Alistair Overeem is rumored to be in talks with ONE Championship. ONE has lately introduced a 16-man Muay Thai Openweight Grand Prix with a $1 Million prize. Apparently, the Dutch-born Overeem is .
After splitting with the UFC, ‘The Dutch Demolition Man’ defeated his long-time rival Badr Hari in GLORY Kickboxing in late 2022. Overeem was then taking a look at dealing with the GLORY Heavyweight Champion Rico Verhoeven however the Dutch athlete examined optimistic for a banned substance.
In line with ONE’s CEO Chatri Sityodtong, the Openweight Grand Prix will function fighters equivalent to Rodtang (135 lbs) and Superbon (155 lbs). ONE’s promotional poster for the event already contains a image of Overeem (240 lbs). The poster additionally has the kickboxing mild heavyweight world champion Roman Kryklia (230 lbs) and the Muay Thai strawweight world champion Joseph Lasiri (125 lbs).
The rumor of Alistair Overeem trying to compete within the Muay Thai Openweight Grand Prix was first reported by Nicolas Atkin of SCMP MMA.
What’s left for Alistair Overeem?
Alistair Overeem has had a storied profession in fight sports activities. Since making his skilled debut in 1999, he has competed in PRIDE FC, the UFC, Okay-1 Kickboxing, DREAM, Strikeforce, and GLORY Kickboxing, amongst others. After almost 80 bouts between kickboxing and MMA, what’s left for ‘The Dutch Demolition Man’?
Final 12 months, Overeem sat down with Tim Wheaton of Past Kickboxing to map out his future. The 42-year-old fighter defined that he would love one final bout to say goodbye to MMA. He stated:
“There may be one other alternative to do one other MMA struggle. As a result of MMA requires an excellent farewell as properly … I do have a specific situation in thoughts, it could be an enormous stadium, like fifty-thousand folks. In order that’ll slim it down for you; what stadium and the place. It’ll be one thing alongside these strains that I’ve envisioned for myself.”
Between Okay-1 and PRIDE, Alistair Overeem fought in Japan’s Saitama Tremendous Area in a dozen bouts, and it appears like he’s searching for yet another.
