Alistair Overeem planning for May 15 Strikeforce return against Brett Rogers
by Jesse Holland on Mar 1, 2010 7:40 PM EST
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It only took two and a half years, but it looks as if Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem may finally be coming back to the San Jose-based fight promotion.
"Demolition Man" tweeted that he's "probably" going to fight longtime nemesis Brett Rogers at the Showtime event planned for May 15 in St. Louis.
Overeem (32-11) was expected to return in 2009 until he suffered a hand injury from beating up rent-a-cops in Holland, effectively keeping himself from two of last year's summer events.
During his absence, Rogers (10-1) floored one Russian and got knocked out by another.
But that didn't keep him from calling out Overeem for his extended absence. While the pillar of Golden Glory racked up a 7-0-1 MMA record against lesser competition overseas, "The Grim" felt like his new and improved physique was to blame for his failure to appear stateside.
If you're a title holder, I'm sorry man but you should be fighting at least a couple of times a year. No excuses. If you can't get the job done then give it up. One, I say he's ducking me. He knows I'm gonna get him. I could care less who he is. Two, I don't think he can fight in the states right now. I don't think you can get that big in such a small amount of time. I don't know, who knows."
Of course Overeem wasn't going to just sit idly by while the former tire mechanic dragged his name through mud.
"I will not comment on [Brett Rogers], I am very busy with K-1 right now, with all the fight I have there. When there will be time to meet in the ring he will see. For now, I will not comment. I am very busy these days, I have a fight in Glory, then in DREAM.12 and after that I’ll fight in the K-1 Finals so I am very busy with training and fighting and I don’t have time for this bullshit."
It's going to be interesting to see what happens when these two mammoth strikers collide if they do in fact become official for the May 15 Showtime event, which is also expected to feature a heavyweight battle between Andrei Arlovski and Antonio Silva.
Stay tuned.
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Honestly
I hope Roger’s KOs Overeem. That belt should have been up for grabs (and almost literally) years ago!
actually looking forward to this!
Rogers has a punchers chance with his one shot power but I’m going with Alistar via clinic even tho I can’t stand the horse head!
The Good Die Young
by SouthCaliStunNa on Mar 1, 2010 8:03 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
+1 Edgecrusher
I hope Rogers beats the shit out of Overeem. This is the biggest MMA test Overeem has had in a long time.
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." -Dr. Johnson
As much as everyone gives Overeeem Sh*t for fighting cans (me included)
There is no reason why he shouldn’t win this fight. He is better than Rogers in every aspect. Rogers has punching power and thats it. I’ll take Overeem by SUB.
"You're doing a lot of choppin', but no chips are flyin'." - Foghorn Leghorn
Unless Rogers gift-wraps his neck for Overeem's guillotine, he isn't getting subbed
Overeem should still be able to keep the distance with his more diverse striking, but if Rogers can get inside I think he could bully him a bit. I think it should be an interesting fight.
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." -Dr. Johnson
Yeah I agree
I just picture Rogers beating him down. I have yet to see Overeem beat a top 10 HW fighter in MMA and I have Rogers at 8.
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
I'd love Grim to win this but Overroids has much better striking, I doubt that Rogers could beat K-1 legends like Overroids
I wouldn’t be surprised if this fight doesn’t happen but if it does then finally SF can sort out the farcical HW title picture. Shame that Fedor and M-1 are pissing SF about, I’m losing what little patience I had for the Russians very quickly.
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
He's a much faster and more powerfull striker than Overeem I think David
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
I doubt this fight wil even Happen
don’t get me wrong I would love for this fight to happen but how many times have we heard overeem say he was fighting in the states and it doesnt happen, he will probably book another fight in Japan and say they are too close together so he cant do it.
Strikeforce needs to stop messing around and say if he cant defend the title by this upcomming cbs event he losses his tittle and then they should just put on Fedor vs Big Foot Silva for the tittle
Pound for Pound top 5
1. Anderson Sliva
2. GSP
3. Fedor
4. BJ Penn
5. Lyoto Machida
by NorCal Mexican on Mar 1, 2010 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
sooo.. its a title fight?
My breakout fighter for this coming year: Terry Etim
Upset of the Year: John Hathaway over Diego Sanchez
What's the point of this fight?
But a true champion, face to face with his darkest hour, will do whatever it takes to rise above. A man fights, and fights, and then fights some more. Because surrender is death, and death is for pussies. - Kenny Powers
Seems like he should be fighting Fedor if he is champ
But either way, passing a piss test will probably be his biggest challenge IMO.
Fedor doesnt...
want to fight Overeem. Fedor is above that, LOL
http://www.lowkick.com/Strikeforce/Finkelstein-Alistair-Overeem-is-a-steroid-bully-6785
It is no real surprise that Fedor does not want to fight Overeem
Look at what happened the last time Fedor was scheduled to fight a roider – Barnett tested positive and everyone lost a ton of cash.
of course not why
would fedor want to fight a guy that has a shot at beating him when he can fight a guy who is not all that experienced and he has already beaten once to win the title!! It’s clear strikeforce is trying to make it a bit easier for fedor to win the belt
what a joke
Are you implying that Overeem would be the favorite over Fedor?
LOLOLOLOL
I AM SOMETIMES BIASED - Get over it!!!!!!!
Actually....
Fedor never wants to fight anyone except those he knows he is above. But let’s not turn this right into Fedor love/hate thread…… too many of those.
On this….they finally get this douch to fight in SF again and it’s a non-title fight! Seriously? Why even have a damn belt if he’s going to defend it every 3 years? And you know 10 years from now they will refer to him as “The Champion for…. years” like he actually accomplished something.
Give a man to fish and feed him for a day. Kick his stupid ass and maybe he will leave you alone.
Jason and dragon are clearly Brock Dana fans.
If you see a damn hater point em out, point em out.
Plz see gif below.
worbanizer
by daniel worby on Mar 2, 2010 9:08 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Strikeforce was on a tear with the Nashville announcements today
Now they come up with this bullshit?
@fjbar on twitter...formerly El Mexicutioner
Strikefarce
Fedor is now going to fuck over Strikefarce and it’s all because of M1. I think Brett is a great fighter and I would love to see this fight. Fedor is a farce and he will be the end of any promotion he goes to.
brock lesnar owns fedor's soul
Huh?
Fedor will most like dominate the weak HW division in strikeforce.
It will be funny to see him lose there though. lol
fedor was supposed to fight overeem
brock lesnar owns fedor's soul
by oliver_stoned on Mar 1, 2010 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
wrong Oliver stoned
Fedor was supposed to fight Werdum. The 4 man tourney established that. Winner was then to get Overeem. All of this is still possible since this fight isn’t for the title.
Learn my friends.
worbanizer
by daniel worby on Mar 2, 2010 9:11 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
can't wait for the betting line to come out on this
…on whether or not overeem actually comes to the US and shows up for the fight.
or if he will test positive lol
brock lesnar owns fedor's soul
by oliver_stoned on Mar 1, 2010 8:01 PM EST up reply actions
Rogers is coming off of a loss...
so why is he getting the shot instead of Fedor? Fedor fighting Verdum is pointless too.
Fedor may not fight for them again
Otherwise he clearly should be the one fighting Overroids. Only reason I’m not complaining about this fight is that by all accounts Fedor and M-1 are to blame for him not getting the title shot not SF.
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
Werdum was he opponent announced
and could still happen with any luck.
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
I think he will lose anyway
Overeem is a good K1 fighter but I feel will take a punch from Rogers that will equal the end of his night. Rogers is bigger, stronger and more powerfull than the beefy Overeem. And I beleive if Rogers wins might set up a Fedor rematch as he might of been promised a shot at the belt wich was M1’s talk that SF wasn’t honoring their contract?
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
These fight selections will begin the eventual demise of SF.
canadians cheat and lie…whereas americans are fair and respectul in sports…--HellaHectic the funniest MF'er on Mania
Agreed...
then people will forget about some of the UFC wash outs who SF tries to make stars out of.
Fedor played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won... but still avoids the UFC!
disagreed
So long as Overeem doesn’t pussy out, this is a HUGE HW fight. Very exciting potential outcome. And i’d take this HW bout over any UFC HW bout that Brock isn’t in.
worbanizer
by daniel worby on Mar 2, 2010 9:15 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Starting to be a fun card....
would start be really good if Fedor would be on it, but highly doubt it.
Overeem sure does have alot of fights in the next 2 1/2 months
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by PSYQO78 on Mar 1, 2010 8:24 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Finkelstein(whatever his name is) says they have no interest in fighting a guy who does roids, they want nothing to do with Overeem, but get this, he wants to fight Barnett instead.
POS, M1.
canadians cheat and lie…whereas americans are fair and respectul in sports…--HellaHectic the funniest MF'er on Mania
2 things:
MMA Junkie says this will be a non title fight. WTF?
Overeem will pull a Paulo Filho and no show. There is zero chance this fight is actually going to happen.
Wait and see.
I'm not sure I have a feeling SF will put the title on the line
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
Marcus Davis twitter “I hope Hardy dies of aids” those bloody cocky brits eh?
I was a fool to think Bisping had any chance against the Axe Murderer, and even more foolish to bet agaisnt the great Puck Head.
Sweet. I live 30 min south of St.louis
I went to the one last yr. Lawler vs shields…AA vs Rogers. had great seats for 30 bucks.
And since the UFC wont come to St.louis this will have to do. I wont drive back to columbis oh and pay 300 a seat then 120 for a room.
wtf???
How do you go from getting knocked out to getting a title shot in your very next fight?
Stupid Matchup
Why a non-title fight for Overeem? He should only be fighting in matches to defend his belt. That’s what champions do, LMAO. Strikeforce seriously has no pool of fighters. Either set up a contention match and winner gets shot at Overeem’s belt or fire the dumbass Strikeforce matchmaker.
it's not gonna happen.
Overeem will not fight in Strikeforce. The guy is clearly stacking steriods, & his two year avoidance of Stikeforce & vague, defensive posturing ( “I’m very busy now… I don’t have time for this bullshit”… ah, yeah, right) all points to his being a cheat. He is stringing along the American public, & will weasel his way out of testing & then fighting here. It’s not gonna happen, folks.
not a title fight?
Why? He hasn’t defended the title in years? This makes no sense. I’m rooting for you SF but come on!!
Bas Rutten: He has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Stephen Quadros: Yes, well many of the fighters have a black belt.
Bas Rutten: Yes, but in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu you cant buy your belt like in say, Tae Kwon Do.
Stephen Quadros: Do you have any belts?
Bas Rutten: I have a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do.
by DrewMoney$$$ on Mar 2, 2010 12:32 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I wonder if this fight was the reason Fedor became unhappy with SF?
Maybe he wanted a shot at Overeem and SF didn’t give him that shot. Conspiracies, conspiracies.
But a true champion, face to face with his darkest hour, will do whatever it takes to rise above. A man fights, and fights, and then fights some more. Because surrender is death, and death is for pussies. - Kenny Powers
who cares about this overroid/fedor drama? i swear these clowns are almost not worth it.
just fight and get paid already. this makes me think they are a bunch of pretenders…..like mayweather.
by Conan the Barbarian on Mar 2, 2010 1:18 AM EST reply actions
to what do we owe the honor
wow thank you for gracing us with your presence you heiness. Maybe you could fight again within the next 3 years after the fight also. I hope Bret knocks the smirk off of your face.
I got the tire repair man on this one. Hope it’s not a title fight. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear them announce the title is stripped. Alistar vs. Bret to see where Alsitar fits in makes sense. Alistar vs. Bret for the belt is dumb. Rogers really impressed me against Fedor before the Russian put him to sleep. If he can avoid Overeem’s knees he should crush the MIA champ.
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by fenderacoustic (formerly wAyNe) on Mar 2, 2010 9:25 AM EST reply actions
I take Rogers
I think Rogers is for real and Overeem is a paper champion. Rogers will be well prepared and I predict a 2nd round knockout of Overeem.
Now to sit back and wait for the announcement: “Fedor signs with UFC”
I feel more certain about that than ever.
Rogers vs Overeem = Great Idea. Re-Introduce the SF fans to Overeem. SF fans know Rogers gave Fedor “problems” and beat Arlovski. So they are going to see two huge men slugging with the technical striker Overeem most likely to win. Then they say oh he beat Rogers and Rogers gave Fedor “problems” Now we want to see Overeem vs Fedor. Mean While Fedor knocks Werdum out from inside Werdums Guard.
Problem with Overeem he won't test and if he wins Fedor won't fight him unless he tests.
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
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