Dream Fight - Alistair Overeem vs. Brock Lesnar

This weeks Dream Fight comes to us from Lizzielovesfighting.  You know what else Lizzie loves?  Gals Guide to MMA, which loves her right back.  Yes, GGMMA is self-aware.

It's a little nerve wracking for me to offer up an opinion on fighting, but as Gals Guide to MMA proves women like MMA and women have opinions about MMA. This is my dream fight and also my opinion about whether MMA needs a super-heavyweight class. I think that Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem would be a good fight. Maybe one of Lesnar's best fights since entering MMA or at least size wise most evenly matched. Obviously he didn't just pop up out of nowhere. He has football and wrestling experience but it seems to me that his MMA fights have been the result of simply being much bigger than anyone he has fought. His only loss was dealt by Frank Mir, a jui jitsu technician. Their second fight Mir was quite simply over whelmed and overcome by Lesnar's obvious size and strength advantage not necessarily his skill as a MMA fighter. Though it is obvious he is getting better with a growing set of skills. I think the Shane Carwin fight would have been an eye opener for Lesnar as Carwin was much closer in size. Also Frank Mir has bulked up quite a bit and if his size and strength match up to Lesnar his skills would far surpass any Lesnar has.
But I digress, back to the dream fight. I think one obnoxious oversized bully deserves another. Alistair Overeem has enjoyed success in both kickboxing and MMA. His skill has grown as well. He has also grown to a freakishly behemouth size in a short period of time. As Michael Schiavello and Ray Sefo noted, "his muscles even have muscles". Overeem is now fighting at 260 and is 6'5" and Lesnar is 6'3" and 265 lbs. There are bigger fighters out there. Hong-Man Choi and Semmy Schilt come to mind, but not two who talk more trash with mostly size to back it up. They are big brash and tough, but also beastly, obnoxious and insufferable.
I think MMA needs a super-heavyweight class to accommodate this size of fighter. They simply have gotten too big for their britches and too big for a fair match-up with most heavyweights. I don't think bulk should win out over skill. I like a fight and like most people, pull for the underdog.
But fighters must have somewhat equal advantages for the match to be interesting or exciting.
Not since Rodan fought Godzilla would there be two opponents dishing out the pain and destruction to one another as Lesnar/Overeem. If they fight true to form it would be an epic battle with probably quite a lot of bloodshed and misery dealt to both.
I will never forget the pummeling that Mir received and personally won't forgive Brock or Herb Dean for not stopping that fight sooner. But that's another story.
We can always hope for the simultaneous knock out, they both obviously have the power. It couldn't happen to two nicer fellas.
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