 Hari was knocked down in the second round and was just able to make it back 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.On 28 April, 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.