@ Dano, agree, Saki v Reem with both fit would be awesome, Saki was def only using his left, right arm was just a cocked counterweight, however you can take nothing away from the Reem, you can only fight whats in front of you, and Reem had a pretty effective plan for every one he faced, did you see Saki’s fucken elbow after that final kick?

@ Steampunk22: Totally 100% true.

@danomite: “. . . it’s not as impressive as it looks on paper.” – I think it is exactly as impressive as it looks on paper. By ‘on paper’ you are referring to somebody who hasn’t seen the fight, some jerk-off who just looks at some billboard that sells The Reem as “THE FIRST MAN TO EVER HOLD TITLES IN MMA AND K1!!!!” So what you’re saying is that that guy is getting the wrong impression about The Reem and capturing those titles was A LOT easier than it sounds. I fail to see how horsemeat doesn’t fit that bill.

He fought for, and won, the Strikeforce belt AND he fought for, and won, the K1 tournament. If his opponents got more hurt than him in previous bouts, it’s because he had a better gameplan or was luckier than them. Or he has too much horse meat on him to be hurt by those tiny humans.

No wonder he won, dudes got 4 arms. He should change his name to Goro.

So you get goosebumps from reading your own writing?
Nice dude. Nice.

If I was asian Alistair Overeem would be my black Jesus.

Damn my pale skin and backne.

@steampunk
you’re right. i don’t mean to be sounding like I’m saying any of this is Overeem’s fault. It’s definitely a hell of an accomplishment, but it’s not as impressive as it looks on paper. It’s just that I feel cheated by the one-night tournament. Reem vs. Saki and Reem vs. Aerts would have been awesome if they were all healthy. And the chances of getting Reem to fight Saki again are slim given that they’re teammates.

@knucklesamitch
Overeem definitely hurt Saki’s elbow when he blocked that body kick, but I gotta believe it was already pretty badly hurt before the fight unless someone has a better explanation for why he refused to throw a right hand during the fight. It’s not like he didn’t have the opportunity to throw it. There were times when Overeem just covered up and Saki still only threw lefts.

@Danomite

Its standard operating procedure for single night tournaments. There isn’t less value in it because one or two guysm “threw in the towel” or were previously injured etc. Its just the way she goes. In the fight with Sprong, Overeem got rocked a bit and it was a hard fight for him for all three rounds.

Same with the Saki fight, even though Saki had a busted arm/rib/elbow/itdoesntmatter he managed to drop The Reem with a kick to the head in the early part of the first round.

The likelihood that a single night tournament has fights with fighters in perfect condition, the entire time (incuding not suffering from fatigue) is extremely low. Overeem progressively turned it up as the night went on, paced himself, fought the smart fight, picked his shots, and won. In the later fights in single night tournaments, NOBODY is feeling great. Alistair fought a very smart night of fights though. Definitely got a bit lucky with Aerts taking our Schilt, but man, Saki fuckin WENT FOR IT against him, so call it even.

@Dano,

Saki’s ribs were tenderized in his previous bout, but then he appeared to be shielding the ribs with his arm and Overeem broke it. Can’t see the above videos on work computer, but if you seen his elbow after the kick her took from Overeem, it sure looked broken…It was swollen all to shit, and after the finals he was in the ring in a sling

Boo Boo on Rex and Stak

According to Bas Boon, they suspected Saki’s elbow was bruised and his hand was broken from the Ghita fight. After the Overeem bout Mike Kogan confirmed Gokhan’s elbow was fractured.

Is there a source confirming Overeem broke his arm? First they said it was ribs, then the arm. Either way, I’m pretty sure that arm was fucked before the fight with Reem, unless anyone can think of another reason Saki didn’t throw a single right hand the entire fight. So now, with what you just said about Aerts you have Overeem winning the tournament because two of his opponents kinda threw in the towel due to injuries sustained during previous bouts.

It’s not just any MMA belt, but the Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion of the World!!!! And if FEG folds up shop, then he gets to keep the K1 belt forever.