Alistar Overeem Charged With Battery

[No More Sorrow]

Top UFC heavyweight contender Alistair Overeem has been charged with one count of misdemeanor battery following an incident in a Las Vegas casino soon after his UFC 141 bout this past month.

According to the "Las Vegas Review-Journal," Overeem is slated to appear in court on Feb. 21, and if convicted, he faces a maximum of six months in county jail and a maximum $1,000 fine.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) had been unable to confirm the long-rumored incident in recent weeks.

Local law-enforcement officials told MMAjunkie.com no arrest was made, and Wynn officials declined comment.

However, according to the newspaper's report, Overeem, who defeated Brock Lesnar at UFC 141 in Las Vegas on Dec. 30, was at Wynn Las Vegas a few days later. According to a citation issued at 3 a.m. on Jan. 2, Overeem pushed or shoved a woman in the face, "causing her to stagger back."

Overeem wasn't technically arrested and instead was summoned to court. He's retained famed Las Vegas defense attorney David Chesnoff for the case and maintains his innocence, according to the report.

Overeem (36-11 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a former Strikeforce champion who was released by the organization and quickly signed by its sister promotion, made his official UFC debut at UFC 141 at MGM Grand Garden Arena. By knocking out ex-champ Lesnar (for his 11th straight win), he set up an upcoming heavyweight title fight with current champ Junior Dos Santos, who's healing from a knee injury.

No date has been set for pay-per-view blockbuster, but UFC president Dana White recently mentioned Memorial Day weekend or Fourth of July weekend as possibilities. Both shows are expected to take place in Las Vegas.

It's a misdemeanor. Most likely he pays a couple hundred dollar fine and the whole thing goes away.

 

[Heisenberg]

As said, it will probably just end up being a fine and I don't see the big deal. Woopty do he gave a women a little push at 3am in the morning, he probably was out that night or they were a fan.

 

[Deezy]

Drunk women. Always need a good pie-face at 3 a.m.

 

[No More Sorrow]

When asked about the recent allegations against Alistair Overeem, UFC president Dana White stated that he doesn't feel like it is anything that will keep Overeem from competing against UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos later this year. "The Reem" was charged with misdemeanor battery after an incident in a Las Vegas club recently.

"I don't think he's in that much trouble," said White. "This isn't a situation where he beat somebody up; I don't think that's the case.

"He had to use the restroom, this is my knowledge of what happened... security was going to take him. He said, 'I don't need security,' and sure enough he goes over there, and his side of the story is some lady started yelling at him and swinging at him and everything else."

The Las Vegas police issued a citation on January 2 that claimed Overeem "pushed or shoved" a woman in the face at the XS nightclub. He was not arrested at the time and is scheduled to appear in court on February 21.

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