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Brett Rogers tells Alistair Overeem to defend his belt or vacate it
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I think everyone is a bit frustrated that StrikeForce has some quality champions, but they do not defend their titles. Cung Le finally vacated his title after what seemed like a eternity and now Jake Shields and Jason Mayhem Miller will face off for the right to earn the belt. Josh Thomson has injured his leg on several occasions and Gilbert Melendez now has the interim Lightweight belt. Alistair Overeem is the StrikeForce Heavyweight champion and won the belt in a fight against Paul Buentello, but that was almost 2 years ago in late 2007.
Now Brett Rogers tells ProMMARadio.com (Via MMAMania.com) that Overeem should defend the title or vacate it already.
“I don’t know what’s been going on with [Overeem], he’s kinda been hesitatin’ on everybody. He’s always complainin’ about something ain’t right, his hand is hurtin’ and things like that. If I was anybody I would try to go in deep on why his hand is hurtin’ and why everything else is hurtin’ because maybe it might not just be hurt, it could be something else. I don’t know, I ain’t the one to say or start nothin’ but he’s definitely gonna have to give up that belt here real, real soon because I’m in it to win it, I want that belt. If you’re a title holder, I’m sorry man but you should be fighting at least a couple of times a year. No excuses. If you can’t get the job done then give it up.”
Rogers also went on to say that he feels Overeem is ducking a fight with him. As we all know their fights have been rumored a few times only to fall through at the last minute.
“One, I say he’s ducking me. He knows I’m gonna get him. I could care less who he is. Two, I don’t think he can fight in the states right now. I don’t think you can get that big in such a small amount of time. I don’t know, who knows.”
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