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Showing posts with label about Alistair Overeem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label about Alistair Overeem. Show all posts
Ben Rothwell wants to beat Alistair Overeem
"I'm willing to fight anyone the UFC wants me to fight in August. I'm going to beat whoever that is. I don't care. Whoever it is, whoever you guys want to see me beat, I'm going to beat them in August. After that, I believe Alistair Overeem will be issued his license back December 27. That makes a perfect time for me to fight him New Year's Eve, making me the number one contender after I beat his f---ing ass. I'm going to beat him and then I'm going to fight whoever the champion is after that. That is my plan. We're going to see something that none of you thought was going to happen: Ben Rothwell become a contender and win the UFC belt and become the champion that this sport deserves. That's what you're going to see happen." (Link)
Frank Mir: Alistair Overeem deserves a second chance
"I believe so. I think this is the first time that he's ever come up positive at tests, as far as I'm aware of. It seems like he had a viable explanation for what happened. Everybody makes mistakes. We all do things that we're not proud of. We've all made mistakes professionally or in our personal life that are not our greatest moments in life. To sit there and ostracize somebody and never allow them to redeem themselves, I think would be very against humanity and our overall impression that I try to carry as a person. Everybody deserves opportunities. You know, he goes out there and he follows all the stringent testing the athletic commission is probably gonna put ahead of him and all the hoops he's gonna have to jump through. As long as he does those things, then yeah, I'll see him back in there. He's a fierce competitor. We've seen what he did with Brock (Lesnar). I'd hate to lose him and not have him in the Octagon or as a competitor in the heavyweight division, due to something outside the Octagon."
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Alistair Overeem License Request Denied; Can Re-Apply in December
So... I find this articles very interesting:
"Overeem said that on March 23 he injected one of them on March 23 after consulting with the physician via phone."
"The commission stuck to the basic principle of fighters being responsible for all chemicals in their bodies, but appeared to offer some sympathy toward Overeem's plight."
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/mma/story/2012-04-24/Overeem-denied-Nevada-license/54511898/1?csp=34sports
"The UFC 146 press conference participants were told they would be tested and needed to stick around for the testing. As soon as the presser was over, Overeem attempted to run out of the building before being stopped and told it was going to be treated as a positive test. His excuse was that he was going to an interview, then he changed the story to that he was going to speak to his attorney about his battery case and then changed again that he was avoiding being served by Golden Glory with papers."
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/4/24/2971918/ufc-alistair-overeem-nsac-license-denied-9-month-suspension
"Believe me when I tell you that that title fight is my dream, my ultimate goal," Overeem said. "I have three other belts, Strikeforce, DREAM and K-1. This was going to be the crown of my career, which I'm giving up to take a couple steps back to get back on the horse, do the testing and prove myself, that I’m a clean fighter. And when that is established, get back on the horse and continue."
http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/2012/4/24/2972471/alistair-overeem-license-request-denied-can-re-apply-in-december
"Overeem was also given a vile that contained two more doses of the mixture."
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Alistair-Overeem-Denied-Continuance-Conditional-License-by-Nevada-Athletic-Commission-42155
"Overeem said that on March 23 he injected one of them on March 23 after consulting with the physician via phone."
"The commission stuck to the basic principle of fighters being responsible for all chemicals in their bodies, but appeared to offer some sympathy toward Overeem's plight."
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/mma/story/2012-04-24/Overeem-denied-Nevada-license/54511898/1?csp=34sports
"The UFC 146 press conference participants were told they would be tested and needed to stick around for the testing. As soon as the presser was over, Overeem attempted to run out of the building before being stopped and told it was going to be treated as a positive test. His excuse was that he was going to an interview, then he changed the story to that he was going to speak to his attorney about his battery case and then changed again that he was avoiding being served by Golden Glory with papers."
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/4/24/2971918/ufc-alistair-overeem-nsac-license-denied-9-month-suspension
"Believe me when I tell you that that title fight is my dream, my ultimate goal," Overeem said. "I have three other belts, Strikeforce, DREAM and K-1. This was going to be the crown of my career, which I'm giving up to take a couple steps back to get back on the horse, do the testing and prove myself, that I’m a clean fighter. And when that is established, get back on the horse and continue."
http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/2012/4/24/2972471/alistair-overeem-license-request-denied-can-re-apply-in-december
"Overeem was also given a vile that contained two more doses of the mixture."
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Alistair-Overeem-Denied-Continuance-Conditional-License-by-Nevada-Athletic-Commission-42155
Nevada Commission’s Keith Kizer interview
Quick quote: "We were going to have Overeem tested anyway because of the condition from his 2011 license, but it got to the point where I found out [about the press conference]. So that was the first thing, when I found out, “Oh, there’s going to be a press conference. Oh, Overeem’s going to be there."
Full story under the cut
Full story under the cut
Dana White on replacement: Either Mir or Werdum
On whom might replace Overeem:
"In my opinion, it was either Mir or Werdum, and Werdum is going to fight down in Brazil on the Brazil card, I believe," White said. "Mir was already training. Mir was already on the card, and Mir makes a lot of sense."
About Overeem's hearings:
"I honestly don't know what they're going to do to that dude. I'm not very optimistic about it."
And PEDs:
"We're the [expletive] platinum standard for this [expletive] in all of sports. We are. We test when we don't need to test. We do [expletive] that we don't need to do. We go above and beyond to make this thing right, and do you think – for example, look at the spot we're sitting in right now. Do you think we don't give a [expletive] about this? We don't want anybody doing this stuff. We don't want anybody using banned substances or drugs or anything else. It destroys everything – not only questions about the credibility of the sport and everything else, but it destroys big fights. Everybody was excited for this fight and wanted to see it".
"In my opinion, it was either Mir or Werdum, and Werdum is going to fight down in Brazil on the Brazil card, I believe," White said. "Mir was already training. Mir was already on the card, and Mir makes a lot of sense."
"I honestly don't know what they're going to do to that dude. I'm not very optimistic about it."
And PEDs:
"We're the [expletive] platinum standard for this [expletive] in all of sports. We are. We test when we don't need to test. We do [expletive] that we don't need to do. We go above and beyond to make this thing right, and do you think – for example, look at the spot we're sitting in right now. Do you think we don't give a [expletive] about this? We don't want anybody doing this stuff. We don't want anybody using banned substances or drugs or anything else. It destroys everything – not only questions about the credibility of the sport and everything else, but it destroys big fights. Everybody was excited for this fight and wanted to see it".
Tyrone Spong: Don't ask me about Overeem's drug test result
"I know there are some issues now, but if the fight goes through I see him being champion. Don't ask me [about Overeem's drug test result]. I don't know, I don't wanna know, but he is training".
Fabricio Wedum: No one in MMA was surprised about Overeem's drug test result
“Actually, no one in MMA was surprised. I guess it’s impossible to get that big naturally”, the Brazilian told TATAME. “No one expected random test. I guess that’s what happened. I don’t know when he stops taking it.”
Jon Jones: I believe in some cases that people who abuse steroids have weakness in their hearts
- On Alistair Overeem and the performance-enhancing drug crisis in MMA:
"I’ve never seen anyone here at Jackson’s MMA participate in any type of steroid use. I don’t know anybody on our team that could possibly be taking steroids. And as far as Alistair Overeem, that’s really his problem. Steroids is unfortunately a part of all sports and he was just the one that got caught…It’s really not my world, I’ll compete against someone on steroids any day. I believe in some cases that people who abuse steroids have weakness in their hearts, you know, they don’t believe in working hard. I’m not against steroids, I think in some cases you need steroids, like if you’re an older gentlemen, or you have some type of illness or something like that, but when an athlete abuses it, I mean that’s their business."
"I’ve never seen anyone here at Jackson’s MMA participate in any type of steroid use. I don’t know anybody on our team that could possibly be taking steroids. And as far as Alistair Overeem, that’s really his problem. Steroids is unfortunately a part of all sports and he was just the one that got caught…It’s really not my world, I’ll compete against someone on steroids any day. I believe in some cases that people who abuse steroids have weakness in their hearts, you know, they don’t believe in working hard. I’m not against steroids, I think in some cases you need steroids, like if you’re an older gentlemen, or you have some type of illness or something like that, but when an athlete abuses it, I mean that’s their business."
Valentijn Overeem on Alistair's failed drug test
Alistair Overeem is scheduled to appear before the Nevada State Athletic Commission on April 24 in Las Vegas to explain a 14-to-1 testosterone-to-epitestosterone (T/E) ratio – well over the 6-to-1 ratio allowed by the commission – that was revealed by a surprise pre-fight drug test for UFC 146 on March 27. Can TRT (Testosterone Replacement Therapy) be the explanation?
"Because I know him so well that I think I should be aware of something like that," Valentijn Overeem, Alistair's older brother, told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "If that was the case, I think I would know. I would be surprised...There are different reasons why someone could have high testosterone. Taking steroids is one of them. Some people have natural testosterone at a high level anyway. I'm not saying my brother is one of those people, but there's more possibilities... let [the commission] do whatever they have to do, and we'll see the result in the end when things are final. I think it's a bit early to jump to conclusions."
"Because I know him so well that I think I should be aware of something like that," Valentijn Overeem, Alistair's older brother, told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "If that was the case, I think I would know. I would be surprised...There are different reasons why someone could have high testosterone. Taking steroids is one of them. Some people have natural testosterone at a high level anyway. I'm not saying my brother is one of those people, but there's more possibilities... let [the commission] do whatever they have to do, and we'll see the result in the end when things are final. I think it's a bit early to jump to conclusions."
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