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Fedor Emelianenko har anklagats för att ha ”dodgat” Alistair Overeem under en längre tid, något som kom till ytan framförallt inför fighten mot Werdum, som Fedor (som vi alla vet) förlorade bara en minut in i den första ronden. Tidigare i veckan berättade Fedor och M-1 Global att de nu bestämt sig för att de vill möta Overeem, äntligen.
Fedor & M-1 Global:
”This is an important match for me and something that I personally want to happen. There have been conversations about putting this match-up together in the past and now is the time to begin making this bout with Alistair possible.”
Det blir inte mycket tydligare än så. Fedor vill möta Overeem, äntligen. Men Alistair Overeem vill något helt annat nu efter Fedor förlorade mot Werdum:
Alistair Overeem:
”I’m going to fight in the K-1 tournament, so my first fight will be October for the Final 16 in Korea. If I win the fight, I will advance to the Final. I’ve stated many times that Strikeforce was my number one priority, but after Fedor lost to Werdum, I had no intention of fighting somebody other than Werdum. I came to the States to challenge the winner of the fight and that was Werdum, so no need to fight somebody else”
Alistair förklarar också lite försiktigt att han minsann tror att Fedor och M-1 bara bluffar i deras utmaning:
”My decision was made because nothing was certain and Strikeforce and M-1 didn’t act fast enough when I made my decision to start K-1 training. Now I read on the internet that Fedor and his management want to fight me all of sudden. Do they really need two months of thinking and negotiating? I think it’s a little strange to be honest. If Fedor challenged me right after the fight it would have been something to take in consideration, but the M-1 management started to say that all the polls on several websites stated that people rather have a Fedor vs. Werdum rematch then a fight against me. There we have another lie by M-1 because every poll I have read stated the opposite and showed that everybody want to see Fedor versus me?”
