Alistair Overeem will defend his title. Eventually

A few days ago I wrote that I was sick of Alistair Overeem not defending his Strikeforce heavyweight title. It’s been almost two years, during which he went 3-0 in MMA in Japan and 1-1 in K-1 kickboxing. I was particularly irked by the fact that Overeem was forced to withdraw from two Strikeforce events this year due to a hand injury but had agreed to fight a few more kickboxing events this year. Add to that the fact that Strikeforce has just acquired Fedor Emelianenko so at some point I’d like to see the Russian fight for the championship.

Well, Strikeforce has announced that after Overeem fights at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16 on September 26 in Seoul, Korea, and another kickboxing match a few weeks later in Amsterdam, he will defend his title. That’s still pretty oblique. I’d like to see a date set and an opponent named. Like yesterday.