Reem vs Lesnar officially for no.1 contender

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As expected next month's UFC 141 headliner between former UFC
heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar (5-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and incoming
ex-Strikeforce titleholder Alistair Overeem (35-11 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will
determine a No. 1 contender.

UFC officials today formally announced the stakes of the five-round non-title fight.

As today's press release stated, "The winner will be crowned the No. 1 contender and earn a title shot in the new year."

UFC 141 takes place Dec. 30 as a rare Friday-night UFC card at the MGM
Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view, and
prelims will stream on Facebook and air on Spike TV.

The Lesnar-Overeem victor meets the winner of Saturday's UFC on FOX
headliner between current UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and
top contender Junior Dos Santos.

Lesnar hasn't competed since an October 2010 title loss to Velasquez. A
second bout with diverticulitis scratched a planned summer contest with
fellow "The Ultimate Fighter 13" coach Dos Santos. The former WWE star's
inactivity led some MMA pundits to speculate that a retirement
announcement was in the works, but White quickly branded the speculation
as "ridiculous."

Overeem, of course, was released from Strikeforce in late July following
a conflict with UFC and Strikeforce officials regarding his ability to
compete in a Sept. 10 bout with Antonio Silva. He ultimately signed with
the UFC when the situation was resolved.

Overeem carries a 10-fight win streak going back more than four years.
In addition to his title run in Strikeforce, he picked up an interim
DREAM heavyweight belt in December 2010 and a K-1 world-grand-prix
kickboxing title three weeks prior. Recent victories have come over the
likes of Brett Rogers, Todd Duffee and Fabricio Werdum.

No wayyy

KingsOwn19 wrote:

No wayyy

LOL thats what I was thinking

So that means we can expect Ubereem vs. Cigano some time spring 2012 then

after watching reems last fight and tonight, i wouldnt be surprised lesnar landing putting overeem to sleep like so many others have in the past

i would still be pretty surprised if Lesnar knocked anybody out standing

Ali wrote:

So that means we can expect Ubereem vs. Cigano some time spring 2012 then

.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

i would still be pretty surprised if Lesnar knocked anybody out standing

well he dropped randy but then again randy has a great chin compared to reems. the punch that lesnar landed on randy could ko reem. as someone else said, the punch that landed on vitor/franklin,lesnar/randy,shogun/machida and several others

Great chin and Randy Couture in the same sentence.........

KingsOwn19 wrote:

i would still be pretty surprised if Lesnar knocked anybody out standing

+1

it ain't gonna happen son!

Ali wrote:

Great chin and Randy Couture in the same sentence.........

in his entire career, how many people and who have stopped randy when he was in top of whatever division he was fighting in?

Ali wrote:

Great chin and Randy Couture in the same sentence.........

At 1 time.

Well Lesnar's overhand right to Herring is still memorable, but KOing Overeem standing? I don't see it. On the ground? I see it all day long.

Video of todays UFC 141 Presser

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