Premium 2003: DYNAMITE !!

December 31, 2003

 Nagoya Dome, Japan

Updated 12/20/03

K-1 has announced the line-up for their year ending event - DYNAMITE !! The main event will feature former

Sumo champion Akebono, in his first K-1 bout, against Bob Sapp. Also, four time K-1 Grand Prix winner

Ernest Hoost will be facing the giant from Brazil, Montanha Silva. The king of the boxing four rounders,

Butterbean,  will be taking on Genki Sudo in a MMA rules match. The line-up is as follows:

Line-Up:

Fight 1 - K-1 MMA Rules (five rounds - three minutes each round) - Added

Khakhaleishvili David (Georgia) vs. Yoshihiro Nakao (Japan)

Fight 2 - K-1 MMA Rules (five rounds - three minutes each round)

Kristof "The Phoenix" Midoux (France) vs. "Green Beret" Tom Howard (USA/UPW)

Fight 3 - K-1 MMA Rules (five rounds - three minutes each round)

Cyril Abidi (France) vs. The Predator (USA/UPW - NCAA wrestling champion)

Fight 4 - K-1 Rules (three rounds - three minutes each round)

Francisco Filho (Brazil) vs. TOA (New Zealand)

Fight 5 - K-1 Rules (three rounds - three minutes each round)

"Mr. Perfect" Ernesto Hoost (Holland) vs. Montanha Silva (Brazil)

Fight 6 - K-1 MMA Rules (three rounds - five minutes each round)

Alexey Ignashov (Belarus) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (Japan/NJPW)

Fight 7 - K-1 MMA Rules (three rounds - five minutes each round)

Genki Sudo (Japan) vs. Butterbean (USA)

Fight 8 - K-1 Rules (three rounds - three minutes each round)

Bob Sapp (USA) vs. Akebono (USA)

Also expected to participate are Shannon Briggs (USA) and Frans Botha (South Africa).

card subject to change

(12/16/03)