 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 Grand Prix 2008 Final" by TKO win over the Korean Hong Man Choi.In the quarterfinals on 6 December, Hari defeated three time K-1 World champion Peter Aerts by TKO in the second round.