Media Overeem as ubereem had so solid and tight striking defense.

[Frode Falch]

Golden Glory really did wonders with his defense game. Wish he kept it up..

And no its not as simple as saying it was because of peds or "big' gloves.

 

[Gabe]

It was his best form, lol at the people who think econoreem was better than this guy.

 

[usernamee]

It was his best form, lol at the people who think econoreem was better than this guy.

who the fuck thinks that lol

What econoreem was though was a great transition he made late in his MMA career to squeeze out some more miles imo, pretty impressive in that regard.

 

[g*r*b]

If only his chin were as solid.

 

[gracie_barra_samurai]

Alistair had the best steroid protocol, it was way too much of an advantage.

We missed out on full form Ubereem not having a decent run in UFC or Pride though. It would have been brutality.

 

[Kwic]

Just let them roid bro.
Since UFC is entertainment oriented I want to see the injury free monsters with granite chins, unlimited cardio and confidence going at it.

 

[Frode Falch]

If only his chin were as solid.

He chin is fine. He tok like 20 bombs from Bigfoot before going down. Or a high kick from a top shape from Badr Hari ffs.

He also had some cardio issues that took away his recovery after taking a shot.

 

[Intermission]

You can tell its all steroids because his legs dont match his upper body. Hulk upper body and Biden legs

 

[Frode Falch]

You can tell its all steroids because his legs dont match his upper body

We are talking about his defense here. Its not about body building

 

[Intermission]

We are talking about his defense here. Its not about body building

yeah he became slugger later on for whatever reason

 

[MMAFanCal]

Ubereem in his prime on secret juice, was the scariest heavyweight ever. Extremely fast, explosive, very powerful and very technical. He was ripped to the bones. All while looking like someone who could win an amateur heavyweight bodybuilding competition.

 

[RoseHDCovington]

Overeem was the king of "he was winning until he wasn't". Bigfoot, Travis Browne and Rozenstruik are the ones I remember off the top of my head. The Rozenstruik fight, overeem beat his ass until literally, LITERALLY the last 5 seconds of a 5 round fight.

I'm sure there were other fights I won't remember. But Econoreem was incredibly impressive to me. Everyone knew you just had to blow on his chin to get a devastating ko finish but not everyone could.

The fucking BEATING he put on Roy Nelson makes me uneasy and I never liked Roy Nelson



Obviously Nelson is kind of a bum but his ability to take half a dozen flying knees to the gut and still make it to the final bell is impressive

 

[Natural Order]

Saki would have ruined him had he not broken his arm first round of the GP.

 

[MMAFanCal]

You can tell its all steroids because his legs dont match his upper body. Hulk upper body and Biden legs

Don't let the shorts fool you. He did a lot of squats with 500 lbs and farmers walk etc. His legs were big and muscular. You can see his legs here

 

[TheBulge]

Don't let the shorts fool you. He did a lot of squats with 500 lbs and farmers walk etc. His legs were big and muscular. You can see his legs here

It's true. Not to get too racial but people forget Overeem is half white half black and he inherited the best attributes of both races.

 

[Tweak896]

I mean even in the short fight with Ben Edwards you can see how Overeem benefitted from the gloves for defense, he had some head movement, but his shell was great with those gloves in between his offense. UFC fighters really took advantage of that especially later in rounds. No way they would've hung in with Ubereem in K1.

I actually think he was the best HW in the world when he was in that form. If you had him in his prime, those years, not sure who can beat him.

 

[TheBulge]

I mean even in the short fight with Ben Edwards you can see how Overeem benefitted from the gloves for defense, he had some head movement, but his shell was great with those gloves in between his offense. UFC fighters really took advantage of that especially later in rounds. No way they would've hung in with Ubereem in K1.

I actually think he was the best HW in the world when he was in that form. If you had him in his prime, those years, not sure who can beat him.

JDS, Cain, Stipe, HW DC could all beat him or lose. HW was a true shark tank in the early to mid 2010s.

 

[MMAFanCal]

It's true. Not to get too racial but people forget Overeem is half white half black and he inherited the best attributes of both races.

The guy was probably one of the most genetically gifted athlete, let alone MMA athlete. I agree, everyone focuses on the horse meat, but he was a freak of nature even if other people were on the same horse meat as he was.

 

[SuspectChin]

It was his best form, lol at the people who think econoreem was better than this guy.

People clearly forget how massive Overoid looked against Teixeira. Guy was so juiced, you could literally see the bumps eroding from the back of his upper neck and spine.

 

[Tweak896]

JDS, Cain, Stipe, HW DC could all beat him or lose. HW was a true shark tank in the early to mid 2010s.

I feel like Cain or Stipe would get clipped by Ubereem, and couldn't take him down. It's debatable, Stipe had a better chin and Cain better wrestling.

JDS could crack at that time, and KO'd Cain while Ubereem was at his peak, but also jabbed it out with Roy and Carwin when he wanted to avoid power strikers. I still think Ubereem would win, but JDS would have the best chance.

Unfortunately Ubereem only fought once against Brock in UFC before getting popped, after that he never looked the same physically or had that much confidence. I also wonder how DC vs Overeem would've gone in Strikeforce GP. Or Fedor for that matter.