{"id":115426,"date":"2014-10-15T12:47:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T19:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=115426"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:17:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:17:03","slug":"the-reem-finds-optimism-following-2-3-ufc-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/the-reem-finds-optimism-following-2-3-ufc-skid\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Reem&#8221; Finds Optimism Following 2-3 UFC Skid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/photo-alistair-overeem-supporting-youth-kickboxing\/overeem-youth-kickboxing\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-113115\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-113115\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/overeem-youth-kickboxing.png\" alt=\"overeem youth kickboxing\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/overeem-youth-kickboxing.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/overeem-youth-kickboxing-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/overeem-youth-kickboxing-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;You put in the work and you come back. I&#8217;m 34 years old. If I would be injured, yes, maybe, but I still love what I do &#8211; I love working and improving. I&#8217;m an athlete, I&#8217;m a fighter, I&#8217;m a champion &#8211; this is what I do. I think there&#8217;s a couple different ways you can look at the results. These results are not good, I totally agree. Would I like to have other results? Of course I would like to have other results &#8211; I&#8217;m a winner. I like winning. I enjoy winning and I put in the work to win. However, winning is not just a matter of work; it&#8217;s a combination of factors: it&#8217;s your sparring partners, your coaches, your diet &#8211; it&#8217;s the whole package, even your personal life. In that sense, it&#8217;s a continuous building of a puzzle and I think that the puzzle is very good right now.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite just going 2-3 inside the UFC&#8217;s Octagon, Former Strikeforce, DREAM and K-1 Grand Prix champion, Alistair Overeem keeps things positive while attempting to regain his former dominance.<\/p>\n<p>Can he do it?<\/p>\n<p><em>(Quote via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/Overeem-Grateful-for-Quick-Return-against-Struve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC.COM<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You put in the work and you come back. I&#8217;m 34 years old. If I would be injured, yes, maybe, but I still love what I do &#8211; I love working and improving. I&#8217;m an athlete, I&#8217;m a fighter, I&#8217;m a champion &#8211; this is what I do. 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