Reem: Distractions behind me, I’m focused
My mental focus is entirely there,” he said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “Of course, you have to…
My mental focus is entirely there,” he said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “Of course, you have to do this and do that, but I get over it fairly quick because I see it as my work. I’m 100 percent there, I’m 100 percent motivated. I know I’m going to beat him. I know it’s my time.”
Overeem is still in Holland and said he would spend Christmas with his mother before traveling to Nevada for the fight.
Overeem wouldn’t place the blame for the drug test mixup on anyone, saying it was a combination of factors including his unfamiliarity with dealing with U.S. state athletic commissions that led to the problem.
As a result of the issue, Overeem will be subject to a series of tests over the next few months. He had to take a test just a few days ago, will have another pre-fight test on the day of weigh-ins, and then be subject to two random screenings within the next six months.
Instead of looking it as an imposition on him, Overeem sees it as a way to convince the skeptics that he’s clean.
“The good thing is, and I tend to view it through the good lens, it can work in my favor because you’re going to take away the critic’s arguments,” he said. “I’m going to be the most tested fighter in MMA history.”