Brock Lesnar vs Alistair Overeem Dec 30th

GDPbook:
Overeem -180
Lesnar +165

GDPofDRC wrote:

GDPbook:
Overeem -180
Lesnar +165

I would take 200 on Brock!

Neither guy is a slow starter but I just feel like both these guys will be real cautious in the first round and really getting started toward the end of the first that's why I think this will get to the beginning of the 3rd. I don't think Reems cardio will be a problem when he's spending his time on his feet taking Brock to standup school, if he spend a couple rounds with Brock on top of him then I agree.

Brock is gonna walk into a fist, maybe even get tossed if he rushes too wild, but eventually he succumbs to strikes.

MMAEYES wrote:

Neither guy is a slow starter but I just feel like both these guys will be real cautious in the first round and really getting started toward the end of the first that's why I think this will get to the beginning of the 3rd. I don't think Reems cardio will be a problem when he's spending his time on his feet taking Brock to standup school, if he spend a couple rounds with Brock on top of him then I agree.

Im not sure Brock knows how to be cautious.

MMAEYES wrote:

Neither guy is a slow starter but I just feel like both these guys will be real cautious in the first round and really getting started toward the end of the first that's why I think this will get to the beginning of the 3rd. I don't think Reems cardio will be a problem when he's spending his time on his feet taking Brock to standup school, if he spend a couple rounds with Brock on top of him then I agree.

He didn't spend time on the ground with Werdum and he still looked really winded in that 2nd round. Granted he was throwing him off a lot when Werdum kept flopping to the ground, but it still wasn't that much exertion

Overeem is a hulk but it is interesting that we haven't seen him against a real wrestler at any point. This will be really interesting

A full weekend of Partying? Are you guys kidding? This is going to ROCK!

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/9/6/2408595/ufc-brock-lesnar-vs-alistair-overeem-betting-odds-up

I guess I forgot that GDPbook is a non-profit organization

Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem Betting Odds Up



by Mike Fagan on Sep 6, 2011 4:28 PM EDT


in UFC Gambling




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about 1 year ago:
LAS VEGAS - JULY 03: Brock Lesnar reacts after his second round
submission victory against Shane Carwin to win the UFC Heavyweight
Championship Unification bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on July 3
2010 in Las Vegas Nevada. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via
Getty Images)

The fight announcement is hardly an hour old, and Bodog already has
a line up for the December 30 clash between former UFC champion Brock Lesnar and former Strikeforce champion Alistair Overeem. Bodog has Lesnar and Overeem as a pick'em, and you'll need to lay -115 on either side to account for the vig.

Given concerns about how Lesnar reacts to getting punched in the face, I expect the early action to come in on Overeem.

Lesnar is returning from his latest bout with diverticulitis. When he
steps into the cage with Overeem, he'll have been out of action for
fourteen months. Lesnar last fought Cain Velasquez at UFC 121, dropping his heavyweight title after in the first round by TKO.

Overeem defeated Fabricio Werdum
by unanimous decision in the opening round of the Strikeforce
Heavyweight Grand Prix. The bout was largely uninspired, and, after
turning down a date in September with Antonio Silva, Overeem was dropped from the tournament and released from Strikeforce.



[Update] Bookmaker opened their line at Overeem -135, Lesnar 105.

I have already scheduled a party at my house! It is going to be Epic!

Pretty close odds.

well brock can take a punch and has a good chin, still, he doesnt know how to react to a punch. i see this looking like the carwin fight only who knows, maybe overeem will pace himself and finish brock properly. Still,if brock lands as many punches as werdum landed on overeem alistair can be in a world of hurt for brock does have power behind his punches. Fight could go eitherway imo. Both will come out agressive. Overeem can dominate brock and put him away easily in one round but just like that brock can land a punch like the one that made heath roll and put overeems lights out. Should be interesting

Yeah this fight should be very close with some1 getting finished.

i can almost guarantee this fight never sees the 3rd round

should be an awesome fight tho, and a great test for Overeem

Dont expect Brock to bullrush Overeem like he did Cain. Expect Overeem to remain stationary, and only look to land bombs, like he did against Werdum. This could be Brocks first boring fight.

It's usually the Brock's opponents that have made the fights interesting, or they aren't at all.

GDPofDRC wrote:

It's usually the Brock's opponents that have made the fights interesting, or they aren't at all.

You cannot say Brock is not entertaining.

jewzilla wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

It's usually the Brock's opponents that have made the fights interesting, or they aren't at all.

You cannot say Brock is not entertaining.

Brock as a MMA fighter is not all that entertaining.

bobbitt15 wrote:

I guess it shouldn't be that far-fetched since Brock may not have that much time left, but I really thought he would get a fight that was pretty clearly in his favor so they could definitely get another title fight out of him

Brock has always had to take tough fights since signing with Zuffa. I was hoping he would get an easier guy first fight back.

I like how they mentioned Overeem coming off a UD win against Takedown artist Faricio Werdum. Really?

Werdum is a BJJ artist who may have an okay TD but nowhere near the level of Brocks TD's.

Brock won't be dumb enough to stand with Reem or this fight won't make it out of the first round. He better get it to the ground and lay n pray if he wants a win. If Brock KO's Reem I will quit MMA!

Dumb! Lesnar needs a tune up!

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Dumb! Lesnar needs a tune up!

This fight will sell son!

Reem by KO

Going to blast away Brock

I will say that Brock is a beast for stepping up and fighting Uberknee in his first fight back

Damn, dis be shocking.