M-1 Global: open to fight with Overeem
Challenge issued; challenge accepted. Mere hours after Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said he would need to sit down with M-1…
Challenge issued; challenge accepted.
Mere hours after Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said he would need to sit down with M-1 Global officials to determine if a potential blockbuster fight between Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem (33-11 MMA, 3-0 SF) and perennial top-ranked fighter Fedor Emelianenko (31-1 MMA, 1-0 SF) might be possible for later this year, those officials have answered the call.
And according to M-1 Global executive Evgeni Kogan, Fabricio Werdum is all that’s standing in the way.
“As we’ve mentioned in the past, Fedor fights whoever is put in front of him,” Kogan today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “If Overeem is presented by the Strikeforce matchmakers as Fedor’s next opponent, then that is who Fedor is going to fight.”
After defeating Brett Rogers at Saturday night’s “Strikeforce St. Louis: Heavy Artillery” event, Overeem made it a point to call-out the Russian heavyweight in his post-fight speech, as well as again in the evening’s post-event press conference.
Coker was quick to point out that such a bout could only be arranged with the blessings of his business partners at M-1 Global, who own Emelianenko’s promotional contract.