Alistair Overeem: Compared to MMA, K-1 is easy
by Jesse Holland on Dec 1, 2009 10:36 AM EST
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Quoteworthy:
"Though they look similar, they are totally different sports. There is no fighter who holds the top title in both [K-1 and MMA]. If the other top eight K-1 fighters fought me in MMA, I would beat them in two or three minutes. It's a different arena. Anyway, K-1 isn't my ultimate goal. It's a side road. A checkpoint. I just want to have fun. If it's not, I'll just go back to MMA. MMA is a tough sport. There are five, five-minute rounds, and you have stand-up and ground techniques. You have not only punches, but you get kneed in the face repeatedly. Then K-1 is three, three-minute rounds. PRIDE had 10 minutes per round, right? Even with conditions like that, I am one of the top fighters. Compared to that, K-1 is easy."
Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem looks to "have fun" when he enters the FieLDS K-1 WORLD GP 2009 FINAL on Dec. 5 opposite Brazil's Ewerton Teixeira. "Demolition Man" hasn't lost an MMA match in nearly two years -- a win streak that actually began when he submitted Paul Buentello to capture the title back in 2007. The only problem is he hasn't even attempted to defend his title once since that time. Perhaps the conclusion of his participation in the "easy" K-1 tournament will send him back to the States, hungry to defend the crown?
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As far as HW's go he's one of the best out there.
he’s just gotta keep eating his Horsemeat, Spinach and Steroid pot pies
dude.....i am
this guy irks me
Soooo he admits he likes fighting where its easy n yet he is the self proclaimed best heavyweight on the planet…
Isn’t that strange.
by daniel worby on Dec 1, 2009 10:50 AM EST via mobile reply actions
He’s a lot like a certain other HW in that regard, except that this other HW hasn’t proclaimed himself anything.
Good times and riches and son of a bitches
I've seen more than I can recall.
So this certain other HW doesn’t prefer to fight where it’s easy?
Good times and riches and son of a bitches
I've seen more than I can recall.
I wouldn't...
Consider Brett Rogers, Werdum, and Overeem easy opponents. And comparing Fedor to Overeem because Overeem is dodging defending his title is a little ridiculous.
"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."-C.S. Lewis
no he doesnt
He’s fight in UFC if Dana wasn’t a suck. Now beat a dead horse on a thread that wasn’t about the BEST FIGHTER to WALK THE EARTH
by daniel worby on Dec 1, 2009 12:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
K-1 isn't easy
If you read the quote you’d understand he was talking about the differences in th sport itself, not the competetion within the sports.
"We're gangsters too. We're just gangsters with a little bit of God in us."
-Dog the bounty hounter.
Doesn't care about defending his title.
Period.
"I want an equal amount of blueberries in each muffin." -Ace Rothstein
How much money does top K1 guys make?
?
by Lester The Pimp on Dec 1, 2009 11:12 AM EST reply actions
not much....
but Overreem is a big star in Japan and fights every month(seems that way) so it must be better than MMA
No it's not...
You still have to train like a mad man. Taking steroids doesn’t automatically make you a better fighter. And if you watch Overeem’s fights he actually does have a lot of good techniques, he’s especially surprising to watch on the ground. Did he takes roids? I’m going to lean so far that I’d trip over and break my face to YES, but it’s not like if you or I popped some roids for a year and took some kickboxing classes at the Y we’d be able to clean up dudes. People talk a lot of crap about roids but the truth is all it does is help you to recover faster so if you’re not doing anything to recover from, then you’re pretty much screwed.
by pathmarkpolice on Dec 1, 2009 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
oh my gosh guys his on roids,STFU till you get me some hardcore proof or evidence it gets old man u bitchdogs take it.On a side note this guy is one lazy mofucker to not defend your belt in 2 years…but thats due to SF having a weak division until of recent.He would knock HEEHOOK out with a swing of his cock .LOL
You seem to be intimiately familiar with Overroid’s cock. Did you search it out on the internet, or did you get up close and personal with it?
Good times and riches and son of a bitches
I've seen more than I can recall.
Ironic P-Dub
That you’re one of Lesnar’s biggest fans and you want to talk about Overeem juicing. As if there’s not just as much photographic evidence that Lesnar did too. Not to mention that whole getting caught with growth hormone episode. Double standard anyone?
"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."-C.S. Lewis
Overeem added about 50 pounds of solid muscle in his mid-20s and refuses to fight anywhere they test for roids. Lesnar has been a HW wrestler since high school and has taken and passed dozens of tests since junior college. Try again.
Good times and riches and son of a bitches
I've seen more than I can recall.
Hey P-Dub are you saying this to pisses me off?
How many time I’m gonna have to tell you that…. he DIDN"T HAD ANY CONTRACT. to fight in Strikeforce. F that’s not is fault dammit!
Well...
Considering Lesnar was caught red-handed with PED’s I’d say that’s just as incriminating as any failed drug test. We at least KNOW Lesnar had them in his possession, whereas this Overeem talk is purely speculation. Just find it funny that you bash a fighter for allegedly roiding when your hero definitely used performance enhancing drugs. No need to try again.
"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."-C.S. Lewis
And...
I’m with you OJR, judging by his physique now compared to WWE it looks as if he’s off the juice. But I’m not willing to concede that his former use of PED’s hasn’t in any way aided him in MMA. Really though as long as he pisses clean I can’t gripe, which is why I don’t bag on Overeem. Unless one of them get’s busted now it’s all speculation. I just think it’s funny that P-Dub loves Brock but hates Overeem for his alleged juicing.
"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."-C.S. Lewis
Alpha, shouldn’t holding the Strikeforce title give him at least some obligation to either fight there and defend it or say he has no interest in that particular organization and voluntarily vacate it?
And according to The Smoking Gun, whatever Lesnar was found with was a legal product. Ergo, he broke no laws and broke no rules of competition.
Good times and riches and son of a bitches
I've seen more than I can recall.
LOL
That’s because growth hormone is legal if you get a doctor to write a prescription. That doesn’t mean it’s not a performance enhancing drug. In any sport that has drug testing it’s illegal to use growth hormone, although they haven’t found a sufficient way to test for it yet. That’s a weak excuse to hide behind(the it’s legal excuse). In fact, in every major sport there are multiple legal substances that are banned because they are PED’s. It’s not an issue of civilian legality it’s that he used PED’s to gain an advantage.
"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."-C.S. Lewis
Maybe, but the facts remains that he didn’t had any contract to fight in Strikeforce b/c Coker was thinking to not signed him back. Anyway they didn’t had any fighters for him to fight at the time. So please stop saying that he should’ve defend is belt. You sound like a complete uninformed guy on the subject that keep saying what others have said before. That’s not the usual you, buddy.
Once the juice leaves his system he will be ready.
only reason I can think of. And why would Strikeforce let him keep his title?
no im not,but seems you know the hows and do’s of it seems like u searched it pdub :),i didnt know you swung that way,i dont judge man, makes sense why u keep sticking your nose in my post on different sites man… get a life man seriously…. your too much off a stiff
K-1 RULES
can’t w8 for the 12-5. i want 2 see a rematch between Badr Hari & Alsitar . i think Badr just had a bad night . didnt look like him at all. I think overeem is guna be trouble for any body! nice fat check comes with winning & u get title of best striker in the world
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