Overeem says Aleksander Emelianenko NOT on Deck Next

Alistair Overeem is fighting Fedor Emelianenko….or is it Antonio Silva? Oh, no wait! Werdum has made a speedy recovery and the two are to meet at years end in Strikeforce!

All rumors have been trumped as of late, when “sources” were able to confirm premature negotiations were in place for the Strikeforce heavyweight champion, who moonlights as a K-1 contender, to face an Emelianenko–just not the one everyone was anticipating.

Aleksander Emelianenko was rumored to be facing the Dutch striker, according to an Polish MMA organization dubbed “Strefa Walk”. The stars seemed to aligned for the two former Pride stars to meet, when Bas Boon–Alistair Overeem’s manager heading the Golden Glory team–had said that the fight was in talks and negotiations were going well, Overeem decided to take matter’s into his own hands and set the record straight.

“For the record: I will fight in the K-1 and not against Aleksander (Emelianenko). I read something on the web and I’m not fighting him”, said the heavyweight juggernaut on his official twitter account.

So that put’s to rest that rumor, but will someone please tell Strefa Walk that the fight isn’t happening. They haven’t seemed to quite get the point yet.

So, are you otherwise disappointed that this fight isn’t happening? While I admit that a fight with Aleksander, who is arguably on better grounds than his estranged brother Fedor who lost for the first time in his professional mixed martial arts career (definitively), would be appealing–wouldn’t we all still prefer to see Overeem against the more infamous of the two Russian’s?

While Fedor has lost some of his luster that made up his seemingly indestructible aura, a fight with the former Pride and WAMMA champion still means a great deal to the Strikeforce brand.