Alistair Overeem's Next Fight Announced Tonight? Is it Lashley?
by Dave Walsh on Dec 16, 2010 6:32 PM EST
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There has been a rumor as to the next fight for Golden Glory fighter Alistair Overeem. The Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion and 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion has been long-rumored to be fighting on New Year's Eve in Japan on FEG's big Dynamite!! 2010 show. Alistair Overeem is always a hot topic of discussion amongst fans online, be it for his bulging muscles or overseas fights. So his participation in Dynamite!! 2010 has caused a stir after his recent K-1 World Grand Prix victory.
HKL spoke with Golden Glory's Bas Boon today to see if there is any weight to one of the rumored opponents for Overeem at Dynamite!!; Olympic Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii for the DREAM Heavyweight Championship.
"No," Boon bluntly stated at the rumor of Overeem vs. Ishii. When asked who the opponent was or if there was any strong contender yet, Boon stated; "I am still negotiating, so no, not yet."
Keep in mind that it is entirely possible that FEG has contacted Ishii and his camp about a fight with Overeem, that they might even have a contract for Ishii's camp, but that both sides have to agree to the fight for it to take place. There is a possibility that FEG has contacted multiple fighters about a bout with Alistair Overeem, but that does not mean that the fight will happen.
Last year there were rumors of Alistair Overeem competing at Dynamite!! against Josh Barnett or Andrei Arlovski, with Arlovski's camp claiming that they were already training for the Overeem fight before Bas Boon made the decision to have Overeem face Kazuyuki Fujita. Boon cited that Overeem's recent participation in the K-1 World Grand Prix did not leave Overeem enough time to properly train for such a big fight, which leads me to believe that this year there could be a similar disappointment for fans when it comes to Overeem's opponent for New Year's Eve.
There should be an announcement late Thursday evening in the US/early Friday afternoon in Japan from FEG with five more fights announced.
UPDATE: The latest rumor is that Overeem vs. Bobby Lashley is "very likely." We are "very" not excited.
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I guess Kimbo Slice is busy that night.
and Japanese MMA wonders why it’s dying… The mis-matches in SF don’t have anything on 80% of the stuff happening over there.
by DisposableHeroX on Dec 17, 2010 1:26 AM EST reply actions
Not surprised.
Typical freakshow/novelty fight for Japanese fans.
"A guy in Texas came up to me and told me ‘Frye you're not mixed martial arts, you're no holds barred’, and I said you're god damn right partner." ~ Don Frye
Overeem needs to fight Werdum next.
Don’t know why Overeem would would waste his time with this, other than it would be a quick payday. I would think he couldn’t wait to get back in the cage with Werdum to try and avenge his earlier loss to him. Winner of Overeem vs Werdum could fight the winner of Fedor vs BigFoot. It’s not that difficult.
Dream Title
Overeem wants the DREAM Heavyweight Title…plain and simple. He has already said he wouldn’t fight unless it was for the title. It will add to his aura of being the most dominiant heavyweight striker alive, with his Strikeforce and K-1 titles. So I don’t think he really cares who he fights, so long as its for the title.
Also, I wouldn’t be surpirsed if DREAM offered him a good amount of money…thats one of the main reasons why he competes in Asia…they pay him better than Strikeforce. Look at K-1…
Lastly, a fight with Werdum is rumored to be in the works…so I am very excited to see this get set in stone!!
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