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Alistair Overeem - Strikeforce's heavyweight champion - has really come into his own. After being a punching bag for people like Mauricio Rua, Chuck Liddell, Ricardo Arona and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in PRIDE, Overeem put some weight on his 6'5" frame and has had great success. In this video from NYE's Dynamite!!, Overeem takes on K-1 bad boy Badr Hari, who became the scourge of the kickboxing world when he kicked remy Bojansky as he was down on the canvas in the K-1 world finals.

from Robert at freefightvideos:
The whole world wanted and expected to see Cro Cop fight Alistair Overeem at Fields Dynamite, however he is being presented with an entirely different challenge this NYE. Cro Cop will fight giant Hong Man Choi, a man still very new to MMA. His height is what has made him a dangerous opponent in the ring.

Cro Cop is yet to face Choi in MMA or K1. The Korean is 7'2" tall and weighs 330 pounds. Those numbers exceed even that of Russian boxing champion Nikolaj Valujev.

"Bob Sapp is little heavier than Choi but never the less much shorter. It was the organization's wish that I fight him and I take my orders from them," said Mirko.

After a successful career in Korea's national sport, a combination of Sumo and Wrestling, Choi made the transition to K1. He amassed a record of 17 fights, 12 victories and only 5 loses. He holds victories over the likes of Semmy Schilt, the only person ever to win three straight K1 World GP titles.

"A man his size is very dangerous even without MMA experience. He is skilled, relatively mobile for his height and very strong," explained the Croatian fighter.

Choi's record in MMA stands at 1 and 1. His loss coming the world top ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko exactly one year ago.

"He displayed his incredible strength in the Fedor fight. When Fedor got a hold of his arm he was twice able to simply shrug him. He had him in some difficult positions," Cro Cop said.

Cro Cop holds only one victory in his last four matches. Hong Man Choi is a must-win opponent for him. Should he be successful he'll need to recover from his numerous injuries and hope that 2009 is a lot more like 2006 rather than the past two years.

Awesome how the ref bulldozes "Dirty" Hari out of the way and then issues the red card. This kind of stuff was legal in PRIDE, but not here.

YOKOHAMA, December 6, 2008 -- Remy Bonjasky won the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 Final tonight, scoring KOs against two fighters, then taking the Championship Belt when his final opponent, Badr Hari, was disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct. It was the third K-1 World GP title for the 32 year-old Dutch muay thai fighter, who also took the honors in 2003 and 2004.

The K-1 World GP Final is the culmination of 12 months of international qualifying and elimination tournaments. It sets the year's top eight fighters clashing in quarterfinal bouts, winners there advance to the semis, from which the top two warriors emerge for the final showdown, the victor earning the K-1 World GP Championship.

Held before a sellout crowd at the Yokohama Arena, this year's WGP Final comprised both proven veterans and newcomers with something to prove. The prize was the planet's most prestigious fightsport title and a purse of US$400,000. All bouts were fought under K-1 Rules, with three rounds of three minutes each and a possible tiebreaker.