Badr Hari and Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic to return at K-1 Rising 2012

It was announced today that Badr Hari and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic will both return to the K-1 arena  as part of the May 27 K-1 Rising 2012. Set in Madrid, Spain, Hari will be returning to the ring after besting Gokhan Saki earlier this year in a retirement match. Cro Cop returns after also winning his last kickboxing match against Ray Sefo. Hari will step into the ring with Anderson “Braddock” Silva (the Heavyweight kickboxer) while Filipovic will face the Spaniard Loren Javier Jorge. Two other Heavyweights bouts will take place in Spain, along with a superfight and the opening round of the K-1 MAX Grand Prix.

Here is the entire card for K-1 Rising 2012:

K-1 MAX:

Mike Zambidis vs. Chahid Oulad El Hadj

Abraham Roqueñi vs. Andy Souwer 

Artur Kyshenko vs. Su Hwan Lee 

Harut Grigorian vs. Murthel Groenhart 

Longern Superpro Samui vs. Chris Ngimbi 

Gago Drago vs. Andy Ristie

 Xu Yan vs. Yasuhiro Kido 

Yuji Nashiro vs. Reece McAllister 

Heavyweight:

Badr Hari vs. Anderson “Braddock” Silva 

Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs. Loren Javier Jorge 

Daniel Ghita vs. Paul Slowinski

Rico Verhoeven vs. Sergii Lashchenko  

Super Fight: 

Mosab Amrani vs. Zeben Diaz 

The card should have a good amount of star power with Hari and Filipovic bringing a lot of attention to their bouts, as well as a fight featuring Daniel Ghita. Stay tuned to Lowkick.com for more news and results for K-1 Rising 2012.

Further Reading: Cro Cop Final Fight Results: Mirko Filipovic outpoints Ray Sefo