This is the 10 year anniversary of his Gym Golden Glory. That’s why he fought on this card. He’s not defending his belt because of the K1 GP.

yeah, seriously. all of u guys that critizize Overeem must be thinking with your a$$. why would he fight someone like Fedor? he would most likely get hurt and miss the K1 GP finals!

it worked out great for AA taking a fight on short notice in Strikerforce 3 weeks before his pro boxing debut, didn’t it? it’s a business, you gotta be in control of your career.

By Horse Meat you, of course, mean Vetrinary Steroids.

ok first of all im pretty sure they test in the k1 for steroids and he hasnt failed ( although im not sure how legit it is) second of all he has gained like 30 pounds of muscle but it took him like 3 years to do it so that can be done for sure, and last he prob makes much more money doing this fights in Japan and who can say no to a easy paycheck. I know I may be biased since im a Overrem fan but to tell you the truth im not sure wheter he did or didnt use roids no matter how much we speculate we cant be sure saying that though its really getting hard to defend him specially since he has not defended his strikeforce belt in so long, he says he will defend it at the beginning of 2010 and the only real reason I belive that is becouse he will be facing Fedor and a chance to beat a legend (ounce fedor steam rolls through Roggers) I know weve been hearing his gonna defend his title for a long time but it always fal through I really belive he will and like Roberto said he did not want to miss the k1 finals, but if he does not defend his title at the begining of 2010 I will stop defending him and he should be striped of his belt.

Innocent ‘till proven guilty!
I don’t know if this applies to Overeem based on speculation alone. But I say let’s give him the benefit of the doubt.

As for this fight of his, cr@ppy! He should test himself more. Though I would take the easy route like him and earn a quick paycheck by fighting cans..

Considering that Bob Sapp has fought in K-1, I am gonna go out on a limb and say that they don’t test for steroids.

LOL, yeah of course they don’t. Japan don’t do sh!t, it’s all about cartoons and video games, it’s a fake world and that is why no other sports are doing big in Japan ‘cause the whole shizznit is usually corrupted.
I’m sure there are some tests when K-1 goes to other countries.

Of course it wouldn’t be a joke if he didn’t fight a can. But he turned down a chance to defend his belt to fight a can and that is fact. So, yes this fight was pointless. Do you not question his decision to take this fight against a can rather than defend his belt live on CBS on Nov 7?

FIRST OFF i was responding to the other post saying the UFC is right in having exclusice contracts. I still would rather it this way even if he fought a can. THAT BEING SAID if this fight is a can in a non exclusive contract then the next fight has to be against a QUALITY i REpeat QUALITY opponent. And to respond to u this fight is only point less because he fought a can like i said. Even though he missed NOV 7 this whill be corrected if he fights for Strikeforce next and defends his belt. U gotta have a medium between being non exclusive and having to defend your responsibilities

dude Overeem has not defended the strikeforce belt….EVER and has had it since 2007. That is pretty lame. He could have taken a fight with Fedor and there is no bigger fight than that. The guy has lost to Shogun twice, Chuck and every quality fighter he has faced has beaten him. 3 years without a title defense is not a medium between being non-exclusive and his responsibility to defend the belt it is complete disrespect to strikeforce.

Be honest would a UFC champ ever go 3 years without a title defense and instead fight a can for another show?

Take it easy there Zack. Your boy should Overoid should be over at Strikeforce defending his title against whoever they put in front of him, case closed.

SF brass should really be pissed at this guy, fights everywhere else but at SF.

Hatteras well stated. I think it is ridiculous that he is allowed to hold the belt as long as he has without defending it. Nov. 16 will be exactly 2 years since winning the belt and since he has in the Dream cards and 2 BS, Ultimate Glory cards against bs opponents. He pulled out against Werdum in August, because he hurt his hand fighting in a nightclub. Denied fighting Fedor on nov. 7th so he could fight K1 and this crappy Glory Road. There is no medium in what he has done and it is, much like his Strikeforce title at the moment a joke(for what they have allowed him to do).

No, it’s jos-B

This is the correct answer.

If he wants to do K-1 and other stuff, he needs to relinquish his Strikeforce title so someone else can have a crack at it.

Do they also test steroids in Holland? LOL sorry. Just had to slip that one in…

was it didnt know that but still if the guy with no arms and legs can fight I think anyone can

True, though you could hardly call that a fight, the guy he faced was his mate who purposely went easy on him. It also took place in a state without an athletic commission as nobody in their right mind would clear Kyle Maynard to fight. Not a time to be a proud MMA fan by any means.

um, hong man choi is a can compared to anyone, same with mark hunt and all the other cans hes fought..

he has fought in the US already genius

i meant recently. Dam u waste a post just to say that get a life bro

This fight was announced almost last year. As far as why he’s not fighting in the US, it’s because he never officially had a contract with Strikeforce. He won the 4 man tournament and got the belt but Coker only officially had drafted a deal with Vitor because it was assumed that Belfort was gonna take the field. This is the reason why there was nothing to force him to defend his belt. If you know anything about the situation then you would know that it wasn’t until a few months ago that Overeem and Bas boon ironed out and solidified everything. And if you wanna talk about no clue, saying that he makes less money in FEG. This is a promotion who just handed out $100000 for the winner of a FW GP, and one of their biggest draws doesn’t make anything? You think anyone here in the states would offer him big dollars? Why he’s not a draw. The fact that you don’t know how ridiculous the Pay in japan is proves that you’ve only been watching this sport for a year or two or simply a UFC fan. Finally you also implied he’s a roider which i can also debate you on with actual hard facts instead of that picture you saw on sherdog and the UG made by Cofield and company. If you want a serious debate, I’ll run circles around you all day long. i put up my knowledge of everything MMA against anyone.