Alistair Overeem: I want to fight the top competition in the UFC (Video)

Quote :: Alistair Overeem

"Strikeforce
realized that I only had one fight left on my contract. So they were
like, "Hey, wait a minute. If Alistair wins this fight, he's going to be
in the final without a contract." Which, for us would be the golden
situation, because then you're in the finals of a tournament without a
contract. Well, there were some contract negotiations for an extension
in Strikeforce and, basically what happened was, there were a lot of
terms in there which we could not live with. One was, exclusively, I had
to fight for Strikeforce. So, basically, that would mean I had to let
K-1 go, let Dream go, and even the possibility of fighting for the UFC. I
mean, I am always a guy looking further (ahead). The UFC is where the
top guys are, so that's my ultimate goal, to become the UFC champ. But,
basically they wanted to keep me in Strikeforce... Listen, there's two
people currently ranked above me and they're both in the UFC. So, of
course I want to go to the UFC. I want to fight the top competition and
these guys are there. It's not up to me - it's up to, does the UFC want
me? I am willing to go wherever the top guys are."

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