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K-1 is in a giving mood this holiday season. They’ve uploaded a handful of their old fights including Brock Lesnar’s MMA debut at Dynamite!! USA 2007, Lyoto Machida vs. BJ Penn, Renzo Gracie vs. BJ Penn and Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie II. Several more on K-1’s YouTube Channel. Enjoy!

FieLDS Dynamite!! 2009 takes place on New Year’s Eve at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event will be broadcast live in the US on HDNet at 3AM ET late Wednesday night.

More pre-fight interviews on DREAM’s YouTube Channel.

Apparently Alistair Overeem and Golden Glory have different ideas for Overeem in 2010.

Inside MMA airs on HDNet every Friday night at 9PM ET.

Inside MMA Archive

More segments after the jump.

More K-1 World GP 2009 Final post-fight interviews on the official K-1 YouTube channel.

A few interesting post-fight notes regarding Dynamite!! 2009 via Nightmare of Battle.

FEG President Tanigawa declared today that he wants Alistair or Semmy to take Fedor out.

Candidates from the finals event for Dynamite!! are Alistair, Semmy (will fight under MMA rules if he fights, possibly against an SRC fighter), and Hari (depending on their condition). Alistair wants Hari in an MMA fight.

11 or 12 additional fights will be announced for Dynamite!! and Tanigawa wants 7 of those to be DREAM vs. SENGOKU/SRC fights. He also wants around 3 K-1 vs. DREAM/SENGOKU fights (like last years Mousasi/Musashi, Kawajiri/Kozo, and Alistair/Hari fights).

Announcements are expected later this week.

The K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final took place earlier this morning in Yokohama, Japan. It was an awesome night of fights loaded with highlight reel knockouts and brutal finishes. Even if you’re not a K-1 fan, these fights are must-see. It was as exciting, if not more, as any MMA event this year. Here’s the bout order for the playlist above.

1. Badr Hari vs. Ruslan Karaev
2. Alistair Overeem vs. Ewerton Teixeira
3. Remy Bonjasky vs. Errol Zimmerman
4. Semmy Schilt vs. Jerome Le Banner
5. Peter Aerts vs. Gokhan Saki
6. Daniel Ghita vs. Sergei Kharitonov
7. 1st Semi-Final
8. 2nd Semi-Final
9. GP Final

Results after the jump.

Alistair Overeem says the secret to his action hero-like physique is eating cow beef, horse beef, fish and Momma’s home cooking 7-8 times a day. Did he leave anything out?

Alistair Overeem takes on Ewerton Teixeira in the quarterfinals of the K-1 WGP 2009 Final on December 5 in Yokohama, Japan.

Japan’s worst-kept secret is now official. A press conference was held in Japan earlier today to announce that FEG (K-1 & DREAM) will hold their Dynamite!! 2009 event with World Victory Road’s Sengoku.

Sengoku’s big Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida fight will serve as the double main event along with Masato’s K-1 retirement fight. The plan is to book seven DREAM vs. Sengoku fights on the 18-19 fight card, although no specific match-ups were announced. Along with the rest of the card, the rules and the weight classes are still being discussed.

Despite Sengoku ditching their own NYE show large in part due to their unsuccessful attempts at securing a television deal and the loss of their primary sponsor Don Quijote, WVR’s GM says they will continue to hold events next year, but like similar instances in the past, not everyone is buying it.

Interestingly enough, it sounds like FieLDS who sponsors Dynamite!! won’t renew their contract next year which leaves the door open for Don Quijote (Japanese discount super-stores) to slide in and take their place. Except they might be looking to get a little more involved than merely being a sponsor. Now rumors are swirling that Don Quijote is actually interested in buying DREAM which is kinda crazy when you think about it. Would be like Wal-Mart owning Strikeforce (I think).

There’s definitely a lot going on behind-the-scenes across the Pacific these days. It will be interesting to see how it all shakes out.

Image via Kamipro.com

If I want to prove that I am number one, I cannot bypass a fight against [Fedor]. Fedor is my idol. Having said that, I have fought others whom I have regarded as idols, and defeated them: Vitor Belfort, Igor Vovchanchyn, and Peter Aerts, for example. Though I respect my idols, I of course do not want to lose them come fight time. Fedor is a great fighter… but only in MMA. If he fought under the K-1 rule, I don’t think he would be as good as me…I am filled to the brim with confidence regarding my winning the K-1 World Grand Prix. I am self-assured that I can stage spectacular fights that will floor everyone: I will become the K-1 champion. I will accomplish an unprecedented feat in the world of combat sport and become the greatest legend. There has been many fighters who deserve the billing of ‘legend.’ Kazushi Sakuraba has always been a legend and Wanderlei Silva was the PRIDE legend. Fedor, Rickson (Gracie), and Royce (Gracie) are also legendary names. Nevertheless, when I become a legend, I want to distinguish myself from the aforementioned names and become the greatest among all the legends by becoming the number one in both K-1 and MMA — in other words, a ‘double legend.’ If I manage to accomplish the feat that no one else has, then I can rightfully be called the ‘greatest legend.’ (To all the DREAM fans) Here is the future K-1 champion: Look forward to my return to DREAM after capturing the K-1 belt.

—Alistair Overeem, via DREAM translated by MMA Mania, making some pretty bold statements about his future status in combat sports

When the word “legend” is thrown around, it’s usually based on a fighter’s entire body of work. Winning the K-1 World Grand Prix and beating Fedor Emelianenko in a span of a year would be a remarkable accomplishment, but Alistair has too many losses on his record next to elite-level opponents to call him the “greatest legend,” especially with so many questions surrounding his superhuman body transformation. Maybe he should do what he says he’s going to do and pass a few drug tests before he starts throwing the L-word around.