MMA Fanhouse is reporting that Alistair Overeem will face James Thompson at DREAM.12.
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Throw in the towel at the weigh-in
Seriously, I don’t wanna watch a man die in the cage.
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by thetakeover on Oct 19, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you fucking kidding me?
Wow.
I wonder how this fight will end? A KO, perhaps? Maybe?
by toxic on Oct 19, 2009 5:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Definitely KO. The applause from the audience should be enough to knock Thompson down.
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by pud333 on Oct 19, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
First Tony Sylvester, now James Thompson
It’s good to see that Overeem is challenging himself.
by Patrick79x on Oct 19, 2009 5:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Watch as Overeem shoots up into most people’s Top-5 after this barnburner!!!!!!!!!
by GoldenOldie on Oct 19, 2009 5:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No.
Thompson becomes top 10. Btw I always thought he won against kimbo slice, so he is at least top 100.
You don't look like a Tanaka.
by spectaa on Oct 19, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But he’s lost 8 of his last 10! I’d say more like Top 150……
by GoldenOldie on Oct 19, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
looks like it’s all about the chedda’
by pop_gun_war on Oct 19, 2009 5:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well someone has to say it...
Thompson by TKO!!!
"Did you feel you did well against Lindland?" "
Hell no.. I wanted to break the law"
---Rampage
by TearsofaClown on Oct 19, 2009 5:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think Overeem should try to KO Thompson by WWE-style clothesline move when Thompson trys to bullrush him, his arms are that big it could happen
by StevenGiles on Oct 19, 2009 5:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think he should chokeslam him.
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by Robert Downey Sr. on Oct 19, 2009 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do we get to see Overeem fight Kimbo next?
by judonerd on Oct 19, 2009 5:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No
The UFC has drug testing.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Oct 19, 2009 6:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
As long as they schedule it in Nevada were the test dates are announced ahead of time, anyone on PED’s just has to plan out their cycle properly.
by nottheface on Oct 19, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Passing a drug test is academic, athletes all over America are cycling on and off steroids and not getting caught. That’s not even getting into stuff like HGH you can’t test for.
The point nottheface makes about Nevada is important, and with Cali doing random tests now I don’t expect the UFC to come back anytime soon.
by omigawda on Oct 20, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They should get one of those high framerate cameras to show Thompson’s jaw splintering through the air.
by omigawda on Oct 19, 2009 5:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don’t worry, that ear-juice will travel across the ocean and splatter on us in the states. Wear a raincoat if you have one.
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by Robert Downey Sr. on Oct 19, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully AO will have mercy and just take him down and submit him.
by JRN on Oct 19, 2009 5:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Are you serious?
Why is this dude not defending his strikeforce belt?? Is it the juice? He looks alot bigger now then when he won the belt. He has a chance to fight Fedor. Whats he doing??
by J_Maddux on Oct 19, 2009 5:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dodging fights that he knows he cant win.
"Did you feel you did well against Lindland?" "
Hell no.. I wanted to break the law"
---Rampage
by TearsofaClown on Oct 19, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ya he’s dodging Brett Rogers so he can fight Badr Hari and Remy Bonjansky, that makes sense.
by omigawda on Oct 20, 2009 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He doesn’t “have a chance to fight Fedor”. Strikeforce want to build up Fedor by putting him against other guys before his title shot so the American audience knows who he is. That leaves basically a fight against Werdum which has little marketability.
This year he’s focused on K1, I’m sure he’ll schedule time to stomp Fedor next year.
by omigawda on Oct 20, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This would officially be it for me considering Overeem a factor in any way shape or form in the sport of MMA. I’m sorry, but there are legitimate fights in the world for him to take. Tony Sylvester and James Thompson are not those fights.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Oct 19, 2009 5:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
To his defense it’s Dream’s matchmaker failure more than oveream’s. But with all the talk about “not having the time for this BS” it sure is laughable.
You don't look like a Tanaka.
by spectaa on Oct 19, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m waiting for somebody to bring up the puncher’s chance.
You don't look like a Tanaka.
by spectaa on Oct 19, 2009 5:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Overeem and Fedor have a lot in common
They really should fight!
by Razzel on Oct 19, 2009 6:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They have nothing in common, Fedor will fight anyone who is willing to come to him, Overeem will fight anyone who he knows he can beat.
"Did you feel you did well against Lindland?" "
Hell no.. I wanted to break the law"
---Rampage
by TearsofaClown on Oct 19, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Figure it out dude..
He was referring to their love of ice cream!
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by The_Gaijin on Oct 20, 2009 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
One loves ice cream, one’s on the cream?
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by woomikee on Oct 20, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Flaxseed oil is great for the skin.
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by The_Gaijin on Oct 20, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, I guess that would be the clear wouldn’t it.
I am the bastard love child of Junie Browning and Diamond Dave Kaplan.
by The_Gaijin on Oct 20, 2009 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gong and Dash to his own grave
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by thetakeover on Oct 19, 2009 6:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe to even it up AO should let Thompson use his anvil in the match.
Even then, I like Overeem by disgusting KO in R1.
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by Robert Downey Sr. on Oct 19, 2009 6:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Why is everyone so cincerned about this fighter?
Aside from Buentello he hasn’t beaten any quality heavyweights. He got DQ’ed against Cro Cop, submitted an over-the-hill Gary Goodridge, submitted an overrated Mark Hunt, KO’ed a Korean guy with a 1-2 record, and beaten Tony Sylvester, who has an okay record but was hardly a dangerous opponent.
by KahilBS_Marshal on Oct 19, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Admittedly it’s a bit premature to label AO any kind of heavyweight wrecking-machine, but he is sort of a “new” HW (let the wolves come out…). Prior to that he had some solid LHW wins, although unable to beat the cream of the crop, and has high-level kickboxing in MMA with a fair submission game. If his power really is through the roof with the new physique, he’s easily in the top quintile of heavyweights, while Thompson is probably in like the 4th, lol.
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by Robert Downey Sr. on Oct 19, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, well he probably owes his new physique than just that diet of horse meat. My point is he’s feasted at HW because of the underwhelming competition he’s faced.
by KahilBS_Marshal on Oct 19, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hell, I’d pick AO in this fight if he was still at 205.
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by Robert Downey Sr. on Oct 19, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s fought a 6-pack of cans at heavyweight, and it’s perfectly fair to reserve judgment on him before he beats a big name. I’m personally excited because I think at LHW he was losing a lot of fights because of cardio, but was otherwise a well rounded fighter.
Nowadays he’s much bigger and a much better striker, which potentially makes him very dangerous in a division with very few competent strikers (Cigano is all that comes to my mind right now). Fedor or Lesnar would eat shit standing with Overeem, but it remains to be seen if he could contend with the wrestling of Lesnar or keep his hands off his knees 25 minutes deep.
There’s a lot of questions about him, difference of opinion is largely dependent on where speculation takes you.
by omigawda on Oct 20, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he wasn’t DQ’d against Crocop. He probably should have been though.
by omigawda on Oct 20, 2009 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Three thoughts
1. LOL
2. Yawn
3. Barf
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Oct 19, 2009 6:36 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Did you inhale a fly?
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by Robert Downey Sr. on Oct 19, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Pictured it. Laughed. Rec’d.
SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Oct 20, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kimbo Slice/Randy Couture
Kimbo/Thompsom/Overeem/Belfort/Couture
Keep firing Assholes!
Never trust a man with no shirt on.
by Ubernoober on Oct 19, 2009 6:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Come on James, make it happen.
Keep firing Assholes!
Never trust a man with no shirt on.
by Ubernoober on Oct 19, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dan: Hey bro, you got Overeem next.
James: WTF?!!!
Dan: It’s ok, no worries. You don’t have to have a fucked up ear for this one, we already know your gonna lose.
James: Sweet!
SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Oct 19, 2009 6:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This is for the title, right?
At least make it for the title so Strikeforce can save a little face. Just a little.
Surely their own “Champ” doesn’t think this lowly of them?
by asa on Oct 19, 2009 7:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Thompson by Flying Knee
Officially now the head of the Lobstein bandwagon.
by P Brady on Oct 19, 2009 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow good to see Overeem stepping up the competition.
by ChillMike on Oct 19, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
17 Months ago Thompson was considered a can for Kimbo.
Let that marinate in your brain for a while. Just let it sink in.
Keep firing Assholes!
Never trust a man with no shirt on.
by Ubernoober on Oct 19, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
James Thompson
in the upset of the year. Book it.
Not really, but I have no problem admitting to be a huge fan of the Colossus.
by scrambledeggs on Oct 19, 2009 8:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Upset of the decade
Not because Overeem is particularly good, merely that he’s so much ridiculously better than Thompson. Definitely a larger ability gap than GSP and Serra.
by Trysdor on Oct 19, 2009 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No Overeem really is very good, but I don’t mind seeing Thompson get another high profile fight even if he’s a colossal underdog.
by scrambledeggs on Oct 19, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Overeem makes Fedor look like hes fighting the best competition of all time. OF ALL TIME!
by pandaboy99 on Oct 19, 2009 10:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If the whole of MMA worked like this, I would still be a boxing fan…
Ok, that’s a little excessive. I would just watch football.
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by MyFistYourFace on Oct 19, 2009 10:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Alistar is pulling the PRIDE-thing...
keeping very active and fighting lots of fights, except he’s not actually fighting any good competition at any point. At least Wandy, Cro Cop, Fedor, Rampage, etc. were fighting top guys and then peppering in some gimme/stay active/make $$$ fights – he’s just fighting can after can.
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by The_Gaijin on Oct 20, 2009 9:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You know what I love about Japanese matchmaking?
That I don’t have to mock it. I mean, it’s like a self-licking ice cream cone: the work is already done.
Man, this is REALLY gonna make that Overeem/Fedor fight more important.
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by jemaleddin on Oct 20, 2009 10:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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