Alistair Overeem: Compared to MMA, K-1 is easy

December 1st, 2009 by admin Leave a reply »

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“Though they look similar, they are totally different sports. There is no fighter who holds the top title in both [K-1 and MMA]. If the other top eight K-1 fighters fought me in MMA, I would beat them in two or three minutes. It’s a different arena. Anyway, K-1 isn’t my ultimate goal. It’s a side road. A checkpoint. I just want to have fun. If it’s not, I’ll just go back to MMA. MMA is a tough sport. There are five, five-minute rounds, and you have stand-up and ground techniques. You have not only punches, but you get kneed in the face repeatedly. Then K-1 is three, three-minute rounds. PRIDE had 10 minutes per round, right? Even with conditions like that, I am one of the top fighters. Compared to that, K-1 is easy.”

Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem looks to “have fun” when he enters the FieLDS K-1 WORLD GP 2009 FINAL on Dec…

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