On December 30, Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem will go toe-to-toe to see who will take on newly crowned UFC heavyweight champion, Junior Dos Santos.
The former Strikeforce, Dream, and K-1 Champion, Alistair Overeem will fight the former UFC heavyweight champion on December 30. Overeem is riding an amazing 11 fight win streak, which resulted in the UFC offering him an immediate title shot. However, he decided to opt out of that for the fight with Lesnar. The upcoming fight at UFC 141 will be a number one contender fight to see who will take on heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos at some point in 2012.
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica California – Instead of the usual Q and A prior to the weigh ins for UFC on FOX, the UFC 141 press conference was held with Dana White and the fighters of the main event, Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem. Both media and fans had the opportunity to ask questions to the fighters ranging from Brock's bout with diverticulitis to Alistair's move to the USA and training with Xtreme Couture.
The UFC will treat us to two specials today. First up is the UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem "On Sale" Press Conference. The press conference will take place at the Santa Monica Pier beginning at approximately 2pm PT/5pm ET in Santa Monica,
An unfamiliar broadcasting face will join the broadcast team as a guest analyst for Saturday's UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos. That unfamiliar face is none other than former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. UFC President Dana White announced this news during a media conference call on Wednesday.
This morning on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Alistair Overeem announced an interesting new move for his upcoming training camp. Overeem who is set to take on former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar in his UFC debut on December 30, 2011 in Las Vegas announced today
On December 30, 2011 two of the biggest heavyweights will clash in the octagon at UFC 141. Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will take on former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem. The fight poster which was released today gives you some numbers which will make you extremely excited for this match-up.
Yesterday MMASucka reported that Frank Mir predicts that Brock Lesnar will easily beat Alistair Overeem. It looks as if Overeem feels differently, he spoke with FightStar TV and stated that he believes he will finish Lesnar within the first round. The fight with Lesnar which is Overeem's debut in the Octagon will take place on December 30 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir spoke with ESPN.com earlier this week and made his prediction for the upcoming Heavyweight clash between Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem. His prediction may surprise some; he not only believes his former foe Lesnar will beat Overeem, he believes he will beat him "pretty easily".
Just days after the WWE released footage of their newest video game release WWE:12 which features Brock Lesnar, UFC President Dana White comments on this move. Well it's not so much a move, but money for Brock. White makes a point to the media that it doesn't matter if he's in a video game for the company, but Brock will not wrestle in the WWE while he is under contract with the UFC.