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Quoteworthy:
"We both evolved a lot. Overeem evolved a lot on the floor and he’s stronger and more experienced. When we fought in 2006, I pretend to do it for a while, fooled him a bit (laughs). Now I’m training a lot my bang but it still isn’t good for me to bang with him. The guy has just won K-1, so I’ll try to go for the ground, even because he was training his bang a lot and he didn’t have enough time to improve his ground game for this fight with me. The fight will be very tactic, it’ll be like the one of 2006 and I’ll catch him again, you can bet on it. I’ll beat him with my game plan and smartness. The longer it gets, the better it is for me, because he has a background that proves he’s not resistant. I’ll tire him up, bring him to the ground and finish the fight."An awful lot has happened since Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Fabricio Werdum submitted Alistair Overeem in 2006. "The Demolition Man" is carrying three belts around as a multi-organization champion while "Vai Cavalo" used his mat skills to finish Fedor Emelianenko in just over a minute in June of last year (2010). Impressive accomplishments for both, no question, but how much will it matter come fight night? And who has the edge? "The Reem's" Strikeforce heavyweight title will be on the line when the two meet up in a quarterfinal match of the ambitious Grand Prix Scott Coker and company are attempting to pull off. To the victor go the spoils, or in this case, a date with the winner of Fedor vs. Antonio Silva in the semi-finals.
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