Quote of the Day: Alistair Overeem - "I Will Definitely Fight Fedor This Year"
by Nick Thomas on Feb 16, 2010 4:57 PM EST
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"I've been training for a few days, and came here in Croatia to relax a bit. My next fight is in Dream in March. Don't want to discuss opponents yet."-- Alistair Overeem talks to index.hr; full translation thanks to croshad at Sherdog.com.
"It's true that I haven't defended it for 2 years. Actually, i had something scheduled for 2009. but then I got injured. The real truth is that there weren't any real opponents for me to fight at the beginning of Strikeforce. Everything was new and there was no one to fight. They didn't complain and I competed in Dream and K-1 in the meantime. Then when real fighters came, I got injured in 2009. I cut myself, and had a serious bacterial infection."
"I will definitely fight Fedor this year. There's no doubt about it, unless he says no. I don't believe he will, but I’m a little worried about his managers. I'm sure he wants to fight, but I’m not sure people behind him do too."
"Besides Fedor, there’s Brett Rogers. Big guy that doesn't worry me that much. Strong, but talks to much. I will fight him soon as well. Then there’s Fabricio Werdum, and I definitely want to kill him. He’s a loudmouth, but I think he’s first in line for Fedor, so that fight will wait a bit. Finally there’s Andre Arlovski. A very good fighter I will also fight eventually."
"I wouldn't say UFC has the toughest competition. I think Strikeforce is getting stronger, theres me, Rogers, Fedor, Werdum, Arlovski... I'm not sure, I’d even say that the Strikeforce HW division is stronger then UFC's right now. So no, I’m not thinking of going there."
"I think I’m currently in the top 5. There's Fedor, and that big guy from the UFC, Brock Lesnar. Not sure about the rest, id say Dos Santos is up there. He really impressed me."
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do we really need a piss test...
i think we could get a test positive by doing a simple face scrape with all those roid zits.
by baswoot on Feb 16, 2010 11:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
at least he’s giving JDS his props. I agree that dos Santos is top-5
We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turning every good thing to rust.
no idea really
who was the last good fighter overeem fought? cro cop when he got dq? any good mma fighter can beat the fuck outta cans but its a different story when u fight good fighters who press u and put u in danger
overeems new body thanks to his horsemeat (we’ll just call it that to avoid bashing) might help him against top level competition which he historically struggled with when he was a lhw, but i think drs say that horsemeat hurts ur joints and breaks ur body down and historically fighters who have eaten alot of horsemeat havent fought as consistently well (belfort and baroni for example)
by milk72 on Feb 16, 2010 5:12 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
thing is, i’ve thought it before, is that we all know fedor will go at a fighter’s strength. and AO’s strength happens to be world-class kickboxing. if it becomes a kickboxing match, he can win
We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turning every good thing to rust.
by Anthony Pace on Feb 16, 2010 5:15 PM EST up reply actions
not that i'd bet on it, though..
We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turning every good thing to rust.
by Anthony Pace on Feb 16, 2010 5:15 PM EST up reply actions
Are we overating his kickboxing
His striking skills didn’t look anything spectacular to me in the last K1 Grand Prix?
i mean i know fedor gets put into bad positions all the time and wins anyway, but sooner or later i have to imagine someone with overeem’s strength and skill might not get caught and eek out a decision. still too much of a pansy to bet on it though.
by mortal wombat on Feb 16, 2010 5:18 PM EST up reply actions
Fedor loopy asses punches leave him open for a brutal counter like Megareem did to Hari.
But… Fedor is super quick and seems to be impervious to getting KOed.
Keep firing Assholes!
I don't know what I'm talking aboot.
Exactly.
Unless he gets Fujita’s again, it’s Fedor all day. But Ubereem is one of two HW fighters who I believe can do that to him, the other being JDS.
I’d say it’s the most competitive fight for Fedor right now. Yeah, I said it.
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-Randall Munroe
Whatevah. Megareem is a top 6 heavyweight, not a top 5 one.
Keep firing Assholes!
I don't know what I'm talking aboot.
ok this made me laugh…but he’s not top 6…top 11 for sure though.
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by Matthew Roth on Feb 16, 2010 5:16 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Heard it a thousand times
I won’t believe this fight is happening until Fedor’s fist is bouncing off Overeem’s chin.
Fedor's fist doesnt bounce off of chins!!
It destroys them.
by Raycetpfl on Feb 16, 2010 5:28 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
7 years from now...
this fight will be getting lots of play on “Best of Strikeforce”, Fridays on SPIKE.
Really the only Fedor fight outside of the UFC that excites me.
by SidHartman on Feb 16, 2010 5:24 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
him vs. werdum or bigfoot doesn’t interest you?
by Austin Martin on Feb 16, 2010 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
not even remotely
the werdum fight sucks and i dont think bigfoot is a top 20 heavyweight hed get destroyed by fedor
I felt bigfoot won his fight against werdum. He was much more active with his standup and landed some nice blows in the early rounds. Bigfoot vs. Fedor would have been more exciting.
The ultimate for me would be Fedor vs. Pudz.
by brc_submission on Feb 16, 2010 6:23 PM EST up reply actions
No kidding
We heard all the same stuff when he re-signed with Strikeforce nearly a year ago.
I have no problem with Alistair concentrating on his kickboxing career, more power to him as far as I am concerned. I just wish he would quit pretending that he is still serious about MMA.
Hmm..
I like Overeem’s physical precense, he’s freaking huge and has an interesting persona. However, I don’t think he’s anything special when it comes to fighting.
Recently he lost to Badr Hari in a disappointing performance. This is after he mentioned that K1 was too easy compared to MMA. Before that He fought an aging Fujita, typically awful freakshow Thompson, a combined K1/MMA 41 loss record Gary Goodridge , and a steadily declining Mark Hunt.
In my opinion, in all the top talent that he has fought (Nogueira, Rua, Werdum), he has lost convingly. He seems a bit slow nowadays, much slower than the days where he was slim and trim.
Right...
He lost to Badr Hari, arguably the greatest striker in the world who was tearing through top competition all night, in a kickboxing fight. This was after Alistair hit top 10 kickboxer Texiera with a knee that caught on fire as it connected, knocking him into the twelfth fucking dimension. Oh yeah, and he’s 1-1 against Badr Hari. We can play this game all day.
I think his cardio will be much better without the weight cut, and HW competition isn’t as fast as LHWs, so the speed difference is not a big deal until he fights Fedor. Also, lets not forget he did pretty effing good against Shogun until he gassed.
"Someone is WRONG on the internet. What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!"
-Randall Munroe
Qoute Of The Day 2 -
“I will definitely fight Fedor this year” – Me
"Just push the ice outside the octagon so Arianny can fall on her head!" - Joe Rogan
Dunno about that
But you might fight Bobby Lashey on a week notice though.
"You hit too hard, too hard, too hard..."
How much would that suck.
Imagine you are some random SF heavyweight, and your TBA one week’s notice mystery opponent turns out to be Megareem.
Keep firing Assholes!
I don't know what I'm talking aboot.
Ill just be sure to stomp on the mat right when my punch “hits” for devastating effect.
"Just push the ice outside the octagon so Arianny can fall on her head!" - Joe Rogan
by Earl Montclair on Feb 16, 2010 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
anyone actually think strikeforces hw division > ufcs hw division ?
i hope ubereem passes the drug tests and fights some real fighters instead of dudes like james thompson
by Richard Doughty on Feb 16, 2010 9:44 PM EST reply actions
nope.
"Just push the ice outside the octagon so Arianny can fall on her head!" - Joe Rogan
by Earl Montclair on Feb 16, 2010 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
Not sure about top 5 .. definately top 10 though
if he fights Fedor it will be a long overdue step up in opponent 4 both parties
so then Dad goes and turns the knife on her .. then he turns to me and sez ........................................... Why so Serious ??
"Shit or get off the pot"
seems to be highly appropriate when talking about Overeem and Strikeforce.
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