Alistair Overeem says he's not fighting Cro Cop

by who me on Apr 20, 2009 1:25 AM EDT

I think [the rumored July 20 DREAM rematch] is not going to happen. He was offered to fight me at NY and he refused. He’s not my priority anymore. The fight against me has been offered to him on several occasions and he refused every time. The result was me fighting Badr Hari and him fighting HMC. The time of that fight is passed. People don’t want to see it anymore. I want to be No.1 – and I want to fight better fighters than Cro Cop, like Barnett, Arlovski and Fedor…I don’t think he’s old. He still is a great fighter snd still can KO tons of people. Maybe he’ll make a big comeback, who knows? But for me that fight is not interesting right now.

http://www.mmaconvert.com/2009/04/19/alistair-overeem-rumored-july-dream-rematch-with-cro-cop-isnt-happening/

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No calling out Tim Sylvia?

by bignerd on Apr 20, 2009 1:31 AM EDT reply actions

The man is smart, he knows beating Cro Cop does nothing to his ranking and value, he already dominated him, despite the result. A jump up in competition should be well received. I think him and Arlovski would be a fight to remember. If that was on a strikeforce card for the belt, the results would be very nice.

by Kaleb Kelchner on Apr 20, 2009 2:02 AM EDT reply actions

Oh yes, oh very yes!

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 Apr 20, 2009 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions

Finally someone agrees. I think that has fight of the year potential, so long as neither fighter’s chin fails them. If it was under the strikeforce banner, they could also get some good hype going behind it, probably a hype series or something, anything would be nice…just so long as it’s more than they had for Shamrock-Diaz.

by Kaleb Kelchner on Apr 20, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions