Written by Vytas
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Alistair Overeem was supposed to defend his Strikeforce heavyweight
belt on June 6 against Brett Rogers, but a brawl at a night club left
the dutch kickboxer almost hand less and unable to fight. Strikeforce
stepped up and replaced Overeem with former UFC heavyweight champion
Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski.
Overeems manager Bas Boon:
“Alistair attended some famous dance club with his
brother Valentine. Went to the toilet and did not have coins to pay the
toilet woman. Alistair told her he would pay a euro when he came back,
because he did not have change. Then the security guard who was near by
started to get involved …. Brother Valentine saw the incident and also
started asking what the problem was. They offered to pay, but by then 6
security guards came over surrounding them. The Overeem brothers were
asked to leave, Alistair was already outside when he saw his brother
Valentine fighting….Valentine still was discussing the situation on his
way outside with one of the security guards hit Valentine in the face
with a flash light. Three security guards dived onto Valentine and
brother Alistair wanted to go back inside to help his brother. This
resulted in five security guards in the hospital.”
Boon went on the reveal that one of the security guards involved in
the incident was fired afterwards, while a second tried to lay the
blame on the Overeem brothers.
In the meantime, Alistair Overeem was complaining of a painful cut
on his hand and went to hospital at the urging of Golden Glory team
mates.
“It was only because of the management pushing him to go to the
hospital that he saved his hand. When he finally got his injury
checked, he was advised to stay a few days in the hospital. They told
him if he would have come any later he would have lost his hand,” [FightersOnly]
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 23 May 2009 )
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