According the website mmaweekly.com Brett Rogers trainer wants a shot at Alistair Overeem.
Without actually saying it what this would mean for Rogers is an instant title shot for the Strikeforce heavyweight belt.
Overeem who is the current holder of the belt has never defended it despite being crowned the heavyweight champion two years ago.
Having just lost to Fedor Emelienanko, the number one heavyweight in the world, is Rogers really deserving enough to challenge Overeem?
Rogers trainer has said that he is interested in fighting in Japan but even if he were to fight Overeem on foreign soil and if he were to win this would mark Rogers as a sort unofficial Strikeforce heavyweight champion in my opinion.
This is something that simply should not happen, the next in line for that belt should be the one to have just beat him. Then after that should Fedor lose it should be Werdum because he just beat Antonio Silva.
In fact despite Rogers stock as a heavyweight fighter rising after his fight with Fedor he should be about third person to stake any claim at a shot at challenging Overeem.
The question is can anyone actually lure Overeem back into the sport of MMA? He currently seems happy enough to simply fight in K-1 as a kick boxer. My answer of course is yes, I think right now Overeem is confident enough and cocky to except a challenge in Fedor.
Could Overeem win this fight? Well whether or not he can win the fight I think right now he holds the best chance of defeating Fedor. He seems to have grown substantially in size and has managed to get his cardio under control. Overeem seemed to suffer as a light heavyweight with bad cardio which he now seems to have under control.
Could Overeem pass a drug test? Now that is the million dollar question isn't it, rumor is that Overeem's new bulk is from steroids despite what he says. However, Overeem has not fought in the U.S. for two years and has instead opted for a career in Japan.
Not wishing to start any arguments about either Pride or UFC being better, Japan is known by fans to have very relaxed rules against steroids something the U.S. frowns very much on.
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