Alistair Overeem fick tidigare under månaden se sig själv besegrad av Ben Rothwell, då Alistair slogs ut i första ronden vid ”UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi 2”. Nu vill Overeem tillbaka in i oktagonen så snart som möjligt, och detta hade han att säga om det hela via ”The MMA Hour”:
I’m good. The fight was not good. That was terrible, a terrible result. I can tell you it’s such a shame, because I was in damn good shape. And that just proves to me it can alter in the heavyweights, one mistake, one blow. I’m disappointed in the result of the fight, but you know I was in a great place and I’m still in a great place. I think I really found myself at Greg Jackson’s. I like the people, and the prep was great. And I know — I just know — that all those months of work that I put in are going to come out. It might not have come out in the fight, or the result wasn’t there, but I know it’s going to come out later. Because I know what I’m doing in the gym…. I just know that it’s in the right direction. So again, very unfortunately result.
We all knew that Ben has hard hands, that’s how he wins fights. I kicked his arm, and I thought I disabled his arm. I heard a crack, I could see he was hurt, so I didn’t expect him to punch with it, especially not that fast counter-punch. I was maybe expecting him to punch a little bit later, but not that fast, and I didn’t expect it to come from that angle. I should have been more guarded, I should have been more careful. We all knew Ben could take a punch, well maybe take a couple of punches, he’s a tough guy. He’s got hard hands. And I just made a mistake.
[I’d like to fight] as soon as possible, because I was not out. I was not sleeping. I was just dazed, and Ben capitalized. So I guess if it’s up to me, not too far away.
Trots att det inte gått Alistairs väg den senaste tiden så har han blivit lovad ytterligare en match i organisationen, och när vi får se honom igen återstår att se.
