K-1 Global and It’s Showtime sign multi-year deal

K-1 has been purchased by a Mr. Mike Kim and rechristened as K-1 Global. Today It’s Showtime announced that they had signed a deal with the new K-1 Global organization.
It’s Showtime issued a press release about the deal, which stated that many fighters from their organization had signed contracts with the company and that they all received signing bonuses of 50 percent of the money that was owed to them from FEG, the former owners of K-1. 
It’s Showtime fighters Daniel Ghita, Tyrone

WEC’s best merge with the UFC

With the World Extreme Cagefiighting now officially absorbed by its sister promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship, I will be reviewing some of the WEC’s best prospects, that could make some noise within the UFC ranks. And with the introduction of the lighter weight classes, I will be introducing the less familiar fans with some of the hottest talent to grace these divisions.

Five Conclusions from WEC 53

With WEC 53 now in the books, the promotion officially merges with the UFC, and the doors close on the WEC. With the merger, Anthony Pettis will face with winner of UFC 125’s Lightweight title bout between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard in a title unification bout. As of last night, Dominick Cruz successfully defended his WEC Bantamweight title, and was also rewarded with the first ever UFC BW title. With the merger, influx of talent from overseas, as well as the now seriously stacked Lightweight division,

Alistair Overeem’s K-1 Video Blog

Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem will look to make another step closer to fulfilling his dream, at this Weekend’s K-1 Final 16 tournament in Seoul, South Korea. Here’s the “Reem’s” Documentary showing his K-1 adventures, and the pre-fight interview in South Korea. Overeem will square off against the Australian giant Ben Edwards, with sights on moving to the final show of K-1 2010 WGP.