Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem took another aside into kickboxing last night, as he took on Ben Edwards at the K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16 in Seoul, South Korea.
Overeem wasted little time in dispatching of his opponent, knocking Edwards down three times in the opening two minutes to earn the TKO victory. Overeem spoke about the victory after the fight (quotes from MMAFighting.com).
"I hope you enjoyed my fight," Overeem said. "I fight for the fans. You're awesome. I was very confident going into the fight. My training camp was really professional and really hard. I trained like an animal so I built a lot of confidence because of that. I felt like I could finish it in the first round and I did and so it was a good fight."
"He was a strong guy," Overeem said of Edwards. "I could feel his power in his punches. I knew he had the fastest tournament win so I knew I had to watch his power. Once I had a chance to finish the fight, I did."
Overeem is expected to return to MMA and Strikeforce early in 2011.
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