Alistair Overeem Believes UFC Title Shot Should Be Next, Plans to Stay at Jackson-Wink MMA

Throughout the buildup to their main event bout at UFC Fight Night Rotterdam, Alistair Overeem and Andrei Arlovski insisted that they were never close despite sharing the same facility at Jackson-Wink MMA. Still, having future opponents training under the same roof can be a tricky situation to navigate. For his part, Overeem said he did his best to ease any potential tension, and that consideration carried over into the postfight scene following his second-round knockout triumph on Sunday, as the Dutchman halted his celebration to kneel beside his fallen foe in a moment of mutual admiration. “Not a lot of words [were spoken], but there was a handshake, there was respect. We looked each other in the eyes,” Overeem said at the post-fight press conference. “Obviously this was not a good moment; it was not good for the team. I’ve done the best I could to keep the energy positive, not to disrupt anybody. I think the respect is there. It’s not gonna be gone. We’re obviously gonna see each other in the gym. There’s no …

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