While Overeem has trained at a number of camps over the years, Struve still resides at Team Schrijber in his homeland. As he has in most of his bouts, Struve will possess a reach advantage(four inches) come fight night. He hasn’t always used his physical tools in the best manner possible, however. Overeem believes that Struve’s roots are preventing him from properly utilizing his length.
“I know he’s training on it. I know that he tries to, but the Dutch kickboxing in my opinion, respectfully, is outdated. It’s not used for MMA,” Overeem said. “I know because I am the K-1 2010 Grand Prix champion. MMA is just different.”
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