Drock
12-05-2009, 06:43 AM
The Galaxy Room of the luxurious ANA Intercontinental Hotel played host to the pre-fight press conference of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final.
With a large number of non-Japanese media personnel and the teammates and cornermen of the fighters in attendance, the press conference turned out to be a highly spirited affair.
The finalists in the WGP engaged in a heated verbal feud that escalated the tension to a boiling point and sent the crowd into frenzy.
Leading the charge in the war of words was none other than Alistair Overeem. Empowered by his victory over "Mr. K-1," Peter Aerts and considered the second favorite to take the tournament trophy, Overeem took the mic after his quarterfinal opponent, Ewerton Teixeira delivered a brief statement to the media.
Overeem opened fire on the mic: "I challenge any of these fighters to step into the octagon or MMA ring with me, and I promise I will finish them in two to three minutes. As you may or may not know, my friend Badr here already declined a MMA fight with me, so I am waiting for someone else to step up."
Full Story At
http://www.mmamania.com/2009/12/4/11856 ... -pre-fight (http://www.mmamania.com/2009/12/4/1185672/k-1-world-gp-2009-final-pre-fight)
With a large number of non-Japanese media personnel and the teammates and cornermen of the fighters in attendance, the press conference turned out to be a highly spirited affair.
The finalists in the WGP engaged in a heated verbal feud that escalated the tension to a boiling point and sent the crowd into frenzy.
Leading the charge in the war of words was none other than Alistair Overeem. Empowered by his victory over "Mr. K-1," Peter Aerts and considered the second favorite to take the tournament trophy, Overeem took the mic after his quarterfinal opponent, Ewerton Teixeira delivered a brief statement to the media.
Overeem opened fire on the mic: "I challenge any of these fighters to step into the octagon or MMA ring with me, and I promise I will finish them in two to three minutes. As you may or may not know, my friend Badr here already declined a MMA fight with me, so I am waiting for someone else to step up."
Full Story At
http://www.mmamania.com/2009/12/4/11856 ... -pre-fight (http://www.mmamania.com/2009/12/4/1185672/k-1-world-gp-2009-final-pre-fight)