Beast 2004 

March 14, 2004

Niigata, Japan

Updated 2/24/04

Sportsnavi is reporting that K-1 will be hosting a MMA/kickboxing event on March 14th titled Beast 2004.

Headlining the event will be 'The Beast" Bob Sapp in an MMA bout against pro-wrestler Sumiyabazar

Dolgorsuren. According to the NJPW website, Dolgorsuren was born in Mongolia and is pro-wrestler Blue

Wolf's brother. They also state that Dolgorsuren "holds many titles in Mongolian sumo and Mongolian

amateur wrestling championships and represented Mongolia in the Olympics in both Atlanta and Sydney."

K-1 veteran Peter Aerts will also be making an MMA appearance. 10 bouts are planned for the event, five

MMA rules and five regular K-1 rules. The card is shaping up like this:

Preliminary line-up:

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

Bob Sapp vs. Sumiyabazar Dolgorsuren

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

Peter Aerts vs. Steve Williams (No, he's not Steve Austin) 

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

Yoshihiro Nakao vs. TBA

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

Butterbean vs. Hiromi Amada

Also expected to participate:

Dewey Cooper

Great Kusatsu

Michael McDonald

Masaaki Miyamoto

Tsuyoshi Nakasako

Tooru Oishi

Tatsufumi Tomihira

Petr Vandrachek

Cliff Couser - Added

card subject to change 

(2/16/04)