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Alistair Overeem
“The Demolition Man”
NetherlandsHeavyweightActiveage 46
47-19
71% win rate
L1 streak
Peak Vertex
2016-05-08 → 2016-05-0864held 3 bouts
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2016-05-08
Retired at career peak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
12 wins8 losseslast 5: L W W L Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2021
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(20) | R2(12) | R3(8) | R4(2) | R5(2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 20.3 | 22.8 | 17.2 | 29.0 | 34.4 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 16.1 | 13.8 | 36.5 | 24.5 | 10.6 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.27 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 5.77 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.11 | 0.25 | 0.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Control time | 1:07 | 1:29 | 1:12 | 1:09 | 1:41 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov2021-02-06L·KO·R2 · 2:06
- UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai2020-09-05W·KO·R5 · 0:26
- UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris2020-05-16W·KO·R2 · 3:00
- UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik2019-12-07L·KO·R5 · 4:56
- UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik2019-04-20W·KO·R1 · 4:45
- UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 22018-11-24W·KO·R1 · 4:21
- UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 22018-06-09L·KO·R3 · 2:56
- UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 22017-12-02L·KO·R1 · 1:42
- UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker2017-07-08W·M-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 22017-03-04W·KO·R3 · 1:44
- UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem2016-09-10L·KO·R1 · 4:27
- UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski2016-05-08W·KO·R2 · 1:12
- UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 22015-12-19W·KO·R2 · 4:43
- UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos2015-03-14W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs Miocic2014-12-13W·KO·R1 · 4:13
- UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi2014-09-05L·KO·R1 · 2:19
- UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 22014-02-01W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen2013-08-17L·KO·R1 · 4:08
- UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar2013-02-02L·KO·R3 · 0:25
- UFC 141: Lesnar vs Overeem2011-12-30W·KO·R1 · 2:26
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- MMA Fighting
Alistair Overeem is considering a comeback from retirement, more than three years after stepping away from combat sports in 2023.
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Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
