As dusk descended on the eve of New Year's Eve, Japanese fight sport fans braved falling temperatures to crowd Shinjuku Station Square for a glimpse of the warriors that will do battle in tomorrow's Fields DYNAMITE!

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Thirty-six fighters, from age 15 to 40, will step into the ring for the extravaganza, which has become a New Year's tradition in the land of the rising sun.

Tens of thousands will fill the Saitama Super Arena, and tens of millions will watch on nationwide television.

 
MMA RULES :

Heavyweight: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (23-6-2) vs. Hong Man Choi (1-1)

Heavyweight: Jerome LeBanner (3-1-1) vs. Mark Hunt (5-4)

Heavyweight: Semmy Schilt (25-14-1) vs. Mighty Mo (3-0)

Heavyweight: MINOWAMAN VS Errol Zimmerman

Welter Weight:Yukio Sakaguchi VS Andy Ologun

Heavyweight: Bob Sapp (9-3-1) vs. Kinniku Mantaro (0-0)

Middleweight: Kazushi Sakuraba (24-11-1) vs. Kiyoshi Tamura (32-13-2)

Welterweigth:Hayato "Mach" Sakurai VS Katsuyori Shibata

Lightweight: Joachim Hansen (19-7-1) vs. Gesias Cavalcante (14-2-1)

Lightweight: Eddie Alvarez (15-1) vs. Shinya Aoki (18-3)

Lightweight: Hideo Tokoro (21-14-1) vs. Daisuke Nakamura (18-9)

K-1 RULES :

Heavyweight: Alistair Overeem (29-11) vs. Badr Hari

Middleweight: Gegard Mousasi (24-2-1) vs. Musashi (49-28-5-1)

Lightweight: Tatsuya Kawajiri (22-5-2) vs. Kozo Takeda (43-18-7)

Lightweight: Yoshihiro Sato (47-10) vs. Artur Kyshenko (43-5-1, 1NC)

K-1 Koshien Final:

Hiroya vs Shota Shimada (semifinal)

Ryuya Kusakabe vs Koya Urabe (semifinal)

Daizo Sasaki vs Taishi Hiratsuka (reserve)

For more info log onto the Official K1 Website