Alistair Overeem Explains Why he Will Not Fight at DREAM.15
by Dave Walsh on Jul 5, 2010 6:25 PM EDT
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There have been a lot of rumors about Alistair Overeem and DREAM.15, and honestly, when you hear why he isn't fighting at DREAM.15 from the man himself, it is actually more confusing than the rumors and you can easily see why many professional fighters have had enough with Japanese promotions and how they book fights. This is courtesy of MMAFighting.com's Ariel Helwani.
"I have heard numerous rumors about me fighting at Dream on July 10. I want to give my side of the story before speculation arises:
"After my Brett Rogers fight on May 15, I decided to take time off and do media appearances -- MMA expo in Canada, E3 expo, Strikeforce events -- and enjoy some time off with my family. I knew Dream wanted me on the show, but I didn't want to go back in training preparation. Then, they offered me a fight against Andrei Arlovski for the Dream heavyweight title. As I have said on occasions, fighting for a belt means something more, and I wanted that Dream title so much that So as a result, I agreed to lay off my media and holiday plans, and went back to training.
"During my training I found out that Andrei Arlovski was not going to be my opponent, and they changed opponents numerous times. I've heard names like Tim Sylvia and Minowa. At one point, I received notice that they had found a opponent but that the Dream heavyweight title was not on the line anymore. With all the changes and the title fight no longer a possibility, I simply had to turn down the opportunity.
"The next day, I immediately took a flight to San Jose to hype up my possible fight against the winner of Fedor Emelianenko or Fabricio Werdum. I then heard rumors that Dream had booked me in a fight against Ricco Rodriguez. I want to make it very clear that I never verbally agreed to fight him and I never signed a contract with Dream to fight him. I feel very sorry for Ricco Rodriguez's camp if they still think the fight is on, and I apologize to my fans that have bought a ticket to see me compete. I hope this statement has shed some light on the unfortunate situation."
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Sucks their dickin their fighters around so much lately. Guess the rumours of financial problems are maybe true after all? Either way, sucks monkey balls as Ive wanted to see Arlovski vs Overeem for the last couple years, its too bad Andrei has been on a bit of a skid lately an not his top form as it could be a phenomenal HW bout imho. Also I really really wish Arloski would give K1 a try, he’s gotten pretty slick with his Boxing an has deadly kicks already an can probable transition pretty well. Be some Amazing matchups there for him as well as the big $$$ he likes so much.
How do you Know where Im at? If you dont Know where Ive been...Understand where Im coming from??
Yeah Andrei and Overeem would have been a great fight. Ricco and Overeem was one of those well maybe ricco can actually win fights.
I want to see Overeem fight as much as possible. I like the way he has been handling the media especially. With the Reem Documentary, winning fights and making good media appearances its only been a good time to be an Overeem fan
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