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After getting released by the UFC last year, Alistair Overeem has an uncertain future in combat sports. He's now in kickboxing but his future in MMA is certainly not over for the Dutchman.
Alistair Overeem was recently on The MMA Hour where he gave an update on his future in MMA. The now-kickboxer doesn't see himself being done with the sport and still has a few ideas for what's next.
“Absolutely not [done with MMA],” he said, via MMAFighting. “Might do one more [fight] or maybe two. Might be one. We’ll see what comes about but the calendar’s booked. We’ve got the Badr [Hari fight] and then we’ve got Rico [Verhoeven] after potentially so that will be next year and then we’ll see.
While talking about his future in MMA, Alistair Overeem had an idea for his return to the sport. He's looking at a potential fight with current Bellator heavyweight, Fedor Emelianenko.
“Respect to Fedor,” Overeem said. “He hasn’t fought in a couple of years. I’ve been working on my compassion lately and I think challenging a man who has not fought for several years, I don’t really think that’s a good thing to do.
“[Fedor Emelianenko is] not a fight I would particularly look for and even the Badr fight, in the beginning not a fight I would look for but the closer it gets, the more it becomes a thing,” Overeem explained. “I’m actually getting really enthusiastic about it. It could actually also happen with the Fedor fight. Initially, not something I would really look for but I don’t know. The hype kinds of speeds up, people start talking and it’s like this is pretty cool actually. Let’s go.”
