Werdum praises Overeem for KO win, open to championship fight in future

Alistair Overeem’s stock continues to rise. After an anti-climatic opening stint with the UFC, ‘The Reem’ has reinvented himself at Jackson-Wink MMA Academy as one of the most technical heavyweights in the world.

Overeem extended his win streak to 4-0 last week, knocking out teammate Andrei Arlovski with a flamboyant front kick in the main event of UFC Fight Night 87.

Since the win, the K-1 World Grand Prix Champion has called out Fabricio Werdum. The two heavyweights are tied at 1-1, with Werdum submitting Overeem in 2006 and The Demolition Man avenging the loss in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix quarter finals in 2011.

Overeem would like to settle the score for the UFC heavyweight title – which Werdum defends on Saturday …

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