While Fabricio Werdum voiced pleasure in regards to his friend and rival Antonio Silva’s stoppage of Fedor Emelianenko, he remains focused on his next opponent, Alistair Overeem, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt told Sherdog.com.

Contrary to initial reports, Alistair Overeem’s Strikeforce heavyweight title will not be on the line at any point during the promotion’s upcoming heavyweight grand prix.

Once thought to be a non-title affair, the late-notice scrap between Todd Duffee and Alistair Overeem at “Dynamite: The Power of Courage 2010” will be for the Dream interim heavyweight crown

The rumored clash between Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem and former UFC talent Todd Duffee is now official for “Dynamite: The Power of Courage 2010.”

Recently defeated legend Fedor Emelianenko has issued a challenge to Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem to face him in either November or December.

Strikeforce heavyweight champion a href=http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Alistair-Overeem-461Alistair Overeem/a said he neither verbally agreed to nor signed a bout agreement to face a href=http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Ricco-Rodriguez-8Ricco Rodriguez/a at a href=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Dream-Dream-15-13731Dream 15/a on July 10