Fields Dynamite!! Alistair Overeem vs Badr Hari
Dutch destroyer Alistair Overeem announced on his official website yesterday that he will take on former K-1 heavyweight champion Badr Hari at the Fields Dynamite!! super show on December 31 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Hari recently lost to Remy Bonjasky via controversial disqualification in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 Finals. Hari pulled Bonjasky to the ground in the second round and seemed to lose control of himself, pummeling the downed opponent and even trying to stomp on Bonjasky’s face.
Bonjasky was allowed five minutes to recover but was still seeing double after the time elapsed and the referee called the match.
Hari was stripped of his heavyweight title and received no pay for his participation in the event.
Hopefully the financial ramifications of another incident will sway him from trying any funny business against Overeem - who also knows a thing or two about trash talking and bizarre finishes.
Overeem was originally expected to rematch Mirko Filipovic on December 31 to settle a previous No Contest from their bout at September’s DREAM 6. That is until Fields Dynamite executive Sadaharu Tanigawa pushed them to a different card to be held at some point down the road in 2009.
“Demolition Man” delivered several illegal groin strikes during their first bout, providing a disappointing conclusion to a fight that had received much interest and fanfare leading up to it.
Cro Cop promised to deliver a rematch on December 31 but according to Overeem, the Croat never put his money where his sack is.
Overeem has looked solid of late, winning four straight consecutive bouts and — before smashing his balls — was putting it to Mirko Cro Cop at DREAM 6 in September. Overeem has been in against some of the best in the business throughout his career and is still in his prime.
Still, one has to wonder if he’s in over his head taking on a K-1 veteran under K-1 rules. Overeem is either supremely confident or getting payed boku bucks.
Fields Dynamite!! is the New Year’s Eve supershow featuring a smorgasbord of fighters under the umbrella of FEG coming together on one night to try and kick the crap out of each other.
Featuring participants from DREAM, K-1, K-1 MAX and K-1 Koshien, Fields Dynamite!! is going to have a wide variety of fighting styles and compelling match-ups, and could feature as many as 20 fights.
Thus far it appears as though FEG is holding up their end of the bargain.
Here is the scheduled card to date:
MMA RULES :
Heavyweight: Jerome LeBanner (3-1-1) vs. Mark Hunt (5-4)
Heavyweight: Semmy Schilt (25-14-1) vs. Mighty Mo (3-0)
Heavyweight: Bob Sapp (9-3-1) vs. Kinniku Mantaro (0-0)
Middleweight: Kazushi Sakuraba (24-11-1) vs. Kiyoshi Tamura (32-13-2)
Lightweight: Joachim Hansen (19-7-1) vs. Gesias Cavalcante (14-2-1)
Lightweight: Eddie Alvarez (15-1) vs. Shinya Aoki (18-3)
Lightweight: Hideo Tokoro (21-14-1) vs. Daisuke Nakamura (18-9)
K-1 RULES :
Heavyweight: Alistair Overeem (0-2) vs. Badr Hari (13-4)**
Middleweight: Gegard Mousasi (24-2-1) vs. Musashi (49-28-5-1)
Heavyweight: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (23-6-2) vs. Hong Man Choi (1-1)
Lightweight: Tatsuya Kawajiri (22-5-2) vs. Kozo Takeda (43-18-7)
Lightweight: Yoshihiro Sato (47-10) vs. Artur Kyshenko (43-5-1, 1NC)
K-1 KOSHIEN:
U-18 Tournament Semifinals: HIROYA (9-1) vs. Shota Shimada (3-0)
U-18 Tournament Semifinals: Ryuya Kusakabe (2-0) vs. Koya Urabe (2-0)
U-18 Tournament Finals: Winner of HIROYA/Shimada vs. Winner of Kusakabe/Urabe
**Bout not confirmed by FEG
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