Alistair Overeem to face Fabricio Werdum at Strikeforce Heavyweight Tournament
Posted on January 4, 2011, 03:57 PM by Anton GurevichAccording to report on MMA Fighting, Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem will square off against Fabricio Werdum, as part of promotion's Heavyweight Tournament. Overeem expressed his interest numerous times to fight Werdum, who defeated Fedor Emelianenko via a Triangle/Armbar submission last June.
MMA Fighting also give an outline of other tournament bouts:
The first two quarterfinal bouts will take place on Feb. 12, with Fedor Emelianenko taking on Antonio Silva, while Sergei Kharitonov will face Andrei Arlovski. Earlier Tuesday, MMA Fighting reported Emelianenko's contract extension with Strikeforce, paving the way for his entrance into the field.
The other two quarterfinal bouts include Josh Barnett facing Brett Rogers and Alistair Overeem taking on Fabricio Werdum, the last man to beat Emelianenko.
Alistair Overeem defended his Strikeforce title last year against Brett Rogers, and won two other titles, K-1 World Grand Prix and DREAM Heavyweight title. "The Reem" is currently 34-11 in his MMA campaign, finishing all of his fights since 2007. As for Fabricio Werdum, Vai Cavalo already defeated Overeem four years ago, back in PRIDE. Werdum fully recovered from a recent elbow surgery, but will be fight-fit only in March.
So who will win the Strikeforce Heavyweight Tournament? Vote in the Poll below.
- 1. Josh Barnett
- 2. Fabricio Werdum
- 3. Andrei Arlovski
- 4. Alistair Overeem
- 5. Fedor Emelianenko
- 6. Sergei Kharitonov
- 7. Brett Rogers
- 8. Antonio Silva
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awesome! i cant wait to see Overeem fight again
Now THIS is news..cant wait to see this. I think werdum could silence overeem
who the hell voted Brett Rodgers
Yea, much respect to the Reem... He was originally slated to face the winner of the tournament in a super-fight for the title, but he stepped up and said no, he wants to fight IN the tournament... Thats a dangerous move for a Champion, but obviously Overeem is out to prove he is the best... So props to the Reem.
Awesome !!! So Fedor vs Big foot , Alistar vs Werdum
and i dont care the order of the rest fighting as long as they fight!
Fedor vs Alistar to the Final!
@a222g....I no man, Rogers should be replaced by Cormier or Del Rosario
I just don't see any of the other fighters being able to stop Rogers from pulling guard and submitting them. I hear he has a nasty gogoplata.
Brett's mom
Hell yea this is news. Big names and I love tournament style!
I don't see Overeem being stupid enough to jump into werdum's guard. Allistair wins it all.
I got Overeem winning this...I dont think Werdum will be much of a problem I see Barnett n Fedor being more of a competition for Overeem
I do too. I think Overeem will power out of Werdum's subs and overpower him altogether.
nah man i think it's gonna be fedor. one loss in 10 years and he can only have learnt from it and gotten better. if it's a fight between him and reem i still pick fedor, he's stood with strikers like arlovski and cro cop in their prime and had great success, i reckon he could find alistair's chin.
yeah, In Fedors prime. It is not his prime anymore. Its Reems prime now.
the arlovski fight was hardly in his prime. when i see fedor truly bested, dominated or outskilled by an opponent where i can sit back and say that he's not the fighter he once was i'll stop picking him but we only got to see him fight for a minute in 2010, so it's hard for me to say he's lost it just yet.
Yup. Fedor is a ****in bum. Fightin in a tourney with a bunch of bums except for The Reem. U all will see when fedor loses to bigfoot. Im Sick of Fedor and him being in strikeforce and ppl thinkin hes still the best! Who the hell did he fight within the last five years...Tim Silvia, Andrei Arlovski, Brett rodgers and lost to werdum? Wow...super impressed! The prime is the UFC these days! If you want respect, **** shit up in the UFC!!!!! THe Reem is gonna shut Dana up and take his UFC gold son! You all will see!
Fedor is still in his prime him and Alistair are only 4 years apart and my money is on Fedor how many times have you seen Fedor get KO'd i say Fedor ends this in the 1st or 2nd round
Will see it...Sambo man being looked at by medics in the octagon!
The Reem doesnt give a **** about co-promoting. He just wants to throw down. He had like 4 fights last month all outside of his organization and won two belts while doing it. He's actually lookin for foe's to beat down!
Well you're blaming Fedor for things Overeem is doing as well, even worse. Overeem hasn't faced anyone in top 10 in the past years. Don't get me wrong, I think Overeem has the potential to be the number 1 in the world, but he hasn't done enough to prove it officially yet.
Did Fedor lose to Bigfoot?? Yeah? I think I told ya!
If Strikeforce wants to compete with the UFC, this is the kind of thing they have to do. This will DEFINITELY attract all hardcore mma fans, and plenty of casual fans also. Fedor vs Reem in the final, would be EPIC.
Its gotta be Reem, Fedor or Barnett. Only way I can see Reem losing is in a fight with Fedor by a crazy looping punch to his somewhat suspect chin. Besides that though, Reem has just about every factor of the fight game in his favor. Ridiculous strength, size, striking, ground and even reach, he will be a HANDFULL!
@2drunk2crack1off
definatly man
Sergei Kharitinov has wins over Overeem (big Overeem already) by KO!, Werdum by decision and Semmy Schilt with a weight disaventage of 50 Kg (110Lbs)!! by stopage!. Hes very good and extremly tuff, i just say dont count him out. He just never have been a big media personality
Reem was a HW but he wasn't as big as he is now. He has more neck and more skill now. I am not saying Sergei can't do it again but it is a different fight.
yea!, i meant to click sharp!, yes very true also kharitonov it remains to be seen again but arlovski is the perfect macht up to test him again, im very excited! :-)
FEDOR
How's Fedor going to win it when he is not going to be part of it?
I won't believe anything they say about Fedor until I see him in the cage against Big Foot
overeem by ripping through werdum barnett and fedor
Holy shit this has me so excited, this will to me be the best and most important HW event since the demise of Pride. Tournament's are just so amazing and something I miss tremendously from the Pride days, not saying that fighters should fight more then once max twice in one night but there is not reason they can't space them out.
Also a really amazing line up of fighters, those that are not ranked in the top 10 right now are vets and have been earlier in their career so still deserve to be there.
I bet Arlovski is hoping for another crack at Fedor.
He better not even think about looking that far ahead. I'll be surprised if he gets past Kharitonov, let alone Josh Barnett in the next round.
I predict this will come down to Overeem V Fedor. I think that is a very hard fight to call but I am giving Fedor an edge because he has a huge speed advantage over The Reem. Remember, styles make fights kids. Rogers gave Fedor more trouble that he gave Overeem but that is because he style is to bully and Overeem is too big for that. Overeem has a very technical style so I think he will be less of a problem for Fedor in the cage. That said I would not put money on that fight. I am so glad Overeem is fighting Werdum first. That is also an interesting fight. II am calling Overeem in it but if the fight makes it to the ground I think Werdum will submit him. Overeem has a good ground game but not as good as Werdum's.
He's got the best stand-up and has an awesome ground game
If anybody it would be one of these 2 fighters, Fedor and Reem. God man that is a tough one to call, do i dont know
*so
Hopeful to see more Reem episodes to document this.
OVEREEM VS FEDOR!!!!!!! epic
If this all goes ahead it will be massive for strikeforce.
AWSOME :)
finally some old fashion hw mayhem :)
If fedor can get that hunger back to really want to fight and be the best I think fedor will whole thing. If his heart is not in it, it could be the end, of a true great.
so if fedor wins this because thats who i decided to go for. no one can talk shit to him again yeah?
Barnett is SOO underrated... I suspect a big surprise from Josh...
If Overroid doesnt win this......lets just say it will be fun around here.
I believe no one is going to match Overeem power. You can say he's juiced or its the horse meat. The guy knocking people on their behinds. And he's smiling the whole time.
I think most fans are overlooking the fact that Werdum already has a win over Overeem and Fedor. It was a few years ago and the reem has looked much improved particularly his striking game and strength, but as much as you are praying for Fedor - Overeem there's no guarantee either will progress.
Going on past records Werdum should be favourite!!!
I do hope we get to see Fedor - Overeem though. There is no HW match up the UFC can do to match it.
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