Strikeforce Results: FightMetric Report for Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum

how successful Werdum was on the feet yet everytime Overeem hit him he flopped to his butt. Sure, he wanted to get to the ground, but a lot of those flops where cause Overeem hit him really hard. Those strikes should be worth much much more than Werdum’s weak ones.

Plus Overeem had slams and trips. He had “octagon control” which judges love. Thought it was one sided in my opinion. Was closer than I would have liked, but still one sided.

I really hope Silva doesn’t spend his fight with Overeem flopping to his ass every 10 seconds.

but honest that site is more accurate than the actual MMA judges most of the time.

I don’t think so.

It looked like he forgot that he was wearing 4 ounce gloves, the way he tried to defend his head. It seemed like he got clipped a ton. A HW with more power should be able to put Overeem down if he continues to try to use standard boxing defense.

I guess the only way to solve this is a REMATCH!

the same people who say “fight metric doesn’t tell the whole story” will be the first ones to point to it to back up their claim on who won last time. The same goes for those who are using it to support their claims this time. Those people will quickly dismiss Fight Metric stats the next time it doesn’t jive with who they thought won.

If Werdum would’ve stop flopping and stood an fought.The could’ve been a drw.I think the judges was turned off by the flopping.

Werdum should have had a point taken for stalling in the 2nd round, there is no way he should have won or drawed.

And “cage control” doesn’t really favor either guy. I think the only round I’m confident in is Round 2 going to Overeem, so that makes me lean toward him.

This is where I’m pretty baffled. The battle of control made up the entire fight, and it was entirely lopsided in favor Overeem. Control is dictating the location of the fight, and the most memorable aspect of the entire thing was Werdum’s complete lack of control. I don’t see how that was not a demonstrative owning of control by Overeem.

While greatly disappointing, there is no doubt in my mind that AO deserved the win more.

-more effective striking.
-better cage control.
-better game plan.
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-more aggressive.
-it isn’t AO’s job to go down to the ground with Werdum. It is Werdum’s job to get the take down, secure position and then mount an effective offense. He couldn’t get the take down, instead fell and want AO to just follow him, even praying at one point for it to happen, lol.
-to me, the most disappointing aspect was Werdum showing that he could have some effective stand up, but refusing to stay with it long enough to make an impact or set up a solid take down.

Definetly an unsatisfying fight leaving both men looking like less than championship material.
On the other hand you can kind of imagine how Werdum/ Velasquez might look somewhat similiar for the 1st 3 rounds.
Barnett/Werdum would have been interesting.
Barnett the new tourney favorite?

I think cage rust was a factor. I think that Reem did a lot of smart things to neutralize werdums jitz, but he just gassed out a bit.

I think if this had been a fight in the UFC and somebody had played out an effective gameplan to win, nobody would be batting an eye, but since its overeem outside the ufc and he’s use to knocking people out their is a lot of criticism.

Werdum played it right by throwing wild and coming forward, it seemed to really throw Overeem off, but I think he gassed quicker and most of his shots were bullshit.

I see the fight for Overeem in every way.

But all 3 rounds should’ve gone to Reem, regardless of the striking counts. Fabricio shouldn’t be credited for pulling guard when Overeem connected on a big punch and Werdum flopped, because pulling guard involves bringing your opponent into your guard. At least 5 situations happened where Alistair would land a punch that stunned Fabricio, and Fabricio would flop and wave Reem down. Those shouldve been all ruled as knockdowns, because Fabricio did nothing to pull Overeem into a dangerous position. He would get stunned, land on his back, and stay there to recover. Either those are legitimate knockdowns, or werdum should have been docked a point for stalling (and acting like a bitch). Its somewhat comical the first few times, but became ridiculous to the point that I considered changing the channel on a fight I’ve been waiting for months for.

Fabricio TRIED to pull guard, but that term indicates actually pulling someone down with you. I consider this a legitimate offensive weapon for a good guard player, even if it puts you in a disadvantageous position and might lose you points in a bjj competition. What Werdum did was give the illusion he was pulling guard, while in actuality recovering from Overeems strikes.

Also, Overeem was not credited with nearly enough takedowns. Every time he threw Werdum down, he was putting Werdum to the ground and stuffing his takedown attempts. This is a great show of technique to not only avoid your opponents strategy, but show some of your physical dominance as well.

This fight, though disappointing, was 30-27 Overeem.