When Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem steps into the cage at Saturday night’s “Strikeforce St. Louis: Heavy Artillery” event, he will fight for the
organization for the first time in two-and-a-half years.
During that time, Overeem has gone 6-0 while competing in Japan and Holland, took part in a handful of K-1
contests, dealt with an injury suffered in a night-club scuffle and
constantly addressed concerns that his hulking frame was developing with
the assistance of chemical enhancements.
Now he’ll finally return to the U.S. to face challenger Brett Rogers, and Coker said he’s excited to see first-hand how
Overeem has progressed in his time away from the organization.