Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva: Alistair Overeem showed me the way
Posted on June 23, 2011, 06:09 PM by Joey Santosus"All fighters have weak and strong points, not only him. Every single one of us. We’re human beings. And I’ll tell you something: he showed me the way. I’ll get ready to do a good fight. Now I have to train just like I did for Fedor, or more. Because in case I train less than that, I won’t feel confident. The difference is that I won’t let Overeem rest for even a second, I’ll impose my game. Of course I’ll respect him, since he’s extremely dangerous. I won’t make any mistake because, if you do so, he’ll knock you out. He’s a striker. But I’ll not worry about him. I’ll worry about me, with my trainings, my game plan and, with God’s blessing, everything will work out just fine. - For complete interview by Guilherme Cruz, visit Tatame.com
When the bracket was revealed for the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix, the buzz appeared to be centered on who Fedor Emelianenko would meet in the semifinals, not if, but when he defeated Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva. The Brazilian, of course, had other plans, however, and used his marked size advantage to overwhelm Emelianenko en-route to an upset TKO victory. Four months and one unusual main event later, Silva finds himself aligned for a shot at another big name this Fall, division Champion Alistair Overeem.
Last weekend's questionable effort aside, it is very likely that "Bigfoot" will once again find himself relegated to the underdog role when he meets the Dutchman later this year. According to him, however, his cage side seats at the American Airlines Center gave him more than just a clear view of Overeem's fight, they allowed him to see "the way." So what do you think LowKick'ers? Will Silva be able to topple the K-1 King? Or is he just an unlucky name on the wrong side of the bracket?
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I think I have big foot winning this fight. One of the main reason why Alistair beat Werdum and many other opponents is because of his size and strength. Bigfoot will be the biggest guy he has fought in a while. Yes Brett Rogers is big but doesn't have the same skill set as big foot and big foot is bigger. It's a fight and anything can happen but I think Big foot will over power Overeem and probably take him down and ground and pound him. Can't wait for this fight!
Big Foot is slow, and his striking is not anywhere close to Overeem's level. He damn near got KO'd by Mike Kyle. That does not bode well for him facing a bigger, more powerful and more technical striker than Kyle in Overeem.
Overeem will land a punch on that enormous jaw and end this fight in the first round.
In my humble opinion, I think BigFoot realized that he can neutralize Overeem's striking by making him worry about getting taken down from watching him fight Werdum. That's the huge difference between MMA and K-1.
The only people on your list that would even give Big Foot trouble are Cain, JDS, Mir and Barnet and I would bet on Big Foot on at leats two of those. As for Werdum, Big Foot was demolishing him in the first and gassed. His cardio is much better now. Overeem is a very good opponent for him.
That is hilarious.
It will take more than one big punch to finish Big Foot
Alistar striking is way superior but i do feel that Big Foot has a legit chance of winning, hes BJJ is really good and his bigger than Werdum
Its either Alistar getting his sh!t together and getting a late TKO
or Big Foot winning by Decision.
@Mousasi I heard that exact same argument almost word for word before he fought Fedor. Im picking Big Foot to win those whole tournament.
I signed up just so I could reply to this.. Did you not see the werdum vs overeem fight?! Werdum was beating him to the punch in the stand up! sure there were times where overeem was dominating stand up but IMO werdum was landing WAY cleaner shots. Overeem was knocked out by liddell and shogun at LHW, if bigfoot lands half the amount of shots that werdum did on his chin, hes going to out by TKO.
Overeem can jab himself with juice all he wants, wont change his chin.
Bigfoot slow? Have you even watched fight before?
Great he was fighting good competition at a young age but i'm not sure how that changes his chin?
If Overoid shows up like he did against Werdum, hesitant on letting his hands go & leaving his chin out, and Silva shows up like he did against Fedor, Bigfoot will find a home for his hands and Overoid will quit.
allistar is a different fighter when you put pressure on him if bigfoot can turn this into a grappling match and wear down the reems questionable cardio then yes he can win. when allistar is hurt he looks for a way out all bigfoot has to do is give him the oppurtunity
Big Foot is the better transitional fighter, and appears to have better catdio. This fight is going to be about who is the agressor. Reem looked bad against Werdum because he basically let him dictate the fight, whereas against Rogers he pressed forward and took control from the get go.
Reem will come in and dominate Silva via a complete one sided ass whooping. Bigfoot looked questionable against Fedor, a much smaller man. The doctor had to stop that fight, Bigfoot couldn't do it himself.
how in the world did Big Foot look questionable against Fedor???
I would rather have wanted Fedor to continue fighting and end it on his own terms than be saved by a doctor. To have someone else tell you that you can not fight anymore, or you lost all hope on beating your opponent is just insulting.
And I am sure Fedor was not very happy with it.
Fedor has never been KO/TKO he has cement head. Silva in the second round complete kill Fedor, so you wait and see the kind of war this is going to be, Silva wil dominate must of the HW out there he is not only big but he is a skill fighter...
Yes, Overoid won the K-1 tournament, but what people do not seem to realize is that in K-1 you do not have the fear of being taken down.
It was shown on the Werdum fight that when takedowns are available, Overoid can not let his hands go. I mean, he got out struck by a fighter not known for his stand-up (Werdum).
He always has this problem on BJJ expert (which Bigfoot is one). So unless he does something to change it, I do now see him fully utilizing his stand-up.
I think this was the weakness Bigfoot saw. If Bigfoot uses fake or attempts takedowns, this will cause Overoid to be more aware of it and will not be able to use his stand up better.
Also, getting big, I think, is one of the mistakes Overoid made. Because, of those huge muscle he became a bit slower. For a fighter that is known for his explosive striking, huge muscles does not technically mean it is better.
Once the muscle is there, speed and cardio can be added. I am not saying he will do it but it can be done. Big muscles do not have to mean bad cardio.
I said "Technically not better" not totally bad. But, unless he does something towards it (which he did not on his fight with Werdum) he will not be as explosive as he was.
Even less when he has to worry on the takedowns.
Big Foot will give Overeem the competitive fight that Werdum should have (and was capable) of bringing. If he had tightened up his stand up and and not flopped to the ground so much, that would of been a great fight imo. Big Foot will not make the same mistake.
I don't understand the upset about Overeem having a bad fight.This just was not the best matchup for him.Werdum killed the fight in the first round allready,by getting down on the canvas and asking overeem to go missionary on him.Very Gay.Anyway,Overeem stopped almost every "takedown" attempt and kept it standing.I think bigfoot will be a better matchup,cause he has good striking abilities as well.He will probably put the pressure on Allistair.I think this is going to be a great fight,and i'm allready looking forward to it.I say Overeem will eventually come out on top and win by KO second round......:]
Werdum was getting killed by BF in the first. BF lost because of cardio not because Werdum was better. His cardio is improved now and he would destroy Werdum in a rematch. You have no argument.
after seeing how overeem reacts to getting hit and watching his older fights were he got tko'd, i realized that overeem has not changed much at all. if bigfoot constantly pressures overeem with take downs and striking, i think he could tko rerem in the second round.
finally, someone who has looked at the facts.
Yeah, he is so telegraphed that he out boxed Arlovski for three rounds. Arlovski may have no chin left but he is one of the best boxers in MMA. Going three rounds with him and beating him at his own game is more impressive than knocking him out.
'the way'? get off it, you can't just watch 1 fight cageside and know how to beat someone, everyone who's ever fought him has said that
i hope bigfoots 'the way' is better than werdums 'suprise'