Fanhouse's Michael David Smith is reporting that Alistair Overeem's DREAM.12 opponent in the cage will be none other than the ear-exploding James Thompson. Thompson, known for losing his last four fights to Neil Grove, Brett Rogers, Kimbo Slice and Jim York will be best known to fans as the guy who Kimbo hit so hard his ear exploded on CBS Network's first attempt at live MMA for the masses.

Overeem given another gimme fight, but I'm not complaining that we'll get to see some high class demolition at DREAM.12.