Former K-1 USA champion Carter Williams (20-6-1 (15 KO's) has touched down in Seoul, Korea where he will face off with martial arts fighting legend, Peter Aerts (78-23-1 (57 KO’s), in a three-round Superfight during the “World Grand Prix 2005 in Seoul” K-1 mega-card on Sunday.  The event will air live on Pay Per View television from Seoul’s 20,000 crowd capacity Olympic Stadium.

“I’m ready to go,” said the 24-year-old Williams, who hails from Modesto, California.  “I believe this is a stepping stone to rise to the top and to get the respect I’m looking for from the fans and the press at K-1.”

Williams’s latest challenge comes off the heels of a November 20th appearance in Honolulu, Hawaii where he flattened fellow American contender, Tom “Green Beret” Howard, with an onslaught of punches during the first round of their meeting.     

In May 2003, Williams put his name on the map by capturing the K-1 USA tournament title as an 18 to 1 underdog. The event in Las Vegas, Nevada saw him defeat three straight adversaries, including defending champion Michael McDonald and six-time world kickboxing champion, Rick “The Jet” Roufus.

Aerts is one of only two fighters in K-1 history to have won the circuit’s annual, December “World Grand Prix Finals” eight-man, single-elimination tournament on three occasions.  He has qualified and appeared in the event every year since the sport’s birth 12 years ago.

Williams is one of two Americans who were selected to take part in the second-ever K-1 event in Korea. The other, former world heavyweight boxing champion, “Merciless” Ray Mercer (33-5-1 (25 KO’s), will square off with reigning K-1 king, Remy Bonjasky (48-10 (29 KO’s), in a three-round Superfight.

The live broadcast of “World Grand Prix 2005 in Seoul” will begin at 9 PM Eastern Standard Time (6 PM Pacific Standard Time) on Sunday and will be available on iNDemand, DirecTV, and TVN.

K-1 is a martial arts fighting sport that derives its name from its inclusion of a wide array of combat disciplines, including Karate, Kung-Fu, and Kickboxing (“K”), and its intent to determine one champion in one ring (“1”). After being staged for the first time in Japan in 1993 under the direction of founder Master Kazuyoshi Ishii, it later evolved into the country’s most popular sport and achieved popular culture status there as its athletes turned into larger-than-life celebrities.