Tag: Scott+Carson

Valentijn Overeem Injured, Off Saturday’s Strikeforce Card

Filed under: Strikeforce, News Valentijn Overeem, brother of Strikeforce heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem, is injured and has been forced off Saturday’s Strikeforce event in St. Louis.

MMA Weekly first reported the news, and Strikeforce director of…

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Valentijn Overeem, brother of Strikeforce heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem, is injured and has been forced off Saturday’s Strikeforce event in St. Louis.

MMA Weekly first reported the news, and Strikeforce director of communications Mike Afromowitz confirmed Sunday to MMA Fighting that the heavyweight is out – just one week before the event.

Valentijn (28-25) was scheduled to fight Antonio Silva on Saturday’s main card on Showtime. It was to be his Strikeforce debut.

The Unsolicited Advisor: Give Herschel Walker a Real Fight, or Else Let Him Go

Filed under: StrikeforceIf only Jimmy Hoffa had racked up a meager MMA record before he disappeared from the face of the earth, I feel certain Strikeforce officials would have found him and plugged him into a fight with Herschel Walker by now.

Forget…

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If only Jimmy Hoffa had racked up a meager MMA record before he disappeared from the face of the earth, I feel certain Strikeforce officials would have found him and plugged him into a fight with Herschel Walker by now.

Forget the FBI, it’s Strikeforce you want to call with those tough missing persons cases. Just make sure to tell them that the person you’re looking for can make heavyweight and poses absolutely no threat whatsoever to the former NFL running back on Strikeforce’s roster. They’ll track him down and have him signed to a one-fight deal before his dinner gets cold.

Seriously, these guys are that good. If they weren’t, how would they ever have found a guy like Scott Carson, who’s been plucked from obscurity to face Walker at Strikeforce’s Dec. 4 event in St. Louis?