Just a week prior to DREAM 12 Alistair is scheduled to fight Tony Sylvester at a Golden Glory event.
Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem (29-11) will make his previously scheduled appearance for Golden Glory on Oct. 17 against Tony Sylvester (11-2) — not Sam Hoger, despite a statement we reported from Hoger’s camp that indicated a deal with the former TUF star was being finalized.
The bout is among the 14 announced for the upcoming hybrid card, which will feature both MMA and K-1 rules.
Sylvester, who trains out of Midwest Training Center, had been riding a seven-fight winning streak before losing to current UFC prospect, Chris Tuscherer, at the YAMMA Pit Fighting event held last year. He has since bounced back with a victory over Roger Minton via first-round TKO last December.
Overeem comes off his dominant performance over Dutch K-1 legend, Peter Aerts, in K-1 World Grand Prix Final Sixteen. To the chagrin of the weary fans, his first appearance in Strikeforce in more than two years likely will not take place until early 2010. He could likely defend his belt for the first time against the winner of Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers, who will hook ‘em up on Nov. 7.
He will keep himself busy, however, as he is scheduled to participate in DREAM 12, the promotion’s first caged fight card, merely a week after the Golden Glory 11 bout.
His opponent for the DREAM fight has yet to be confirmed.
