Mixed Martial Arts Forum banner

Your prediction

  • Alistair Overeem

    Votes: 44 78.6%
  • Antonio Silva

    Votes: 11 19.6%
  • Draw

    Votes: 1 1.8%

***OFFICIAL*** Alistair Overeem vs. Antonio Silva Thread

23K views 233 replies 79 participants last post by  The Best Around 
#1 ·
Heavyweight bout: 265 pounds

 
See less See more
1
#186 ·
Yah it was pretty frustrating. It's one thing to lose by a flash ko in the 1st, but The Reem was handling him in the first and second. He just didn't do any damage like he usually does. I seriously wonder if he was toying with em.

btw: Maia won. 500k :) That's my only consolation of UFC 156...sadly. I would have happily lost that in exchange for a Reem KO vs BF. Oh well...BF is gonna get it vs JDS.

PS: I see you made some coin...
 
#193 ·
Overeem was handling Bigfood in the first two rounds without giving som much damage. In the beginning of the third Overeem looked like the gas was out. One hit and and his whole defense was out of the window. He(Ovreem) just quit.
Props to Bigfoot. This win is far more impressive than the Fedor win.
But both Cormier and Cain tooled Bigfoot and I am quite sure that JDS will do the same. Right now Bigfoot must be ranked around number 5 i HW.
 
#196 ·
As much as I expected and was looking forward to Overeem destroying Bigfoot here, I can't deny that Overeem just fought stupid and absolutely deserved to lose that fight.

Shame, would have loved to see Cain vs. Overeem, but we'll just have to wait I guess. Wonder what Zuffa will do now.
 
#197 ·
Just rewatched the fight and I think that it wasn't really a fluke... Overeem tried to win, had his opportunities... then he rushed with the attack, failed with the clinch, was hit with a few hard punches, started covering up and displayed a pathetic defense. With those K-1 gloves he might've been successful but in the UFC that doesn't really work... So I guess, Overeem lost not because he disrespected Bigfoot's skills (in fact, he won the first two rounds) but because of terrible defense in the third round. He did what he always does, goes out and pressures guys against the cage, hits them with his knees in the clinch. There was nothing new, but Bigfoot truly defended himself well, drag Overeem to the third round and legitimately won the fight by simply being a better fighter... mostly due to the better cardio and better defense, I suppose. The bottomline is, once you hit Alistair with something heavy and keep pouring on him no matter what, he will go down and won't try something of his own...
 
#201 ·
It's a fairly good assessment. Definitely feel that Overeem could have opened up big time in 2nd round. He had em in a compromising position. That was his chance.

He needs to redeem himself the way Lennox Lewis did against Rachman part 2. That was terrible. BF went Sergei Kharitonov on em. He did take about a dozen hard shots as opposed to Travis who took one. Gotta count for somethin' I guesss. Now I'm going to have nightmares about this.
 
#202 ·
...Just grazing over the posts. BOY WERE WE WRONG! To sit here and say Bigfoot brutally knocked out Alistair Overeem is really trippy. Reem- Over confident, not respecting the power of that Brazilian Behemoth. This may and probably go down as the biggest upset of 2013. It was similiar to my avatar pic when Liddell KO'd Reem back in Pride. What now? Both Cain & Cormier already slaughtered Bigfoot. The entire landscape in the UFC HW division has gotten rocked and had a big shift. This is huge...
 
#204 ·
I wouldn't call it a fluke. Big Foot found his opening and capitalized. But no one in his right mind can say that Overeem didn't cost himself that fight by acting like an arrogant twit. He left his hands down. He left his chin out. And he hardly poured it on during the first two rounds. He was content to to stand there and smirk, and he only engaged when Silva came after him (and he won each of those exchanges in the first two rounds).

I don't normally give the loser the benefit of the doubt, but there's no question that Overeem is a superior fighter to Big Foot Silva. But, as others have said, it's HW. Cain Velasquez would have gone down to that barrage had he been stupid enough to play 'chicken' and allow Big Foot so many openings. Overeem could have lost to cans like Bob Sapp fighting like that. It's why you don't screw around at this weight class.
 
#211 ·
The way I see it is that Big foot looks more like a fighter than Overeem . You could see that Overeem has a lot of holes in his game when he fought Brock Lesnar ...
Big foot its very tough , he can take punch and you could see that he has more MMA experience than Overeem , the way he fought , even when he was on his back , he started a lil scared... I still think that the fight between him and Cain ended by TKO cuz of that cut and he couldnt see much (don't get me wrong Cain still would won that fight but by decision )
And if Overeem would fought JDS ... JDS would dominate him cuz Alistar has a glass chin for a heavy weight , not that Silva doesn't have a mean punch but still you can see in his lowlights that he gets in defensive mode when he's hit.
 
#212 ·
^ Overeem has 49 MMA fights (And 14 kickboxing fights) while Bigfoot has 22 MMA fights.

I agree with Overeem having some holes in his game though, but so does Silva. And I don't think JDS would simply dominate Overeem - it's actually a fight I'd be very excited to watch :)
 
#214 ·
I think this is one of the only times I've ever watched a UFC fight where my jaw actually dropped in shock. I couldn't believe it, I was so sure Overeem was going to come in and just destroy him and Bigfoot was a stepping stone for him to get the title, but wow. I have a new respect for Bigfoot, he is not to be taken lightly.
 
#217 ·
Even though this was an upset we shouldn't be surprised it happened. Overeem looks good right until the other guy tags him with a good shot. Then its all downhill from there. This was classic Overeem.
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top