Junior dos Santos says Overeem fight will come down to "who hits the other first"
Posted on February 11, 2012, 11:33 AM by Joey Santosus
"Overeem is really a tough, dangerous, heavy and really strong guy. I see him as a good challenge. Probably he’s accepting the stand-up fight. To me, it can go to the floor or on our feet. He’s very dangerous, but I gotta use my speed. I really believe in me, I’m always confident about my attitudes. I guess one of the secrets is: believing in yourself is half way. I really believe I can beat him. And as any fight, I’ll get there to knock him out. It won’t be different this time, I’m going there to knock him out.
I really believe my stand-up. I believe i can knock anyone out doing the right work. He’s as dangerous as me on the stand-up, there’s a reason why he became the champion at K-1. It’ll be a hard fight, it’s going to come down to who hits the other first. The impact of a heavyweight punch can knock anyone out in a second." - For complete interview with Junior dos Santos, visit Tatame.com
Junior dos Santos needed just 64-seconds to separate Cain Velasquez from consciousness, and Alistair Overeem will be no different.
That's according to the UFC Heavyweight Champion himself, who says that his showdown with fellow power-striker, Overeem, is likely to come down to who lands the first shot. Unbeaten inside the octagon, 10 of the Brazilian's 14 professional victories have come by way of knockout, including five first-round stoppages in the UFC. Overeem, meanwhile, heads into the bout fresh off his destruction of Brock Lensar at UFC 141. A former Strikeforce and K-1 champ, the TKO brings his knockout tally to 15, with an additional seven while competing in kickboxing.
With a total of 25 unconscious opponents between them, the UFC 146 title clash will be contested by, arguably, the two best strikers in MMA's Heavyweight history. So, what do you think LowKick'ers? Is JDS on point with his prediction? And if so, who touches the other's chin first?
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That's the people's champ right there. Ortiz is a damn liar!!
Ortiz is a HAS-BEEN I hope Forrest finally retires his ass
Too right !
This is so typical of Tito trying to market himself.....The peoples champ is what the fans decide. Not some has been who broke ranks with UFc and acted like a punk for so many years.
Ortiz olny said he is the peoples champ...
Ortiz only reality is that he is washed up in the UFC....
I am a Overeem fan, but I got the same feeling as I did with Cain, JDS by knockout.
This is the biggest fight in the history of the Heavyweight
division since Fedor vs Cro Cop!
This is the clash of the titans! and who ever
comes out victorious is going to be the
Best Fighter on the Planet!!
I think Dos Santos can knock Overeem out because Overeem doesn't have a strong chin, he has been KO'd quite a few tmes. I do believe that if Overeem hits Dos Santos with a clean shot before he gets hit, he'll knock him out. Overeem should use kicks and knees instead of trying to have a boxing match with dos santos.
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In his last three fights he defeated an iron chin Nelson who enjoys bleeding, next was a post neck surgery, depleted non-roided up Carwin & in his last fight was a ring rusted Cain & the early safe prime time Fox Channel 2 stoppage..................I'm not biting on dude just yet.
He doesn't need to have a weak chin, if his head is made out of anything but whatever Roy Nelson's is made of dos Santos can put him out with a punch..
Roy's head is made of the same stuff as the "black box" on airplanes.
I think that he is a mythical beast, the body of an obese forty-five year old and the head of a buffalo.
I think the reem has not faced an elite striker in a long time, JDS will expose his chin. war 1st round KO
K-1 GRAND PRIX CHAMPION!! =ELITE STRIKERS!!
you fail to mention the fact that while he may be the k-1 champ he hasn't defended any of the belts he's won
You fail at being in this argument. I disagree with "rottenpunch" saying that Reem hasn't faced an elite striker in a long time. And by the way.... He holds the current K-1 belt and has defended his Strikeforce belt, not that has anything to do with this.
Just type a damn opinion man and don't be so derogatory for no reason.........
Sorry sweetheart
i think this is a great fight and is very competitive i also really like jds very nice guy but begs the question how can somebody so nice be that dangerous
Give Santos a million dollars to knock someone out and watch how nice he becomes..
This is just a sport about paying dudes to create shock, pain and excitement for the fans. Forget about the health of opponents Dana doesn;t give a shit. As long as he can make millions he doesn;t give a shit whose arms gets broken , whose orbital bone gets smahed, whose groin gets kicked in, whose teeth get knocked out, or who lies semi conscious in the hospital waiting for a CT scan. But in Dana's defence, these guys can sit back on the lounge chair drinking BUD light. Noone forces them in the ring
cant wait to see the fight, i think its gonna be a good one but overeem does have the edge with a wider range of sticking skills and the experience and muscle, they have both proven to gas in the later rounds so cardio will not be a factor i dont think, we still havent seen jds on the ground yet be we do know overeem is a beast off his back
and contrary to what people on here say, muscle does increase the strength of your chin seeing how it helps to keep it from torquing so much
true...but with size, comes more power in your punch!
Heavy weight division is rarely technical but when guys this size start throwing you know its not going to go the distance! which is why most ppl are always excited by the HW`s any clean shot by a decent HW is more than likely going to be a fight ending one!
strengthening your neck helps to a degree. it absorbs the shock somewhat. I do agree that reem has the advantage but will always have a weak chin against whoever he fights.
I think the difference here will be Dos Santos' speed. They are both lethal strikers who both possess one punch KO power. Overeem has been KO'd in the past but not for a long time now but Dos Santos has never been KO'd or even stopped, he's only had one loss and that was a submission loss. Overeem could use his powerful leg kicks to slow Dos Santos down because if he doesn't fins a way to slow him down i think that will ultimately cost him the fight. Though they are both proven strikers Dos Santos clearly has the better, more 'pure', boxing technique and with his speed i think he is likely to connect first. It's still a very hard fight to predict though and i'd like Overeem to win really, even though i like Dos Santos too, but i'm not very confident he will. This fight is a proper clash of the titans and i can not wait for this one, whoever takes it........
I think the difference will be defense. Who has the best avoidance of the bomb.
JDS by too quick and too damn good of a boxer.
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Overeem is slow...if he cant corner JDS to use his knees he will lose bad....and we know it is not easy to corner the champ so.....JDS KO within 2 minutes.
Everybody thought Ubereem would be taken down by Brock and now evrybody is saying he'll get K.O'd.But is there not the possibility of Overeem taking JDS down and give him some vicious G&P,or deliver some of the hardest knees JDS has ever had.Also JDS hasn't fought the caliber of the Reem.I say Allistair is gonna be the new HW champion.
Can't wait
If someone is going to beat JDS soon, that someone is Cain Velasquez on a rematch... That minute only prove how fast JDS can end fights... Beside even Werdum was beaten Allistair on the striking battle... JDS will put Horseface to sleep.