Anton Gurevich at Lowkick.com had the chance to sit down with Alistair Overeem recently and discuss his upcoming fight with Fabricio Werdum at Strikeforce: Overeem vs Werdum on June 18th. While there are interesting bits about how Overeem has no intentions to box as it is a very different sport that can’t be taken lightly, and being complimentary of the UFC heavyweight division, the most interesting stuff is absolutely his talk of Werdum. From the interview:
Fabricio Werdum was the first (technically second) man to defeat Fedor. Do you think that maybe with victory over Werdum you will prove your superiority over Fedor as well?
No. You can’t use mathematics in fighting. You have to fight the person yourself to say that you are the better man. But I have to agree that a win over Werdum will close the debate if I’m a Top 10 fighter or not.Do you think that maybe at some point Fabricio Werdum became overconfident following his victory over Fedor Emelianenko. Also, what do you think about him always saying “Alistair Overeem is my son”?
Werdum is a professional fighter and he will be confident but not overconfident. I heard him saying that I’m his son, but I don’t understand what he really means. I think he means that he’s superior then me, because he beat me a couple of years ago. I think it’s a lost in translation thing.