(Alistair Overeem presents Remy Bonjasky with the K-1 Oscar for "Best Acting" at today’s pre-event press conference. Bonjasky humbly accepts it, then accuses Overeem of steroid abuse. Yep, that should do it. Props to MMA Scraps for the video.)
The K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 goes down tomorrow in Yokohama, Japan, and will be broadcast live on HDNet. Because of the time difference, it’ll air late tonight in the U.S., at 4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT. We’re not fucking vampires, so we’re going to set up the little magic box on our cable TV and watch this thing tomorrow. And it definitely will be worth watching, particularly for the heavyweight headliner between Alistair Overeem and Remy Bonjasky.
If you’ll recall, Overeem most recently scored a shocking first-round TKO over Badr Hari in a K-1 rules match at Fields Dynamite!! 2008 on New Year’s Eve; earlier that month, Hari had his K-1 heavyweight title stripped after he stomped and punched a downed Bonjasky at a K-1 World GP event. You’d think that these experiences would bring Overeem and Bonjasky together as friends, but as you can tell from the above video, not so much. Alistair thinks Remy faked his complaints of vision problems to pick up the DQ win against Hari, while Remy thinks Alistair faked his new muscles. Trash-talk aside, if Overeem can pull this off, it’ll prove that his demolition of Badr Hari was no fluke, and cement his new reputation as the Baddest Heavyweight Striker in the World. And when you have accolades like that, who needs to pass a drug test in the U.S.?
The World GP will also feature a four-man heavyweight tournament starring Melvin Manhoef, and a group of "superfights" that include Semmy Schilt, Jerome Le Banner, Peter Aerts, and Errol Zimmerman. The full fight order is after the jump, courtesy of NightmareOfBattle.
Superfight (3×3, 2×3 Ext.):
8. Alistair Overeem vs. Remy Bonjasky
2nd Generation K-1 Heavyweight Title Tournament Final (3×3, 1×3 Ext.):
7. Manhoef/Maeda vs. Spong/Saki
Superfights (3×3, 2×3 Ext.):
6. Peter Aerts vs. Errol Zimmerman
5. Junichi Sawayashiki vs. Glaube Feitosa
4. Ewerton Teixeira vs. Jerome Le Banner
3. Semmy Schilt vs. Hesdy Gerges
2nd Generation K-1 Heavyweight Title Tournament Semifinals (3×3, 1×3 Ext.):
2. Tyrone Spong vs. Gokhan Saki
1. Melvin Manhoef vs. Keijiro Maeda
Opening Fights (3×3):
-1. Mitsugu Noda vs. Yoo Yang Rae
-2.Hiraku Hori vs. Takumi Sato
-3. Takashi Tachikawa vs. Yutaka Sakama
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Comments
Fri, 03/27/09 - 01:39
LOL! Good to see these guys have a sense of humour.
Fri, 03/27/09 - 01:49
first!.... To not care
Fri, 03/27/09 - 01:50
Love the DVR
Fri, 03/27/09 - 01:59
overeem eats steroid brownies and injects thc
Fri, 03/27/09 - 02:01
"Hey, i'm from holland, man! Everybody in Holland uses drugs." LMAO!
Fri, 03/27/09 - 02:14
This should be good. Did you know that Remy's first professional bout was a 2nd round stoppage win against Overeem's brother, Valentin, in 1995?
Fri, 03/27/09 - 02:15
Cool to see them joking with each other. If Bobby Lashley can pass a drug test then so can Alistair. Alistair to the UFC!!!
Fri, 03/27/09 - 02:34
Wait... Alistair and Remi are both black dudes? Might as well call your kids Frasier or Bobby.
Fri, 03/27/09 - 03:02
I think alistair might have more of a problem w bojansky hes not gonna have a 40 pound weight advantage like he did with badr. settin the DVR for sure
Fri, 03/27/09 - 03:39
pretty good fights f yeah
Fri, 03/27/09 - 05:46
Alistair is one of the biggest douche bags in all of MMA, a def roid head who thinks just a little too much of himself, the classic asshole you like to hate and want to see get his cake-hole filled with a straight right. No way he would currently pass a drug test in the UFC, thats why he's fighting K1, he'll only ever be a champ in his own juice monkey mind!
Fri, 03/27/09 - 10:53
Amen Backbaconbilly Amen! Can't wait for this event and hoping that weak black arnold wannabe gets raped by Remy. I rather be a actor then a cheater anyday bitch ass roid head Overreem.
Sat, 03/28/09 - 01:26
Alistair Overeem vs. Remy Bonjasky - Milli Vanilli on the juice
Sat, 03/28/09 - 11:10
If anybody can clarify this for me.. it SHOULD be on sopcast, mma-tv at 4:00 am ET?
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