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 | Badr Hari Morocco / Show Time | VS | Remy Bonjasky Holland / Team Bonjasky |  |
Full biography can be found here.
Badr Hari began to practice kickboxing at the age of seven, under the guidance of former World Champion Mousid Akamrane. As a teenager he trained under Mohammed Ait Hassou at the Sitan Gym. When the Sitan Gym moved location from Amsterdam to Rotterdam, Badr switched over to the world famous Chakuriki Gym with Thom Harinck. Under Harinck Hari developed himself as one of the greatest talents of the Netherlands; Harinck even stated that "Hari had more talent than Peter Aerts and Branko Cikatic together".
Hari suffered only one loss while under Harinck's care: in 2003 he replaced Melvin Manhoef in a fight against the K-1 Superstar Alexey Ignashov, with only a few days notice. Hari, who was outweighed by more than 18 KGs, did fairly well but was knocked out within the third round by a punch to the solar plexus. Nevertheless, Hari gained a lot of respect by stepping up to such an opponent under the aforementioned circumstances.
Other notable victories by Hari around that time came against such fighter as: Errol Paris, Antoni Hardonck, Aziz Katthou and Gary Turner. In January 2005, Hari left the Chakuriki Gym to sign a contract with promoter Simon Rutz, and became a fighter in the It's Showtime Mejiro Gym he returned to Thom Harinck, but left him again only a few weeks later. Badr Hari is currently coached by Mike Passenier of Mike's Gym who also currently trains Joeri "The Shark" Mes, Bjorn "The Rock" Bregy and Melvin Manhoef. team.
Hari, who is infamous for his slow entrances onto the ring as well as for his big mouth, was matched up against Stefan Leko for the It's Showtime event later that year. At the time, Leko was on a dead track, losing all his fights under MMA rules with the PRIDE organisation. For Hari it was a big opportunity to show his strength against a K-1 veteran, and try to make it into the restricted K-1 circuit. The former K-1 superstar Leko also saw an opportunity to make his K-1 comeback. The fight was being hyped for several months alongside of which came a lot of trash talk. Leko, was extremely confident, saying it wouldn't last long.
Before the actual fight started, Hari irritated his opponent with his trademark entrance -- it lasted longer than the fight itself. After an aggressive start, Badr Hari was winded by a spinning back kick to the liver, Stefan Leko also looked to be spitting on Hari after the fight was over while Hari was on the floor.
That same year, Hari got his chance for revenge. Manager Simon Rutz made a deal with K-1 for him to fight at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 as a reserve fighter against Stefan Leko.
Hari didn't seem to have lost his confidence, and ultimately got his revenge. He knocked Leko out by a high spinning back kick to the jaw.
Although it seemed that Leko and Hari had already created bad blood and an instant classic rivalry, Hari helped his opponent up and escorted the dazed German to the corner. Hari made a name for himself that night with one of the scariest knockouts of that year.
While being scheduled for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Holland on May 13, 2006, Hari was a last minute replacement to participate in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in New Zealand. His opponent in the first round was Australian Peter "The Chief" Graham. During the press-conference, Hari once again showed his bad-boy image by mocking and insulting Graham, and later on even started a brawl.
The next day Graham answered this lack of respect with a spectacular knockout. In the last ticking seconds of the final round, Graham caught Hari with his trademark, " rolling thunder" kick, a mix between a spinning back kick and a flip kick. Graham's hit broke Hari's jaw in multiple places.
After receiving the most votes by fight fans all over the world, Badr Hari was offered a wild card place at the K-1 World GP Final Elimination 2006 against a young Russian kickboxer, Ruslan Karaev.
He lost the fight by 1 Round TKO from a controversial referee stoppage decision. After the fight, Hari lost control and started to throw insults at Karaev. When he was escorted backstage, Hari immediately trashed his dressing room.
He fought in a reserve fight at the K-1 World GP 2006 Finals, at the Tokyo Dome, against Paul Slowinski and won the fight by unanimous decision.
Badr Hari got his revenge on Ruslan Karaev as well, and in a surprising fashion at that: after receiving an 8 count after a hook from Karaev knocked him down, Karaev ran forward with the intention of ending the fight. However, Badr Hari managed to avoid his punches, and slipped a right jab that Karaev walked sraight onto, thus being knocked out cold. This victory got himself qualified for a K-1 world title fight later that year, which he won against Yusuke Fujimoto.
Badr was scheduled to fight again on August 5th, 2007 at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Hong Kong, in a rematch against Peter Graham, which he won on points in the final round.
On September 29, 2007 at the K-1 World GP 2007 Final Elimination, Badr Hari beat the winner of K-1 World GP 2007 in seoul tournament, Doug Viney, by a second round KO.
Badr is now scheduled to fight against the veteran and two times K-1 World Champion Remy Bonjasky at the K-1 Finals
BADR HARICOUNTRY : Morocco
DATE OF BIRTH : December 08, 1984
HEIGHT : 6 feet 6 inch
WEIGHT : 203 lbs
TITLES
K-1 Heavyweight Champion 2007
69 Fights 63 Wins 5 Losses 1 Draw 51 KOs
K-1 9 Fights 7 Wins 2 Losses 4 KOs
| 29 | Sep. | 2007 | K-1 WORLD GP 2007 IN SEOUL FINAL16 | W | DOUG VINEY | 2R KO | |
| 05 | Aug. | 2007 | K-1 WORLD GP 2007 IN HONG KONG | W | PETER GRAHAM | Decision | Super Fight |
| 28 | Apr. | 2007 | K-1 WORLD GP 2007 in HAWAII | W | YUSUKE FUJIMOTO | 1R KO | Heavyweight Title Match |
| 04 | Mar. | 2007 | K-1 WORLD GP 2007 in YOKOHAMA | W | RUSLAN KARAEV | 2R KO | |
| 31 | Dec. | 2006 | K-1 PREMIUM 2006 Dynamite!! | W | NICHOLAS PETTAS | 2R TKO | |
| 02 | Dec. | 2007 | K-1 WORLD GP 2006 IN TOKYO | W | PAUL SLOWINSKI | 2R TKO | Super Fight |
| 30 | Sep. | 2006 | K-1 WORLD GP 2006 in OSAKA -FINAL ELIMINATION- | L | RUSLAN KARAEV | 1R KO | |
| 05 | Mar. | 2006 | K-1 WORLD GP 2006 in Auckland | L | PETER GRAHAM | 3R KO | |
| 19 | Nov. | 2005 | K-1 WORLD GP 2005 in TOKYO | W | STEFAN"BLITZ" LEKO | 2R KO | |
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