Strikeforce Champ Alistair Overeem Declines Fedor Emelianenko Bout for K-1, DREAM.17 Cancelled
by Kid Nate on Aug 25, 2010 6:55 PM EDT
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Oh lordy, it just gets worse. Here's Alistair Overeem talking to Ariel Helwani:
Ariel Helwani: Have you decided when and where your next fight will be?
Alistair Overeem: Yes, I'm going to fight in the K-1 tournament, so my first fight will be October for the Final 16 in Korea. If I win the fight, I will advance to the Final 8 in Japan. That fight will be in December.
Why isn't your next fight going to be for Strikeforce?
I've stated many times that Strikeforce was my number one priority, but after Fedor lost to Werdum, I had no intention of fighting somebody other than Werdum. I came to the States to challenge the winner of the fight and that was Werdum, so no need to fight somebody else. Furthermore, I like K-1 very much and there are not many opportunities to stay fighting in K-1, so I want to fight if I still can. One of my goals is to be K-1 champion and this is my chance.
He also discusses his feelings about Fedor's manipulative management and has some serious praise for "another big MMA organization in the States". Read the whole thing.
Meanwhile, Dave Walsh at Head Kick Legend breaks the news from FEG:
...we spoke with FEG USA's Mike Kogan this afternoon and it turns out that DREAM.16 is the last DREAM event for a while. The next MMA event you can expect from FEG is Dynamite!! 2010, which is set to go on as scheduled. As for what happens from there, there is no word yet and will most likely rely on television ratings from DREAM.16 and Dynamite!! as well as how the arrangement with PUJI works out.
The future of K-1 MAX in 2010 is as foggy as ever, though, as Kogan knew of no dates for the K-1 MAX tournaments for the rest of the year. Logistically, this would all have to happen very soon as last year the Final 16 was April, Final 8 was July and the Finals were October. With all of the fighters tied up already, I have very little hope of this going off as planned.
Our own Chris Nelson wanted me to note:
It's worth noting that DREAM.17 was never formally announced, and DREAM didn't run any shows in November or Dececember of 2009 either. Big news is really K-1 MAX cancellation. However, DREAM did run six shows in both '08 and '09, and only four this year.
DREAM.16 is on TBS back-to-back with the Kameda boxing match in September, so chances are they'll pull some okay residual ratings there, maybe even enough to survive for a few more shows in 2011.
Dave Walsh at Head Kick Legend talks to Overeem's manager Bas Boon:
In regards to GG and Overeem "ducking" the Olympic Style drug testing, "all bullsh*t" was Boon's response. They will submit to drug tests like every other fighter on the card, which means they also are against certain fighters having certain treatment.
According to Boon, M-1 Global has no intentions of putting together an Alistair Overeem vs. Fedor Emelianenko bout according to their timeline of "late November or early December." M-1 Global is currently putting together a fight against Josh Barnett at Dynamite!! 2010 at the end of December, according to Boon, and this seems like a desperation move by M-1 Global management now that their negotiation tactics of the past (stalling, demanding more money, threatening lawsuits, etc.) have been exposed and cannot hold up. So it seems that calling out Overeem for a fight in Strikeforce was a negotiation tactic to help grease the wheels on the possible Barnett fight.
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Sometimes I just love Overeem
So to make a long story short, I’m the champion, which means I’m number one, not based on ranking but because I’m wearing the belt.
Number two is clearly Werdum because of his win over Fedor and Antonio Silva. Fedor losing means he’s number 3 and Antonio Silva, who came back from a loss against Werdum by defeating Arlovski is clearly the number 4. So in that case, Fedor should fight Antonio Silva and the winner of that fight should fight against the winner of a bout between myself and Werdum. It’s just that simple — it’s not rocket science.
He is right. It should be that simple.
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by Chris Barton on Aug 25, 2010 7:00 PM EDT reply actions 24 recs
But this is Strikeforce.
The loser of the contender fight is the one who gets the title shot, didn’t you get the memo?
We may disagree about Mayhem/Diaz but there is no denying that this should be glowing green.
we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea
by Barack Lesnar on Aug 25, 2010 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Good for Overeem giving the finger to M-1
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
by donkeypunch on Aug 25, 2010 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
Matchmakers don't need to pass steroid tests
And Overeem seems to have a talent for it,
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Can't blame Overeem
He went away for awhile but came back and made himself completely available only to get the run around from all parties involved.
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My favorite thing about this is the future Overeem vs. Werdum rematch.
Their first fight was a good match of mid-high level guys. The rematch is the best grappler in the division vs. the best striker in the division… and both guys are at least competent in the other’s domain. Not sure who I’d pick in that matchup. I fucking love this sport.
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I give Overeem a slight edge. Based purely on my gut.
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
I just can’t make myself care about this match. It’s like seeing the girl of your dreams slip away, and then fucking a kind-of-cute girl the next night.
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by crazybones on Aug 25, 2010 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That whole scenario has kind of grown on me over the years.
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by Derek Suboticki on Aug 25, 2010 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Peace out Rip Van Taylor
we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea
by Barack Lesnar on Aug 25, 2010 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Overeem and Fedor aren’t going to the UFC as long as M-1 wants to co-promote and Overeem wants to compete in K-1, so never. I care.
I'm a lover not a fighter
very soon I could outbid K-1 for Overeem
they’re going broke. he’s fairly explicit in saying that he wants to fight K-1 this year because it might be his last chance to fight for that title.
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That says a lot about the type of competitor he is.
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by B.H. Farnsworth on Aug 25, 2010 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Why does a piece of me just happy to see someone fuck over M1 like they have everyone else, I don’t say this alot but nice job Overeem.
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Let's see if I got this right
- First Fedor and Overeem are supposed to fight but Werdum beats Fedor.
- Then Werdum is supposed to fight Overeem but he says he wants to fight Fedor again.
- Then Werdum says he’s injured so he can’t fight either.
- Then Overeem is supposed to fight Bigfoot but Overeem says he won’t fight him
- Then Overeem is supposed to fight Fedor but Fedor only wants Werdum… Or someone in Japan
- Then Fedor is rumored to be fighting Bigfoot but no one seems to like that idea.
- Then Fedor says he wants Overeem but Overeem says he’ll only fight Werdum and Fedor should fight Bigfoot.
I hope I got that right.
by John Nash on Aug 25, 2010 7:24 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 5 recs
pretty sure you forgot the partridge in a pear tree.
by Phildo on Aug 25, 2010 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
when you lay it all out like that it looks like one seriously disorganized set of clowns running that show.
I don’t care who fights who first, but I can appreciate wanting to see Overeem vs. Fedor, since the no. 2 contender is injured. Overeem probably just wants to focus on K-1, and his statements about Fedor needing to go through Bigfoot are just a convenient reason not to fight until 2011.
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Like I said over in the Fanpost I put up
I now fully expect Werdum to announce his injury is fully healed and for him to call out Bobby Lashley for his next opponent.
by ufc4 on Aug 25, 2010 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don't forget that Werdum backed away from rematch promise
After the fight he said he would fight him in Mother Russia. A few weeks later his manager said there is no upside to fighting Fedor unless M-1 pays him a ton. Adding Overeem’s manager to the mix and his comments about Fedor and M-1 not really being serious about a fight and it seems like the managers and fighters are not on the same page, like ever.
Oh and my question is
When did Fedor and m1 find out that Overeem had decided on K-1 for the fall? Because if it was before they announced that Fedor wants Overeem…
by John Nash on Aug 25, 2010 7:26 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Good question sir good question indeed
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by Barack Lesnar on Aug 25, 2010 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I think that is the big issue that would fit the pieces together. If Overeem had already made that decision and started training for that and M-1 knew it then this whole thing is really going to stink. The timing of the whole thing is awful fishy.
Yep
I see they added a link to Dave Walsh’s interview with Boon (good job DW!). It sounds as if they wanted to hype up an Overeem fight so it would look as if they had options while they negotiated the NYE Barnett fight with FEG. Dave, is this the correct reading? Or do you think they intentionally waited to call him out after they knew he wasn’t available? Also, what does this do to their NYE negotiations with FEG now that they know there’s no plan B for Fedor (except maybe Bigfoot)?
by John Nash on Aug 25, 2010 8:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Here's Overeems answer to Ariel Helwani's question "Emelianenko has now said that he would like to fight you by the end of the year. Is that possible at this point?"
No, unfortunately not. The reason is because if I enter the Final 16 and win, I will fight the K-1 Final in December. My decision was made because nothing was certain and Strikeforce and M-1 didn’t act fast enough when I made my decision to start K-1 training. Now I read on the internet that Fedor and his management want to fight me all of sudden. Do they really need two months of thinking and negotiating? I think it’s a little strange to be honest. If Fedor challenged me right after the fight it would have been something to take in consideration, but the M-1 management started to say that all the polls on several websites stated that people rather have a Fedor vs. Werdum rematch then a fight against me. There we have another lie by M-1 because every poll I have read stated the opposite and showed that everybody want to see Fedor versus me. Check their current poll at their own Web site (laughs).
It appears the call-out to Overeem came after M-1 knew Overeem had already committed to the K-1 tourney…
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by BigDNotDallas on Aug 25, 2010 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Who Overeem?
Fedor shouldn’t have fucked around before calling someone out. M-1 knew full well when that K-1 tournament started and this isn’t the first time AO has mentioned it.
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
I think he even mentioned it on part 5? of his documentary (The Reem) right after Fedor got beat.
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
Strikeforce suffers from a shortage
Of qualified and willing opponents…
Fedor wouldn’t face Overeem and wanted first Rogers and then Werdum instead…
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer
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by BigDNotDallas on Aug 25, 2010 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm sure he would have -
You make my point for me.
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by BigDNotDallas on Aug 25, 2010 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Then why wouldn't he?
He had been tucked away in Japan for two years already. Why not face Arlovski on SHO? He was fighting guys like Gary Goodman, Fujita, and Hunt in Japan during that time. Why not come back and defend your belt against Arlovski? And now take another year before getting in a Strikeforce cage. It’s kind of ridiculous all around for all involved.
Perhaps he would have, had they offered it, but perhaps he considered Arlovski far below him and not worth the bother
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by BigDNotDallas on Aug 25, 2010 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
strikeforce did not offer him any fights in that time. He wasn’t even under contract for most of that time. He fought for the belt with a talent exchange with K1, he was brought in as an opponent for Buentello, but as usual with Strikeforce, the plan for one guy to win failed.
He pulled out of some fights last year, but there appeared to be legit reasons for that. The time for whining about Overeem not defending the belt is over. The debate to strip him ended when they brought him back and let him fight rogers. His commitment to k1 has been known by everyone. If they wanted to keep him out of k1 this year, they needed to act quicker.
It seems to me that Overeem wants no part of Fedor
by devious1 on Aug 25, 2010 7:32 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
LOL WUT
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by Chris Barton on Aug 25, 2010 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
You're being sarcastic, right?
by Polyhedron on Aug 25, 2010 7:45 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeahhhhhh no.
Toronto FC - Where road games are forfeited and we STILL have no idea how to play from behind.
I don’t care about steroids, M-1’s antics, anger, or anything like that – I just want to see Fedor/Barnett on the Dynamite show. If that’s a sin, then I’m a sinner. Let Overeem fight in K-1, I want to watch that too.
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I agree.
I can’t get too worked up over the nonsense…it seems to be business as usual for the whole organization. I’ll still watch every fight I can, because they aren’t listening BE, no matter how loudly we type.
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I'm not sure I care about Reem in K1 anymore
They have altered the rules enough that I don’t think his style can really compete.
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by Chris Barton on Aug 25, 2010 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
The clinch strike rule does take away from his game a bit, but it’s not enough to make him irrelevant.
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He can still clinch, just not throw a strike from it.
As we’ve seen in the past, he’ll use it for trips to frustrate opponents and he is very good at letting go of the clinch in time to strike.
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I am VERY interested on how they will end up calling that
he is very good at letting go of the clinch in time to strike.
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by Chris Barton on Aug 26, 2010 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
IIRC, the new rule was already in place for his K-1 WGP qualifier against Dzevad Poturak in April. He won by KO on a knee in which he released the clinch right before he connected.
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by eastcoastatlas on Aug 26, 2010 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes, you are a sinner
Barnett should simply not get another chance at that fight.
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by Derek Suboticki on Aug 25, 2010 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Overeem vs Fedor,Not Happening
This Fedor holdout will cause Strikeforce to not have there Heavyweight Champion for the rest of the year.Scott Coker seems to be taking his orders from M-1 Global.
by TERRENCEFROMSOUTHEAST on Aug 25, 2010 7:42 PM EDT reply actions
I dunno if I agree with Chris on this.
DREAM.12 in the cage was October 25, 2009, so it isn’t far fetched that they were going to run that again this year.
It was in their initial plans for the year as well.
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DREAM.12 in the cage was October 25, 2009, so it isn’t far fetched that they were going to run that again this year.
I’m confused. Wasn’t DREAM 14 the cage card for this year? Or are you saying that it wasn’t far fetched that they were going to run another DREAM card?
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That it wasn't far fetched to see another DREAM this year
Other than that, CN was spot on.
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That was weird, though, because Dream held two shows last October (the only time they’ve held two shows within a month) and as I remember, the cage show was thrown together rather quickly. Anyhow, I do agree they could/should have squeezed another show or two into 2010, but they’ve been slowing down all year.
by Chris Nelson on Aug 25, 2010 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
The stage is being set for Ubereem's arrival to the UFC.
It seems like Alistair is setting himself up for a sort of end game with Strikeforce. By refusing to fight unworthy or unreasonable opponents and basically calling his bosses incompetent he’s pretty much saying he’s ready to move on. That and the window for attaining his goal of being a K-1 champ is very limited. I wouldn’t be surprised if he rode K-1 out until they fold. Then he can head happily to the UFC, knowing he gave his all to K-1.
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by B.H. Farnsworth on Aug 25, 2010 8:04 PM EDT reply actions
K-1? Fold?
Nah, they are HUGE. DREAM may not be doing so hot but K-1 is incredibly popular still.
Also, they got dat PUJI MONEY
From what i've heard:
K-1 has been funneling money to keep DREAM alive. The ranks are getting a little thin and companies like ItsShowtime are doing OK. But you’re right, on the surface, K-1 seems safe.
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by B.H. Farnsworth on Aug 25, 2010 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't understand.
Why does Overeem get to hold on to the belt when he has defended it once in three years? Why can’t he fight Fedor and fight in K-1. Last year he fought in K-1 and then faced Fujita a few weeks later. Did the same against Rogers. Strikeforce is frustrating me. Strip him of the belt, let Fedor fight Bigfoot in November/December for an interim belt that will be defended when Werdum is ready and Overeem can fight that winner in another three years.
by memitim on Aug 25, 2010 8:12 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I don't think M-1 has any real intention of letting Fedor fight Overeem
This whole “I want to fight Overeem” came about after it was known he was committed to the K-1 tournament.
No one in their right mind would cancel a good paying gig like the K-1 tourney merely for the chance to maybe fight Fedor if he’s not just being used as a negotiating ploy…
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by BigDNotDallas on Aug 25, 2010 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
The thing is it was Fedor saying he wanted the fight
not just M-1. M-1 says a lot of shit. Fedor rarely does. Second, Overeem has fought in K-1 and then fought an MMA fight weeks later. Overeem is saying flat out he doesn’t want to fight Fedor. He wants Werdum. Two title defenses in four years then.
Overeem said he wanted the winner of the #1 contender fight (Fedor-Werdum), fully expecting it to be Fedor (as did almost everyone else). Strikeforce pitched the fight the very same way, again, true to form, expecting Fedor to win.
Overeem still wants the winner of the #1 contender fight, as was promised, rather than allowing himself to be used by Fedor/M-1 when they have no real intention of fighting him. Fedor can want the fight, M-1 will not allow it.
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by BigDNotDallas on Aug 25, 2010 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
But, how long does he get to hold the belt hostage? At some point you take the belt away. Going on four years and one title defense is a little bit ridiculous.
Well...
Strikeforce is a bit ridiculous.
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by Applejack McNeil on Aug 25, 2010 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Cung Le held the mddleweight belt for a year without fighting and a half before giving it back to go film a movie and then fought for the first time in years three months later. Did anyone notice that the belt wasn’t defended or that he came back right after he gave up the title?
Man i need to just go to bed. Should of been “held the middleweight belt for a year and a half without fighting”
yep
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by B.H. Farnsworth on Aug 25, 2010 11:06 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Le wants nothing to that
with that belt.
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by B.H. Farnsworth on Aug 25, 2010 11:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He was injured and pulled out of two strikeforce fights in 2009 and he defending it in 2010, if they were going to strip him of the belt it would of been before that defense not after it because it makesno sense to do it now. Of course he wasn’t under contract with Strikeforce in 08 and they offered him no fights so for most of the time he wasn’t defending that belt the blame lies on Strikeforce not him. He needs to defend it more often now but then as everyone says the strikeforce belts don’t have much meaning anyway so nobody cares if they are defended or not (apparently including Strikeforce).
You're angry that the sanctity of the SF HW Belt is being sullied
And your argument is that as a result, a guy coming off a loss should challenge for the belt. Again. Because if Overeem doesn’t defend it to a guy coming off of a loss, the belt is ruined.
My argument is, Fedor should have to win a fight before he can challenge for the belt. I anxiously wait your surely genius level logic that will somehow twist this into the only possible outcome being good for Fedor, Evegni.
What a clusterfuck. I’m not taking sides because fact of that matter is that it takes two to tango and you best believe these dudes be doing that Thing.
Best of all, M-1 continues to be horrific a necrotic disease eating away at anything it touches.
Dana must love reading about this shit.
by Pyrgz Krum on Aug 25, 2010 8:19 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
hahaha Overeem Overeem Overeem
I like him as a fighter, but he needs to admit he is scared to fight Fedor and all will be solved.
Bahahahahahaha!!!
Yeah, okay, let’s go with that…
Nevermind that Overeem was trying to get Fedor to fight him after the Fedor-Rogers fight and Fedor refused…
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by BigDNotDallas on Aug 25, 2010 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
It's nice to see somebody say they're gonna do something and then do it
He said if he couldn’t fight Werdum he’d fight in K-1 and that’s exactly what he’s doing.
By the way, Andrew Simon from HDNet sent this to our Twitter:
there never was a dream 17 in the books, so how is it cancelled? Wouldn’t be till next year!
Well.
HDNet also still has the K-1 MAX Finals scheduled for Oct. 25, which Kogan says isn’t set in stone yet.
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At first, I was starting to hate Overeem for what appeared to be him dodging Fedor, but after hearing what he has to say, I completely agree with him. He is a better match maker than Scott Coker. Why should the champ of an organization have to repeatedly fight guys coming off a loss??
Does he have a Champions Clause in his contract? I know his was signed a few years ago, before they were all the rage in smaller promotions. If he could win two more fights in Strikeforce, I’d love to see him in UFC, there would be some fun matchups.
Good!
This leaves Fedor hanging. Now, instead of making the absolute financial killing they would have made by signing with the UFC, M-1 is screwed. They’re making nothing! NOTHING! Starve those bastards out. If Fedor gets tired of slipping in the rankings due to inactivity following a huge loss, maybe he’ll force the issue. If not, oh well, he’s basically becoming irrelevant anyway.
"You stick a microphone in a guy's face and he calls out anybody but the champion, and Joe Silva should fax him a pink slip right then." -- Chael Sonnen.
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