It took place on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at the Nippon Budokan Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

[1] The card also included a couple of tournament reserve bouts, two Superfights between Takayuki Kohiruimaki vs Joerie Mes and Nieky Holzken vs. Virgil Kalakoda, the ISKA World Lightweight Title Match plus the quarterfinals in K-1's new Koshien King of U-18 series.

The four quarter final winners of the K-1 Koshien bouts would qualify for the semi-finals at the Dynamite!!

[2] The K-1 World Max 2008 Final attracted a sellout crowd of 15,321 to the Nippon Budokan and was broadcast live in Japan on the TBS network.

[3] In a press conference at Tokyo's Laforet Hotel,[2] prior to the event, the Event Producer Sadaharu Tanikawa announced a number of rule changes effective on October 1, 2008.