Alistair Overeem to make DREAM debut on June 15

Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem will make his first appearance for the DREAM promotion on June 15 at DREAM 4 at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan.

Overeem (26-11) will be the heavy, heavy favorite when he steps in the ring against Tae Hyun Lee, who holds an overall MMA record of 1-1.

Overeem captured the Strikeforce belt in his most recent bout on November 16, 2007 by delivering his trademark knees to the body of UFC veteran Paul Buentello.

Lee started MMA in September 2006 with PRIDE, losing to Ricardo Morais by TKO at 8:08 of the first round. Lee was given an opponent with a record of 13-22 next at a K-1 Hero's event and Lee won by referee stoppage due to strikes 1:03 into the fight.

Here is the current lineup for DREAM 4, which will air live in the US on HDNet:

Grappling Match
Mirko "Cro Cop" vs. Ralek Gracie

Featherweight Bout
Hideo Tokoro vs. Darren Uyenoyama

Middleweight Grand Prix
Gegard Mousasi vs. Dong-Sik Yoon
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Melvin Manhoef
Zelg Gelasic vs. Taiei Kin
Jason "Mayhem" Miller vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza

Lightweight Grand Prix
Shinya Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nagata

Heavyweight Bout
Alistair Overeem vs. Tae Hyun Lee

Light-Heavyweight Bout
Alavutdin Gadzhiyev vs. Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira