Originally Posted by c4rv:
“There has been some cross over between K-1 and MMA, especially in Japan. Out of the big stars, Sammy Shilts has quite a long MMA record and has fought and won in UFC.
More recently Overeem has had sucess in K-1 include a 2008 win over K-1 world champion Badr Hari, there was suppose to be a MMA match between them but that was never going to happen. I believe Overeem has said that he really wants to fight in the K-1 world grand Prix again this year.”
True but Overeem didnt go into K-1 with no kickboxing training. He trained in Holland (where many argue is the best place to train) and become a very accomplished striker.
He actually did fight Hari again last year and got destroyed.
Overeem wants to fight in the K-1 Grand Prix as he gets more money from K-1 than he does from strikeforce. Strikeforce have a problem as they dont actually control what there champion does. Overeem will always pick K-1 first as thats where his biggest pay days are.
If Fedor or Brock Lesner for instance fought in K-1 as they are now I would think they would get blasted in 1 round.