Overeem responds to Dana: Brock not in top 5
Dana White was recently quoted challegning anyone to justify a top 10 MMA heavywright ranking for Alistair Overeem. Below, Overeem…
Dana White was recently quoted challegning anyone to justify a top 10 MMA heavywright ranking for Alistair Overeem. Below, Overeem responds.
MixFight.nl: Dana White made comments about you not being ranked in the top 10, what’s your take on his comments.
Alistair Overeem: Dana is entitled to his own opinion and has some valid arguments to claim his case but I don’t feel that they are that strong.
MF: What do you think of those arguments he makes
AO: You know, he’s claiming that I didn’t defeat anybody that’s in the top 10 so why should you rank me. That’s true but the fact of the matter is that I’m a very active fighter and you can see that I’m a different fighter then I was at 205lbs. I’m undefeated since 2008 when I became heavyweight and even more important I have finished all the fights in the first round but then again Dana is president of a company so he’s going to say stuff like that. To be honest it doesn’t bother me because I can make a good case for being in the top 10.
MF: And what are your arguments for your case?
AO: First of all he was telling that I didn’t fight anybody in the top 10, that’s not entirely true. When I defended my title against Brett Rogers, Rogers was considered top 10 after he defeated a former number 2 or 3 fighter Arlovski. I was not in the top 10 at the time and when I defeated Brett Rogers I enter the virtual rankings. Now everybody is saying that Brett Rogers shouldn’t have been in the top 10 in the first place but that’s the same as saying Brock doesn’t deserve a spot on number two. After what Cain did to Brock it’s silly to give Brock a top 5 spot, but that’s my opinion. He’s still a good fighter but having a 5-2 record and almost losing to Carwin and having wins over Herring, Couture and Mir (which he lost to as well) is not something that I’m very impressed about. I’m not going to call the media stupid like Dana but let me put it this way; how can a real M.M.A. insider put a Brock Lesnar above Fedor Emelianenko or even JDS. The fact of the matter is I like that people are debating the rankings but I don’t take them that seriously.
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