Alistair Overeem
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2H2H, Rings and Showtime
On October 24, 1999 Alistair "Demolition Man" Overeem began his Mixed Martial Arts career with a Guillotine Choke victory over Ricardo Fyeet. The win was the first of two submission victories for Overeem in the It's Showtime promotion.
A scant four days after the bout with Fyeet, Alistair returned to competition, this time under the banner of the Rings organization. Between October of 1999 and his last match for the promotion held in February, 2001, Overeem achieved a mediocre Rings record of 3-3, though all of his wins were by submission or knockout.
In March of 2000 "The Demolition Man" began working for Holland-based 2 Hot 2 Handle, a promotion he continued to do business with through late 2004. His first 2H2H bout ended in a KO win over Can Sahinbas. Overeem has gone on to post a flawless 8-0 record at the promotion's events, including a submission over former UFC competitor Aaron Brink.
PRIDE
In July of 2002 Overeem made his first appearance in the PRIDE ring with a TKO victory over Yusuke Imamura. In his next PRIDE match Alistair faced Bazigit Atajev against whom he scored a TKO with a stunning knee to the body. During this time Overeem continued to fight in 2H2H bouts and eventually reached an amazing twelve wins in a row.
The next challenge for "The Demolition Man" was the PRIDE Middleweight (205lb) Grand Prix. Unfortunately for Overeem, his hopes were put on ice when he was knocked out by Chuck Liddell. After obtaining three more wins Alistair was once again beaten, this time by Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.
In 2005 Overeem once more entered the PRIDE Middleweight GP. Although he was seen by many as the underdog against his first round foe, Vitor Belfort, Overeem proved his doubters wrong by submitting Belfort with a Guillotine Choke. In the next tier of the tournament Alistair was paired with Igor Vovchanchyn, who also succumbed to a Guillotine Choke. The third tourney bout was fought against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, the eventual winner of the event.
Overeem's PRIDE career ended poorly, with a string of losses to some of the promotion's best fighters; Fabricio Werdum, Shogun Rua, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, and finally Ricardo Arona.
StrikeForce and Dream
On June, 9, 2006 The Deomolition Man" made his StrikeForce debut, with a second win over Vitor Belfort. After the decline of PRIDE Alistair performed in a couple more matches in K-1, before facing Paul Buentello for the vacant StrikeForce World Heavyweight Championship. At 3:42 of the second round Buentello submitted to the brutal knees of Overeem. Alistair has yet to defend his title.
Following up on his success Overeem returned to Japan to work for the Dream promotion. His first match was a quick KO of Tae Hyun Lee, his second was a much higher profile contest with Mark Hunt. Dispite a giving up significant weight to Hunt, it took "The Demolition Man" only 1:11 win with a Kimura.
Most recently Overeem faced Mirko Cro Cop, the battle resulting in a No Contest after repeated groin attacks against Cro Cop. Alistair later disputed the legitimacy of Mirko's injury saying
“Tonight I was kicking his ass, I destroyed him. …The first knee was in the crotch but the second was not. CroCop just didn’t want to fight anymore.”
“I think he underestimated me, but if he wants to fight again, I’ll fight him again. I’d like to finish him.”
A rematch has not yet been scheduled.
Mixed martial arts record
| 40 matches | 29 wins | 11 losses |
| By knockout | 11 | 6 |
| By submission | 17 | 2 |
| By decision | 1 | 3 |
| Draws | 0 | |
Record
| Result | Opponent | Method | Event Title | Date | Round | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Gary Goodridge | Submission (Kimura) | Glory 10: The Battle of Arnhem | 11/09/2008 | 1 | N/A | - |
| NC | Mirko Filipovic | No Contest (Knee to the Groin) | DREAM 6: Middleweight Grand Prix 2009 Final | 9/23/2008 | 1 | N/A | - |
| Win | Mark Hunt | Submission (Keylock) | DREAM 5: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final | 7/21/2008 | 1 | 1:11 | - |
| Win | Tae Hyun Lee | KO (Punches) | DREAM 4: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Quarterfinals | 6/15/2008 | 1 | 0:36 | - |
| Win | Paul Buentello | Submission (Knees to the Body) | Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives | 11/16/2007 | 2 | 3:42 | Won Vacant Strikeforce World Heavyweight Championship |
| Loss | Sergei Kharitonov | KO (Punch) | K-1 HERO's: Tournament Final | 9/17/2007 | 1 | 4:21 | - |
| Win | Michael Knaap | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | K-1: World GP in Amsterdam | 6/23/2007 | 1 | 3:29 | - |
| 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 | Antonio Rogerio Nogueira | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | PRIDE: Critical Countdown Absolute | 7/01/2006 | 2 | 2:13 | - |
| Win | Vitor Belfort | Decision (Unanimous) | Strikeforce: Revenge | 6/09/2006 | 3 | 5:00 | - |
| Loss | Fabricio Werdum | Submission (Kimura) | PRIDE: Total Elimination Absolute | 5/05/2006 | 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 (Punches) | PRIDE: Final Conflict 2005 | 8/28/2005 | 1 | 6:42 | PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Semi Final |
| Win | Igor Vovchanchyn | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | PRIDE: Critical Countdown 2005 | 6/26/2005 | 1 | 1:20 | PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Quarter Final |
| Win | Vitor Belfort | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | PRIDE: Total Elimination 2005 | 4/23/2005 | 1 | 9:36 | PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Opening Round |
| Loss | Antonio Rogerio Nogueira | Decision (Unanimous) | PRIDE 29: Fists of Fire | 2/20/2005 | 3 | 5:00 | - |
| Win | Hiromitsu Kanehara | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | PRIDE 28: High Octane | 10/31/2004 | 2 | 3:52 | - |
| Win | Rodney Glunder | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 2H2H: 2 Hot 2 Handle | 10/10/2004 | 1 | N/A | - |
| Win | Tomohiko Hashimoto | TKO (Strikes) | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003: Inoki Festival | 12/31/2003 | 1 | 0:36 | - |
| Loss | Chuck Liddell | KO (Punches) | PRIDE: Total Elimination 2003 | 8/10/2003 | 1 | 3:09 | - |
| Win | Mike Bencic | Submission (Knee to the Body and Punches) | PRIDE 26: Bad to the Bone | 6/08/2003 | 1 | 3:44 | - |
| Win | Aaron Brink | Submission (Guillotine 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 | N/a | - |
| Win | Moise Rimbon | Submission (Choke) | 2H2H 5: Simply the Best 5 | 10/13/2002 | 1 | 1:03 | - |
| Win | Yusuke Imamura | TKO (Knee and Punches) | PRIDE: The Best Vol. 2 | 7/20/2002 | 1 | 0:44 | - |
| Win | Vesa Vuori | TKO (Punches) | 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 | N/A | - |
| 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 | 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 | 3/05/2000 | 1 | 2:21 | - |
| Win | Chris Watts | KO (Knee to the Body) | Rings Holland: There Can Only Be One Champion | 2/06/2000 | 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 | 10/24/1999 | 1 | N/A | - |
