Alistair Overeem
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| Full name | Alistair Cees Overeem | ||
| Nickname | Demolition Man | ||
| Nationality |  Dutch |
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| Date of birth | May 17, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Hounslow, England | ||
| Fighting out of | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 102 kg (224.9 lb/16.1 st) | ||
| Style | Muay Thai, Submission grappling | ||
| Team | Golden Glory [1] | ||
| Trainer | Lucien Carbin Martijn de Jong |
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| Years active | 11 (1997-present) | ||
| Kickboxing record | |||
| Total | 3 | ||
| Wins | 2 | ||
| Losses | 1 | ||
| By knockout | 1 | ||
| MMA record | |||
| Total | 37 | ||
| Wins | 26 | ||
| By knockout | 10 | ||
| By submission | 15 | ||
| Losses | 11 | ||
| By knockout | 2 | ||
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| Notable relatives | Valentijn Overeem, Brother | ||
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| Career mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |||
Alistair "Demolition Man" Overeem (born May 17, 1980) is a professional Dutch mixed martial artist and current Strikeforce heavyweight champion. He was a semi-finalists in the PRIDE 2005 Middleweight (205lb) Grand Prix, losing to Mauricio Rua. He also took part in the PRIDE 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix, losing in the first round to Fabricio Werdum.
He holds notable wins over former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion and current Cage Rage light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort, Paul Buentello, Sergei Kharitonov and Roman Zentsov.
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[edit] MMA career
After posting a 10-3 record in promotions such as RINGS, Overeem debuted in PRIDE on 20 July 2002, defeating Yusuke Imamura via TKO in just 44 seconds. Overeem would win two more fights in PRIDE before entering the 2003 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix. He fought future UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell, losing by knockout. Overeem rebounded to defeat Tomohiko Hashimoto, at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye festival, in 36 seconds. On October 31, 2004 he fought Hiromitsu Kanehara, defeating him by TKO (cut) part-way through the first round, at PRIDE 28: High Octane. He lost his next fight against Brazilian Top Team fighter Antônio Rogério Nogueira.
In 2005, Overeem entered the PRIDE Middle Weight Grand Prix, his first fight being a victory over Vitor Belfort at Total Elimination 2005. He would move on to fight Igor Vovchanchyn, taking under two minutes to win by submission (guillotine choke). Overeem lost in the semi-finals to eventual champion Mauricio Rua,
In February 2006 Overeem fought Russian Top Team favorite Sergei Kharitonov. Overeem won the fight, dislocating Kharitonov's shoulder in the process. With his win over Kharitonov, Overeem secured a spot in the PRIDE 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix. He fought Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist Fabricio Werdum, losing via kimura in the second round.
After his loss, Overeem traveled to San Jose, California to rematch Vitor Belfort at Strikeforce: Revenge. Despite being the main event, Overeem pulled out a decision win in a lackluster fight.[citation needed] A month later Overeem returned to PRIDE for a highly anticipated rematch with Antônio Rogério Nogueira. Early in the second round, as Overeem stumbled from a punch, Nogueira threw a flurry of punches. Worried Overeem would be more severely injured, his corner threw in the towel.
At PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute (September 10, 2006), he lost to Ricardo Arona. Overeem was on the receiving end of a leg-kick that caused a non-serious injury to his nerves, causing him to lose feeling in his foot and leg. Unable to mount an offense or defend against Arona, Overeem tapped out to avoid further injury.
He then suffered another knockout loss to Mauricio Rua at Pride 33, but returned in June 2007 with a submission win over Michael Knaap at K-1 Grand Prix in Amsterdam (despite K-1 being a kickboxing promotion, the bout was fought under MMA rules).
On Sep. 17, 2007, at K-1 Hero's Middleweight GP Final Alistair again faced Sergey Kharitonov. Overeem showed dominant movement as soon as the first round began,[citation needed] but he suffered a KO loss just before the end of the first round.
Most recently, Overeem defeated Paul Buentello for the vacant Strikeforce heavyweight title by submission due to knee strikes. [1]
Overeem will face Korean Ssireum champion Lee Tae-Hyun at the DREAM.4 event on June 14th at the Saitama Super Arena. [2]
[edit] Personal life
Alistair Overeem is currently associated with Golden Glory where he trains with older brother Valentijn.
[edit] MMA Record
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 37 matches | 26 wins | 11 losses |
| By knockout | 10 | 6 |
| By submission | 15 | 2 |
| By decision | 1 | 3 |
| Result | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Notes |
| Win | Paul Buentello | Submission (Knees to the body) | Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives | 11/16/2007 | 2 | 3:42 | Fight was for Strikeforce heavyweight title |
| Loss | Sergei Kharitonov | TKO (Strikes) | K-1 HERO's - Tournament Final | 9/17/2007 | 1 | 4:21 | |
| Win | Michael Knaap | Submission (Guillotine choke) | K-1 Grand Prix in Amsterdam | 6/23/2007 | 1 | ||
| Loss | Mauricio Rua | KO (Punches) | PRIDE 33-Second Coming | 2/24/2007 | 1 | 3:37 | |
| Loss | Ricardo Arona | Submission (Strikes) | PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute | 9/10/2006 | 1 | 4:28 | |
| Loss | Antônio Rogério Nogueira | TKO (Towel - Strikes) | PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute | 7/1/2006 | 2 | 2:13 | |
| Win | Vitor Belfort | Decision (Unanimous) | Strike Force-Revenge | 6/9/2006 | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Loss | Fabricio Werdum | Submission (Kimura) | PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute | 5/5/2006 | 2 | 3:43 | |
| Win | Sanjin Kadunc | Submission (Armbar) | WCFC-No Guts No Glory | 3/18/2006 | 1 | 1:42 | |
| Win | Sergei Kharitonov | TKO (Knees) | PRIDE 31-Dreamers | 2/26/2006 | 1 | 5:13 | |
| Loss | Mauricio Rua | TKO (Strikes) | PRIDE Final Conflict 2005 | 8/28/2005 | 1 | 6:42 | |
| Win | Igor Vovchanchyn | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005 | 6/26/2005 | 1 | 1:20 | |
| Win | Vitor Belfort | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | PRIDE Total Elimination 2005 | 4/23/2005 | 1 | 9:36 | |
| Loss | Antônio Rogério Nogueira | Decision (Unanimous) | PRIDE 29 - Fists Of Fire | 2/20/2005 | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Win | Hiromitsu Kanehara | TKO (Cut) | PRIDE 28 - High Octane | 10/31/2004 | 2 | 3:52 | |
| Win | Rodney Faverus | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 2H2H-2 Hot 2 Handle | 10/10/2004 | N/A | ||
| Win | Tomohiko Hashimoto | TKO (Strikes) | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003-Inoki Festival | 12/31/2003 | 1 | 0:36 | |
| Loss | Chuck Liddell | KO (Strikes) | PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 | 8/10/2003 | 1 | 3:09 | |
| Win | Mike Bencic | Submission (Strikes) | PRIDE 26-Bad to the Bone | 6/8/2003 | 1 | 3:44 | |
| Win | Aaron Brink | Submission (Choke) | 2H2H 6-Simply the Best 6 | 3/16/2003 | 1 | 0:53 | |
| Win | Bazigit Atajev | TKO (Knee to the Body) | PRIDE 24-Cold Fury 3 | 12/23/2002 | 2 | 4:59 | |
| Win | Dave Vader | TKO (Doctor) | 2H2H 5-Simply the Best 5 | 10/13/2002 | 2 | ||
| Win | Moise Rimbon | Submission (Choke) | 2H2H 5-Simply the Best 5 | 10/13/2002 | 1 | 1:03 | |
| Win | Yusuke Imamura | TKO | PRIDE-The Best Vol. 2 | 7/20/2002 | 1 | 0:44 | |
| Win | Vesa Vuori | TKO (Strikes) | 2H2H-2 Hot 2 Handle Germany | 5/26/2002 | 1 | 2:15 | |
| Win | Sergey Kaznovsky | Submission (Armlock) | M-1 MFC-Russia vs the World 3 | 4/26/2002 | 1 | 3:37 | |
| Win | Roman Zentsov | Submission (Keylock) | 2H2H 4-Simply the Best 4 | 3/17/2002 | 1 | ||
| Win | Stanislav Nuschik | TKO (Knees) | 2H2H 2-Simply The Best | 3/18/2001 | 1 | 0:53 | |
| Win | Vladimer Tchanturia | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | Rings-King of Kings 2000 Final | 2/24/2001 | 1 | 1:06 | |
| Win | Peter Verschuren | Submission (Armlock) | It's Showtime-Christmas Edition | 12/12/2000 | 1 | 1:06 | |
| Loss | Bobby Hoffman | KO (Punch) | Rings-Millennium Combine 2 | 6/15/2000 | 1 | 9:39 | |
| Loss | Iouri Kotchkine | Decision | Rings Russia-Rings Russia | 5/20/2000 | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Win | Yasuhito Namekawa | Submission (Armbar) | Rings-Millennium Combine 1 | 4/20/2000 | 1 | 0:45 | |
| Win | Can Sahinbas | KO (Knee) | 2H2H 1-2 Hot 2 Handle | 3/5/2000 | 1 | 2:21 | |
| Win | Chris Watts | TKO | Rings Holland-There Can Only Be One Champion | 2/6/2000 | 1 | 3:58 | |
| Loss | Iouri Kotchkine | Decision (Majority) | Rings-King of Kings 1999 Block A | 10/28/1999 | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Win | Ricardo Fyeet | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | It's Showtime-It's Showtime | 10/24/1999 | 1 | ||
