"Okay - and I want all of you to write this down - I want to fight Fedor. Alistair Overeem wants to...

"Okay - and I want all of you to write this down - I want to fight Fedor. Alistair Overeem wants to fight Fedor in April 2010. So write that down... I don't care [where]. Maybe in DREAM, maybe in Strikeforce. I don't care. I'd rather in DREAM, but Strikeforce is also okay."

Alistair Overeem, speaking to reporters after DREAM.12

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HA! an attempt to clear the air that will only fuel more speculation.

by woooburn on Oct 25, 2009 1:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah because AO is fighting the top talent, like James Thompson. This guy has no interest in defending his title.

"In Russia, Hell comes to you!"
"I put the F U in funny"

by actionbastard on Oct 25, 2009 2:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

His worthless Strikeforce title? Who cares? He’s doing K-1 right now and wants to fight Fedor next year. Sounds good to me.

by Chris Nelson on Oct 25, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

rather in japan

so he can juice

by cagefightonacid on Oct 25, 2009 2:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Regardless of the general consensus, Overeem’s yet to test positive for steroids, so this kind of comment isn’t acceptable.

by Chris Nelson on Oct 25, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ok

by cagefightonacid on Oct 25, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or because of the issues between M1 and Bas Boon going back half a decade? Obviously the fight would never happen in Dream without M1, but I think that’s what he was getting at.

by omigawda on Oct 26, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

100%

Correct

by ThomasJ on Oct 25, 2009 2:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It seems like he lacks any respect for Strikeforce, or their HW Belt. It’s sad. And saying he’d rather fight in Dream than in Strikeforce fuels fire to the “you know what” controversy.

"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate

by kyfm621 on Oct 25, 2009 2:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It seems like he lacks any respect for Strikeforce, or their HW Belt.

I think it’s mutual – Strikeforce didn’t even have him signed to a contract until mid-2009.

by Chris Nelson on Oct 25, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ya he was implying in a taped interview that he’d rather fight in Dream so he can use steroids, I’m sure that’s what it was.

by omigawda on Oct 26, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL of course he would rather fight in Japan!

I like the new white net/fence/cage they got. I never liked the ring much for MMA. Anything where you have to stop the fight and reposition it in the center of the ring takes away from the flow of the fight.

by J_Maddux on Oct 26, 2009 1:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Spinach!

"That feeling after you win and they raise your hand... it's like you have this energy that releases from your body, and it's like you mingle with the cosmos, and you feel omnipotent"

by woomikee on Oct 26, 2009 2:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs