Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) and HDNet are partnering once again to bring North American fans LIVE coverage of the K-1 World Grand Prix Final 2008 from the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan starting at 3:00am ET on Saturday, December 6.
Joining the broadcast team of Michael "The Voice" Schiavello, four-time K-1 WGP Champion Ernesto Hoost and FEG USA's Mike Kogan will be none other than Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson.
Kimbo was invited by FEG and HDNet to be a guest commentator for K-1's stateside debut.
FiELDS K-1 WGP 2008 Final, an 8-man knockout tournament for the coveted K-1 Grand Prix crown, features the world's best heavyweight strikers including Moroccan/Dutch Bad Boy Badr Hari; legendary triple K-1 World Champion Peter Aerts; French monster Jerome LeBanner; Russian wonder Ruslan Karaev and two-time former champion Remy Bonjasky.
The broadcast also includes superfights featuring New Zealand's "Sugar" Ray Sefo vs. seven-foot-plus giant Hong Man Choi and Australia's Paul Slowinski vs. now un-retired Dutch demon Melvin Maenhoef.
Here is the official fight card for K-1 ‘World Grand Prix 2008 Final’:
Main Card:
K-1 World Grand Prix Final
Winner of Semifinal 1 vs. Winner of Semifinal 2
K-1 World Grand Prix Semifinals
Winner of Aerts/Hari vs. Teixeira/Zimmerman
Winner of Karaev/Saki vs. Le Banner/Bonjasky
K-1 World Grand Prix Quarterfinals
Peter Aerts (93-26-1) vs. Badr Hari (75-7-1)
Ewerton Teixeira (7-0) vs. Errol Zimmerman (74-7-1, 1 NC)
Ruslan Karaev (18-6) vs. Gokhan Saki (74-9, 1 NC)
Jerome Le Banner (91-15-1, 1 NC) vs. Remy Bonjasky (79-14)
Preliminary Card
Mitsugu Noda (6-2) vs. Tsutomu Takahagi (1-5)
Takeru (5-12) vs. Taisei Ko (1-0)
Reserve Fights
Paul Slowinski (87-13-1) vs. Melvin Manhoef (38-4)
Hong Man-Choi (17-5) vs. Ray Sefo (74-20-1)
For those of you who love K-1 but still need their beauty sleep, FEG is kind enough to offer an encore presentation later that evening starting at 9:00 p.m. ET.