Dailymotion

Type	Private
Founded	March 15, 2005
Headquarters	Paris, 49-51 rue Ganneron, 18th arr., France
Key people	Cédric Tournay, CEO Benjamin Bejbaum, Co-founder Olivier Poitrey, Co-Founder & CTO
Owner	Dailymotion SA
Employees	100 (September 2010)
Slogan	Regarder, publier, partager (Watch, publish, share)
Website	dailymotion.com
Alexa rank	99 (May 2012[update])[1]
Type of site	Video hosting service
Advertising	contextual & video ads
Registration	Optional (required to upload/comment)
Available in	19 Countries and 12 languages
Launched	March 15, 2005
Current status	Active
Screenshot The Dailymotion homepage in Firefox

Dailymotion is a French-based video-sharing website on which users can upload, share and view videos. Its headquarters are in the 18th arrondissement, Paris, France.^[2] According to Comscore, Dailymotion is the second largest video site in the world after YouTube.

As of October 2010^[update], the site was getting over 93 million unique visitors monthly and is the 32nd most visited website in the world.^[3]

Since February 18, 2008, the site supports video content that can play at 720p on a HD set, but the bit rate is significantly less than the 5–9 megabits for expected HD quality.^[4]

On January 25th, 2011, France Telecom's Orange entered exclusive negotiations with Dailymotion with a view to acquiring a 49% stake in the company for EUR 58.8M (hence valuing the company at EUR120M).^[5]

History[link]

The headquarters, 49-51 rue Ganneron, Paris

The founders of Dailymotion started the website from an apartment in Paris; the business launched from the living room of Olivier Poitrey, one of the founders. Six founders pooled together €6,000 ($9,271 USD) to start the website.^[6]

Background[link]

The dailymotion.com domain name was registered one month after youtube.com was registered.

Dailymotion allows users to browse and upload videos by searching tags, channels or user-created groups; the search system also introduces results based on things other users have searched for. The maximum size of a video file is 2 GB. The length of the video file is also limited to 60 minutes, except for the MotionMakers and the Official Users.

Videos uploaded by users to Dailymotion used to be (until 2008, see below) converted to the VP6 format at a resolution of 320×240. Audio on Dailymotion videos used to be encoded as MP3 at 96 kbit/s in stereo.

In 2007, Dailymotion signed a major agreement with the Canal+ network to broadcast its television series in full on the site. All Canal+ videos are shown on an encrypted channel of the site with anti-piracy safeguards. Within a year, the site's revenue had increased to €10 million and they had an estimated 8 million unique visitors per month in France.^[7]

The partnership gave Dailymotion the financial backing it needed to upgrade its servers to handle High Definition video and showcase its MotionMaker videos. In February 2008, the HD quality (1280 × 720 pixels and 1.58 to 1.85 Mb/s) was made available to the MotionMaker users. In October 2008, the HQ quality (512 × 384 pixels, 30 images per second, H.264 is used for images and AAC at 96 kb/s for the sound) was made available to regular users.

In May 2009, Dailymotion announced that it would make its videos available using the HTML5 video element using an Ogg video format.^[8]

MotionMaker and Official User[link]

MotionMaker is a group for the original content creators. Official User is a group for the official content producers (i.e.: record labels, film studios, news media, television channels, sports associations, political parties, etc.)

A MotionMaker or an Official User can :

• Customize his/her profile
• Upload videos of unlimited length
• Upload Full HD quality videos (1920*1080p), whereas regular users are limited to Half HD (1280*720p)
• Benefit from an increased visibility
• Have an OfficialContent/CreativeContent overlay affixed on his video thumbnails

Hidden features[link]

Using Stupeflix' technology, Dailymotion provides a tool for its users to create video slideshows. The link to the slideshow creation tool can be found from the option menu > settings > extra. Creating a slideshow takes a maximum of 30 pictures, and a music file. Stupeflix' slideshows are rendered in a MP4 video format, not Flash.

Blocking of Dailymotion[link]

Tunisia[link]

According to the article Tunisia: Video-sharing website Dailymotion Blocked! written by Reporters sans Frontières (Paris) April 11, 2007, Omar Mestiri, an editor of the opposition online newspaper "Kalima", is a victim of judicial harassment. Reporters Without Borders has said that a libel suit could result in a three-year prison sentence. RWB organization also called on the authorities to stop blocking Dailymotion, which has been inaccessible in Tunisia since April 1, 2007.

Reporters Without Borders said:

The press freedom organisation added:

The suit against Mestiri was brought by Tunisian lawyer Mohammed Baccar over an article posted on September 5, 2006 accusing him of fraud and forgery. Mestiri was summoned by the deputy state prosecutor to respond to a charge of libel on March 29. Mestiri's lawyers have challenged the suit's legal basis on the grounds that Kalima's site is blocked in Tunisia and the article couldn't have been accessed there.

India[link]

Dailymotion is also banned in India since may 2012.^[9]

Libya[link]

Despite the relatively few videos about Libya on Dailymotion, it was blocked there from March 2010^{[citation needed]} to the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Australia[link]

Between the end of March and April 20, 2011, Dailymotion experienced technical problems with the Family Filter on the Australian site. As of April 20, this issue was resolved, which was confirmed by Dailymotion on its blog. ^[10][11]

Copyright protection[link]

Dailymotion with the help of Audible Magic, implemented an acoustic fingerprinting system that can detect copyrighted videos and not publish them.^[12] Dailymotion is also the first video sharing website to implement a video fingerprinting solution supplied by INA.^[13]

Dailymotion Cloud[link]

In October 2010, Dailymotion Cloud was launched as a white label video hosting service to use excess bandwidth and existing resources. As of November 2011, they have 2,500 customers but have not achieved turnover targets.^[14]

See also[link]

	Paris portal
	Companies portal
	Internet portal

• Comparison of video services

References[link]

External links[link]

• Dailymotion
• Dailymotion mobile website
• Dailymotion, with the HTML5 player for the reencoded videos
• Dailymotion, with the beta player
• Dailymotion blog
• Dailymotion Cloud
• Dailymotion on Twitter
• Dailymotion on Twitter - US division
• Dailymotion on Twitter

Michel Muller (born 9 September 1966 in Vienna) is a French actor, screenwriter and director. He is most recently known for playing Charles VIII of France in the television series The Borgias.

Biography[link]

Michel Muller was born 1966 in Vienna, Austria. He left graduate school to pursue a career in entertainment. He started as a one-man show performer, performing in theaters across France. He appeared in various French television series and in minor film roles. In 2001, he starred in Wasabi, alongside Jean Reno and Ryōko Hirosue.^[1]

In 2011, he appeared in four episodes of The Borgias, which was broadcast in the United States and Canada.

He won a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2007 for his role in Guide de la Petite Vengeance.^[2]

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

Television[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Michel Muller at the Internet Movie Database

David Guetta
David Guetta at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards
Background information
Birth name	Pierre David Guetta
Born	(1967-11-07) 7 November 1967 (age 44) Paris, France
Genres	House, electro house, hip house
Occupations	DJ, record producer, songwriter
Years active	1984–present
Labels	EMI Music France, Virgin, Positiva, Astralwerks, Jack Back Records
Website	DavidGuetta.com

Pierre David Guetta (7 November 1967), known professionally as David Guetta (French pronunciation: [daˌvid ɡɛˈta]), is a French house music producer and DJ.^[1] Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007). His 2009 album One Love included the hit singles "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland), "Gettin' Over You" (featuring Chris Willis, Fergie & LMFAO) and "Sexy Bitch" (featuring Akon), the last becoming a top five hit in the United States and all three reaching #1 in the United Kingdom, as well as another internationally known single called "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi which became a top five hit in many countries. Guetta has sold over three million albums and 15 million singles worldwide.^[2] He is currently one of the most sought-after music producers.^[3] As at 2012 David Guetta is the world's most popular DJ, claiming the #1 poll position of the DJ Mag 100 popularity poll.^[4]

Biography[link]

1984–2000: Early life and career[link]

At age 17, Guetta began DJing at the Broad Club in Paris.^[5] He first played popular songs, and he discovered house music when he heard a Farley master Funk track on French radio in 1987. The next year, he began hosting his own club nights.^[6] In 1990, he released "Nation Rap", a hip-hop collaboration with French rapper Sidney Duteil.^[7]

In the mid 1990s Guetta played in clubs including Le Centrale, the Rex, Le Boy, and Folies Pigalle.^[5][8] Released in 1994^[7] Guetta's second single, a collaboration with American house vocalist Robert Owens titled "Up & Away", was a minor club hit.^[6] In 1994, David Guetta became the manager of Le Palace nightclub and he continued to organise parties there and in other clubs, such as the "Scream" parties in Les Bains Douches.^[9]

[edit] 2001–2006: Just a Little More Love and Guetta Blaster

In 2001, David Guetta along with Joachim Garraud founded Gum Productions, and in the same year Guetta's first hit single, "Just a Little More Love", featuring American singer Chris Willis was released. Willis was vacationing in France when he met Guetta.^[6] Guetta's debut album Just a Little More Love was released in 2002 on Virgin Records and sold over 300,000 copies. The follow-up singles, ("Love Don't Let Me Go", "People Come People Go" and "Give Me Something"), were released in 2002. Guetta released a compilation, Fuck Me I'm Famous, in 2003, named after his party in Ibiza. It included "Just for One Day (Heroes)", a remix of David Bowie's song "Heroes".^[6] Later in his career, Guetta continued recording compilations under that title.

Guetta's second album, Guetta Blaster, was released in 2004. It released four singles: "Money" and "Stay" featuring Chris Willis and "The World Is Mine" and "In Love With Myself" featuring JD Davis. In 2006 the Just a Little More Love single "Love Don't Let Me Go" was re-released as a mash-up with the Tocadisco remix of "Walking Away" by The Egg. The mash-up single entitled "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" was charted higher than the original release of the song.

[edit] 2007–2008: Pop Life

Guetta performing, May 2007

In 2007, Guetta's third album Pop Life was released. The album was successful in the UK and Ireland as well as in mainland Europe. According to EMI in 2010, the album has sold a total of 530,000 copies worldwide. The lead single "Love Is Gone" reached Number 1 on the American Dance Chart and charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

He played in many countries around the world to promote the album. He played in Mauritius in January 2008, accompanied by French rapper JoeyStarr. In the same year, he and his wife Cathy also planned a new event which took place in the Stade de France on 5 July 2008. The event was called "UNIGHTED", he performed with Tiësto, Carl Cox, Joachim Garraud and Martin Solveig in front of a crowd of 40,000.^[10]

In 2009, he was placed third in the "Top 100 DJs" poll by DJ Magazine,^[11] and was elected "Best House DJ" by DJ Awards in 2008. Since April 2009, Guetta had his own radio show on the internet radio station RauteMusik on Saturday evening. The show was afterwards moved into Radio 538, being aired every Friday evening after Tiësto's Club Life. Its name is DJ Mix. Guetta performs a one-hour set of house music, presenting mainly new talents inside.

[edit] 2009–2010: One Love and international breakthrough

David Guetta's fourth studio album, One Love, was released in August 2009. Its first single "When Love Takes Over", which featured Kelly Rowland, peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart and topped many other countries worldwide. His second single from the album, "Sexy Bitch" featuring Akon, became his second #1 in the UK. "One Love" featuring Estelle, "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi and "Gettin' Over You" featuring Chris Willis, Fergie and LMFAO followed. As of May 2011 the album had sold three million copies worldwide.^[12] Guetta's fourth studio album One Love was nominated as "Best Electronic/Dance Album" at the 52nd Grammy Awards.^[13] His song "When Love Takes Over" featuring American R&B singer Kelly Rowland received two nominations; Best Dance Recording and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, and won the latter. After conflicts over whether or not an album re-issue should go ahead, One More Love was released on 29 November 2010. First single, titled "Who's That Chick?" featuring Rihanna was released a few weeks prior.^[14]

On 16 June 2009, The Black Eyed Peas released the David Guetta-produced "I Gotta Feeling" as their second single from their fifth studio album, The E.N.D.. It became a worldwide hit topping the charts in seventeen countries. It became the most downloaded song of all-time in the United States with almost 7.5 million downloads and in the United Kingdom selling more than 1 million copies.^[15][16] He was nominated twice for his work with The Black Eyed Peas at the 52nd Grammy Awards; in the category Record of the Year for "I Gotta Feeling" and Album of the Year for their album The E.N.D.. In 2010, David Guetta co-wrote and produced Kelly Rowland's "Commander" from her third album Here I Am. It peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the United States, and reached top ten positions in Belgium and the United Kingdom. Guetta has also co-produced "Forever and a Day", which was Kelly's next UK single from that album.^[17][18] Guetta also produced the singles "Acapella" and "Scream" for American singer-songwriter Kelis's fifth studio album, Flesh Tone, released on 14 May 2010. "Acapella" was released as the lead single on 23 February 2010 and topped the dance charts in the United Kingdom and United States. On 28 June 2010 American rapper Flo Rida released the single "Club Can't Handle Me" featuring David Guetta. The song is included on the soundtrack album to the American 3D dance film Step Up 3D.

Guetta on the One Love Tour, January 2010.

[edit] 2011–present: Nothing But the Beat

Guetta's fifth studio album, Nothing But the Beat was released on August 30, 2011. It was released as a double-disc album; one disc being vocal and the other being electronic.^[19] The French DJ was inspired by rock bands such as Kings of Leon and Coldplay to add rock influences to his dance productions.^[20] "Where Them Girls At" featuring Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida, the first single off the album, was released worldwide on May 2, 2011.^[21][22] "Little Bad Girl" featuring Ludacris and Taio Cruz, was released as the second single on June 28, 2011.^[19][23] The third single "Without You" featuring Usher was released on September 27, 2011. Guetta also released three promotional singles for Nothing But the Beat, "Titanium" featuring Sia, "Lunar" with Afrojack and "Night of Your Life" featuring Jennifer Hudson. The album also features the hit single "Sweat" with Snoop Dogg.

Guetta is also scheduled to perform alongside Nicky Romero and Nervo at London's Alexandra Palace on June 1, 2012.^[24]

Personal life[link]

Guetta and his wife Cathy in January 2012 at the NRJ Music Awards ceremony.

His father was a restaurateur of Moroccan Jewish descent,^[25] and his mother is of Belgian descent.^[26][27][28] He is married to socialite and night club manager Cathy Guetta; they have two children, Tim Elvis Eric (born 2004) and Angie (born 2007).^[29]

Discography[link]

• Just a Little More Love (2002)
• Guetta Blaster (2004)
• Pop Life (2007)
• One Love (2009)
• Nothing but the Beat (2011)

Awards and nominations[link]

This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (July 2010)

References[link]

External links[link]

• David Guetta on Myspace
• David Guetta on Twitter
• David Guetta's channel on YouTube
• David Guetta at the Internet Movie Database
• David Guetta official store
• David Guetta information at Ultra Records
• Review of 'Memories' on the Daily Music Guide
• David Jeffries. "David Guetta biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p572357. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
• David Guetta in PACHA NEWS
• David Guetta at Billboard.com
• Review of 'Gettin Over you' on the Daily Music Guide

Badr Hari بدر هاري
Born	(1984-12-08) December 8, 1984 (age 27) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Other names	The Golden Boy The Bad Boy The Cobra
Nationality	Dutch Moroccan
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight	106 kg (234 lb; 16 st 10 lb)
Division	Super Heavyweight
Style	Muay Thai
Team	Mike's Gym (2005-present) Chakuriki Gym (2000-2005) Sitan Gym
Trainer	Mike Passenier Thom Harinck Naazim Richardson
Years active	2000-present (Kickboxing)[1]
Kickboxing record
Total	101
Wins	90
By knockout	78
Losses	11
By knockout	7
Mixed martial arts record
Total	1
Wins	0
Losses	1
By submission	1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: January 28, 2012

Badr Hari^[2] born December 8, 1984^[3] in Amsterdam, Netherlands is a Moroccan-Dutch ^[4] super heavyweight kickboxer from the Netherlands, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight champion (2007—2008)^[5] and K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 finalist.^[6] As of May 2011, Hari is ranked the #2 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com.^[7] Hari has been a prominent figure in the world of kickboxing and considered one of the best kickboxers in the world,^[8] however he has been involved in a number of controversies relating to his "unsportsmanlike conducts" in the sport and alleged crimes of violence outside of the ring.^[9]

He was disqualified in the final match of the K-1 World GP 2008 Finals due to "unsportsmanlike conduct" against Remy Bonjasky.^[10] In May 2009 he knocked out Semmy Schilt in the first round and became the first ever It's Showtime World Heavyweight champion.^[11] However he lost this title when he was again disqualified after another unsportsmanlike conduct against Hesdy Gerges at the It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam.^[12] Aside from the sport, he has been arrested multiple times since 2006 on various assault charges against others.^[13]

Hari has been officially praised by the king of Morocco, Mohammed VI, since 2009 for his outstanding accomplishments in the sport.^[14]

In late 2011, Hari announced he would leave kickboxing as of 2012, to pursue a career in boxing.^{[citation needed]} His farewell match was on January 28, 2012 against Gokhan Saki, whom he knocked out in the first round.^{[citation needed]} Hari will move to Philadelphia to train with Naazim Richardson, and is anticipated to become a contestant for the heavy weight world champion title.^{[citation needed]}

Early life[link]

Born in Amsterdam, Badr Hari began practicing kickboxing at the age of seven, under the guidance of former World Champion Mousid Akamrane. As a teenager he trained at the Sitan Gym. When the Sitan Gym moved to Rotterdam, he joined the famous Chakuriki Gym ran by Thom Harinck.^[15] Under Harinck, Hari developed into one of the greatest kickboxing talents of the Netherlands. Badr Hari was fighting under the Dutch flag till he lost his match against Stefan Leko in 2005. It was the first time his parents attented one of his fights and he asked for the microphone to say some words to the Dutch audience. Hari couldn't be understood as the audience proceeded to boo him, after which Hari was quoted saying "I thought to myself, I have never witnessed such ungratefulness". From that day Hari decided to represent Morocco and stopped working with Tom Harinck. Mike Passenier became his new coach.^[16]

Kickboxing career[link]

Early career[link]

Under Harinck's coaching, Hari suffered few losses. In 2003 he replaced Melvin Manhoef with only a few days notice, to fight Alexey Ignashov. Hari, outweighed by more than 18 kg, lost the fight by knockout (body punch), but gained a lot of respect for stepping up to such an opponent under those circumstances.

In January 2005, Hari left the Chakuriki Gym and joined Simon Rutz's It's Showtime team. After a few months' training at the Mejiro Gym he returned to Harinck's, but left again a couple of weeks later. Since then he has been coached by Mike Passenier, who has also trained Joerie Mes, Bjorn Bregy and Melvin Manhoef.

Road to K-1[link]

Hari's road to fame began with a pair of matches against Stefan Leko in 2005. The first took place at the It's Showtime 2005 event in June 2005. Hari, who was generally known for his big mouth and slow ring entrance started some trash talk between them before the fight, making the hype even greater. Hari's long ring entrance took longer than the actual fight, where Hari was knocked out by Leko's trademark spinning back kick.

Hari got his chance for revenge in November 2005 when he entered the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 tournament as a reserve fighter against Leko, making his K-1 World GP debut at the age of 20.^[17] Hari knocked Leko out by a spinning back high kick to the jaw at 1:30 in the second round.^[18] After all the bad blood between both fighters, Hari helped his opponent up and escorted the dazed German to the corner.

[edit] K-1 New Zealand 2006

In 2006 Badr Hari was scheduled to participate in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam on May 13, 2006, but fought in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland, in New Zealand, instead as a last minute replacement. His opponent in the first round was Australian Peter "The Chief" Graham. Hari once again showed his bad boy reputation by abusing Graham and starting a street fight at the press conference. In the actual fight Hari was knocked out by Graham's trademark "Rolling Thunder". The heel hit Hari hard on the head and knocked him out cold. Graham's kick broke Hari's jaw in multiple places and sidelined Hari for several months.^[19]

Return to K-1[link]

Hari returned to the ring at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 Final Elimination in Osaka, Japan against Ruslan Karaev. Karaev hurt Badr with a straight right that left Hari slouching over in the corner, then Karaev delivered a kick to Hari's face; Hari was counted out by the referee but immediately he and his corner protested, claiming the kick was a foul. When the referee did not respond, Hari and his cornermen caused a commotion and refused to leave the ring until they were escorted out by K-1 officials. Hari left in anger and trashed his changing room. Six months later, Hari was awarded a rematch against the Russian. After being knocked down by Karaev in the second round, Hari stood back up, slipped a punch and delivered a KO blow with a straight right to Karaev.^[20]

Despite being knocked out, Hari was once again picked as a reserve fighter in the K-1 Grand Prix 2006 Finals against Paul Slowinski. He won the fight by unanimous decision.^[21] Hari then fought the Danish Nicholas Pettas at the K-1 Premium 2006 Dynamite!! extravaganza and broke Pettas's left shoulder in the second round with a right high kick.^[22]

Hari got his revenge against Karaev at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama. Karaev and Hari's matchup was one of two bouts to qualify for the first K-1 Heavyweight Title Match, scheduled on April 28, 2007 in Hawaii. Hari was knocked down in the second round and was just able to make it to his feet when Karaev intended to finish the fight with a swinging punch which Hari ducked, and landed a right cross to score a KO.^[23]

K-1 Heavyweight champion[link]

On April 28, at K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii, Badr Hari and Yusuke Fujimoto fought for the newly introduced Heavyweight belt. Hari won the fight in 56 seconds with a kick to the chin. With the knockout Hari became the world's first ever K-1 Heavyweight champion.^[24]

Hari got his chance for revenge against Peter Graham, whose turning kick broke his jaw in 2006, in Hong Kong at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hong Kong.^[25] He dropped Graham with a body punch and won by unanimous decision. After the bout, Hari and Graham seemed to bury the hatchet, hugging each other, although the two started taunting each other again at the post-fight press conference.^[26]

In September 2007 at the K-1 World GP 2007 Final Elimination, Badr Hari beat the K-1 World GP 2007 in Las Vegas tournament champion, Doug Viney, by a second round KO and qualified for his first K-1 World GP Final, held on December 8 in Yokohama, Japan.^[27] His winning streak came to an end with a decision loss to Remy Bonjasky, during quarter final.

2008[link]

[edit] K-1 World GP 2008

All of Hari's wins in 2008 were by knockouts, by beating Ray Sefo in Yokohama, Glaube Feitosa (whom he defended his heavyweight title) in Fukuoka and Domagoj Ostojic in Hawaii. On his next fight in Seoul he qualified for the K-1 World GP 2008 Final by TKO win over the Korean giant Hong Man Choi.

Hari facing Remy Bonjasky in the K-1 World GP 2008 Final

In the quarterfinals on December 6, Hari defeated three time K-1 World champion Peter Aerts by TKO in the second round. In the semis he knocked out Errol Zimmerman and headed to his first K-1 Final against Remy Bonjasky. After suffering a knockdown in the first, Hari was disqualified in the second round for unsportsmanlike conduct by stomping and punching an already downed Bonjasky. First the referee Nobuaki Kakuda issued a yellow card and one point deduction. Meanwhile Hari proceeded to Bonjasky’s corner shouting, and quarreled with his opponent's trainer Ivan Hippolyte who then also approached Hari aggressively, but the officials prevented any further physical contact between them.^[28] After the five-minute recovery time elapsed, the doctor reported Bonjasky was seeing double and could not continue. Hari was issued a red card and Bonjasky was declared the K-1 World GP 2008 champion.^[10]

In later interviews Hari claimed Bonjasky was acting, and that "Remy's corner was screaming at him to stay down".^[29] At a press conference before the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Yokohama, where Alistair Overeem attended along with Bonjasky, Overeem handed Bonjasky a statue which looked exactly like the statue of Oscar, implying Bonjasky was acting.^[30]

Although numerous Japanese media sources assumed that K-1 would suspend Hari indefinitely,^[31] he was not suspended,^[32] but he received the most severe punishment ever in the history of K-1.^[33] K-1 stripped him of his heavyweight title, his runner-up title in the tournament, his prize money from the tournament and the full amount of his fee for participation in the tournament.^[34]

[edit] Dynamite!! 2008

While there were many rumours of his and his opponent's participation, it was finally announced that Hari would face MMA Heavyweight Alistair Overeem in a K-1 rules match on K-1's New Year's Eve extravaganza Dynamite!! 2008.^[35] Hari lost the fight by a left hook KO at 2:02 in the first round.^[36] After the match, Hari commented that this would be the last time he would participate in the Dynamite!! series, and that he would stick to stand-up fighting so he would never have an MMA rules match with Overeem.^[36]

2009[link]

In May 2009 at the It's Showtime 2009 Amsterdam, Hari fought Semmy Schilt in a long-awaited bout for the newly introduced It's Showtime World Heavyweight title. Hari came out very aggressively and knocked Schilt down twice in the first round. The fight was stopped after the second knockdown and Hari took the heavyweight title in 45 seconds.^[11] Simon Rutz, the president of It's Showtime, has referred to this as one of his favorite bouts in the history of It's Showtime.^[37]

In September 2009 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16, Hari again used his trademark right body shot to score a first round knockout over Zabit Samedov.^[38]

At the selection for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Hari chose to fight Ruslan Karaev for the third time. He ran through the tournament with first round knockouts over Karaev and Alistair Overeem in a rematch, to make it to the World Grand Prix Final for the second year against Semmy Schilt. In their rematch Hari lost by KO after being knocked down 3 times in the first round.

2010[link]

His first fight in 2010 was at the It's Showtime 2010 Prague in the Czech Republic, where Hari defended his Showtime heavyweight title with a second round knockout over Mourad Bouzidi.^[39] In April Hari defeated Alexey Ignashov in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama.^[40] The fight went to decision, Hari's first non-knockout win in 3 years.

[edit] It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam

Hari's Showtime title was again on the line against his former Chakuriki fellow Hesdy Gerges in Amsterdam in May. Before the match, he claimed in a press interview that his opponent at the event was originally planned to be Remy Bonjasky but Bonjasky refused to fight Hari, stating Bonjasky was afraid to lose.^[41]

Hari in 2007

The It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam event took place at the Amsterdam Arena in May 2010.^[42] Hari dominated most of the first round, hitting Gerges many times and having him on the ropes. Hesdy surprised everyone on the night for taking the punishment. In the second round Gerges came forward, Hari counter-attacked forcefully and Gerges fell, when Gerges was standing up Badr Hari kicked him in the face. Badr was again disqualified and did not speak in the ring after Gerges was announced the winner. Instead, training partner Melvin Manhoef apologized to the fans on Badr's behalf but was booed by the crowd because of Badr's unsportsmanship Gerges became the new "Its Showtime" Heavyweight champion.^[43]

2011[link]

After the Gerges fight, Hari took a year off from kickboxing.^[44] He stated that it was his own choice.^[45] He made his return to the ring at It's Showtime 2011 Lyon against French Kickboxer, Gregory Tony. Rather than using the catwalks for his entrance he decided to walk through his adoring fans, to where the fight was actually delayed because he was unable to get to the ring without security holding his fans away. What was expected to be a great warm up fight for Hari, turned out to be one-sided as Hari, with ease, won by TKO in round one with 3 quick knockdowns.

Though the biggest interest was for Badr to rematch Hesdy Gerges for the Showtime heavyweight title it was announced that he would fight Romanian Daniel Ghita in September. Ghita has been ranked as one of the best 5 kickboxers in the world and lost a decision against Gerges earlier in the year, but many feel he was robbed and is viewed as a tough opponent for Hari.^[44]

The fight never materialised, however, and he instead announced that he would retire from kickboxing and transition to boxing. He stated that he will compete in the 2011 K-1 World Grand Prix in October and December, and then face Gökhan Saki in the Netherlands on January 28, 2012 as his final match.^[46] The K-1 World Grand Prix was cancelled, however, due to financial difficulties.

2012[link]

Hari faced Gökhan Saki at It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden on January 28, 2012 in his latest kickboxing match. He defeated Saki by scoring three knockdowns in the first round before the referee stopped the fight, which earned him a TKO victory. He dropped Saki for the first time with a right uppercut. The second knockdown came from a right hook. Finally, he landed a right uppercut which dropped Saki and ended the fight.

In April 2012 the new organization K-1 Global Limited President, Mr. Mike Kim, announced that Hari will make his comeback in K1. Hari's first fight will take place on May 27 in Madrid, Spain. If he wins, he will also participate in the final qualifications in October in Asia and the K-1 World Grand Prix Final in New York in December. ^[47][48]

Titles[link]

• 2009 K-1 World Grand Prix runner up
• 2009-2010 It's Showtime Heavyweight world champion +95 kg (1st title defence)
• 2008 K-1 World Grand Prix runner up (Disqualification-Illegal kick)
• 2007-2008 K-1 Heavyweight champion -100 kg (1st title defence)
• 2002 WPKL Dutch Muay Thai champion

Kickboxing record[link]

Kickboxing record
90 Wins (78 (T)KO's, 12 decisions), 11 Losses Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2012-05-27 Win Anderson Silva K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final 16, Super Fight Madrid, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2012-01-28 Win Gökhan Saki It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden Leeuwarden, Netherlands TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 2:44 2011-05-14 Win Gregory Tony It's Showtime 2011 Lyon Lyon, France TKO (Ref Stop/3 Knockdowns) 1 2:43 2010-05-29 Loss Hesdy Gerges It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands DQ (Kicked downed opponent) 2 0:48 Lost his It's Showtime World Heavyweight title. 2010-04-03 Win Alexey Ignashov K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2010-02-13 Win Mourad Bouzidi It's Showtime 2010 Prague Prague, Czech Republic KO (Right uppercut) 2 2:55 Defends his It's Showtime World Heavyweight title. 2009-12-05 Loss Semmy Schilt K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Yokohama, Japan TKO (Ref Stop/3 knockdowna 1 1:48 Fight was for K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 title. 2009-12-05 Win Alistair Overeem K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Yokohama, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 2:14 2009-12-05 Win Ruslan Karaev K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Yokohama, Japan KO (Right hook) 1 0:38 2009-09-26 Win Zabit Samedov K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16 Seoul, South Korea KO (Right body shot) 1 2:15 2009-05-16 Win Semmy Schilt It's Showtime 2009 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Right cross) 1 0:45 Wins It's Showtime World Heavyweight title. 2009-02-08 Win Frederic Sinistra Fights at the Border presents: It's Showtime 2009 Antwerp, Belgium KO (Right Cross) 1 2:06 2008-12-31 Loss Alistair Overeem Dynamite!! 2008 Saitama, Japan KO (Left hook) 1 2:02 Fight was for K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 title. 2008-12-06 Loss Remy Bonjasky K-1 World GP 2008 Final Yokohama, Japan DQ (Illegal kick) 2 0:53 2008-12-06 Win Errol Zimmerman K-1 World GP 2008 Final Yokohama, Japan KO (Right Cross) 3 2:15 2008-12-06 Win Peter Aerts K-1 World GP 2008 Final Yokohama, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 2 1:39 2008-09-27 Win Hong Man Choi K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16 Seoul, Korea TKO (Corner Stoppage) 4 0:00 2008-08-09 Win Domagoj Ostojic K-1 World GP 2008 in Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii, USA KO (Left cross) 1 0:19 2008-06-29 Win Glaube Feitosa K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan KO (Right Cross) 1 2:26 Retains K-1 Heavyweight (-100kg) title. 2008-04-13 Win Ray Sefo K-1 World GP 2008 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 2:43 2007-12-08 Loss Remy Bonjasky K-1 World GP 2007 Final Yokohama, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 2007-09-29 Win Doug Viney K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16 Seoul, Korea KO (Right cross) 2 1:23 2007-08-05 Win Peter Graham K-1 World GP 2007 in Hong Kong Hong Kong Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Wins K-1 Heavyweight (-100kg) title. 2007-04-28 Win Yusuke Fujimoto K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii, USA KO (High kick) 1 0:56 2007-03-04 Win Ruslan Karaev K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan KO (Right Cross) 2 2:46 2006-12-31 Win Nicholas Pettas K-1 Premium 2006 Dynamite!! Tokyo, Japan TKO (Arm injury) 2 1:28 2006-12-06 Win Paul Slowinski K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2006-09-30 Loss Ruslan Karaev K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Osaka Opening Round Osaka, Japan KO (Right punch) 1 0:52 2006-03-05 Loss Peter Graham K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland Auckland, New Zealand KO (Rolling thunder) 3 2:54 2005-11-19 Win Stefan Leko K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 Tokyo, Japan KO (Spinning Right High Heel kick) 2 1:30 2005-06-12 Loss Stefan Leko It's Showtime 2005 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Spinning back mid kick) 1 1:44 2005-04-16 Win Vitali Akhramenko K-1 Italy 2005 Oktagon Milan, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2005-03-11 Win Domagoj Ostojic Ultimate Nokaut 1 Karlovac, Croatia KO (Right hook) 2 0:10 2004-12-12 Win Gary Turner Rings Fightgala "Born Invincible" Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2004-10-10 Win Gokhan Saki 2 Hot 2 Handle Rotterdam, Netherlands TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 3:00 2004-05-20 Win Aziz Khattou It's Showtime 2004 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Knees) 2 1:45 2004-03-21 Win Errol Parris Profighters Gala in Almere Almere, Netherlands KO (Right hook) 5 2003-09-27 Win Antoni Hardonk Rings Fightgala Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2003-06-08 Loss Alexey Ignashov It's Showtime 2003 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Right cross) 3 2:55 2003-03-30 Win Dennis Strijbis Rings Fightgala Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2003-02-02 Win Ahmet Lakus Killerdome II Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO 4 2002-11-24 Loss Karim Mrabet Xena Sports Victory or Hell Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 2002-10-20 Win Ahmet Lakus Warriors Fight Night Dordrecht, Netherlands TKO (Doctor Stoppage) 5 2002-02-17 Win Willy Schneider WPKL Gala in Hogendorphal Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Doctor stoppage) 3 2000-11-19 Loss Rocky Grandjean WPKL Gala in Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Spinning heel kick) 1 1:39
MMA record
0 Wins, 1 Loss Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2002-05-12 Loss Edmunds Kirsis Lords of the Ring Gala Deventer, Netherlands Submission (Forearm choke) 1 0:22 Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes