Alistair Overeem officially applies for fighter's license in state of Nevada
Posted on April 9, 2012, 08:26 AM by Anton GurevichAccording to report on MMAMania.com, current #1 contender for the UFC Heavyweight title, Alistair Overeem, has officially applied for a fighter's license in Nevada. This means Overeem will appear before the Nevada State Athletic Commission on April 24th, trying to explain his failed drug test at last month's UFC 146 pre-fight press conference.
In light of Dana White's recent statements about still having Cain Velasquez vs. Frank Mir on the card, it seems like the UFC have their "Plan B" ready, if NSAC decides to reject Alistair Overeem's application. Fabricio Werdum and Mark Hunt are the main contenders for a shot at Junior dos Santos' belt, with fans still rooting on Twitter (#RallyForMarkHunt) for the thirty-eight year old Super Samoan.
UFC color commentator Joe Rogan recently shared his thoughts about the possibility of JDS vs. Mark Hunt title fight at UFC 146, claiming that stylistically Hunt could be the most exciting match-up for the Brazilian.
Mark Hunt is one of the most decorated strikers currently competing in Mixed Martial Arts. The New Zealander holds a professional kickboxing record of 30 victories and 13 losses, with 13 KO/TKO finishes. Hunt has victories over legendary fighters such as Jerome Le Banner, Stefan Leko, Francisco Filho, and Peter Graham, with K-1 2001 WGP Championship as his biggest accomplishment.
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Is there any real posibility for Alistair Overeem to fight at UFC 146?
I hope so.
I actually dont care if he is juiced up, it is not like if it was a surprise. LOL
We all knew for many years that he takes Roids, same for Carwin, Lesnar ,Dufeee etc... Its very common to use PED in fighting sports especially in the HW division.
My old Grappling trainer was fighting at welter weight and was probably juiced up as well, this is a Normal thing.
JDS also knew fro mthe beginin that Alistair was juiced up , but still agreed to fight him.
Cause if JDS is the most skilled fighter , one or two injections in Alistair's butt wont change anything.
So give the fight to the fans.
Overeem actually puts more pressure on himself by doing that ,cause if he lose people will say "even if he took roids ,he lost" and he will say to himself :"despite all the juice ,I lost"
Yes there is. He was not under license when he had to take the test and levels can boost if he were on TRT and then they cut in half in a day or two. So they have no proof he would have showed up to the fight with a high ratio. It's a loophole but it's true and it's a very solid excuse.
I thought it could not be over 6
10? Where you getting "tested 10" from?
its funny how when nick diaz test positive for a marijuana matilbolite or some shit hes out for awhile, while overeem test 14:1 and is obviously taking some sort of PED he still has a chance to fight? hahaha ridiculous goes to show you how corrupt these commissions really are dont be surprised to see the JDS vs Reem actually happen im sure Dana's paying the commission a large amount of cash to ensure it does
Yes there is, if they suddenly turn about face and allow steroids.
My opinion: No F'ing way.
Ban that juiced up gorilla.
i agree your mom should no longer be allowed to compete
Sure, but after he slugs it out with JDS, pleeeeeasseee
I'd be happier if reem vs JDS happens. Reem still wont have a chance in hell to win this fight.
If they let him fight and he doesn't come up with a good reason for testing so high on the first test then the UFC is going to start walking done a very dark path, hopefully if they do tread it they don't stay there long.
We need MMA legitemacy. the Pride days, while fun, are over.
It's time to go mainstream.
I agree with the ”dark path” assessment. This is beyond repair in my opinion. What if he fights and wins?
I don't really see that it matters. I do honestly think that roiding should be illegal because it is very unhealthy both physically and mentally BUT while strength and size are advantages they do not make up for skill. Overeem probably is juicing but it is just for size. When you get down to it he wins because he is highly skilled. His opponents have not been as skilled as he is. If JDS is more skilled then he will win. If he is not Overeem will win. In the end the better fighter will win.
Size and strength do not make up for skill.
When a bigger fighter lacks the skill the smaller skilled fighter will likely win.
It becomes a problem when two highly skilled fighters meet but oen has a size advantage which tips the scales. Fedor vs. Big Foot is an example.
In this case they are both elite strikers, good wrestling (defense anyway) and Reem has a good submission game. ONly problem is if the fight continues, Reem is going to look huge compared to JDS, he looked just as big if not bigger than Lesnar.
THen we will probably have a fake champ (no Jon Jones jokes)
If Mark Hunt get's a title shot, as much as I like Hunt that is a ridiculous match up and Hunt is nowhere near deserving. It's Werdum or it's nothing. A rally is nice but c'mon, let's stay in reality.
Hunt got submitted by Sean Mcorkal enough said.
everybody loses in mma except fedor, o wait no i had it right the first time, EVERBODY loses in mma
Fedor NEVEr lost a MMA bout. He was just unlucky, (weak me)
How is this gonna work? He failed the test and now he's looking for a licence to fight!? He's obviously not gonna get it is he?
in all probability, no.
he'd need a pretty damn good excuse.
but it looks like he's taking the road of denial til the end, 'cos he doesn't wanna man up and admit he got busted
American law is run through loopholes.
This might be the case for this as well.
I know my opinion wont be well liked but if the UFC doesn't replace Overeem with Mir I dont want it to be Hunt. To me Hunt is not a good option at all and makes little to no sense. I say Werdum.
Get that shit out of here!!!! Hunt is the man!!!
Get out of here man !
i don't understand it either, 3 wins, 1 good win, against handpicked opponents, doesn't put you at the top.
people just love to re-tweet shit for the sake of it
Werdum got TKO'ed not too long ago! Quite honestly I dont see a worthy opponent for JDS at all. Reem vs JDS would have been perfect by all standards. In all probabilities that's history now.
ha I mean I think Hunt puts entertaining fights out there and I'll never say a UFC fighter has no chance of winning a fight but IMO 9 times out of 10 JDS runs through Hunt. Plus Hunts wins dont really mean that much to me his 3 past wins were again Tuscher or however the heck you spell his name who wasn't a contender then he beat Rothwell in a fight that was pretty entertaining but wasn't anything speical and then to me Kongo is the most overated fighter in the Heavyweight Divison so his 3 wins to me don't mean anything to me personally but hey my opinion means nothing, if they choose him because of this twitter campaign then atleast they are listening to fans.
What if Overeem is cleared to fight and wins?
ya know. thats a big what if that many of us wish upon, because its a fight we all wanna see, but you cannot deny, most have known it obviously over the years, and the rest have been in denial , that he is on some growth hormone. sucks, cuz i wanna see the fight as bad as any other but the time is now to admit, he is probably done in , and will see what he can do after the suspension, if he is anything without the PED's. At least Allistair always seems cool, unlike Chael , who is caught cheating , and is a shit talker, haha.