Strikeforce Heavyweights Beware: Fedor Training with Shane Carwin

The Underground posted a thread with Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament contender, Fedor Emelianenko saying he plans to train in Russia but wouldn’t mind training with UFC Heavyweight, Shane Carwin. Carwin got wind of the thread and posted this response:
“I would be honoured to train with Fedor. After seeing his CBS special I was […]

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The Underground posted a thread with Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament contender, Fedor Emelianenko saying he plans to train in Russia but wouldn’t mind training with UFC Heavyweight, Shane Carwin. Carwin got wind of the thread and posted this response:

“I would be honoured to train with Fedor. After seeing his CBS special I was impressed with the isolation and hardcore and yet raw training I saw,” he wrote. “Fedor has been a good guy to me. After the Lesnar fight he sent me some very kind words that put things into perspective. He is a great guy and a great fighter. I am going to be travelling for training this time around. I want to take in as much MMA as I can. I hope to make it out to Duke Rufus’s and maybe even a trip to Russia if all things go as planned.”

Shane Carwin is tentatively scheduled for a June return to the Octagon at UFC 131, though an opponent has yet to be named. Fedor Emelianenko will face Antonio Silva in the highly anticipated Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix on February 12th.

Overeem’s Belt Not On the Line in Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament

Strikeforce President, Scott Coker announced today that Alistair Overeem’s Heavyweight Title is not on the line during the eight-man Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament. Instead, there will be a separate Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion and Tournament Champion. The winner of the tournament will then go on to fight Overeem for the Strikeforce Heavyweight belt, unless the […]

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Strikeforce President, Scott Coker announced today that Alistair Overeem’s Heavyweight Title is not on the line during the eight-man Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament. Instead, there will be a separate Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion and Tournament Champion. The winner of the tournament will then go on to fight Overeem for the Strikeforce Heavyweight belt, unless the winner of the tournament is Overeem. In such case, Coker says:

“If Overeem wins, he’s not just the best MMA or K-1 fighter, he can say he’s the greatest martial arts fighter in the world,”

That is, in a world without Georges St. Pierre, Cain Velasquez, Anderson Silva