Alistair Overeem Signs With ASM, Will Train With Rashad Evans And The Blackzilians
by Matthew Roth on Feb 14, 2012 4:00 PM EST
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2011 was a year of change for UFC heavyweight contender Alistair Overeem. A contract dispute between Zuffa and Golden Glory led to the K-1 champion's departure from his long time trainers and management team. To further murk the issue, Golden Glory filed to have Alistair's UFC 141 purse withheld for reimbursement of wages lost. With no team and no management, Overeem tested the waters in Las Vegas at Randy Couture's gym Xtreme Couture; however, Overeem returned to Holland to help his ailing mother.
With his victory over Brock Lesnar, Overeem earned a shot at the UFC heavyweight belt Memorial Day weekend and has decided to join Rashad Evans and Tyrone Spong at Imperial Athletics as a member of the Blackzilians. Glenn Robinson and Authentic Sports Management will handle Alistair's career from publicity and management to aiding in fight preparation and maximizing his earning potential through various revenue streams.
For Alistair it was a simple choice. With ASM taking over all the responsibilities of handling business affairs, he will have the opportunity to focus on his training and evolving as a fighter. "With Authentic Sports Management, I saw right away that Glenn Robinson has a system in place that allows the fighter to focus on training only, which is so important as I prepare for my UFC heavyweight title fight against Junior Dos Santos," said Overeem.
Alistair will find a familiar face in Boca Raton as he and Tyrone Spong faced each other in the quarter finals of the 2010 K-1 Grand Prix. With Spong attempting to make the leap to MMA sometime in 2012, having Overeem there as a teammate will ease his transition from kick boxer to MMA fighter as well as aid in preparation for his fight against Peter Aerts this summer.
Alistair Overeem is set to face Junior Dos Santos at UFC 146 on May 26th in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. You can follow him on twitter @AlistairOvereem for training updates from Florida.
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So basically Alistair is going to gas out and give up his back?
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by RandyCouture'sDivorceLawyer on Feb 14, 2012 4:06 PM EST via mobile reply actions 3 recs
what is your idiotic comment in reference to
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by benten20 on Feb 14, 2012 4:08 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
typing on a cracked mobile phone with autocorrect so somehow random became idiotic
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by benten20 on Feb 14, 2012 4:17 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Also Rumble, and possibly Michael Johnson.
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by POW on Feb 14, 2012 4:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Blackzilians members supposedly have a habit of doing that in fights.
This is a good strategic move for Overeem, I was worried that he would lose quality sparring partners for kickboxing in his inevitable jump stateside, but Spong is one of the best guys out there.
I know Michael Johson didn't do it.
Well he gave up his back but he didn’t tap
I’m not resting until I’m officially Anderson Silva status.- Jon "Bones" Jones
I guess I forgot Rumble on there, eh?
by bigstupidsmile on Feb 14, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
oh yeah Rumble the heavyweight
I was a fan but after him not admitting it was his fault for missing weight it really made me not like him
I’m not resting until I’m officially Anderson Silva status.- Jon "Bones" Jones
He doesn't train with them anymore, he is with black house.
by malo on Feb 14, 2012 4:15 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No
He trains there when he’s in the US, otherwise he trains with Team Nogueira in Rio. Black House as a camp is kinda in limbo at the moment.
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by Patrick Wyman on Feb 14, 2012 4:45 PM EST up reply actions
"Black House as a camp is kinda in limbo at the moment."
explain please. I hadnt heard this
by Ricardo Arguello on Feb 14, 2012 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
Black House
Is something that Ed Soares set up with the Nogueiras, and Soares has been losing high-profile clients left and right (Junior, Aldo, and I think someone else too). Junior still trains with the Nogueiras, as far as I know, but that’s Team Nogueira, not Black House per se. There’s no real difference except in terms of branding.
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by Patrick Wyman on Feb 14, 2012 5:29 PM EST up reply actions
ah, thanks for explaining
I thought Black House was an Anderson Silva thing, not a Soares thing
by Ricardo Arguello on Feb 14, 2012 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
something tells me after along walk in the deep woods
and always just out of focus he will hash it out
Whimmy wham wham wozzle
by gxc on Feb 14, 2012 4:18 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
He moved camps to Big Nog awhile ago i thought
I’m not resting until I’m officially Anderson Silva status.- Jon "Bones" Jones
Apparently Alistair is actually being PAID to train there.
Sounds kinda weird to me.
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I don't know why anyone beleived that anyway
I’m not resting until I’m officially Anderson Silva status.- Jon "Bones" Jones
This may be very true...
JDS is just too fast…too fluid and has better cardio
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Yep
and It doesn’t matter how big he gets reem will always have suspect chin. Werdum was teeing off on him and landed some good shots imagine those coming from JDS.
by nickrodamous on Feb 14, 2012 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
teeing off on AND a suspect chin? doesnt make sense to me but ok
plus vs werdum, overeem was holding back on his striking due to takedown but he fixed that and took brock out no problem
Whimmy wham wham wozzle
makes perfect sense.
Werdum isn’t known for his KO power if it was anyone else hitting Reem with those shots he would have been in trouble that goes for Roy Nelson too. Werdum landed the cleaner more brutal shots on Nelson if JDS hit him that clean with some of those knees goodnight big cuntry
by nickrodamous on Feb 14, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
umm..JDS did fight big country...and DID hit him with cleaner harder punches..and nelson still wasnt finished
Whimmy wham wham wozzle
I think if JDS had varied his strikes he could have finished him
All he did was punch punch and punch
I’m not resting until I’m officially Anderson Silva status.- Jon "Bones" Jones
Possibly.
If he switched it up with more diverse head strikes but he did work the body nicely in rounds 2 and 3 I distinctly recall and brutal knee that probably still has Nelson gut jiggling.
by nickrodamous on Feb 14, 2012 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah but i'm wondering if he even has the ability to finish guys on the ground...?
I know he likes boxing but a finish is a finish at some point. Thats one of the few things i like about bones…His striking isn’t that technical but he tries it and once he gets an opportunity he finishes anyway he can same with Spider
I’m not resting until I’m officially Anderson Silva status.- Jon "Bones" Jones
Do mean finishing on the ground.
as in like taking the fight to the ground and finishing with a TKO or taking a guy down to submit him? To be fair I think the carwin fight could have been stopped and most of his TKOS like Gonzaga,Cain and a few others technically finished on the groud via TKO whatever he is doing its working and I just don’t see a way Overreem and win.
by nickrodamous on Feb 14, 2012 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
Nah
Werdum hit Nelson with the better shots. JDS dropped him in the first round but paced himself after that and worked the body nicely. Werdum had a thai clinch half of the fight and unloaded knee after knee to Nelsons dome just look at the cut on his forehead i believe it was posted here last week.
by nickrodamous on Feb 14, 2012 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
I also don't see him letting that guard down one bit with JDS
however if Reem keeps his guard up like he does with K1 gloves JDS will tag him senseless chin or not.
I’m not resting until I’m officially Anderson Silva status.- Jon "Bones" Jones
Don't you remember?
Even Chuck “Pillow Fists” Liddell knocked him out, for crying out loud! Everyone should know that he has a glass chin because Bas told us it was the truth.
Watched that fight last night.
Funny seeing him so skinny back then.
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by NickRingp4pGOAT on Feb 15, 2012 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
Wait
Dana said that JR gasses and you have to go for the takedown.
If I am ever a high level pro
I am moving to Florida and training at Imperial Athletics
LETS MUTHERFUKERS!!!!!
A few miles away from Imperial is ATT's main academy
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by Ricardo Arguello on Feb 14, 2012 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
Florida has no income tax as well right?
The guy’s poised to be a star and make some major cash, makes sense to save some money by being in Florida.
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by Sugel Mendoza on Feb 14, 2012 5:40 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
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by Sugel Mendoza on Feb 14, 2012 5:42 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
why would he?
"They can grow beards all they want. Won’t rival mine no matter what they do." - Luke Thomas 2/1/2012
because Tiki training isn't gonna cut it
I’m not resting until I’m officially Anderson Silva status.- Jon "Bones" Jones
Well atleast Reem will get the benefit of wrestling with Mike and Rashad and striking with Spong
Who’s the BJJ coach there?
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happy he found a new home
Its a good thing he found a place to train steady cus all that traveling and gettin fighters over cost to mutch time and money..
Now he can concentrate 100 procent for junior …and he is gonna need that
(lol) i dont wanna spoil it for the people who think this fight is gonna be a 5 rounds battle
cus im pretty mutch sure it won,t last longer than 2 rounds..
junior dos santos is freaking fast with his hand and boxing combination,s
but he is to small (of course he can ko reem ) but it would have to be
a cain like ko so a fast ko ..Reem aint stupid he is gonna fight smart
keep his hands up and wait for his moment ..
he knows damn well that against fast energetic fighters he needs to be more carefull
he learn allot from his previous fight,s
I dont see jds taking more that 3 ubberknees to the belly
for the people who say but reem needs to get close in order to
throw dows big knees ..and that leaves him open for a fast ko
Wel you could turn that around to Jds needs to get close to hit him
so that leaves him open for those vicious knees ..
and lets not forget reem dus not hit like a girl he might not have jds speed
but he sure goth a whole shitload of power in his hooks ..
And of course jds is the current champ won al of his fights with ko
is a Bjj black beld ..(but witch brasillian mma fighter dus not have bjj black beld)
Either way this fight wont last longer than 2 round,s both fighters have a brutal ko
in their hands ..
But most likley it,s gonna be ..
Jds Punches Reem knees Jds Sleeps Reem Eats ;)
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