Alistair Overeem: 'Wimpy Cro Cop' hasn't signed on to fight me

by Jesse Holland on Nov 24, 2008 10:44 AM EST Comment 52 comments

"I’m afraid Mirko is trying to run from me again. FEG wants to make it happen, I would like nothing more than get my hands on him again and I know that the fans would like to see a definite ending as well, so the only obstacle here is Cro Cop. He’s the one who hasn’t signed the contract yet and he’s the one who is trying to avoid fighting me again because he knows that he will get his ass kicked again. I won’t use any knee strikes to the body this time, so he won’t have any chance to wimp out of the fight again."

-- Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion and former PRIDE star Alistair Overeem calls out bitter rival Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic on Sherdog.com for being all talk and no action. The two were expected to rematch on December 31 to settle a previous No Contest from their bout at September's DREAM 6. "Demolition Man" delivered several illegal groin strikes during the bout, providing a disappointing conclusion to a fight that had received much interest and fanfare leading up to it. Cro Cop promised to deliver a rematch on December 31 but Overeem says the Croatian has yet to put pen to paper.

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Im getting a little tired of both Cro Cop and Overeem! I hope they do fight again and that the match ends in a double KNock out!

Alistar acts all tough, but then he is wasting his time calling out a washed up fighter like Cro Cop. It reminds me of when Tito wasted years fighting washed up Shamrock!

Alistar needs to fight someone decent, or he can F off!

I dont like Cro Cop, but where does Alistar come off talking crap about Mirko wimping out…After all Alistar kneed mirko’s testicle into his body!

2 douche bags….dont care to much about this match up. Let mne know when its over!

by john on Nov 24, 2008 10:47 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

come on, comparing cro cop to shamrock is a little too much…

by shamo84 on Nov 24, 2008 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

A little harsh…

Cro Cop needs to man up and sign. These two need to put an end to this feud, and the only end I see in sight is Overeem beating down Mirko. Mirko has been on a serious decline over the past couple years while Overeem has been getting bigger and bigger, both figuratively and literally.

by ViolentMike on Nov 24, 2008 11:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I thought I read that cro cop was ready to go for new years eve??
still no t-shirt winners???

by kevin on Nov 24, 2008 11:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder what’s going on here. Didn’t Crocop basically say recently he would take ALL challengers, and issue a warning of what would happen to the next guy who played Hackey-sack with his….Hackey-sack? And still no Playboy for me.

by chefdaddy on Nov 24, 2008 12:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I miss the old overeem that would be awesome dominant for 2 minutes then have a complete meltdown out of nowhere. Oh and cro cop did an interview just a couple of days ago but he didn’t say anything about fighting as Dynamite so i don’t think it will happen.

by NameNotRequired on Nov 24, 2008 3:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Cro Cop won’t take this fight because he wants to have kids some day

by RiverHorror on Nov 24, 2008 7:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Is it? Couldn’t tell after watching Cro cops last 3-4 fights.

by FukStyck on Nov 24, 2008 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

maybe his balls still hurt.

by c-war on Nov 24, 2008 11:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i wouldnt want to go back in there with a guy wh kneed me in the sac over and over either

by DBG on Nov 24, 2008 10:48 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Alistair can trash talk and throw illegal strikes, that’s about it. I’m tired of hearing Overeem run his disrespectful mouth. I hope Mirko takes this fool down.

by WebGarden on Nov 24, 2008 10:50 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

My favorite Overeem fight was the one against Liddell.

by naturalshadow on Nov 25, 2008 2:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’d like to see Alistair fight in Affliction or the UFC but the only question is if he will pass the steroid tests..

by RoB on Nov 24, 2008 11:00 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Overeem has passed all of his drug tests in the US including his November 2007 fight in California, which is a state some fighters refuse to fight in.

by TooDiesel on Nov 24, 2008 11:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

And since that time, he has doubled in size.

by stevo on Nov 24, 2008 1:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Haha, exactly my thoughts. Please compare videos/pictures of Alistair in 2007 and against Cro Cop.

by YouTapped on Nov 24, 2008 2:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i’d love to see Overeem in the UFC… start him off against Kongo!

by 1-0 via Arm Triangle on Nov 24, 2008 11:20 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Double ball sack KO

by Brandon on Nov 24, 2008 4:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

^ I’m not too convinced he’s on roids, I mean, in PRIDE he was tall and skinny as a LightHeavyweight, now it seems he’s just filled out and bulked up.

As for CroCop, I can’t blame him for pretending to be Karo Parisyan and ducking Overeem, he was getting man-handled in their fight. The illegal shots to the groin were unfortunate, but it had a lot to do with Overeem’s strategy, which was much like Kongo’s, and in the clinch Kongo accidentally delivered some groin shots as well.

I wan’t Overeem to KO or Sub CroCop and get this over with, I’m tired of hearing about these two, I wan’t to see Overeem move on up and fight some better guys, though DREAM doesn’t have many other heavyweights to offer other than K-1 guys moving over to MMA.

by Belisarius on Nov 24, 2008 11:27 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Anyone who has used or researched steroids for years can clearly tell Overeem is on them.

There is no excuse for repeated groin shots. Overeem is just a chump.

by natedogg77 on Nov 24, 2008 11:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

In all your research of steroids, you should have found first and foremost that you cant tell just by looking at someone… I’d do some more research!

by 1-0 via Arm Triangle on Nov 24, 2008 2:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You can tell when somebody puts on a lot of muscle within a few months and then add circumstancial evidence like a bad temper and a guy in their late twenties breaking out in zits and there other signs.

by Timmy on Nov 24, 2008 3:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Overeem by brutal beating. Cro cop lost all of my respect last fight. Alistair was crushing him and he just found the easy and cowardly way out. I’m not convinced all of those blows were actually to the groin.

Cro Cop < top 10

by EazyEismydad on Nov 24, 2008 11:38 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah EazyEismydad you’re right it’s cowardly to have 1 of your testicles knock up inside of you and to not want to continue the match.How dumb can some people be?

by Robert on Nov 24, 2008 11:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

What you on about EazyEismydad?

Cro Cop got his balls smashed in, getting out of that fight wasn’t cowardly. Do you know what it’s like getting hit in the nuts? Nevermind by a proffesional fighter..

by Sedgwick on Nov 24, 2008 12:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You obviously did not watch the slo-mo replay because those groin shot definitely were on the button. I dont blame CC for not wanting to go back in the ring against this guy after those illegal blows.

by stevo on Nov 24, 2008 1:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

they definatly were groin shots. if i was cro cop, i’d take the fight and give overeem a taste of his own medicine.

by allamerican on Nov 24, 2008 2:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It would be nice if Cro Cop went back to his old ways and put this Punk to sleep

by BMO on Nov 24, 2008 11:44 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

CroCop used to be good, since the Gonzaga KO he has been nothing, Overeem needs to be KNOCKED THE F$CK OUT but he will beat up Mirko again and he knows it, thats why he has not signed yet.

by Spyder on Nov 24, 2008 11:50 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

That Alistair is talking all crap,but let me ask you a question guys, could you imagine 4 years ago-Crocop vs Alistair???I don’t think that douchebag could trashtalk Crocop.Now Cop has passed his prime and the douche starts talking sh*t..
What a douchebag.

by Pamirec on Nov 24, 2008 11:51 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Do I smell nut pancakes?

by Harry Triangle on Nov 24, 2008 11:51 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Some people should check out Cro Cop’s fight against Fedor.

And of course some of his personal history.

To call him a coward is despicable. How many wars have Overeem and you armchair fighters been in? I mean, ACTUAL wars?

by Jon on Nov 24, 2008 11:59 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Actual wars? any ex military are laughing at you now. how many wars have you been in?

by usa troops! on Nov 24, 2008 12:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Meh…please.

by introvert on Nov 24, 2008 12:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Cro Cop actually was in the Croatian military. That said, I am not sure how many wars Croatia has been in lately.

by 1-0 via Arm Triangle on Nov 24, 2008 2:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You are right, any war that the US is not involved in “does not rock” hard enough to be considered “cool”.

Please, get your head out of a*se. As a croatian myself who has been shot at (not old enough for military back then during the civil war) I’d like to meet your punk a*se face to face.

by YouTapped on Nov 24, 2008 2:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Who are you getting your panties all in a bunch over? Nobody said anything negative about your country. One person does not know something about your country an another guy has usa troops as his nickname. Nothing derogatory about your country. Not at all. calm down.

by chefdaddy on Nov 24, 2008 2:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Alistair just wants to make a better name for himself. Alistair would not have been saying this crap 3yrs ago or his head would of ended up in the last row of the stands. Alistar should go and fight some bigger guys such as the Gonzagas, Kongos so they can knee each other in the nuts for 15min. Even Brock Lesnar. I hope crocop finds his form and smashes Alistairs head back to Holland. I agree with Pamirec He is a real Douchebag!!!

by rez on Nov 24, 2008 12:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

This is funny, ha, ha ha , ha, ha,

:-)

by riba on Nov 24, 2008 2:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Lol @ Kongo and Overeem kneeing eachother in the balls for 15 minutes.

by zzz on Nov 24, 2008 2:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah haha. They deserve each other.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a ball for a ball.

by RobH86 on Nov 24, 2008 2:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It’s a real pathetic person that knees someone’s nut into his body and then claims he wimped out! Overeem is sad! Not to say Cro Cop is much better, he might be dodging the fight. But Cro Cop was/is still great, and despite the fact most of you have prematurely discounted him to win or call him washed up, my money’s on Cro Cop!

by JS on Nov 24, 2008 2:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I dislike him, but my money would have to be on Overeem.

by RobH86 on Nov 24, 2008 2:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He’s on my list of fighters that if they dropped off the face of the earth, I wouldn’t even notice. This guy just rubs me the wrong way.

by chefdaddy on Nov 24, 2008 5:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Come back cro cop Please

by Shadow side on Nov 24, 2008 3:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Crop Cop is the biggest disappointment in MMA history.

by Timmy on Nov 24, 2008 3:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

OVereem needs to head to Affliction i wouldnt mind seeing him crush all the cans in the UFC though.

by Khaos_Warrior on Nov 24, 2008 3:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Please let Mirko find the fountain of youth and put this biatch to sleep…….Or retire.

by Kimura88 on Nov 24, 2008 3:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Hey Overeem definatly seemed to be winning the fight. No questions… But, how could Cro Cop continue fighting with his nuts feeling like prunes… Ya never know until ya get kicked in the pills to know how it feels. I think that Overeem would beat Cro Cop again. But… Cro Cop’s career is questionable these days.

I like CC and want him to demolish Overeem. But i think Overeem is going to win.

Ya Neva Know…

by DukeMAN on Nov 24, 2008 7:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

i think if cro cop trains hard he’ll send Overeems head into the 3rd row. I know cro cop hasn’t do a whole lot in his last few fights but he has one hell of a hit list. he’s won some really big fights and gave fedor a good fight. i’d love nothing more than to see the old cro cop.

by MDR on Nov 24, 2008 8:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs