Overeem “I could end up in the UFC”, confirms he will fight at Dynamite

Published on: 18th December, 2008

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Overeem UFC bound?

Alistair Overeem may not be fighting Mirko Cro Cop at Fields Dynamite, but he is rumored to be facing off against another former Pride FC fighter in Sergei Kharitonov. No official word has been released as of yet, but it appears likely. While he has made a home in Japan with Dream and FEG, Overeem says he may “end up in the UFC” in the near future.

Dream Fighters caught up with Overeem in a new interview and asked him about his statements on UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar.

: Overeem wants to fight Fedor on NYE

“I will fight on NYE in japan, big surpirse against who and what rules, you will see. I could end up in the UFC, my management is responsible for that. I like to fight lesnar after i perform well this year , i want to take on Fedor for new years Evening 2009.”

Overeem’s plans may be set for the future, but he did also confirm he is fighting on New Year’s Eve at Fields Dynamite, but also said we may be surprised at what rules he fights under.

“I will fight on NYE in japan, big surpirse against who and what rules, you will see. I could end up in the UFC, my management is responsible for that.”

Overeem may not surprise too many people if he winds up fighting Sergei or another opponent under K-1 rules. Dream Middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi and Mirko Cro Cop are both set to fight under K-1 rules on New Year’s Eve as well. As far as going to the UFC, Overeem would be a great addition to their Heavyweight division.

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Fedor is legend says:

December 18, 2008 at 12:39 pm (Quote)

Overeem would get killed by Fedor thats not even a challenge for him, he should stick to fighting guys on the decline

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Gogo-13 says:

December 18, 2008 at 12:40 pm (Quote)

He is the king of bad cardio and no take down defense he would get Pwned in the Ufc Hw division by atleast 10 fighters I can think of off of the top of my head

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powz says:

December 19, 2008 at 12:35 pm (Quote)

Overeem is huge now.gogo not to sure about that now maybe when he was in pride but the roids have done there job for him.the fight between him and cro-cop was awsome he was kicking the crap out of cro-cop b4 the nut blow.he lookes pretty awsome and i think he could do very well in the ufc.

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- Nemesis says:
  
  December 19, 2008 at 1:21 pm (Quote)
  
  @powz, he beat CC I dont care how Dream tried to spin it he did a dirty job but CC didnt even want to fight he just held on overeem like they were dancing
  
  The CC we once knew is now dead
  
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  - Stockton209 says:
    
    December 19, 2008 at 4:37 pm (Quote)
    
    @Nemesis, CC had no chance in hell to beat Overeem he is just lucky he didn’t leave the ring with a L.
    
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