DALLAS – Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem booked his
semifinal spot in Strikeforce’s ambitious heavyweight grand prix, but he
did little to gain fan following in a rather lackluster
unanimous-decision win over submission specialist Fabricio Werdum.
The frustrating cat-and-mouse affair saw Werdum literally begging his
opponent to engage him on the floor, while Overeem was unable to land
any real significant damage during brief exchanges on the feet.
The contest served as the featured main-card bout of Saturday’s
Showtime-broadcast “Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum” event, which took
place at Dallas’ American Airlines Center. The evening’s four-bout
preliminary card aired on HDNet.