TOYKO -- With Alistair Overeem calling opponent Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic
“old” and “a chicken” and Filipovic declaring that he will tar and
feather himself and run around Amsterdam until he is arrested if he
gets “degraded” by Overeem, tensions between the two heavyweights
reached a boiling point during Dream 6’s pre-fight press conference
Sunday at the East 21 Hotel.
Cro Cop spring-boarded off the news that Sergei Kharitonov's
intended opponent, Siala “Mighty Mo” Siliga, was scratched from the
card due to a back injury to keep the mind games going with the lanky
Dutchman he faces Tuesday in a featured bout.
“Well I've just heard that Mighty Mo is not going to fight since he is
injured,” said a serious Filipovic. “We are all professional fighters.
I'm ready to jump in, in his place. If Dream agrees, I'm ready to fight
two fights tomorrow. It doesn't mean that I underestimate Alistair, I
would like to fight him first –- the fourth fight against him and the
eleventh fight against Sergei. Sergei definitely trained hard for this
and I'm sure he doesn't want to go home without a fight.”
Feeling nothing but slighted by the offer, Overeem had a terse reply.
“I think after I fight Mirko, he will never fight again,” said Overeem before throwing down the microphone.
Dream will have no need to take the gung-ho Filipovic up on his offer. American journeyman Jimmy Ambriz has agreed to step in to face the stone-faced Russian Kharitonov on just a few days’ notice.
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