Overeem to Take on James Thompson at Dream.12
Posted by Dan Plunkett on 10.23.2009
He'll be aiming for the ear...
MMA FanHouse.com is reporting that Alistair Overeem's opponent for Dream.12 on October 25 will be James "The Collosus" Thompson.
The 29-year-old Overeem has made a splash in the heavyweight division since moving up from light heavyweight full time in 2007. Overeem is undefeated in his last five fights, and is the Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, though he has yet to defend the title.
Thompson took part in the most viewed MMA fight in North America on May 31, 2008, losing a third round TKO to Kimbo Slice. The Pride veteran holds a 14-10 professional MMA record, though he has lost his last four fights by some form of knockout.
Here is the updated card for the event, which takes place Oct. 25th at Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan and will air on HDNet:
* Zelg Galesic vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
* Tokimitsu Ishizawa vs. Katsuyori Shibata
* Champ Marius Zaromskis vs. Myeon Ho Bae (welterweight non-title fight)
* Keisuke Fujiwara vs. Tomoya Miyashita
* Paulo Filho vs. Yoon Dong Sik
* Chase Beebe vs. Yoshiro Maeda
* Eddie Alvarez vs. Katsunori Kikuno
* Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Won Sik Park
* Alistair Overeem vs. James Thompson
overeem is a joke.. james thompson?? seriously? why not just fight mark kerr?
Posted By: buddha (Guest) on October 19, 2009 at 07:58 PM
Why the fuck not. Just stay in Japan Overeem. No one wants your chemically enhanced ass in the states anyways.
Posted By: fd (Guest) on October 19, 2009 at 08:13 PM
What a joke of a champion.
Posted By: Diavo (Guest) on October 19, 2009 at 08:15 PM
what a fn joke. please vacate the title now please.
Posted By: lowe (Guest) on October 19, 2009 at 08:23 PM
That's just bullshit. Overeem hasn't defended his belt in over 2 years. Take that shit away from him.
Posted By: Jorge (Guest) on October 19, 2009 at 08:48 PM
Why Does Overeem only fight in Japan? Cause they dont test or what.
Posted By: Scottyieoittie (Guest) on October 19, 2009 at 09:52 PM
What a fucking joke.
Posted By: hh (Guest) on October 19, 2009 at 09:53 PM
Wow, Overeem in a juice fight, one is full of steroids (allegedly) and one is full of tomatoes. And for this he is not defending the Strikeforce title. this has gone way over the line of ridiculous. Coker needs to strip him now and make the Fedor/Rogers fight for the title.
Posted By: mstrong73 (Registered) on October 19, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Damn it when is Overeem coming back to America. All of his fights have been oversea. His last fight here on soil was for the Strikeforce belt. He hasn't defended that in two years...
Posted By: Sk (Guest) on October 19, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Usually I go against the crowd but in this case...Wow what a heavyweight match up...yes no need to note the sarcasm
Posted By: Paul (Guest) on October 19, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Why would Overeem fight for Strike Force when he probably gets more money fighting for dream and K-1. Sure he might be juicing, but let's not pretend like all the American fighters have never juiced in any of their training over the years.
It's Cokers responsibility to take the title off of Overeem, not the other way around.
Posted By: Guest#5988 (Guest) on October 23, 2009 at 08:53 PM
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