Alistair Overeem risks belt In SF Grand Prix
The Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix.won’t narrow down the contenders to Alistair Overeem’s heavyweight belt. Overeem, in fact, will participate in…
The Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix.won’t narrow down the contenders to Alistair Overeem’s heavyweight belt. Overeem, in fact, will participate in the tournament, his belt on the line.
It’ll be four nights over a period of eight months, then we’ll have one champion, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker told MMAWeekly.com.
The goal is to have Alistair put up his belt against Fabricio Werdum. If Werdum wins, then he will have to put up the belt, but at the end, you will have one champion.
That is the goal, but it’s not yet a done deal. Strikeforce still has to work out the details with the athletic commissions in the states where it plans to hold Grand Prix bouts.
We’re working with the athletic commissions because of the round issue, said Coker. Most commissions deem title fights five-round bouts; non-title fights are typically three rounds.
To make the tournament format fair to all eight fighters, plus the alternates, Strikeforce would like to make all tournament bouts five rounds.