Alistair Overeem set to take on Sam Hoger for Shooto.
"Inside Fights has learned from sources close to the negotiations that former Ultimate Fighter contestant Sam Hoger has tentatively agreed to face Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem for the Shooto organization in Japan.
Our source informed us that both fighters have verbally agreed to the deal. Bout agreements have not been distributed but are expected shortly."
HT: Inside Fights
Note from Chris Nelson - This is probably a bout for Golden Glory's 10th Anniversary on October 17th, not Shooto Japan. As user Venom77 points out, "Ultimate Glory events are sometimes referred as Shooto Glory here. Martijn de Jong is both a matchmaker for Glory and Shooto Europe president."
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by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Oct 5, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
He recently ditched Miletich to open his own school here in Houston. Wow, good luck fellow Htowner…
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by xFenixKnightx on Oct 5, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s probably a mistake. Holland’s Glory events use Shooto rules and Alistair is scheduled to fight a their Decade show in Amsterdam, Oct 17th. I guess Hoger will be his opponent.
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Ruin it? Like by talking about it on Twitter before the bout agreement is signed?
by Chris Nelson on Oct 5, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He probably means
ruin it like the MMA fans put Hendo/ Franklin II to a stop, by having an overwhelmingly underwhelming reaction to the bout.
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by ElliotMatheny on Oct 5, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
He might just understand
that nobody gives 2 shit about him.
I’m sorry, I just really dislike Sam Hoger. Hated him on TUF and his fighting style does nothing for me.
Not to mention that it’s just a squash match for Overeem
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by ElliotMatheny on Oct 5, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Dude
weak. I don’t give a shit about Overeem/ Hoger, that fight does nothing for me. I want to see Alistair defend the Strikeforce belt.
At any rate, I think it’s obvious that he’s taking his time for 1 reason or another- whether it’s him waiting for an obvious challenger to be named (winner of Fedor & Rogers), maybe he’s rehabbing his hand by fighting subpar comp and K-1 matches, or it’s something else. At any rate, I really want to see Fedor/ Overeem
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He will only take an odd fight to promote the Golden Glory Anniversary show, not a Shooto one. There is some bad reporting or misconceptions going on here. We will have to wait for more info to come out.
He is supposed to fight in the Golden Glory Event, DREAM.12 event, Strikeforce event, then K-1 again.
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