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Sergei Kharitonov vs. Tatsuya Mizuno Booked for Dyanmite!!0
12/17/2010 11:49 AM ET By Daniel Herbertson

Only days after being KOed by the hands of Singh Jaideep at the K-1 World Grand Prix Finals, Sergei Kharitonov has agreed to fight DREAM Light-Heavyweight GP finalist Tatsuya Mizuno at Dynamite!!, MMA Fighting has learned from sources.

The December 31st bout will be the first MMA fight of the year for Kharitonov. The Russian was once considered one of the top heavyweights in the world but his last mixed martial arts appearance was an unimpressive submission loss to Jeff Monson in April 2009. Kharitonov looked as though he had found some form in K-1, with an impressive win over Takumi Sato in Seoul and a good start against Singh "Heart" Jaideep, but that was put to an end as the Indian found a home for his hands.

Jerome Le Banner was initially slated to face Mizuno but the Frenchman was later offered Beijing Judo Gold Medallist Satoshi Ishii. With sources indicating that the Mizuno/Kharitonov bout has been made, it seems as though Le Banner has opted to take the match with Ishii, although MMA Fighting has been unable to confirm that.


Dynamite!! 2010 - Dec. 31 at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan

MMA Rules
DREAM Featherweight Title Match
Bibiano Fernandes vs. Hiroyuki Takaya

DREAM Welterweight Title Match
Marius Zaromskis vs. Kazushi Sakuraba

Caol Uno vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Jason High
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Josh Thomson
Hiroshi Izumi vs. Ikuhisa "Minowaman" Minowa
Hideo Tokoro vs. Kazushisa Watanabe
Sergei Kharitonov vs. Tatsuya Mizuno

Special Rules Match
Shinya Aoki vs. Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima

K-1 Rules
Tetsuya Yamato vs. Akiyo "Wicky" Nishiura
Gegard Mousasi vs. Kyotaro

Planned Participants
Alistair Overeem
Jerome Le Bannaer
Satoshi Ishii

Sergei Kharitonov vs. Tatsuya Mizuno Booked for Dyanmite!! -- MMA Fighting

Damn good matchup, great to see Sergei doing something. Should be an entertaining bout.

[stpierrecanada]

Always been a huge Sergei Kharitonov fan. Hopefully he is back to his old self and starts taking some heads off. He is a beast and I'd love to see him in the UFC soon if he can get back on track. Decent fight for him to prove himself again.

[jlruthven84]

Big Sergei fan. He was doing well against Jaideep until he got caught.

[earle]

I thought Kharitonov was going to destroy Jaideep. I was shocked when Singh knocked him silly, but that's the danger with these tall guys in K-1, a knee is only a short distance away from your chin.

I expect Sergei will have a better showing this time.

I hope Overeem makes it on this card.

[Pasha K]

I have always been a big fan of Kharitonov and I am glad to finally see him returning to MMA.
I think he should win this, Mizuno is not a bad fighter but Kharitonov is very very good. He has a very good boxing and his ground game is also good.
I want to believe that his loss with Monson was only a very unlucky night, because Kharitonov is a very serious fighter.