Alistair Overeem to defend heavyweight title at Strikeforce 'Heavy Artillery' on May 15
by Jesse Holland on Mar 29, 2010 9:35 AM EDT
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It only took two and a half years, but it looks as if Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem will finally put his strap on the line when he faces longtime nemesis Brett Rogers at Strikeforce: "Heavy Artillery" from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo., on Saturday, May 15
MMAmania.com learned of the official decision earlier today, putting an end to the speculation of whether or not "Demolition Man" would defend his belt or save it for the winner of a planned Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum bout tentatively scheduled for June.
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 finally collide at the May 15 Showtime event in a bout that is scheduled for five rounds -- but may not make it past the first.
Strikeforce: "Heavy Artillery" will feature several of the promotion’s other top fighters as well, including a heavyweight scrap between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski and hard-hitting Brazilian Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva.
Fast-rising lightweight prospect Lyle "Fancy Pants" Beerbohm is rumored to face Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro while Roger Gracie is expected to make his promotion debut opposite Kevin "The Monster" Randleman.
Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more updates on this still developing fight card.
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Rogers round 1 tko
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
If Overeem shows up.
I really hope he does though, so Rogers can drop him faster than he did Arlofski.
Lesnar > [Carwin] ---> Lesnar > [Velasquez] ---> Lesnar > [JDS]
Overeem will NOT show up on May 15th! Mark my words. Sig stays til then.
HEY JAY DON'T FORGET TO CHANGE YOUR SIG!
I saw in another thread that you didn’t want to man up bc you didn’t remember who you bet. Well it was me. You said the GSP fight would be at least 80% standing. I don’t think you will ever see that from him, unless maybe Shields comes over. Your sig must read,“GSP (ESP) is the most predictable fighter in the UFC!”
haha how unfortunate!
"In Japan, the crowd is quiet, this one time I heard a cute girl fart in the second row." - Rampage Jackson
by Rampagelangford on Mar 29, 2010 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Megareem via Rape
Especially since K-1 is now ruined with the retarded rule changes a few days ago. He won’t be able to fight in the clinch anymore so he’ll start getting losses and will be forced to come to back to MMA. Hopefully the betting lines are off in this one.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Mar 29, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Strikeforce is a joke
He’s gonna defend his title against someone other than Fedor? Plus its a guy coming off a loss? This is ridiculous!!! Let’s hear from all the people that always complaining that someone isn’t deserving of a shot in the UFC… this is worse…
I disagree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it
by PHISH NATION on Mar 29, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
WORD!
Phish, weren’t you the one arguing with me about this saying I was just making shit up about this being a title fight? I think it was you…somebody with all caps in their name anyway.
I dont think it was me
I have been vocal about this fight in general though. If its a title fight its ridiculous because Rogers doesnt deserve it, and if it isnt a title fight, it ridiculous because he has been the champ for 2 years without defending it, so his first fight back should be for the belt. Bottom line is the only fight that makes ANY sense at all is Overeem to defend his belt vs Fedor. Any other fight involving Fedor or Overeem is a joke!! If I were a SF fan, I’d be embarrassed right now
I disagree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it
by PHISH NATION on Mar 29, 2010 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed 100%
Strikeforce is in a terribly awkward position here where the only two guys that would make credible champions are both completely unreliable. Either they let Overeem fight someone he can beat and risk him holding the belt hostage for 2 more years, or they let him fight Fedor who is reneggin on his contract and will likely bleed them dry if M1 gets their hands on the title. Giving Rogers a title shot is a major loss of face when the guy just got put to sleep on National Network TV. I can see why they don’t want to give Fedor the shot when he’s renegging on his contract, but IMO they should give the shot to Werdum and pray to God he wins it. And leave Fedor out in the cold till he’s willing to play ball and abide by his agreements. Fedor and Overeem are both making Coke look like a baboon’s ass.
freenow congrats buddy
What’s my new sig? We didn’t do pic right? And I dunno if I can change it from my BB but ill try and if not ill do it asap when home from work til next monday I believe was the deal.
worbanizer
by daniel worby on Mar 29, 2010 10:06 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Daniel, I keep it simple, here goes:
No pic bet, and sig for 1 week:
“Mir sucks, freenow82 was right.”
Lesnar > [Carwin] ---> Lesnar > [Velasquez] ---> Lesnar > [JDS]
Overeem will NOT show up on May 15th! Mark my words. Sig stays til then.
alright fair enough. i can live with that thx man
worbanizer
by daniel worby on Mar 29, 2010 10:52 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That's the biggest issue I see.
Will he show up? I have a feeling he is going to no-show or “get injured” (code for mistiming his cycle).
I wonder if he even knows where his belt is, it’s been forever since anyone’s seen it.
haha yep
and people are actually seriously wondering why he is not scheduled to fight Fedor… We saw what happened last time a roid man hasn’t shown up for a fight with Fedor
Strikeforce is smart, since if he doesn’t show up for the Rogers fight, it’’s not as big a deal.
Lesnar > [Carwin] ---> Lesnar > [Velasquez] ---> Lesnar > [JDS]
Overeem will NOT show up on May 15th! Mark my words. Sig stays til then.
huh?
Overeem says he’s fighting at Dream 12? He wasn’t on that Dream Card…and He’s nor scheduled for Dream 13…????
"Only took two and a half years"
Pretty funny…
OverRoid won’t show up for the fight though.
by Lester The Pimp on Mar 29, 2010 9:44 AM EDT reply actions
I agree he either won't turn up
or fail a drugs test.
"In Japan, the crowd is quiet, this one time I heard a cute girl fart in the second row." - Rampage Jackson
by Rampagelangford on Mar 29, 2010 9:47 AM EDT reply actions
oh a correction in the article
During his absence, Rogers (10-1) floored one Russian and got knocked out by another.
arlovski is from belarus ;)
"In Japan, the crowd is quiet, this one time I heard a cute girl fart in the second row." - Rampage Jackson
by Rampagelangford on Mar 29, 2010 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Makes sense
That makes sense! Give the title shot to Rogers who got KTFO by Fedor. I mean Overeem hasn’t defended his title in what 2 years? What’s another couple months so Fedor can fight for the title. I don’t like either fighter, but I’d rather see Rogers get ko’d again. So we can see Overeem get destroyed by FEDOR!!!
"Theres only two things you need to know about me: I spin more rhymes than a lazy susan, and im innocent until my guilt is proven"
by dangerdunphy on Mar 29, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
"I could care less who he is."
So, how much does he really care who Overeem is?
REMEMBER ME. i will be in the ufc one day. Mark my words
by PrettyBoyy91 on Feb 18, 2010 2:06 PM PST
I couldn’t care less about your fucking caring continuum. Stop posting this shit every time someone says “I could care less” not only is it obnoxious but it’s a vain attempt at appearing intelligent.
Jeremy has really worked on becoming more aggressive but still as a jiu jitsu fighter he is unaccustomed to being on the top, and he has been on the top a lot today--Classic Mike Goldberg
touchy?
glad you got it right in your post though.
Mission accomplished.
REMEMBER ME. i will be in the ufc one day. Mark my words
by PrettyBoyy91 on Feb 18, 2010 2:06 PM PST
by FightDeluxe on Mar 29, 2010 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
glad you got it right in your post though.
a post is if he starts a thread… these are what you call comments
"In Japan, the crowd is quiet, this one time I heard a cute girl fart in the second row." - Rampage Jackson
by Rampagelangford on Mar 29, 2010 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
that stupid graph or whatever is long and annoying and repetitive yep
worbanizer
by daniel worby on Mar 29, 2010 11:16 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I think his point is
that people aren’t saying what they mean to say. The correct expression is “I COULDN”T care less." but it is commonly misspoken as “I COULD care less” which implies the opposite meaning. I agree that the chart is stupid but his point is valid.
This is one of my pet peaves as well, right up there with “Irregardless” which isn’t even a word, but if it was, would mean the opposite of what people are using it to mean.
another one that bugs me is people pronouncing Jewelry as “Jew-lery”, which if it were an actual word would mean things relating to Jews, and have nothing to do with jewels.
Rogers gets knocked out in his last fight and he gets a title shot? No wonder fighters love Strikeforce, there a very forgiving organization.
makes perfect sense
They book fedor overeem, overeem doesn’t show, they have the same steroid main event loss that affliction had. Better safe then sorry.
worbanizer
by daniel worby on Mar 29, 2010 11:25 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Would help if the managment company, that owns the guy, that knocked out rogers
would stop trying to restructure contracts all the time
whats the point of signing a 3 fight contract, if you want to change it after one fight? I can understand after two fights, i can deal with it if there is a clause in the contract. But i mean come on!!
by TheBiggertheyare... on Mar 29, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Who gives a shit.
Does anyone really care who wins the B level HW belt in SF. And why is grim getting a titlke shot before fedor?
nice to see u didnt read anyone elses posts
..then posed a question to us. Why answer if you clearly don’t read anything else anyways?
worbanizer
by daniel worby on Mar 29, 2010 12:05 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
How was my question answered in your posts?
The point is … Number one, Does it really matter what these Busch League Heavyweights do in SF. If there not competing against Lesnar, Carwin, Mir , Cain or Junior, they shouldn’y be discussed in the same light. Number Two, I didn’t see an answer to my question about Fedor that made any point. With all respect, tell me what i need to know, I’m open minded.
nobody can answer the ? really..its messed up
but other people here have brought up the same question you have…think thats his point
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
Thanks for the response.
The hard part I think is constructively discussing the HW’s in SF without comparing them to the UFC HW’s
So sick of hearing Maniacs ask the same question...
There is nothing wrong or questionable going on here.
Overeem will not fight in the US. This fight is set up so that when Overeem doesn’t show, he can be stripped of his belt. Rogers vs Overeem not happening is not a big deal.
Fedor is fighting Werdum. Werdum, even though a joke of an opponent, IS going to show up and fight, which is the best they can do at this point.
Very simple indeed.
Lesnar > [Carwin] ---> Lesnar > [Velasquez] ---> Lesnar > [JDS]
Overeem will NOT show up on May 15th! Mark my words. Sig stays til then.
I hope you're right Free.
If Over doesn’t show up is SF just going to have Fedor, Werdum, Arlovski, & Grim Jello Wrestle once a month to find out who the Busch League HW Champ is? Do these guys have a desire to fight the top HW’s in the top MMA Teams/Schools in the US? LOL
i have no idea how it wasnt answered when we said
This fight is to feel out the Overeem situation and is for the safety of the league in case he doesn’t show and its a catastrophic mistake by SF like Affliction. Very simple to follow.
worbanizer
by daniel worby on Mar 29, 2010 6:41 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
stupid...
if Rogers wins he’s the champ? it’s bad enough waiting for Fedor to enter the UFC, but if Rogers wins, and Fedor wins we’re gonna have a re-match?
Fedor vs Brock or Carwin
this sh1t has to happen
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