At K-1′s "Final 16" event yesterday in Seoul, South Korea, Alistair Overeem once again proved his status as one of the world’s elite heavyweight strikers, easily defeating three-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion Peter Aerts via unanimous decision. With his win, Overeem advances to the eight-man bracket at the K-1 World Grand Prix Final in Yokohama on December 5th. He’ll face Ewerton Teixeira in the quarterfinals, and could potentially face rematches with Badr Hari and Remy Bonjasky in the same night; Hari knocked out Zabit Samedov at yesterday’s event to qualify for the Final 8, while defending Grand Prix champion Bonjasky scored a unanimous decision over Melvin Manhoef.

Full results of the Final 16, and videos of the Hari/Samedov and Bonjasky/Manhoef scraps are after the jump…


Badr Hari def. Zabit Samedov via KO, 2:35 of round 1
Alistair Overeem def. Peter Aerts via unanimous decision
Jerome Le Banner def. Musashi via unanimous decision
Semmy Schilt def. Daniel Ghita via unanimous decision
Ewerton Teixeira def. Singh Jaideep via unanimous decision
Ruslan Karaev def. Kyotaro via unanimous decision
Errol Zimmerman def. Glaube Feitosa via unanimous decision
Remy Bonjasky def. Melvin Manhoef via unanimous decision
Kin Taiei def. Catalin Morosanu via DQ (Taiei KO’d by late punch)
Chi Bin Lim def. Tahir Menxhiqi via unanimous decision
Su Jeong Lim def. Chen Qing via unanimous decision
Min Ho Song def. Nae Chul Kim via TKO (doctor stoppage), 2:09 of round 2
Hyun Man Myung def. Taisei Ko via unanimous decision

(Hari vs. Samedov)

(Bonjasky vs. Manhoef)