Alistair Overeem withdraws from Aug. 15 title defense against Fabricio Werdum

Who does Strikeforce have on their roster that would be available to take this slot on short notice? Maybe they could set up a fight for Shields? Rogers vs. Werdum? That’s the problem with the smaller orgs. An injury to a big-name fighter really buggers their cards because they have limited replacements.

I’m calling for a Rogers/Werdum interim HW title fight.

They still have 2 title fights on the card…no need for an interim belt fight yet!

I dont know why but I had a feeling that this fight wasnt going to happen. I hope they can get Grim to step up and face Werdum. I would really love to see that fight.

I like Strikeforce, but they have soo’ many problems with their Champions sitting on the sidelines for too long a time for whatever reasons…

no surprise at all.. he probably knew he wasn’t going to be clean so he had to withdraw from the fight or he messed up his hand again..

lmfao strikeforce wont make a interum title ever….they arnt smart

He’s like the HW Jamie Varner.

please dont compare overeem to that crybaby little kid varner ever again, this guy has fought most of the toughest guys in mma, while he has lost most of those bouts, hes definitely never dodged anybody or faked not being able to see in order to get out of a match

P-Dub,C’mon man!

huh? don’t hear anyone crying for BJ’s title…

bj hasn’t been schduled and backed out. he has defended every time he’s been asked, or had a contender.

The Varner comparison was only in the ‘if I never defend the title I can never lose the title’ sense.

I’m tired of people hyping this guy like he’s a legitimate champion. He’s a B level fighter period. He’s fought plenty of A level fighters but he loses those fights. Wins over dudes like Buentello and Hunt and bludgeoning Mirko’s little men doesn’t make you an upper echelon fighter.

Awful news, I was looking forward to this fight. I agree with JJ, Grim-Werdum should replace this fight as Grim should have been the top contender in the first place and an interim title fight would at least allow Strikeforce to have a champion that will defend his belt, plus it will put more pressure on Overreem to fight Grim if he wins (and Grim would have to be the favourite because of Werdum’s poor striking).

Strikeforce is a great promotion but it’s let down by it’s champions, thats the problem with allowing your fighters to fight in other promotions as they are not available when they are needed. It’s ridiculous that Overreem and Cung Le have never defended their belts and it is making the titles meaningless.

I was thinking the same thing. His handlers probably told him the juice will not be out of his system in time for the fight. I honestly really didnt think this fight would happen. I maybe wrong but i believe this is the 3rd time he has either withdrew from a strikeforce event or passed it up to fight somewhere else

dont worry cung lee will be there soon too lol

I guess reading back I was being a bit of a dick…my bad too kevin.

I know. They need to follow the example that their awesome middleweight division has set.

Ridiculous!

Cantrim, since when was it a legit belt anyway? Overeem beat Buentello to get hold of it in the first place FFS, what would he even be defending? Scrap it and start again.

Funny how Overeem has managed no less than 6 fights in Japan (where they don’t test for steroids) since he got the belt but hasn’t been able to defend it once in the US (where he would get exposed as a juicer and a fraud) add to that the fact that he got injured assaulting security guards and you have to ask – is he a cheating, lying criminal or a martial arts champion!?!? And – why would anyone look up to a POS like this?

Peniszoo,you must be a little man with the “little man complex”!

Totally Alpha. I’ll bet he’s about 5’2, overweight, and has a AT LEAST two posters of the Undertaker in his room. Anybody who has so much hatred for every high-profile fighter not currently in the UFC is obviously a troll. He probably works for Zuffa, deliberately spreading misinformationb and nonsense over the internet.

I think he’s an Aussie and he’s probably the same size and shape than a Koala!

He’s also apparently never apparently entered a bar in his life. If he had, he wouldn’t be referring to a crew of undoubtedly thuggish bouncers as ‘security guards’. LOL. And a cab driver is a ‘transportaion efficiency specialist’.

He got in a 5-on-1 fight with a bunch of goons, and for the first time in their careers, I’m sure, they got their asses handed to them. Most of us have been in enough bars to know that some bouncers are violent juiced-up thugs looking for trouble. Once Manic-poo has a life-experience that surpasses that of a toddler, he might have a more realistc view of the world.

You gotta love how a guy who accuses Overeem of being ‘a juicer and a fraud’ could be a big supporter of Lesnar! This same guy accuses others of being ‘immature’, but sticks up for Lesnar (the most immature fighter on the planet) while trashing the most mature and humble fighter out there in Fedor. How can anyone take this fool seriously?

oi dont involve us thanks!

Heard it before a few times, OLD and not too witty either as an Ayatollah is considered a representation of god on earth that doesn’t need to answer to its followers and can work outside of the system of teachings in the Koran – essentially a law unto themselves. Sounds a bit like the way you look at Fedor as a fighter, he does whatever he wants and takes nobody but himself into consideration yet you follow him like a god even though he hasn’t proven himself. On top of that “Ayatollah Emilianenko” has a much better ring to it.

Mikes point wasn’t the way in which the injury happened (are you defending his drunken assault on security guards?) but the effect an injury to a title holder can have on a division, with an obvious reference to the Fedor contract/sambo debacle. The most common injury in sambo is knee ligaments and rotator cuffs, both take 6-12 months to heal properly after surgery and the chance of the injury recurring in training are very high. You got some stupid, badly thought out, re hashed joke in response to that JJ?

This thread doesn’t need a badly thought-out, re-hashed joke, panic-tool. You’ve already posted.

Besides, what does being injured in a fucking BAR-FIGHT have to do with Fedor or Sambo? Any fighter for any promotion could get in a fight, regardless of what their contract permits. Only a deranged ass could make a correlation between this and Fedor.

Panic-tool seems too proud of himself for using Wikipedia in an attempt to sound knowledgeable. If saying Ayatollah White isn’t original, how is applying the same nickname to yet another person original? How is the UFC and Fedor’s failure to come to terms a “debacle”? UFC isn’t hurting and neither is Fedor. How many MMA fights have Sambo injuries kept Fedor from fighting in? Would it be safe to say that he is equally as likely to be injured training MMA? And that Sambo would be a part of his MMA training even if he wasn’t fighting Sambo anyway? Really why do you hate every decent non-UFC fighter? And how can you let your hatred make you so delusional?

JJ you’re a bit slow today, must have used up all your brain power thinking up kick-ass jokes. Try again – this time read, analyse and comprehend (don’t forget to breathe) “Mikes point wasn’t the way in which the injury happened but the effect an injury to a title holder can have on a division”

Would you like me to explain the point further?

It’s totally irrelevant, much like your existence on this forum. He could have gotten injured falling off a ladder. Should Dana ban fighters from making home repairs? Maybe fighters just shouldn’t be allowed to leave their homes, hmmm?

Are you even aware that since winning the Strikeforce title Overeem has competed five times under other banners and emerged from those contests unscathed? Of course you’re not. Your MMA knowledge begins and ends with the UFC.

It’s relevant; you just don’t seem to understand why. As far as Overeem in other fights you might want to refer to my post on the subject about an hour ago on this very thread.

“Cantrim, since when was it a legit belt anyway? Overeem beat Buentello to get hold of it in the first place FFS, what would he even be defending? Scrap it and start again.

Funny how Overeem has managed no less than 6 fights in Japan (where they don’t test for steroids) since he got the belt but hasn’t been able to defend it once in the US (where he would get exposed as a juicer and a fraud) add to that the fact that he got injured assaulting security guards and you have to ask – is he a cheating, lying criminal or a martial arts champion!?!? And – why would anyone look up to a POS like this?"

How do you like me know?

overeem isnt a force anywhere never has been never will

Kind of like yourself hd!

I see you had nothing for my questions paniczoo because you know you’re full of shit. At least I didn’t have to read some absurd response riddled with the logic of a 10 year old.

they wouldve liked 2 bunch i always sucker punch first.than talk shit

Hahaha! Manic-poo got pwned again!

You guys hang on every post i make, hold on tight there.

alpha male ill punch u fpor free

Tell me where I can find your trailer!

Hahaha!

yea i need love u got some overeem sucks

you post alot of bs what are you lookin for

Exactly what you’re doing…i’m trolling to catch illiterates Periplaneta americana!

periplaneta americana

noun
large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed [syn: American cockroach]

wow your the man see it took you a while to come with that bs,barnett sucks too