Cro Cop Offers to Fight Overeem & Kharitonov at DREAM

The pre-fight verbal warfare between Mirko Cro Cop and Alistair Overeem continued on Sunday during the press conference for DREAM.6.

News of “MIghty Mo’s” removal from Tuesday’s card due to a back injury provided a platform for Cro Cop to deliver yet another insult to the Dutch kickboxer.

“Well I’ve just heard that Mighty Mo is not going to fight since he is injured,” said a serious Filipovic. “We are all professional fighters. I’m ready to jump in, in his place. If Dream agrees, I’m ready to fight two fights tomorrow. It doesn’t mean that I underestimate Alistair, I would like to fight him first –- the fourth fight against him and the eleventh fight against Sergei. Sergei definitely trained hard for this and I’m sure he doesn’t want to go home without a fight.”

According to Overeem, Cro Cop wouldn’t even make it to the fight with Kharitonov.

“I think after I fight Mirko, he will never fight again,” said Overeem before throwing down the microphone.

Though fans would love to see the Croatian possibly decapitate two opponents in one night, the fight with Kharitonov will not happen. Instead heavyset Jimmy Ambriz from Huntington Beach has been tapped as the Russian’s new opponent. Even if Ambriz loses to Sergei he will walk away from the fight as one of the bravest men on the planet. Taking a fight with Kharitonov on just a few days notice is a feat within itself.

At the end of the conference TBS Executive Kazuhiro Namba made an interesting statement, basically ruling out the possibility of DREAM’s year end show.

“Dream was born this year and actually this is the last Dream of this year,” said Namba.