Alistair Overeem vs. Ricco Rodriguez at DREAM. 15

I hope it happens, and shut up capt....Ricco is awesome, in shape and finishing fights. He's only been finished twice in his career. He's never been a pushover, especially on 10 days notice. or an easy opponent for anybody, not even when he was out of shape

http://mmajunkie.com/news/19755/trainer-overeem-out-of-dream-15-fight-with-rodriguez-dream-future-uncertain.mma

It's official, Reem is off the card.

The UFC should really give Ricco a look

Wasn't he down close to 205 range? Reem will seem like Brock, especially since he can get back on his cycle.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

I think it makes a lot of sense. Overeem needs to be facing quality opposition, and Ricco represents that. Brett Rogers, Ricco and then Werdum would be such an upgrade over Josh Thompson and Fujitas corpse.

I didn't post that stat captain. Kings did. There are several lesser users here who might neg you for something like that.

Ricco needs to go to the UFC or Strikeforce imo. Other options would be the Dream LHW tournament or the Bellator HW tournament.

ha ha. Whoops.

Ricco at 205 in sf makes sense.

The UFC would be a big jump from his current level of opposition

The only logical reason that Rodriguez was ever out of the big orgs like UFC or national ones like SF, XC, Affliction, etc. had to be because of his weight, because he's never truly hit a real bad patch..even when he was out of shape he was pushing people to the limit and winning more often than not. The only loss in his career of the WTF variety is to Robert Beraun fella in 2006.

Now that he's back in shape, there is no reason that he should not be fighting 205 in UFC or SF.

He could try his hand as a small HW. I want to see some of these huge wrestlers fight some top "crusierweights" with wrestling.