Fedor Emelianenko-Alistair Overeem in Dream? Promoter Says He Hopes So
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10/26/2009 6:55 PM ET By Michael David Smith
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A heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Alistair Overeem is increasingly looking like it will be one of the big MMA fights of 2010. The question is whether it will happen in the United States in the Strikeforce cage, or in Japan in the Dream ring -- and Dream Event Producer Keiichi Sasahara says he's hoping to get the deal done in his promotion.
Overeem, the Strikeforce heavyweight champion, called out Fedor on Sunday and said he'd be willing to fight him in either Dream or Strikeforce, but would prefer Dream. When Sasahara was told about Overeem's desire to fight Fedor, he said he was excited about the possibility of it.
"That would be great," Sasahara said. "That's a fight I really want to see. ... It's not an easy fight to get together but it's a fight I would like to see. I'll do what I can to make it happen in the near future."
Both Overeem and Fedor have other items on their to-do lists before they can fight each other: Fedor is fighting Brett Rogers in the Strikeforce/M-1 Global show on CBS November 7, and Overeem is fighting in the K-1 World Grand Prix Final December 5. But Overeem says he'll be ready to fight Fedor in April of 2010, and Fedor, assuming all goes well against Rogers, is likely to fight again in the spring. So Overeem-Fedor is a fight that would make a lot of sense in the next six months.
But would it happen in Dream or Strikeforce? The two promotions have a partnership, and both are open to co-promoting with Fedor's promotion, M-1 Global, so determining a venue for the fight won't be a battle among competing promotions so much as it will be a group of business partners deciding where they can make the most money.
I still think there's more money to be made with this fight in the U.S. than there is in Japan, and I think Strikeforce is more likely to land the bout than Dream is. But that could change in the coming weeks: If Fedor vs. Rogers delivers disappointing TV ratings, and if Overeem does well in the K-1 World Grand Prix, they might decide that there's more of an audience for Overeem vs. Fedor in Japan.
Either way, if all goes well, the fight will happen in the spring of 2010. It should be great.
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Who will Fedor fight when he k.o.s rogers and overeem?? In strikeforce anyway..
The fights that make the most sense for Fedor in Strikeforce are obviously Rogers, Overeem and then either Werdum or Big Foot Silva. I could also see Bobby Lashley even though it wouldn't be very competitive.
Once Fedor gets knocked out by Rogers, Overeem will come to the UFC to face the real champ, Carwin!
Like I said other than Rogers & Overeem it's really only Werdum or Big Foot Silva. A long shot would be Bobby Lashley. Just ignore the other exp guy because he is still all butt hurt over the Machida decision so he is taking that angst out on Fedor.
Hey StrikeFarce fan boy. Now you are anti first amendment too? What's next? Fedor WILL be knocked out against Rogers or I'll never visit this site again. Who cares about Machida. Silva is the king of kigns.
What does the 1st amendment have to do with anything? Man you are so stupid it's not even funny. In case you didn't notice this is a blog and there are terms and conditions. If the moderators want to ban you for anything the first amendment doesn't do you any good. In fact, if the first amendment had any relevance I'd be exercising it when I called you out on your hyperbole.
You obviously care about Machida because you are all butt hurt over it and somehow that means something about Fedor. You made a lot of stupid connections about racism, Fedor and Pride fans. It's hard to keep it all straight because it's so absurd and retarded. Then you made a link about Republicans that didn't make any sense. I think you are just confused about life in general.
Anyway ... the guy asked an honest question and you used that as your soap box to bash this perceived pro-Fedor / anti-Machida dichotomy you created in your head. So, I answered the question with a sensible answer.
I've said for a while now that Fedor and Silva are interchangeable as the top 2 P4P fighters in the game. Even Anderson says Fedor is #1 as does GSP and Penn and just about every other fighter in MMA ... you know the guys who actually fight who's opinions matter most. Machida is in that next tier along with GSP and then in that next tier are guys like Mousasi and Bj Penn and on and on it goes. Not sure why I'm explaining this to you since you'll likely say something equally as stupid as the drivel you've spit the last few days. Carry on with the stupid festival.
Overeem called out Fedor? Easy to do when Overeem friggin' never fights. He's just pissed because he didn't have the guts to take on Rogers before Fedor did and vice versa, and everybody's looking at this as the unofficial championship.
he wants to fight him in japan so overeem can stay roided up
i hope not.
maybe there's more money for him in japan...
very curious myself.
have either of them fight lesnar