domagoj Ostojic, knocking out the Croatian just 19 seconds into the first round in one of three Super Fights.

Hari, who is the K-1 heavyweight champion, landed a stiff jab to the chin of Ostojic, who folded to the canvas, despite also landing a left to the right side of Hari's head simultaneously.

"I opened with my jab and it was all over," said Hari, who is arguably the top pound-for-pound fighter in K-1. "I'm happy, the most important thing is to win, but I'm a little disappointed I couldn't give the crowd more to watch. It's his fault he couldn't stand up with me."

The fight was a non-title bout.

South Korean Min Soo Kim won a unanimous decision from Kailua's Scott Junk in another Super Fight.

Min Soo Kim, a southpaw, sent Junk to the canvas twice in the first round and the 29-year-old Junk could not recover as Kim, who won a silver medal in judo at the 1996 Olympics, held on for the 28-27, 29-27, 28-27 win.

Hilo's Wesley "Cabbage" Correira beat Eric "Butterbean" Esch via a second-round knockout after Correira landed a left leg kick to Esch's right temple, which sent the 379-pound fighter to the canvas.

"Beautiful. Who else can knock out Butterbean?," said Correira. "He said 'Where the heck did that come from?' "

Correira's semifinal opponent, Siala "Mighty Mo" Siliga — who beat Justice Smith, of TV's "American Gladiators" in the quarterfinal round — was forced to withdraw due to injury prior to the bout.

Correira instead fought Korean Randy Kim, who beat Hawai'i's Vilitonu Fonokalafi earlier in the night in one of three reserve fights. Kim beat Correira by a second-round knockout.

RESERVE FIGHTS

Rico Verhoeven def. Koichi, unanimous decision

Stefan "Blitz" Leko def. Junior Sua, KO

Randy Kim def. Vilitonu Fonokalafi, KO

EIGHT-MAN HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT

QUARTERFINALS

Siala "Mighty Mo" Siliga def. Justice Smith, decision

Wesley "Cabbage" Correira def. Eric "Butterbean" Esch, KO

Ghokan Saki def. Deutsch Pu'u, KO

Rick Cheek def. Nicholas Pettas, referee stop

SEMIFINALS

Kim def. Correira, KO

Saki def. Cheek, KO

FINAL

Saki def. Kim, KO

SUPER FIGHTS

Paul Slowinski def. Aziz Jahjah, TKO

Min Soo Kim def. Scott Junk, unanimous decision

Badr Hari def. Domagoj Ostojic, KO