V Overeem out.

this blows.


Overeem off Strikeforce. Silva with no opponent.


Posted by Wolfgangsta




Fresh of the news that the card lost it's freakshow attraction, MMA Weekly has reported that Valentijn Overeem is out of his bout with former EliteXC HW champion Antonio Silva. There doesn't appear to be a solid opponent who can step in with just a week to prepare for the event.

The card now looks like this -

Main Bouts (On Showtime):
-Dan Henderson (25- vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral (36-
-Matt Lindland (22-7) vs. Robbie Lawler (17-6)
-Scott Smith (17-7) vs. Paul Daley (25-9-2)
-Antonio Silva (14-2) vs. Valentijn Overeem TBA

Preliminary Bouts (Non-Televised):
-Lee Brousseau (7-2) vs. Mike Glenn (6-4)
-Ben Brown (1-0) vs. J.W. Wright (0-0)


Perhaps they can get someone in their deep HW roster to step up, but that seems unlikely, as Antonio Silva is one of the most ducked HW's in the sport. Well... if worst comes to worst there is always Scott Carson right?

Stay tuned to Ninjasplace as this story unfolds.

Posted already. Capt did you see this was posted in the blog section? Do you not even look at the main page when you come here?

I imagine a lot of people bypass the home page and missed what we've been doing.

Capt I hope you don't mind me posting the story we ran and not the mma weekly version in your comment. Pluggin our own blog I guess.

This murks up the title picture for SF as they wanted to parlay this fight into a title fight down the line ala CC vs Alexander Emelianenko.

I was not necessarily pumped for this bout, but this really depletes the main card.

no big deal on reposting, and your right, I didn't even know there was a "home page"

Maybe I'll check it out, but I think u guys should post any news covered in your blogs, on the forum.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

I was not necessarily pumped for this bout, but this really depletes the main card.

I was kind of excited, if only to see a Silva in a showcase fight. And yeah the card is looking pretty soft without this fight.

Jesus you didn't know it even existed. LOL. No wonder.

I was very excited. I was hoping Silva brutalized him, enraging Overeem. I just wanted to see the man fight as I think he is one of the brightest HW's in the world.

Somebody get Chad Griggs on da phone.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

I was very excited. I was hoping Silva brutalized him, enraging Overeem. I just wanted to see the man fight as I think he is one of the brightest HW's in the world.

The lone big time SF HWY who wants to get in there with the other top guys.

Fedor does too, but he wants Werdum and then off to the UFC I believe. Overall though, Silva is the guy who is really just looking to fight.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Fedor does too, but he wants Werdum and then off to the UFC I believe. Overall though, Silva is the guy who is really just looking to fight.

eh, Fedor fighting once in 2010 does not do well to back up your claim.

Wasn't he injured in the first part of the year? Didn't Werdum duck him in the last part of the year?

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Wasn't he injured in the first part of the year? Didn't Werdum duck him in the last part of the year?

Injured? No, M1 was trying to renegotiate in the 1st part of the year, which nixed the Fedor vs Reem fight.

It is Werdum who has a legit injury excuse.

He broke his hand on Brett Rogers.

Yeah, a broken hand kept Fedor out atleast the first 3 months of 2010, then the whole M-1 fiasco set him back a couple more months. Now he's been holding out for Werdum and it looks like he won't get him, which is smart for Strikeforce. Definetly too much buffering, i felt Fedor should have been matched up with Bigfoot or Barnett by Decemeber but the best chance we have of seeing Fedor fight a second fight this year is if he ends up on the FEG NYE card fighting a gimmie.

captain organic wrote:

Main Bouts (On Showtime):
-Dan Henderson (25- vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral (36-
-Matt Lindland (22-7) vs. Robbie Lawler (17-6)
-Scott Smith (17-7) vs. Paul Daley (25-9-2)
-Antonio Silva (14-2) vs. Valentijn Overeem TBA

I wanted to see Silva fight, but these three fights are still enough to watch this over UFC.

GDPofDRC wrote:

captain organic wrote:

Main Bouts (On Showtime):
-Dan Henderson (25- vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral (36-
-Matt Lindland (22-7) vs. Robbie Lawler (17-6)
-Scott Smith (17-7) vs. Paul Daley (25-9-2)
-Antonio Silva (14-2) vs. Valentijn Overeem TBA

I wanted to see Silva fight, but these three fights are still enough to watch this over UFC.

it was the least intresting and pointless fight on the card