[Centraal] MMA topic #113 Clash Of The Titans

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To prepare for his blockbuster fight with Brock Lesnar tomorrow night, Alistair Overeem decided to move his camp from its longtime station in Holland to the United States. After touring several facilities, The Reem finally settled on Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas.

Some wondered whether that would cause any friction between gym owner Randy Couture and the Lesnar team, seeing as how The Natural had been an integral part of Lesnar's training in the past. However, those parties involved, Lesnar included, denied that there were any issues with Overeem training at Xtreme Couture. After all, the now-retired Couture would be away from the gym for the entirety of Overeem's training filming movies.

So, when Overeem uprooted his camp midway through preparing for Lesnar to go back to Holland and aid his ailing mother, few questions were asked. Xtreme Couture trainer Gil Martinez recently told FightLine though, that there's more to the story.

"There were some issues with Alistair training at Xtreme Couture because Randy, after he fought Brock, trained with him and signed a disclosure with them," Martinez revealed. "So even though Randy isn't at the gym, Brock's people made it an issue so Overeem ended up not finishing his training here."

How Overeem will fare against Lesnar after having to cobble together a training camp when and where he could is just one of the many questions surrounding both men heading into their UFC 141 main event battle. UFC 141 goes down tomorrow night from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and, as always, FightLine will be back on the night with live, ongoing coverage of the event.

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Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 01:28 schreef leeroy het volgende:

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Die heeft geen zin in praatjes want morgen word hij gesloopt!

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Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 13:00 schreef Fenomeno het volgende:
Is een odd van bijna 4 voor Vlad Mat niet wat hoog, ik durf eigenlijk niet omdat Mat al bejaard is en Mauler een beest, maar ik vind het toch wat hoog

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Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 13:09 schreef Fenomeno het volgende:
Net ff gauw weigh ins gezien en ik blijf er van af, Vlad ziet er slecht uit. Begint wel te kriebelen om op Overeem in te zetten na de weigh ins, Brock een beetje chubby en Alistair gewoon ripped.

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Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 14:01 schreef rumiii het volgende:
Dacht dat het vannacht om 04:00 zou zijn...

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"The problem with Jon Fitch is you hear the same thing from everybody about Jon Fitch: If I want to get to sleep and I can't get to sleep at night, I'll put in a Jon Fitch fight. Whatever you think... Jon Fitch is one of the best 170-pounders in the world. And yes, he's in the hunt for a title again, but find one person that will tell you they love a Jon Fitch fight, it's the most exciting thing they've ever seen and they just get so excited for it. So when you say that you have a fight like Cerrone and Diaz on the card and a guy with a record like (Fitch's) is on and people aren't jumping out of their seats for that fight, I think Jon needs to have a little bit of a, you know... he's got to be a little honest with himself and have a little bit of a reality check."

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Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 14:08 schreef Fenomeno het volgende:
Jon moet gewoon eens voor een sub gaan of iemand KO slaan

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Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 14:11 schreef Fenomeno het volgende:
Ik hoop dat hij hem gewoon Sprawl 'n brawled en dan KO slaat. Die gast traint bij AKA, die heeft een veel betere stand up dan dat wij weten

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Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 14:29 schreef Fenomeno het volgende:

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Je weet dus niet of Hendricks een betere striking heeft omdat je Fitch z'n stand up nooit ziet

Denk dat Fitch best aardig kan kickboksen, traint al jaren bij AKA.

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Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 14:40 schreef Fenomeno het volgende:

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Rond een uur of 11 naar bed en het wekkertje om 4

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Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 14:59 schreef rumiii het volgende:
Hoe snel was Diaz met zijn gewicht?

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Knock Out Investments, better known as Dutch fight management firm Golden Glory, filed a lawsuit in Clark County, Nevada, Thursday alleging Alistair Overeem breached the terms of a five-year contract with the group that runs through July 2012.

The complaint, a copy of which ESPN.com has obtained, also names Overeem's representative Collin Lam as a defendant. The filing comes one day prior to the Overeem's headlining clash against Brock Lesnar at UFC 141 in Las Vegas.

"We have a legal team," Lam told ESPN.com. "We have a great law firm in Las Vegas. A great law firm in L.A. So they're taking care of everything."

Overeem is alleged to not have paid a 30 percent commission to Knock Out Investments following his win in Strikeforce against Fabricio Werdum on June 18, 2011.

Rather than following the arrangement Overeem and KOI used in previous bouts -- a promoter pays KOI which in turn cuts a check to the fighter -- Overeem was directly paid his purse and win bonus totaling $170,000, which is standard practice when Zuffa LLC promotes events.

Six weeks after beating Werdum, Zuffa, which purchased Strikeforce in March, released Overeem from the final fight of this three-bout deal with Strikeforce.

Retained, however, were Zuffa's exclusive negotiating rights with Overeem. At the time Zuffa also parted ways with other Golden Glory-affiliated fighters, stating the Dutch firm's business practice of taking direct payment was antithetical to how the promoter operated.

Still, KOI negotiated with Zuffa for Overeem's services and he signed a contract with the UFC on Sept. 6.

In November, Overeem, through his counsel, sent a letter to KOI demanding monies owed. Overeem subsequently filed a lawsuit against the management group, asking for $151,000 and a court order to break the contract.

In interviews at the time, Overeem stated he left Golden Glory, with which he maintained an 11-year relationship before signing with the UFC, over a breach of trust. He maintained he was taken advantage of by Golden Glory.

In the complaint filed against Overeem and Lam Thursday, KOI alleges that "subsequent to the execution of the UFC contracts, Overeem made numerous public statements that KOI/GG breached its fiduciary to him and that there was 'mistrust.' Overeem claimed that Zuffa's CEO, Lorenzo Fertitta told him in no uncertain terms that: there is a one million dollar 'signing bonus;' that the one million dollar signing bonus was Overeem's money and that KOI/GG was 'ripping him off' and 'stealing from him.'"

Caren Bell, a representative for the UFC and Fertitta, said they had not seen a copy of the complaint and could not comment.

The complaint does not state to whom Overeem made such claims. Lam, speaking for Overeem, declined to address specific allegations put forward in the 16-page document.

Pursuant to the terms of Overeem's UFC contract as outlined in the complaint, he is guaranteed a "bout fee" of $264,285 on Dec. 30. Should he defeat Lesnar, Overeem would receive an additional $121,428 "win bonus." Overeem is also in line to receive a $2 pay-per-view bonus per viewer, "for all revenues received by UFC-Zuffa for telecast of the Lesnar fight in the United States, Canada or over the internet in excess of $500,000."

Terms of the contract also guarantee Zuffa would pay Overeem $1 million spread out evenly over the first three fights of his deal, which is potentially good for up to eight bouts. Overeem is also expected to receive intellectual property payments for worldwide marketing of his likeness or image.

Lam, whom KOI's legal counsel Rod Lindblom called "instrumental in having Alistair move away from Golden Glory and breach his contract," said Overeem, 31, is aware of the legal action, which "we knew was coming," and remains squarely focused on Lesnar.

"The suit was filed for a very simple reason," Roderick J.Lindblom, legal counsel for KOI and Golden Glory, told ESPN.com. "Alistair Overeem has been part of Golden Glory for 11 years. Knockout Investment has a management contract with him. The management agreement was from 2007 until 2012. They negotiated one of the largest MMA agreements in the history of the sport for him. And within days he accused them of some pretty shady stuff that is not true. And he has walked away from his contract."

Josh Gross covers mixed martial arts for ESPN.com.

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Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 15:09 schreef Yuri_Boyka het volgende:
Hoelaat is DA MATCH?

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Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 15:24 schreef Cardizzle14 het volgende:
Net powernapje gedaan voor vannacht, Zin in!!! Post zo mijn picks! Wie kan ik vannacht verwachtend hierrrr?

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Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 15:31 schreef rumiii het volgende:
Mogen hier links geplaatst worden? Ik heb wel een goede, denk ik

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Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 19:58 schreef Opperkwal het volgende:
Cerrone vs Diaz wordt onmogelijk een DEC, Hooidraad!!

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Op vrijdag 30 december 2011 20:12 schreef Hooidraad het volgende:

UFC 141- Joe Rogan & Antony Hardonk break down Alistair Overeem

Joe Rogan vertelt het zoals het is