Alistair Overeem

Alistair Overeem
Born	Alistair Cees Overeem (1980-05-17) May 17, 1980 Hounslow, England
Other names	The Demolition Man, The Hyper Dutch Cyclone, Übereem, The Reem
Nationality	Dutch
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	253 lb (115 kg; 18.1 st)
Division	Heavyweight
Reach	81.5 in (207 cm)
Style	Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Submission Grappling
Fighting out of	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team	Golden Glory [1]
Trainer	Martijn de Jong, Cor Hemmers
Years active	1999–present
Kickboxing record
Total	10
Wins	6
By knockout	4
Losses	4
By knockout	3
Mixed martial arts record
Total	45
Wins	33
By knockout	13
By submission	19
Losses	11
By knockout	6
By submission	2
No contests	1
Other information
Notable relatives	Valentijn Overeem, brother
Website	http://www.thereem.com/
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Last updated on: December 5, 2009

Alistair Cees Overeem (born May 17, 1980) is a Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He is the current Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion. He holds notable wins over top mixed martial artists such as Vitor Belfort, Sergei Kharitonov, Igor Vovchanchyn and Brett Rogers. In kickboxing he holds notable wins over Badr Hari, Peter Aerts and Ewerton Teixeira. As of May 2010, he is ranked as the #7 heavyweight in the world by Sherdog.

Biography

Mixed martial arts career

After posting a 10-3 record in promotions such as RINGS, Overeem debuted in PRIDE on July 20, 2002, defeating Yusuke Imamura by TKO in just 45 seconds. Overeem would win two more fights in PRIDE before entering the 2003 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix at PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 and losing to future UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell in the quarterfinal match. Overeem rebounded to defeat Tomohiko Hashimoto at the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003-Inoki Festival in 36 seconds. On October 31, 2004 he fought Hiromitsu Kanehara, defeating him by TKO 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 at PRIDE Total Elimination 2005 where he defeated former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort by submission in the opening round. Overeem would move on to fight Igor Vovchanchyn in the quarterfinals at PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005 taking under two minutes to win by submission. 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 at PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute. 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. 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, 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 KO 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 September 17, 2007, at K-1 Hero's Middleweight GP Final Alistair faced Sergei Kharitonov again. Overeem showed solid movement as soon as the first round began, but he suffered a KO loss from a punch to the back of the head just before the end of the first round.

On November 16, 2007, Overeem defeated Paul Buentello for the vacant Strikeforce heavyweight title by submission due to knee strikes.

On June 15, 2008 Overeem won by KO in the first round against Lee Tae-Hyun at DREAM.4. On July 21, 2008, Overeem defeated K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 champion Mark Hunt in the first round by submission at DREAM.5.

His next fight was against Mirko Filipović at DREAM.6 on September 23, 2008. After almost half of the first round which saw Overeem taking down Filipovic multiple times and effectively striking from the top position, cutting his Croatian foe, the bout was stopped and declared a no contest due to Alistair landing multiple knees to the groin of Filipovic.

In a 2008 interview, Overeem has stated that he would like to fight in the UFC in the near future. Overeem would ideally like a rematch with Chuck Liddell to avenge his PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 knockout loss and Mirko Cro Cop to avenge his disappointing no-contest in Dream. Overeem was also seen at UFC 93 in Ireland talking to Dana White and indicating he is "ready" to fight in the UFC.

Overeem was rumoured to make his first title defense against Heavyweight Brett Rogers on June 6 at Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields, however a hand injury scuttled plans for the fight. According to Golden Glory manager Bas Boon, Overeem had suffered a hand infection following a nightclub brawl early May 2009. According to Boon, Alistair and his brother Valentijn - both heavyweights - had been involved in an altercation that left five security staff needing hospital treatment and nearly cost Alistair his hand.

Overeem was scheduled to make his first Strikeforce Heavyweight Championship defense in a rematch against Fabricio Werdum at Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg, but had to pull out due to a hand injury, most likely caused from his nightclub brawl.

Alistair defeated Tony Sylvester at Golden Glory's 10 year anniversary celebration with a standing guillotine choke. He used the same choke only 8 days later to submit MMA journeyman James Thompson at DREAM.12.

Overeem has stated that he wants a rubber match with Badr Hari, only this time in an MMA bout.

Overeem was set to face Andrei Arlovski at Dynamite!! 2009 but FEG instead opted to have him face, Kazuyuki Fujita to keep with the DREAM Vs. Sengoku theme. Overeem quickly overpowered his opponent and recorded a knockout with a knee to the head.

Overeem then faced Brett Rogers on May 15, 2010 at Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery to defend his Strikeforce Heavyweight Championship. He won the fight via TKO (punches) in the first round. In his post-fight interview, Alistair Overeem declared for another time that he wants to fight the WAMMA Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko, claiming that Fedor's management can no longer ignore his presence. The majority of Alistair Overeem's pre-fight training camp took place at the newly opened Golden Glory Gym in Pattaya, Thailand, where "The Demolition Man" concentrated on the further improvement of his Muay Thai skills.

Kickboxing career

Alistair made his kickboxing debut against Paul Hordijk, winning it by decision. Alistair then moved onto K-1, having two K-1 Kickboxing fights in 6 years against Errol Parris and Glaube Feitosa. Alistair was knocked out in both bouts and stayed with MMA from then on. He did not fight in K-1 for 4 more years.

On December 31, 2008 Overeem faced Badr Hari, one of K-1's top contenders, under K-1 rules. He defeated Hari by way of knockout in the first round in a brutal fashion, which was by far the best performance in his career. After that, he faced Remy Bonjasky, the defending K-1 champion. Overeem was aggressive in the 1st and in the 2nd round, Throwing Bonjasky down several times in the 2nd round , but referee Nobuaki Kakuda didn't warn him or count it against him. In the 3rd round Remy knocked Alistair down with a flying knee and right punch combo to secure a unanimous decision win. All three judges scored the bout 30-28.

On September 26 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16, having been selected by fan voting after his impressive performances against Remy Bonjasky and Badr Hari, Overeem shocked the kickboxing world by achieving a huge upset. He defeated K-1's longest serving member, legendary 3-time champion Peter Aerts by unanimous decision. At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Overeem knocked out Kyokushin Karate Champion, Ewerton Teixeira with a knee strike in the first round, but lost to Badr Hari, via KO from a head kick in the Semi Finals.

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama Alistair Overeem defeated Dzevad Poturak via KO (right knee) in Round 1 at 2:40.

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown

45 matches	33 wins	11 losses
By knockout	13	6
By submission	19	2
By decision	1	3
No contests	1

Record	Result	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
33-11 (1)	Win	Brett Rogers	TKO (Punches)	Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery	05/15/2010	1	3:40	St. Louis, Missouri, USA	Defended Strikeforce Heavyweight Championship Weighed in at 253 lbs.
32-11 (1)	Win	Kazuyuki Fujita	KO (Knee)	Dynamite!! 2009	12/31/2009	1	1:15	Saitama, Japan
31-11 (1)	Win	James Thompson	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	DREAM.12 Cage of the Rising Sun	10/25/2009	1	0:33	Osaka, Japan
30-11 (1)	Win	Tony Sylvester	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	Ultimate Glory 11: A Decade of Fights	10/17/2009	1	1:23	Amsterdam, Netherlands
29-11 (1)	Win	Gary Goodridge	Submission (Kimura)	Ultimate Glory 10: The Battle of Arnhem	11/09/2008	1	1:42	Arnhem, Netherlands
28-11 (1)	zNC	Mirko Filipovic	No Contest (Groin strikes)	DREAM.6 Middle Weight Grand Prix 2008 Final Round	9/23/2008	1	6:09	Saitama, Japan	Weighed in at 241 lbs.
28-11	Win	Mark Hunt	Submission (Keylock)	DREAM.5 Light Weight Grand Prix 2008 Final Round	7/21/2008	1	1:11	Osaka, Japan
27-11	Win	Lee Tae-Hyun	KO (Punches)	DREAM.4 Middle Weight Grand Prix 2008 Second Round	6/15/2008	1	0:36	Yokohama, Japan	Weighed in at 238 lbs.
26-11	Win	Paul Buentello	Submission (Knees to the body)	Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives	11/16/2007	2	3:42	San Jose, California, USA	Became First Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion. Weighed in at 224 lbs.
25-11	Loss	Sergei Kharitonov	KO (Punch)	K-1 HERO's - Tournament Final	9/17/2007	1	4:21	Yokohama, Japan
25-10	Win	Michael Knaap	Submission (Guillotine choke)	K-1 Grand Prix in Amsterdam	6/23/2007	1	4:51	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Moves up to Heavyweight fulltime
24-10	Loss	Mauricio Rua	KO (Punches)	PRIDE 33-Second Coming	2/24/2007	1	3:37	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
24-9	Loss	Ricardo Arona	Submission (Punches)	PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute	9/10/2006	1	4:28	Saitama, Japan
24-8	Loss	Antônio Rogério Nogueira	TKO (Towel - Strikes)	PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute	7/1/2006	2	2:13	Saitama, Japan	Returns to Light Heavyweight
24-7	Win	Vitor Belfort	Decision (Unanimous)	Strikeforce: Revenge	6/9/2006	3	5:00	San Jose, California, USA
23-7	Loss	Fabricio Werdum	Submission (Kimura)	PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute	5/5/2006	2	3:43	Osaka, Japan	PRIDE 2006 Openweight Grand Prix Opening Round
23-6	Win	Nikolajus Cilkinas	Submission (Armbar)	WCFC-No Guts No Glory	3/18/2006	1	1:42	Manchester, England, United Kingdom
22-6	Win	Sergei Kharitonov	TKO (Knees)	PRIDE 31-Dreamers	2/26/2006	1	5:13	Saitama, Japan	Moves up to Heavyweight
21-6	Loss	Mauricio Rua	TKO (Strikes)	PRIDE Final Conflict 2005	8/28/2005	1	6:42	Saitama, Japan	PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinal
21-5	Win	Igor Vovchanchyn	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005	6/26/2005	1	1:20	Saitama, Japan	PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal
20-5	Win	Vitor Belfort	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	PRIDE Total Elimination 2005	4/23/2005	1	9:36	Osaka, Japan	PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Opening Round
19-5	Loss	Antônio Rogério Nogueira	Decision (Unanimous)	PRIDE 29 - Fists Of Fire	2/20/2005	3	5:00	Saitama, Japan
19-4	Win	Hiromitsu Kanehara	TKO (Cut)	PRIDE 28 - High Octane	10/31/2004	2	3:52	Saitama, Japan
18-4	Win	Rodney Faverus	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2H2H-2 Hot 2 Handle	10/10/2004	2	N/A	Rotterdam, Netherlands
17-4	Win	Tomohiko Hashimoto	TKO (Strikes)	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003-Inoki Festival	12/31/2003	1	0:36	Kobe, Japan
16-4	Loss	Chuck Liddell	KO (Strikes)	PRIDE Total Elimination 2003	8/10/2003	1	3:09	Osaka, Japan	PRIDE 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal
16-3	Win	Mike Bencic	Submission (Strikes)	PRIDE 26-Bad to the Bone	6/8/2003	1	3:44	Yokohama, Japan
15-3	Win	Aaron Brink	Submission (Choke)	2H2H 6-Simply the Best 6	3/16/2003	1	0:53	Rotterdam, Netherlands
14-3	Win	Bazigit Atajev	TKO (Knee to the Body)	PRIDE 24-Cold Fury 3	12/23/2002	2	4:59	Fukuoka, Japan
13-3	Win	Dave Vader	TKO (Doctor)	2H2H 5-Simply the Best 5	10/13/2002	2	N/A	Rotterdam, Netherlands
12-3	Win	Moise Rimbon	Submission (Choke)	2H2H 5-Simply the Best 5	10/13/2002	1	1:03	Rotterdam, Netherlands
11-3	Win	Yusuke Imamura	TKO	PRIDE-The Best Vol. 2	7/20/2002	1	0:44	Tokyo, Japan
10-3	Win	Vesa Vuori	TKO (Strikes)	2H2H-2 Hot 2 Handle Germany	5/26/2002	1	2:15	Krefeld, Germany
9-3	Win	Sergey Kaznovsky	Submission (Armlock)	M-1 MFC-Russia vs the World 3	4/26/2002	1	3:37	St. Petersburg, Russia
8-3	Win	Roman Zentsov	Submission (Keylock)	2H2H 4-Simply the Best 4	3/17/2002	1	N/A	Rotterdam, Netherlands
7-3	Win	Stanislav Nuschik	TKO (Knees)	2H2H 2-Simply The Best	3/18/2001	1	0:53	Rotterdam, Netherlands
6-3	Win	Vladimer Tchanturia	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	Rings-King of Kings 2000 Final	2/24/2001	1	1:06	Tokyo, Japan
5-3	Win	Peter Verschuren	Submission (Armlock)	It's Showtime-Christmas Edition	12/12/2000	1	1:06	Netherlands
4-3	Loss	Bobby Hoffman	KO (Punch)	Rings-Millennium Combine 2	6/15/2000	1	9:39	Tokyo, Japan
4-2	Loss	Yuriy Kochkine	Decision (split)	Rings Russia-Rings Russia	5/20/2000	2	5:00	Ekaterinburg, Russia
4-1	Win	Yasuhito Namekawa	Submission (Armbar)	Rings-Millennium Combine 1	4/20/2000	1	0:45	Tokyo, Japan
3-1	Win	Can Sahinbas	KO (Knee)	2H2H 1-2 Hot 2 Handle	3/5/2000	1	2:21	Rotterdam, Netherlands
2-1	Win	Chris Watts	TKO	Rings Holland-There Can Only Be One Champion	2/6/2000	1	3:58	Utrecht, Netherlands
1-1	Loss	Yuriy Kochkine	Decision (Majority)	Rings-King of Kings 1999 Block A	10/28/1999	2	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
1-0	Win	Ricardo Fyeet	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	It's Showtime-It's Showtime	10/24/1999	1	N/A	Netherlands

K-1 / Kickboxing record

04/03/2010	Win	Dzevad Poturak	K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan	KO (Right knee)	1	2:40
12/05/2009	Lose	Badr Hari	K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final, Yokohama, Japan	KO (Right High Kick)	1	2:14
12/05/2009	Win	Ewerton Teixeira	K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final, Yokohama, Japan	KO (Left Knee)	1	1:06
09/26/2009	Win	Peter Aerts	K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16, Seoul, South Korea	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
03/28/2009	lose	Remy Bonjasky	K-1 World GP 2009 in Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
12/31/2008	Win	Badr Hari	Dynamite!! 2008, Saitama, Japan	KO (Left Hook)	1	2:07
05/20/2007	Win	Jürgen Dolch	Ultimate Glory 3 "Upside Down", Amersfoort, Netherlands	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	2:02
05/30/2004	Lose	Glaube Feitosa	Kyokushin vs K-1 2004 All Out Battle, Tokyo, Japan	KO (Punch)	1	2:13
08/28/2002	Win	Yusuke Fujimoto	PRIDE Shockwave, Tokoyo, Japan	KO (Right High Kick)	1	0:23
02/04/2001	Lose	Errol Parris	K-1 Holland GP 2001 in Arnhem, Arnhem, Netherlands	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	3	1:22
03/14/1999	Win	Paul Hordijk	Thaiboxing Event in Veenendaal, Veenendaal, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	3	2:00

External links

• Official Site
• Professional MMA record for Alistair Overeem from Sherdog