Alistair Overeem: The difference between five years ago and now is about 40lbs of whoop-ass
Posted on June 17, 2011, 10:36 PM by Joey SantosusThe Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum official weigh-ins were held Friday afternoon from the AT&T Plaza, just outside of the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. After 18 competitors took their turn stepping onto the scale, including names such as Josh Barnett, Brett Rogers, KJ Noons, and Daniel Cormeir, it was then time for the most anticipated fighters of all to make their way to the stage.
First it was Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1) who was introduced, as he took his place front and center proudly sporting a BJJ Gi in representation of his craft. After comfortably making the required weight at 246-pounds, the Brazilian the stepped aside as the Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem (34-11) took his turn tipping the scales, coming in at 256-pounds.
Following an intense staredown, each fighter took a moment to speak with Mauro Ranallo regarding tomorrow night's headlining bout:
Werdum: I am confident because I trained a lot, I've trained eight months for this fight. I train with the best camp in the world, at Kings MMA. Yea, I'm confident tomorrow (it will be) a big show for everybody.
Overeem: The difference between (the fight) five-years ago and now, is about 40-pounds of whoop ass!
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thought all this info was covered in the weigh ins article. Even the same video.
Shoulder stretchmarks + double chin =Pure power!!
Hmmm, i thought he was bigger. Size difference is only about 10 lbs, werdum could EASILY win again.
It isn't all about size man. Overeem is a much better striker and is WAY more powerful than Werdum. His ground game isn't bad either. Werdum could pull off a victory on the ground but I wouldn't bet on it. He only beat Big Foot after he gassed. He was getting schooled in the first round. The Fedor fight was a legit win but it was a one off. Werdum will never beat Fedor again. Werdum is very good but I don't think he is this good. Overeem will not gass and he will not make the same mistake Fedor made.
He's definitely capable of pulling ff the upset. But, it's also very likely he'll get KO'd by Reem!
Werdum > Alistair Overeem
you're putting the same post on multiple threads, get original.