UPDATE:
Alistair Overeem ain’t retired yet!
Like I said (in the thread), one of my colleagues (
TjinMMA) from
MainEventNL who’s friends with Overeem reached out to his management to ask about Reem’s “retirement-report”.
The management replied and told us it’s fake news. Reem ain’t retiring yet.
In the Dubai-interview Reem said he planned on retiring, but didn’t say “when” he was going to retire.
His management told us Overeem actually plans to fight 1 or 2 more times (I assume he’ll fight in GLORY’s 8-man heavyweight Grand Prix in December and then call it a day).
GLORY’s matchmaker Robbie Timmers also replied to me that he doesn’t know where all those “retirement-talks” are coming from.
First-hand information straight from Alistair Overeem’s management:
Go to the instagram-post and hit the translate button because it’s Dutch (and give us a follow
), or here is the English translation:
Management: “He ain’t retired yet”
Wipe your tears, Overeem is not retired yet!
During an interview with
@lovindubai Alistair Overeem stated that he has decided to stop fighting.
What he didn't announce is “when” he would.
Following the coverage of this news, we have contacted the management of 'The Reem' for a response.
His management stated that Overeem hasn't stopped fighting at all.
He is expected to do 1 or 2 more fights before he hangs up the gloves.
