The officials over at FEG and DREAM officially made an expected announcement today that they will be holding their annual New Years Eve show again this year, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. K-1 executive Sadaharu Tanikawa said that the event would follow last year’s hybrid format, including both K-1 bouts and Dream MMA bouts, to fill out an eighteen fight card.

The bracket for K-1’s World Grand Prix 2009 Final, which takes place on December 5 in Kanagawa, Japan, was set on Sunday in Seoul after the tournament’s eight fighters were determined in Saturday bouts at the K-1 World GP 2009 Final 16.

Badr Hari takes on Ruslan Karaev and Ewerton Texeira meets Alistair Overeem in side A of the tournament, while Jerome LeBanner fights Semmy Schilt and Remy Bonjasky squares off against Errol Zimmerman on side B.

Talk about an ironic match up. According to Alistair Overeem’s official website, the Dutch “Demolition Man” will face off against K-1 bad boy Badr Hari at the upcoming “Fields Dynamite” New Years Eve show.
Overeem (40-24 MMA, 2-2 kickboxing) most recently fought to a no-contest against Mirko Cro Cop, who was forced to quit [...]