{"id":226332,"date":"2017-03-05T11:46:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T19:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=226332"},"modified":"2017-04-14T14:08:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T21:08:40","slug":"ko-mark-hunt-alistair-overeem-picks-ideal-next-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alistair-overeem\/ko-mark-hunt-alistair-overeem-picks-ideal-next-opponents\/","title":{"rendered":"After KO of Mark Hunt, Alistair Overeem picks his ideal next opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, in the first bout of the UFC 209 main card, former Strikeforce, Dream and K-1 champ Alistair Overeem separated himself from a failed UFC heavyweight title shot against Stipe Miocic by <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/pros-react-alistair-overeeems-crushing-ko-mark-hunt-1\/\">dominating Mark Hunt to a crushing, third-round knockout<\/a>. He earned this knockout with a beautifully timed knee and several followup punches.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI am very proud, but I am also very proud of my team,&#8221; Overeem said of his performance against Hunt (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Overeem-Interested-in-Bouts-vs-Ngannou-Lewis-if-Title-Opportunity-Doesnt-Arise-118205\" target=\"_blank\">Sherdog.com<\/a>). This is a great group of guys surrounding me and we might be old, but we\u2019re not done yet. We see a lot of things [when we watch film], we studied my opponent very extensively, all my coaches do, and I think that combined with my ability, technical ability, athletic ability, I\u2019m able to put these guys away.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the wake of this win, Overeem put on his matchmaking hat and outlined some of the opponents he&#8217;d be interested in next. While another shot at the title is obviously his preference, he said he&#8217;s also interested in fights with streaking contenders Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I\u2019m open to fighting Francis [Ngannou], I\u2019m open to fighting Derrick Lewis, I\u2019m open to fighting the winner of JDS-Stipe if JDS wins because that\u2019s a little more logical step to me,\u201d Overeem said. \u201cBut it needs to make sense. We\u2019re gonna wait and see what\u2019s gonna be on the table.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When we last saw Francis Ngannou in action, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/pros-react-francis-ngannous-crushing-ko-andrei-arlovski\/\">he knocked out former champ Andrei Arlovski<\/a> to earn the number-six spot in the heavyweight\u00a0rankings. Lewis, meanwhile, last fought in mid-February, when <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-halifax\/ufc-halifax-results-derrick-lewis-vs-travis-browne\/\">he took out Travis Browne with a second-round KO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Alistair Overeem fight after his dominant knockout win over the ever durable Mark Hunt? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 3\/5\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, in the first bout of the UFC 209 main card, former Strikeforce, Dream and K-1 champ Alistair Overeem separated himself from a failed UFC heavyweight title shot against Stipe Miocic by dominating Mark Hunt to a crushing, third-round knockout. 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