Alistair Overeem interview: Why I Never Fought Fedor Emelianenko
2019 ж. 18 Сәу.
67 266 Рет қаралды
Alistair Overeem vs Fedor Emelianenko. Why did it never happen? Overeem chats with Sherdog.com ahead of Saturday's UFC Fight Night 149 card in Russia.
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@@billxartomatzidis5487 Time stamp for answer to video title buddy.
Lo you
Fedor was destroying guys who were on juice day and night in pride with ease! That's why Overeem didn't fight him.
what makes you think Fedor didn't juice ? It makes a lot of sense to juice if there are no regulations. For example, testosteron can probably even help you recover the injuries.
@@Simon-xi8tb Because he was tested the most out of all athletes in pride.
@@Simon-xi8tb He also never looked juiced. The things that truly stood out with Fedor were his speed and intelligence. If he took something, it must have been something that made him 50% quicker. When watching his highlights, I get the feeling that he is on 1.5 speed while others are at 1.0.
he offered a fight for Fedor, and Fedor declined. Fedor doesn't want a part of Overeem.
@@eetfuk3571 it was his management. His management and agents are known to have been problems and cost fedor a lot of money. Hence why he’s not longer with them
He seems like a cool dude.
Btw I train with james mcsweeny and James is friends with overseen and he’s came to my gym and trained with me it is true that he is a cool dude we practiced on knockout punches like over hands
@@HeyAdesanyaComeToDaddy no you aren’t, no he isn’t, no he didn’t and no you didn’t
@@paolothorpe1461 😂why hate
@@ghostly_goat0074 i jus like fukin wit people🤣
@@paolothorpe1461 🤣🤣
Fedor destroyed all fighters in Pride in their prime and on roids! In Strikeforce Fedor was out of his Prime, even the fight against Brett Rogers showed that! Overeem was on "superroids", too risky for Fedor!
Tell me you are Russian with out telling me you are Russian. If he was so great why wasn’t he fighting in ufc. You are a clown
@Benevolent I am not Russian sorry. Who of both of us is a clown will decided by the people who are reading our comments. Happy new year.
Fedor at that time would destroy him
Fedor 💪
@@matevzdraksler4576 Ι think they decided yet.. ;-)
Reem was a beast himself
Steroids beast yes
I love the Reem but if he is off the horsemeat, Fedor would smash him any day.
fedor ate the horsemeat too
@@vanguard4065 prove it doufus
@@nickb.6726 prove your statement first dingus
@@MrNukenin16 you must not have eyes dummy.
@@nickb.6726 I have enough eyes to see that fedor ate horsemeat too moron
Fedor kills The Reem
@@jabmalassie he does
Former K-1 Heavyweight, Dream Heavyweight and Strikeforce Heavyweight champion "Ubereem" would be a very tough fight for Fedor. I couldn't pick one between those 2. And Current Overeem definitely destroys Fedor. Fedor hasn't fought in a LONG time, and Alistair is currently on a 2 fight win-streak and the #5 ranked Heavyweight contender in the UFC. However, Pride GrandPrix Heavyweight Champion Fedor beats Alistair. So depending upon what time in their careers we speak of, they will give us differing results.
@@911shan I speak based on Prime vs Prime
@@911shan doubt
@@gabidon4401 nooo lmao
Por qué buscaba según el pelear contra fedor, si varios pasaron por encima de él, shogun rua 2 veces, rampage jackson, etc. Creo que nunca lo retó públicamente a fedor y ahora habla a sus espaldas.
One word...."scared" that was PRIME Fedor who could only be defeated with a gun
You mean Fedor was scared. Fedor is the HW GOAT but he wanted no part of Overeem.
@@bulldogjoe1804Overeem was on ROIDS in Strikeforce. Fedor’s team wanted olympic level testing to fight Overeem on roids.
@@yaushaeomessias4837 Yes he was and Fedor was on ROIDS in Pride like almost every fighter was back then. Doesnt change the fact that Fedor or at least his management did not want to fight Overeem.
@@bulldogjoe1804 Fedor was clearly clean in SF, Overeem wasn’t, if you can’t see that I’m sorry for you
@@yaushaeomessias4837 Haha if you believe that fairytale then i feel sorry for you.
Fedor vs Alistair never happened because of a few reasons, Alistair priced himself out in negotiations, Alistair refused random drug testing, Alistair hadn't fought a top 10 HW since he beat Sergei in Feb '06.
@@aleksababic9967 Nah
Should've happened in Pride but Overeem did abuse steroids for awhile so I know that was one of the problems.
@Арбузы От Кая Грина according to bas, pride contracts contained a stipulation that they would never test for drugs.
На самом деле, вполне неплохо изъясняется, достаточно четко, без запинок.
Because he is better than me....
Maybe they could retire with that fight .... fedor is going for his retiring tour and the reem said he only has 4 fights left..
I think Fedor is over the hill. He’s getting old and hasn’t fought the best competition through a back and forth Win/Loss run. Overeem’s still fighting top 15 in the UFC to this day.
@@95v37 Not top 15. Overeem is top 5 in UFC
Back in the day it would've been a challenge but as they are currently The Reem would destroy Fedor
Fedor needs to suck it up and finally start taking that livestock dose of TRT
Lol Overeem would kill him
That's a real shame that match didn't happen between those 2 back then because overeem and fador at the time were very dominant dominant heavyweight MMA fighters.. In my opinion, I think overeem beats fador if he's juicing and fedor is not, but if overeem not juicing and fedor too, I think fedor wins, but if they are both juicing I think fedor wins, fedor is just much quicker and agile than overeem that's the advantage for fedor but they both would be equally as strong, and fedor is just so good at countering in many ways compared to most MMA heavyweights or all MMA heavyweights, and if fador wants to be the aggressor he could too, I have never ever heard of fedor juicing but that does mean he never juiced but at the same time I will never know for sure, that will probably always be a mystery about him and for a lot of these athletes who never tested positive but in some sports, it's obvious they are doping because in some sports it's a must to dope..
You are the best
Good man…
imagine if Reem beat Fedor on top of all the other guys he's beat. Dude almost knocked out Stipe as well.
LOL
stipe destroyed his asss, he ran like a bitchh during all the fight
He clearly felt the tap
@@fentol8936 stipe almost got tkod lol
Lol fedor would destroy him ....!!
Overeem is not a good UFC fighter he has lost many times by knockout but he is not afraid of any men he will fight anyone he will not back down from anyone no matter how much of a good fighter the other guy is
isn't that the guy who cheated and failed drug tests?
Yep
With his natty buddy brock lesnar
Alistar Overeem is a former K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, Strikeforce heavyweight champion, Dream heavyweight champion, one of the only 2 fighters to hold world titles in both mma and kickboxing at the same time . In kickboxing and mma he have 80+ fights. 65 fights in mma, 47 wins, 14 fights in kickboxing, 10 wins. Alistar got nickname „ The Demolition Man“ because he was so dominating every oponent, not to mention that K-1 changed knee rules bcs of him. He was multiple times 1* contender for a UFC championship and deafted 4 former UFC heavyweight champions. He was fighting in organizations like K-1,Pride,Glory,UFC,Strike Force, Dream. In his career he fought names like: Brock Lesnar, Mark Hunt, Junior Dos Santos, Badri Hari, Kazujuki Fujita,Dzevad Poturak,Fabricio Werdum, Ben Eward,Bigfoot Silva, Roy Nelson, Ewerton Teixeira, Frank Mir, Peter Aerts,Stipe Miocic, Tyrone Spong, Mirko Cro Cop, Francisco Ngannou, Curtis Blaydes, Alexander Volkov, Augusto Sakai, Andrei Arlovski, Sergei Pavlovic, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Gohan Saki, Vitor Belfort,Sergei Kharitonov,Travis Browne,Alexey Oleynik. Stepping in ring with just one of those guys is for a HUGE respect as a fighter. Alistar Overeem is a fighter since he was 18, he is fighting for 23 years. Now he is 41 years old man and he is still fighting and still going for a UFC heavyweight championship. In his mma and kickboxing career he have 17 losses by KO in a heavyweight divison, and he is still fighting and never giving up as a 41 years old man. He did more sparings and got more punches in the head then some of you throw punchens in the bag🤣🤣 People that are saying that is only because of steroids are stupid as hell. 80% o f a professional MMA fighters and professional athlets are on steroids or some other illegal things. Alistar was just too obvious because of his body. I mean cyclists are all on steroids and they all looks like shit, you don’t have to bee muscular to be on steroids. As I hear from people that meet him and as I saw in his interwievs and Instagram, Alistar is also a nice person. He is never like do you know how i am, he is never prepotent, he is always candind, always positive and smilling, he is always trying to learn new things and he is always respectfull. He always wants to help someon. He is black and his wife is white and he loves hear no matter of skin… Alistar Overeem is King of kings.
@@aleksababic9967 Being a nice person doesn’t forgive utilising steroids in order to create an upper hand. That shows a lack of integrity. Doing something because others are doing it is never an excuse.
Overeem is a punk, because it’s blatantly obvious that he turned to steroids. Fedor would KO him in the 1st round. Also, Overeem uses the training of Europe (Netherlands) like a leech. He’s not Dutch.
At that point Ubereem definetely would have won. All factors were in his favor at that moment
why dc reemplaced him? for a toe's finger? no sense...
fedor win
The reem was scared to face fedor plain and simple
No
The Reem fought everyone, why would he be scared of Fedor? Wtf
Hamza Khaliq cuz Fedro the goat
@@tonyzhang7129 No he isn't. Cain is the GOAT.
Hamza Khaliq ha ha Cain the GOAT the chicken leg/knee ... keep dreaming
Oh that's easy so he wouldn't have another loss on his record
Glass overeem will shatter.
If only Alistair Overeem would win UFC championship, he would no doubt be the greatest heavyweight of all time
@A CZ Are you seriously asking? Strikeforce Heavyweight champion, Dream Heavyweight Champion, K1 Grand Prix Heavyweight Champion, one of two men in history to simultaneously hold world titles in both MMA and kickboxing. Started his career in 1999, combined has 80 fights, still top 5 Heavyweight fighters in the world. If he wins UFC gold, he tops accomplishments of Cormier and Stipe.
@A CZ Alright. Overall accomplishments is a good indicator. What indicates the greatness? Who is the greatest in your opinion?
@A CZ I said "if" Overeem won a UFC championship he would be the greatest, but since he didn't he's below Stipe, Cormier and Fedor. I don't know what you mean far more technical when you speak about Fedor though. I mean he was good in all areas, but so is Overeem. Objectively Overeem is probably the best well rounded fighter in heavyweight division. I mean, Overeem is without a doubt the best striker. In grappling part I think Fedor and Overeem are equal since they have an approximately even number of submission victories. Anyway my ranking of heavyweight greatest is about like that: 1. Stipe Miocic. He had beaten all the best names UFC heavyweight division have/had and holds the record for most title defenses. 2. Daniel Cormier. As a heavyweight he had won titles at every organization he was and basically dominated everyone he fought with exception of Stipe. Also he started MMA considerably late and was champion at 40. 3. Fabricio Werdum. He had submitted two men who everyone considers to be greatest of all time and I think that just automatically makes him one of the greatest of all time. 4 & 5 Toss up between Fedor Emelianenko and Randy Couture. While Randy's resume 19-11 doesn't sound too good, he's the most decorated fighter in UFC history having won the heavyweight title 3 times (and light heavyweight twice), let alone the fact he was 43 when he won his last title against Tim Sylvia who outweighed Couture by 60 pounds. Fedor run at Pride was single the greatest run in MMA history. No doubts at the time he was one of the best on the planet, but his career outside of Japan didn't go so well. 6. Alistair Overeem 7. Cain Velasquez 8. Frank Mir 9. Mark Coleman 10. Kevin Randleman
Besides two disputable decisions against Werdum and ko win over the shell of JDS, Overeem's hw resume consists of a bunch of journeymen and gatekeepers. Not anywhere near HW GOAT contention.
@@kyleolson279 Junior Dos Santos was not shell when he fought Alistair Overeem. Alistair Overeem knocked him out, what Cain Velasquez or anyone else before couldn't do. Both decisions over Fabricio Werdum were clear wins. Frank Mir, Andrei Arlovski, Brock Lesnar, Mark Hunt, Roy Nelson, Stefan Struve, Brett Rogers, Walt Harris, Igor Vovchanchyn, Sergei Kharitonov, Vitor Belfort among his wins. Alistair Overeem would have finished Stipe Miocic hadn't he make literally the same mistake he made against Mauricio Rua back at Final Conflict 2005, and he was totally robbed of the win against Jairzinho Rozenstruik because of referee mistake.
I love Allistar’s personality.
seems Fedor didn't want to fight guys on PEDs. Irony is he ended up losing to Hendo and Bigfoot on PEDs.
He fought randleman tho
KHABIB made america great again by wrecking every single american in his division.
Bruh huh? All he fought were guys on roids lol
He defend his juiced belt
dutch press writes; Alistair Overeem retires 😪🙂🦾
True?
Fedor avoided Overeem like the plague in Strikeforce. He wanted no part of Overeem who was a mountain of muscle at the time.
Fedor my favorite fighter of all time, but... In strikeforce he was def avoiding uberreem. He was unbeatable for a period of time there.
No Fedor didn't duck him. Alistair hadn't beaten anyone ranked near the top 10 since he beat Sergei in Feb '06 (which I believe was his lone ranked hw win at the time) Alistair also wanted to be paid significantly more to fight Fedor as well (I believe he wanted to be paid the same amount as Fedor lol), he also refused random drug testing. But the main reason Fedor opted to fight Werdum instead of Alistair was Fabricio was a solid top 10 HW who had consistently been fighting world class guys in MMA while Alistair hadn't been, just go back and look at their records around that time and decide who was more deserving of a shot at the number 1 hw in the world.
@@kyleolson279 he was the champ
"mountain of muscle" do u know who Fedor is? Lmao that's all he fought. Other way around big time
he seem like a cool dude when he is off the juice
Interesting matchup, reem might outstrike him but last emperor takes this
Glass chin Overeem outstriking Fedor?
@@sashafalcon6407 Fedor is a beast everywhere but overeem is a world class kickboxer. And just to add on, I said "might".
Let's be real ubereem smashes Fedor
Overeem was all steroids. Without them he don't even register.
Everybody was on some kind of PEDS in those days.
Fedor didn’t want the Reem
@Life is Peachy Learn to listen. The fight was supposed to happen 10 years ago when Overeem was holding two belts. Overeem was riding high, Fedor lost 3 fights in a row. I'm sure neither of them were scared of each other but it makes sense that Fedor's management would hesitate to make that fight.
@Leaving Blank I don't usually follow all of that behind the scenes shit with fighters, i was just speculating based on their fighting career at that time. But now that i think about it, if Fedor demanded drug testing to fight Overeem then i could see Reem turning it down. However i wouldn't call neither guy scared. The list of guys Overeem has fought even after USADA proves that.
@Life is Peachy Man, you must really love Fedor. I better leave this "conversation" before it's too late because i already feel dirty just reading your Fedor love letter.
@@dolphinwithahandgun7094 Reem was shooting high on roidz ! GTFOH
Love Fedor but I think juiced to the gills Ubereem would have smashed him at that time
Overeem is a bum that’s addicted to get knocked out. Prime Fedor would annihilate him
Overeem fought everyone and never scared away from a fight. So it's not Overeem's fault that the fight never happened.
The reporter thought he said 90 fightd lol 😆 he said 19 at that ⏲️