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Earlier this year, on the main card of UFC 209, Alistair Overeem knocked out a fellow veteran striker in Mark Hunt<\/a>. With this win, Overeem moved to 2-0 over Hunt, having tapped him out back in 2008 under the DREAM banner.<\/p>\n

Since then, Hunt has had plenty to say about Overeem, calling him a cheater on multiple occasions<\/a>. On Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour, Overeem fired back at Hunt \u2013 and he did not hold back.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMark is also one of those veteran fighters, I respect him a lot, but in the end, he\u2019s just a talker,\u201d Overeem said on\u00a0The MMA Hour (via MMAFighting.com<\/a>). \u201cIn the end, I\u2019ve fought him twice. I beat him as a light heavyweight (in 2008), I broke his arm, and I\u2019ve knocked him out as a heavyweight. And actually, both fights, I was not fit. Because the first fight, I\u2019m a light heavyweight fighting a guy \u2014 I was 106kg fighting him, who was 135kg. What is that, I\u2019m 235 (pounds), he\u2019s 280? I broke his arm, and that was on short notice. That was on a five-day notice. I got the call Monday; on, I think, Tuesday or Wednesday I was on the plane; and Saturday we fought.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNow (at UFC 209), I had a good camp, but I had food poisoning the day before, and I knocked him out. So yeah, I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know what he wants from me. I think I\u2019ve shown to the world that I\u2019m the better fighter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ultimately, Overeem feels that Hunt is just a talker.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWords don\u2019t hurt,\u201d he said. \u201cIf [Hunt] wants to keep talking, keep talking. To me, he\u2019s a guy who talks a lot anyway. He\u2019s just talking because he has no facts, has no evidence, he doesn\u2019t have anything to back it up. I\u2019ve thought of him a little bit higher previously, I actually am a fan of his style. Still am. But yeah, mental-wise, I think he\u2019s a little bit out there.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Alistair Overeem returns to action this Saturday, when he takes on Fabricio Werdum in a rubber match on the main card of UFC 213.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/4\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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