In his renowned profession, Alistair Overeem has actually gone head-to-head with a few of the best fighters in UFC history, however a single person stands apart from the pack.
The Dutch titan has actually exposed the legend that offered him the most difficult battle of his whole run in the insane world of combined martial arts.
Image by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC by means of Getty ImagesAlistair Overeem states Fabricio Werdum was his hardest battle
Alistair Overeem went toe-to-toe with a myriad of UFC icons, beating the similarity Brock Lesnar and Mark Hunt.
He likewise shared the cage with 2 of the best of perpetuity in the kind of Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou. Neither of these leading the London-born professional athlete's list of the finest rivals he's been in with.
As far as Overeem is worried, no one produced a harder difficulty than Fabricio Werdum.
Throughout an interview on the Jaxxon podcast, he discussed: “I believe Werdum was difficult. He's a guy who has numerous strategies, which's difficult.
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The 44-year-old included: “I battled him 3 times. He shocked me in the very first one. I had actually simply come out of surgical treatment and was not 100 percent. Okay, that's a reason.
“Still, he got me there and got a great deal of self-confidence from that battle.
“In the 2nd battle, he was talking a lot smack. That was a little obstacle.”
The set of icons initially clashed in the opening round of the PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix in 2006.
On that celebration, the Brazilian won by means of kimura inside 4 minutes. 5 years later on, the previous K1 world champ protected his redemption at a Strikeforce occasion, declaring the success through consentaneous choice.
In 2017, Overeem got his 2nd win, once again on the scorecards, completing the trilogy with a 2-1 benefit.
Alistair Overeem states Francis Ngannou is the heaviest puncher he's ever dealt with
While the kickboxing icon relates to Werdum as the hardest job of his profession, he not surprisingly declares Ngannou is the hardest puncher.
In their accident back in 2017, the Cameroonian rendered him unconscious with potentially the most harsh left hand the UFC has actually ever seen.
In an interview with talkSPORT, he stated: “The heaviest puncher ever? In fact, yes. Francis Ngannou.”
The Predator will go back to action on October 19 when he challenges Renan Ferreira for the PFL heavyweight title.
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