Alistar Overeem
Overview
Alistair Overeem is a London-born, Dutch Heavyweight fighter who has finally moved to the UFC after dominating a number of other organizations’ heavyweight divisions around the world. The former Pride, K-1, and Dream Heavyweight Champion also has the dubious distinction of retiring Brock Lesnar from MMA –which will make both hated and loved in the MMA world.
Having been a martial arts practitioner for most of his life, he started fighting professionally at the age of 19, and the now 31 year-old Overeem has compiled a long list of both victories and defeats, but has seemed to find his groove in recent years and hasn’t lost a fight since 2007!
Overeem now trains with Team Xtreme Couture after having spent the previous 12 years with Team Golden Glory where he learned from the likes of Bas Rutten and others.
- Date of Birth – May 17, 1980 (Age 31) in Hounslow, London, England (has lived in Netherlands since Age 6)
- Weight Division – Heavyweight: 6’ 5” tall; fights at 263 lbs
- Nickname – “The Demolition Man”
Interesting Facts
Overeem has a cameo in the hilarious LMFAO music video for their hit song, Sexy and I Know It.
The massive physical specimen that is Overeem at first dreaded training, something he apparently has gotten over.
Strengths
At 6’ 5” tall and 263 pounds you won’t find a more intimidating in the MMA world than Overeem. With his background on both kickboxing and Judo, Overeem is a tough matchup for just about anyone, considering he has superior striking skills, excellent balance, and a good takedown defense.
Weaknesses
Overeem has been KO’ed on a few occasions (although it should be pointed out the fights were against in-their-prime fighters named Chuck Liddell, Mauricio Rua two-times, and Antonio Rogerio Noguiera.
Fight History
- Overall record – 36 wins – 11 losses – 1 No Contest
- How he wins: 15 (T)KO’s; 19 Submission; 2 Decision
- Losses: 6 by (T)KO; 2 by Submission; 3 by Decision
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Result |
Record |
Opponent |
Method |
Event |
Date |
Round |
Time |
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Win |
36–11 (1) |
Brock Lesnar | TKO (kick to the body and punches) | UFC 141 | 02011-12-30 December 30, 2011 |
1 |
2:26 |
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Win |
35–11 (1) |
Fabricio Werdum | Decision (unanimous) | Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum | 02011-06-18 June 18, 2011 |
3 |
5:00 |
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Win |
34–11 (1) |
Todd Duffee | KO (knee & punches) | Dynamite!! 2010 | 02010-12-31 December 31, 2010 |
1 |
0:19 |
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Win |
33–11 (1) |
Brett Rogers | TKO (punches) | Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery | 02010-05-15 May 15, 2010 |
1 |
3:40 |
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Win |
32–11 (1) |
Kazuyuki Fujita | KO (knee) | Dynamite!! 2009 | 02009-12-31 December 31, 2009 |
1 |
1:15 |
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Win |
31–11 (1) |
James Thompson | Submission (standing guillotine choke) | Dream 12 | 02009-10-25 October 25, 2009 |
1 |
0:33 |
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Win |
30–11 (1) |
Tony Sylvester | Submission (standing guillotine choke) | Ultimate Glory 11: A Decade of Fights | 02009-10-17 October 17, 2009 |
1 |
1:23 |
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|
Win |
29–11 (1) |
Gary Goodridge | Submission (kimura) | Ultimate Glory 10: The Battle of Arnhem | 02008-11-09 November 9, 2008 |
1 |
1:42 |
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|
NC |
28–11 (1) |
Mirko Filipović | No contest (knee to the groin) | Dream 6 | 02008-09-23 September 23, 2008 |
1 |
6:09 |
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|
Win |
28–11 |
Mark Hunt | Submission (keylock) | Dream 5 | 02008-07-21 July 21, 2008 |
1 |
1:11 |
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|
Win |
27–11 |
Lee Tae-Hyun | KO (punches & knee) | Dream 4 | 02008-06-15 June 15, 2008 |
1 |
0:36 |
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Win |
26–11 |
Paul Buentello | Submission (knees to the body) | Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives | 02007-11-16 November 16, 2007 |
2 |
3:42 |
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Loss |
25–11 |
Sergei Kharitonov | KO (punch) | Hero’s 10 | 02007-09-17 September 17, 2007 |
1 |
4:21 |
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|
Win |
25–10 |
Michael Knaap | Submission (guillotine choke) | K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Amsterdam | 02007-06-23 June 23, 2007 |
1 |
4:51 |
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Loss |
24–10 |
Maurício Rua | KO (punches) | Pride 33 | 02007-02-24 February 24, 2007 |
1 |
3:37 |
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Loss |
24–9 |
Ricardo Arona | Submission (punches) | Pride Final Conflict Absolute | 02006-09-10 September 10, 2006 |
1 |
4:28 |
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Loss |
24–8 |
Antônio Rogério Nogueira | TKO (punches) | Pride Critical Countdown Absolute | 02006-07-01 July 1, 2006 |
2 |
2:13 |
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Win |
24–7 |
Vitor Belfort | Decision (unanimous) | Strikeforce: Revenge | 02006-06-09 June 9, 2006 |
3 |
5:00 |
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Loss |
23–7 |
Fabricio Werdum | Submission (kimura) | Pride Total Elimination Absolute | 02006-05-05 May 5, 2006 |
2 |
3:43 |
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Win |
23–6 |
Nikolajus Cilkinas | Submission (armbar) | WCFC: No Guts, No Glory | 02006-03-18 March 18, 2006 |
1 |
1:42 |
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Win |
22–6 |
Sergei Kharitonov | TKO (knees) | Pride 31 | 02006-02-26 February 26, 2006 |
1 |
5:13 |
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Loss |
21–6 |
Maurício Rua | KO (punches) | Pride Final Conflict 2005 | 02005-08-28 August 28, 2005 |
1 |
6:42 |
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Win |
21–5 |
Igor Vovchanchyn | Submission (guillotine choke) | Pride Critical Countdown 2005 | 02005-06-26 June 26, 2005 |
1 |
1:20 |
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Win |
20–5 |
Vitor Belfort | Submission (guillotine choke) | Pride Total Elimination 2005 | 02005-04-23 April 23, 2005 |
1 |
9:36 |
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Loss |
19–5 |
Antônio Rogério Nogueira | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 29 | 02005-02-20 February 20, 2005 |
3 |
5:00 |
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Win |
19–4 |
Hiromitsu Kanehara | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Pride 28 | 02004-10-31 October 31, 2004 |
2 |
3:52 |
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Win |
18–4 |
Rodney Glunder | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 Hot 2 Handle | 02004-10-10 October 10, 2004 |
1 |
1:32 |
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Win |
17–4 |
Tomohiko Hashimoto | TKO (knees and punches) | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 | 02003-12-31 December 31, 2003 |
1 |
0:36 |
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Loss |
16–4 |
Chuck Liddell | KO (punches) | Pride Total Elimination 2003 | 02003-08-10 August 10, 2003 |
1 |
3:09 |
Overeem has more fights dating back to 1999; we decided to include only his fights from his Pride debut onward for the sake of relevance and brevity.
Experts Opinions and Insights
Mike: “I wish he wouldn’t fight to the competition.”
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