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BE's Baddest Greatest Striker Tournament: #3 Fedor Emelianenko vs #6 Alistair Overeem

Vote now in the Bloody Elbow Baddest Tournament to determine the Greatest MMA Striker of All Time. Today's match-up: #3 Fedor Emelianenko vs. #6 Alistair Overeem. Vote now!

June M. Williams

To the surprise of no one, K-1, Pride, Glory, and UFC veteran Mirko Cro Cop has advanced to the second round. The head kick master put a beating on Edson Barboza, taking the young fighter out by a whopping 75-5. Ouch. So who is next up for Cro Cop? Time to find out.

With Cro Cop vs. Barboza, we are halfway through round 1, which means it is time to start finding opponents for everyone who has advanced. And what better place to start than right here with Cro Cop. Today, it's another battle of Pride vs Pride and another former K-1 Grand Prix champion stepping into our tournament. #3 Fedor Emelianenko, voted MMA's Greatest Fighter of All Time in our inaugural BE's Baddest tournament, takes on 2010 K-1 GP champion and #6 seed Alistair Overeem. Winner takes on Cro Cop - you choose who gets the call up.

In order to vote, simply leave a comment. In the subject line make sure you follow these guidelines:

To vote for Fedor Emelianenko write: Vote - Fedor

To vote for Alistair Overeem write: Vote - Overeem

Voting is open for 24 hours, so get your votes in now.

Updated tournament bracket (click to enlarge):
BADDEST Striker Rd 1-8
Thanks to June M. Williams for the tournament bracket graphic.

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