Forget About Seeing Fedor/Overeem In April On CBS
by Kelvin Hunt on Dec 18, 2009 4:00 PM EST
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As for the future for the Demolition Man, Boon states that there is one more fight on his contract with K-1, which will take place in March or April. Alistair will take off the few months after the Dynamite!! show (which is well deserved) before his K-1 bout in the Spring. What this means to fans in the US? Fedor Emelianenkohas a bout scheduled in April for Strikeforce, and the heavy rumor has been Alistair Overeem will be the man involved; Alistair Overeem will not compete in Strikeforce until later 2010. So the hopes of Alistair Overeem facing Fedor Emelianenko on CBS are once again put on hold. We have been assured that Alistair has not chosen any of his opponents, Golden Glory management has been "carefully choosing" his opponents, Alistair will fight anybody, anywhere, anytime.
Strikeforce can't let this continue with their heavyweight title not being defended in over two years. The fact of the matter is they should strip Overeem of the title and do Fedor vs. whoever as their champion. Overeem doesn't have any name recognition with casual fans here in America anyways, and Fedor has had more exposure due to his appearance on CBS. In fact, even if they did do a Overeem/Fedor fight, the promotion would more than likely be around Fedor moreso than Overeem. This is a prime example of why exclusive contracts are a good thing in my opinion.
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tomorrows the big night. we get to see cerrone fight and chris horodezki. can't wait
it’s not sold out and many comp tickets were issued. these seats we payed before were 400 dollars now they are 175. boyd gaming has offered the fertttita’s 2.5 billion for their casino empire. not sure if they will accept it. going to byu game to on the 22nd of december. i’ll tell everyone about the fights when its over. peace.
yes i am obsessive, obnoxious, in your face and all about covering the spread. those are my good qualities.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Dec 18, 2009 4:40 PM EST reply actions
The guy hasn’t fought for them since 2007 and we’re coming up on 2010? That’s crazy.
The Fedor/Rogers fight on CBS should’ve been for the Strikeforce title.
And the line that Golden Glory has been carefully choosing his opponents pretty much tells me Arlovski is telling the truth that they backed out of a fight NYE and that’s why Alistair is fighting Fujita.
Wow. This blows. Agreed.
All this does is tarnish the sport (a little bit) and lower the prestige of the Strikeforce Heavyweight title.
Like you mentioned – I hope they strip Overeem of the belt and make a title fight pronto.
33 Wins. Yeah, I said it.
Open tournaments
I think I might set up a new Company called MMA Open, with just one tournament a year to decide the best in the world. The competitors would be chosen by merit from all of the various organisations such as ufc, k1, strikeforce etc, and sent an invitation. The winner remains champion for one year only, until the beginning of the next tournament.
Not sure if some of the organisations demand exclusivity from their contractees though?
Better to live one day as a lion than a lifetime as a goat.
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Cool idea…doubtful you’ll get cooperation from all those companies….plus your timing would have to be perfect to get all the best fighters at the same time.
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