Fedor considering December fight with Bigfoot Silva

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I thought Ubereem was fighting him? Was that never official?

I thought he was also but I guess what fedor says goes LOL.

This is what Fedor/M-1 are considering. Over the past month what Strikeforce is thinking and doing is completely different than what M-1 is thinking.

I think it will be Overeem/Silva IMO.

Though i think Fedor vs. Bigfoot makes a lot of sense as well, and who knows...maybe they are lining up Barnett to fight Overeem.

Barnett vs Overeem would be interesting also.

bobbitt15 wrote:

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I thought Ubereem was fighting him? Was that never official?

I heard this 3 weeks ago. It was just worded different. Until it is set in stone, I call it rubbish!

Well, actually...this might be more likely than Overeem-Silva after this little quote...

In an interview this week, Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem hinted that if Strikeforce doesn't offer him Fabricio Werdum that he is going to fight in the World Grand Prix instead.

"Being Strikeforce champion, I will defend my belt. It depends if Werdum is available to fight. If not, I will think of entering the K-1 Grand Prix."



Overeem need not be a prick considering SF CAN'T offer Werdum to anybody right now.

I respect Overeem for wanting to fight werdum and not some scrub.

Bigfoot's not a scrub though.

hell...he gave Werdum a better fight than Fedor

Thats not what I mean though. Im just saying if Fedor fights Silva then Overeem is saying he dont want to fight some chump like Tank Abbott LOL.

Perfect scenario right now would be for SF to nab Barnett, stick him in against Overeem, and have Fedor vs Big Foot.

captain organic wrote:

Perfect scenario right now would be for SF to nab Barnett, stick him in against Overeem, and have Fedor vs Big Foot.

I would rather Fedor fight Barnett over Bigfoot.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

Well, actually...this might be more likely than Overeem-Silva after this little quote...

In an interview this week, Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem hinted that if Strikeforce doesn't offer him Fabricio Werdum that he is going to fight in the World Grand Prix instead.

"Being Strikeforce champion, I will defend my belt. It depends if Werdum is available to fight. If not, I will think of entering the K-1 Grand Prix."



Overeem need not be a prick considering SF CAN'T offer Werdum to anybody right now.

This. Overeem is playing hard to get again. Strikeforce is held hostage by their HW division. It's especially sad because this division is pretty good right now. You have Fedor, Werdum, Overeem, Bigfoot, Rogers and a prospect class with names like Cormier, Lashley and Del Rosario. This division is as talent rich as the UFC's.

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

I would rather Fedor fight Barnett over Bigfoot.

Nah coming off a loss, a big foot fight is a perfectly good matchup. Silva is more then credible.

And some recognition needs to be paid towards the champion. If Barnett is the most deserving eligible challenger, then he should get a title shot.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

KingsOwn19 wrote:

Well, actually...this might be more likely than Overeem-Silva after this little quote...

In an interview this week, Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem hinted that if Strikeforce doesn't offer him Fabricio Werdum that he is going to fight in the World Grand Prix instead.

"Being Strikeforce champion, I will defend my belt. It depends if Werdum is available to fight. If not, I will think of entering the K-1 Grand Prix."



Overeem need not be a prick considering SF CAN'T offer Werdum to anybody right now.

This. Overeem is playing hard to get again. Strikeforce is held hostage by their HW division. It's especially sad because this division is pretty good right now. You have Fedor, Werdum, Overeem, Bigfoot, Rogers and a prospect class with names like Cormier, Lashley and Del Rosario. This division is as talent rich as the UFC's.

To be fair, no one really loved the idea of a big foot title fight. Yeah it was best available, and not a bad matchup, but still, he's only riding a one fight win streak. Let Reem do his thing while the rest of the group settles things up.

timthebim wrote:

Thats not what I mean though. Im just saying if Fedor fights Silva then Overeem is saying he dont want to fight some chump like Tank Abbott LOL.

Ya, that's why.

Not sure if me and u are on the same page Wolf?

No. We aren't.

Overeem would consider fights with Kimbo and probably Abbott himself.

Wolf is pointing out that Reem has no problem fighting scrubs....other than CroCop and Grim, the competition is pretty weak sauce after his bouts with Belfort and Sergei.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

Wolf is pointing out that Reem has no problem fighting scrubs....other than CroCop and Grim, the competition is pretty weak sauce after his bouts with Belfort and Sergei.

They are weak.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

Wolf is pointing out that Reem has no problem fighting scrubs....other than CroCop and Grim, the competition is pretty weak sauce after his bouts with Belfort and Sergei.

I think he is changing. Hopefully he realizes now that it is big fight time.

To Ubereems credit....While Japan MMA has not been able to serve him up anything except cans with the exception of CroCop....Reem has been fighting the best of the best in K-1 and that is mainly where he has been building his reputation along with his size and the fact he was always a fairly a well rounded fighter who was fighting the best in the world pretty much from the jump.

He routinely ducks solid MMA fights. He only went after Crocop and Rogers after bad losses. Just saying.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

He routinely ducks solid MMA fights. He only went after Crocop and Rogers after bad losses. Just saying.

Totally agree. Wishful thinking for me is to hope its time for him to step up and take only big fights.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

He routinely ducks solid MMA fights. He only went after Crocop and Rogers after bad losses. Just saying.

The Rogers loss to Fedor was not a bad loss. He gained alot of respect in the fight. The overeem loss was a bad one for Rogers.