While hanging around San Jose for this past weekend’s Strikeforce event, Brett Rogers gave this interview to MMANews.com, where he said he hopes Strikeforce heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem will “man up” and fight him soon. Of course, that implies that Overeem is staying out of action due to issues of bitchassness, rather than because he nearly lost his hand after brawling with some bouncers. Not surprisingly, Overeem’s manager, Bas Boon, wasn’t going to let that remark slip by uncontested:
“Does Brett Rogers think this help’s him? Alistair trains everyday with punchers like Errol Zimmerman, Gokhan Saki, Karaev, Sergei Kharitonov, and Semmy Schilt. He knocked out one of the best strikers in the world in Badr Hari in the first round under Hari’s rules (K-1). He fought three rounds against three time K-1 World Champion Remy Bojasky and would have won that fight had they counted the second round knock down. What exactly does Brett Rogers have on his record?”
“I understand that Brett is frustrated that Alistair is injured, but that is a brainless comment”. Boon continued. “The hand injury is now resolved and he is getting back to training carefully.”
Give Rogers credit for keeping his name in people’s minds when it comes to the Strikeforce heavyweight class. The more he talks about Overeem, the more people are going to want to see him get the first title shot when Overeem finally comes back. Although then he’ll have to actually fight the guy, which is a lot tougher than talking about him while he’s not there.
