Is Overeem becoming a new Cheick Kongo?

[markus0815]

my respect for still standing by him

i was highly impressed with him after his K1 and duffee wins, and of course after the brock fight

i was like "finally, one of those muscle monsters from outside the UFC manages to transition well to fighting in america in the octagon". then it turns out he was full of juice during the brock fight. and it's no secret that there is no, or at no real testing in japan - so obviously he was never off cycle during his fights in japan

his confident/arrogant personality goes well with being a fighter as strong as he is on juice. it doesnt go so well with someone who continually gets out-muscled and KTFOed

i gave him another chance after switching camps, but it didnt change anything at all

so basically, i am an ubereem fan, not so much a reem fan. ubereem is gone, so i am definitely not a fan anymore. next time he fights, i dont give a shit

 

[SKITZADACTYL]

kongo can actually recover, everyone knows overeem has the glassiest jaw and cant recover worth a shit. if there was a discussion about bad chins i wouldnt even think of mentioning kongo, where as overeem would get mentioned everytime.

 

[TheWolfsHowl]

Except Kongo could recover. Check his fight with Barry. Overeem would have been out cold, no come back. He's a glass cannon nowadays...

Kongo's chin lost a lot of its strength after that Barry fight, though. He got put to sleep by a bunch of guys.

He's been looking great now though. Good win against Johnson.

 

[YukisHeart]

Kongo is very droppable, but his recovery is awesome.

Reem's recovery is undersold, meanwhile. Here he is being blasted in the first round of his fight with Tyrone Spong, for example:

This left him badly rocked, but he covered up and weathered the storm.

(He hung in there taking brutal shots in many of his LHW losses, too.)

He went on to unscramble his senses and win convincingly:

Surely this should be enough evidence for anyone who comes across it to stop peddling the no heart, can't take a shot myth, like surviving and fighting through a broken jaw did for Arlovski?

 

[aModerateThreat]

nah, he is becoming the old overeem

 

[BuffaloEmperor]

Well Overeem did destroy Cro Cop's balls before so he is on his way to becoming Kongo if he targets some more balls.

 

[Organic Damage]

What's funny is that if Kongo hadn't opted not to resign with the UFC he'd probably still be with them, whereas Overeeem will probably not be pretty soon (or take a massive paycut)

 

[Quilled Mind]

If anything, he's sort of similar to Arlovski.

 

[kurtwpg]

Kongo is a poor man's Overeem with a better chin.

 

[jjjjjjjjjjohnny]

i hope kongo gets the belt in bellator - overeem vs kongo for the HW title would be awesome!

 

[Keakecasacooway]

Congo beat Browne, and wouldn't lose to Rothwell. Congo is a pretty damn good fighter, his Bellator run has really impressed me.

 

[born2killl]

Hes the new Brandon Vera. Still has great striking technique but can no longer take a punch. And since they know they can't take a punch, they have to work twice as hard moving in and out, hitting and running because thats their only chance to make it to the end of rounds.

Its sort of like playing Street Fighter with a character who starts off with a sliver of health vs. guys with a full bar.