re: Its official: Overeem out, Mir to face Dos Santos

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Also a bs move from the UFC to pull overeem before his hearing.

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Not really. The fight isn't too far away and if you are going to have to throw Mir in, its only fair to give him at least a few weeks to properly train.

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If he is cleared by the commission he should get the fight.

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I wouldn't worry about it. It also seems odd that they waited this long to replace Overeem when his hearing is only four days away. It seems to suggest that they have recently found out that Overeem would not be licensed.

The defense offered by Overeem's agent so far is terrible. Because he was not a licensed fighter by the NSAC, they are claiming that there was no jurisdiction for a random test. So basically, Overeem has been taking huge amounts of steroids (which everyone assumed all along) but shouldn't be subject to a random drug screening.