{"id":122254,"date":"2014-12-11T10:39:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T18:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=122254"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:05:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:05:03","slug":"struve-overeem-fight-im-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/struve-overeem-fight-im-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Struve on Overeem Fight: &#8221;I&#8217;m better&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/struve-overeem-fight-im-better\/stean-struve\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-122255\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-122255\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Stean-Struve.png\" alt=\"Stean Struve\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Stean-Struve.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Stean-Struve-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Stean-Struve-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;We\u2019ve really done everything to make sure I\u2019m in the best condition physically and mentally to perform and I really believe I\u2019m going to put on one of my best fights I\u2019ve ever fought for the UFC.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI got another shot and I didn\u2019t care who it was. Look at my last two opponents; Miocic is fighting for a title shot and Hunt just got his shot. In my opinion, I should have won both of those fights. The Hunt fight didn\u2019t go my way because physically there was something very wrong with me at that point, so this is where I should be. Alistair has gone through some adversity in his career. He lost three of his last four fights by knockout, but obviously he\u2019s a big name, and he\u2019s a very good opponent, but I\u2019m better. It\u2019s simple as that. I\u2019m better, I\u2019ve got more potential and I did everything I could possibly do to prepare myself for this fight, so I know if I fight my fight, I\u2019m gonna win.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m the youngest ranked heavyweight out there and the only ranked heavyweight in his 20s. The rest are getting old. (Laughs) I\u2019m right there to take over and this is another step to where I want to be.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.ca\/news\/Stefan-Struve-Back-for-Good\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC.com<\/a>, Stefan Struve discussed his upcoming scrap with Alistair Overeem.<\/p>\n<p>The two fight Saturday on FOX, who ya got?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve really done everything to make sure I\u2019m in the best condition physically and mentally to perform and I really believe I\u2019m going to put on one of my best fights I\u2019ve ever fought for the UFC. \u201cI got another shot and I didn\u2019t care who it was. Look at my last two opponents; Miocic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":122255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Struve on Overeem Fight: &#039;&#039;I&#039;m better&#039;&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stefan Struve discussed his upcoming scrap with Alistair Overeem. 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