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Alistair Overeem
Born	Alistair Cees Overeem (1980-05-17) May 17, 1980 (age 44) Hounslow, England
Other names	The Demolition Man, The Reem, The Dutch Cyclone, Ubereem
Nationality	Dutch
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	262 lb (119 kg; 18.7 st)
Division	Heavyweight (MMA) Super Heavyweight (kickboxing)
Reach	81.5 in (207 cm)
Style	Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Submission Grappling
Fighting out of	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team	Golden Glory
Trainer	Martijn de Jong Cor Hemmers
Years active	1999–present
Kickboxing record
Total	14
Wins	10
By knockout	7
Losses	4
By knockout	3
Mixed martial arts record
Total	46
Wins	34
By knockout	14
By submission	19
By decision	1
Losses	11
By knockout	6
By submission	2
By decision	3
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 23, 2010 (2010-12-23)

Alistair Cees Overeem (born on (1980-05-17)May 17, 1980) is a Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer, nicknamed The Demolition Man. He is the current Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, DREAM Interim Heavyweight Champion, and K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, and made history by being the only fighter in combat sports to hold a world title in both MMA and in K-1 kickboxing at the same time. As of November 2010, Overeem is ranked as the #8 best heavyweight mixed martial artist in the world by Sherdog and the #7 best heavyweight in the world by Yahoo! Sports.

Biography

Overeem was born on (1980-05-17)May 17, 1980 in Hounslow, England to a Black Jamaican father and white Dutch mother. When he was six years old, his parents divorced and he, along with his mother Clair and his brother Valentijn, moved to the Netherlands where he has lived since then.

As a kid, Overeem competed in several sports like judo, athletics and basketball. He started training at 15 years old when his brother took him to Chris Dolman's gym to learn how to defend himself and although at the beginning he didn't like to train, he eventually enjoyed it after training with Bas Rutten, Joop Kasteel and others.

Mixed martial arts career

Overeem had his first MMA professional fight at 19 years old, defeating Ricardo Fyeet by guillotine choke submission on October 24, 1999 (1999-10-24) at It's Showtime, the first event of the eponymously named promotion.

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 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 rumored 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 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.

Overeem faced Todd Duffee on December 31, 2010 at Dynamite!! 2010. Overeem defeated Duffee by way of knockout at 19 seconds of the very first round to win the DREAM Interim Heavyweight Championship.

A rematch with Fabricio Werdum is expected sometime in early 2011, possibly at Strikeforce 32 and will be part of an eight-man heavyweight tournament.

Kickboxing career

Overeem had his first professional kickboxing fight at 17 years old, in a K-1 rules fight on November 15, 1997 (1997-11-15). After that he fought against Paul Hordijk, winning by decision on March 14, 1999 (1999-03-14). 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. After that, he faced Remy Bonjasky, the defending K-1 champion. Overeem came out aggressive in the first and second rounds, bullying Bonjasky and landing some impressive offense, but in the third was knocked down by a right hook from Bonjasky, who thereby secured 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 TKO 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. Overeem defeated Ben Edwards by TKO in the first round on October 2, 2010 at K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final 16.

On December 11, at the Ariake Coliseum Alistair fought at and won the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final. In the quarter finals he beat Tyrone Spong by Unanimous decision. In the semi finals he came face to face with his teammate Gokhan Saki, who he defeated by first round TKO due to injury, breaking Saki's right arm with a hard left kick. In the finals he fought Peter Aerts for the second time. Alistair came out aggressive and finished Peter in the first round.

Personal life

Overeem has a daughter named Storm. In a Japanese comedy show, Alistair Overeem has once claimed that his great great grandfather was King William III of the Netherlands.

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

• K-1
  • K-1 2010 World Grand Prix Champion
  • K-1 2009 World Grand Prix Final 3rd Place

Mixed martial arts

• PRIDE Fighting Championships
  • PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix Semi-Finalist
• Strikeforce
  • Strikeforce Heavyweight Championship (1 Time, First, Current)
• DREAM
  • DREAM Interim Heavyweight Championship (1 Time, First, Current)
• World MMA Awards
  • International Fighter of the Year 2010

Grappling

• ADCC
  • ADCC 2005 European Qualifiers Winner

Record of opponents:

• Won: Andreas Olsen (Submission: Guillotine Choke); Arben Latifi (Submission: Guillotine Choke); Mikael Grothe (Submission: Guillotine Choke)

Mixed martial arts record

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
		Fabricio Werdum			TBA			USA	Quarterfinal of Strikeforce Heavyweight GP; Non-title fight.
Win	34-11 (1)	Todd Duffee	KO (Punches)	Dynamite!! 2010	December 31, 2010	1	0:19	Saitama, Japan	Won DREAM Interim Heavyweight Champion.
Win	33-11 (1)	Brett Rogers	TKO (Punches)	Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery	May 15, 2010	1	3:40	St. Louis, United States	Defended Strikeforce Heavyweight Championship.
Win	32-11 (1)	Kazuyuki Fujita	KO (Knee)	Dynamite!! 2009	December 31, 2009	1	1:15	Saitama, Japan
Win	31-11 (1)	James Thompson	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	Dream 12	October 25, 2009	1	0:33	Osaka, Japan
Win	30-11 (1)	Tony Sylvester	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	Ultimate Glory 11: A Decade of Fights	October 17, 2009	1	1:23	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Win	29-11 (1)	Gary Goodridge	Submission (Kimura)	Ultimate Glory 10: The Battle of Arnhem	November 9, 2008	1	1:42	Arnhem, Netherlands
No Contest	28-11 (1)	Mirko Filipovic	NC (Knee to the Groin)	Dream 6	September 23, 2008	1	6:09	Saitama, Japan
Win	28-11	Mark Hunt	Submission (Keylock)	Dream 5	July 21, 2008	1	1:11	Osaka, Japan
Win	27-11	Lee Tae-Hyun	KO (Punches and Knee)	Dream 4	June 15, 2008	1	0:36	Yokohama, Japan
Win	26-11	Paul Buentello	Submission (Knees to the Body)	Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives	November 16, 2007	2	3:42	San Jose, USA	Became first Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion.
Loss	25-11	Sergei Kharitonov	KO (Punch)	K-1 HERO's - Tournament Final	September 17, 2007	1	4:21	Yokohama, Japan
Win	25-10	Michael Knaap	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	K-1 GP 2007 in Amsterdam	June 23, 2007	1	4:51	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Moves up to Heavyweight fulltime.
Loss	24-10	Mauricio Rua	KO (Punches)	Pride 33	February 24, 2007	1	3:27	Las Vegas, United States
Loss	24-9	Ricardo Arona	Submission (Punches)	Pride Final Conflict Absolute	September 10, 2006	1	4:28	Saitama, Japan
Loss	24-8	Antônio Rogério Nogueira	TKO (Corner Stoppage - Towel)	Pride Critical Countdown Absolute	July 1, 2006	2	2:13	Saitama, Japan	Returns to Light Heavyweight.
Win	24-7	Vitor Belfort	Decision (Unanimous)	Strikeforce: Revenge	June 9, 2006	3	5:00	San Jose, United States
Loss	23-7	Fabricio Werdum	Submission (Kimura)	Pride Total Elimination Absolute	May 5, 2006	2	3:43	Osaka, Japan	Pride 2006 Openweight Grand Prix opening round.
Win	23-6	Nikolajus Cilkinas	Submission (Armbar)	WCFC-No Guts No Glory	March 18, 2006	1	1:42	Manchester, England
Win	22-6	Sergei Kharitonov	TKO (Knees)	Pride 31	February 26, 2006	1	5:13	Saitama, Japan	Moves up to heavyweight.
Loss	21-6	Mauricio Rua	TKO (Punches)	Pride Final Conflict 2005	August 28, 2005	1	6:42	Saitama, Japan	Pride 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix semi-final.
Win	21-5	Igor Vovchanchyn	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	Pride Critical Countdown 2005	June 26, 2005	1	1:20	Saitama, Japan	Pride 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix quarterfinal.
Win	20-5	Vitor Belfort	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	Pride Total Elimination 2005	April 23, 2005	1	9:36	Osaka, Japan	Pride 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix opening round.
Loss	19-5	Antônio Rogério Nogueira	Decision (Unanimous)	Pride 29	February 20, 2005	3	5:00	Saitama, Japan
Win	19-4	Hiromitsu Kanehara	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	Pride 28	October 31, 2004	2	3:52	Saitama, Japan
Win	18-4	Rodney Faverus	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2H2H-2 Hot 2 Handle	October 10, 2004	2	N/A	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Win	17-4	Tomohiko Hashimoto	TKO (Punches)	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003-Inoki Festival	December 31, 2003	1	0:36	Kobe, Japan
Loss	16-4	Chuck Liddell	KO (Punches)	Pride Total Elimination 2003	August 10, 2003	1	3:09	Osaka, Japan	Pride 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix quarterfinal.
Win	16-3	Mike Bencic	Submission (Knee to the Body and Punches)	Pride 26	June 8, 2003	1	3:44	Yokohama, Japan
Win	15-3	Aaron Brink	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2H2H 6-Simply the Best 6	March 16, 2003	1	0:53	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Win	14-3	Bazigit Atajev	TKO (Knee to the Body)	Pride 24	December 23, 2002	2	4:59	Fukuoka, Japan
Win	13-3	Dave Vader	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	2H2H 5-Simply the Best 5	October 13, 2002	2	N/A	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Win	12-3	Moise Rimbon	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2H2H 5-Simply the Best 5	October 13, 2002	1	1:03	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Win	11-3	Yusuke Imamura	TKO (Knee and Punches)	Pride The Best Vol.2	July 20, 2002	1	0:44	Tokyo, Japan
Win	10-3	Vesa Vuori	TKO (punches)	2H2H-2 Hot 2 Handle Germany	May 26, 2002	1	2:15	Krefeld, Germany
Win	9-3	Sergey Kaznovsky	Submission (Armbar)	M-1 MFC-Russia vs the World 3	April 26, 2002	1	3:37	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Win	8-3	Roman Zentsov	Submission (Keylock)	2H2H 4-Simply the Best 4	March 17, 2002	1	1:26	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Win	7-3	Stanislav Nuschik	TKO (Knees)	2H2H 2-Simply The Best	March 18, 2001	1	0:53	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Win	6-3	Vladimer Tchanturia	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	Rings-King of Kings 2000 Final	February 24, 2001	1	1:06	Tokyo, Japan
Win	5-3	Peter Verschuren	Submission (Keylock)	It's Showtime - Christmas Edition	December 12, 2000	1	1:06	Haarlem, Netherlands
Loss	4-3	Bobby Hoffman	KO (Punch)	Rings-Millennium Combine 2	June 15, 2000	1	9:39	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	4-2	Yuriy Kochkine	Decision (Split)	Rings Russia-Rings Russia	May 20, 2000	2	5:00	Yekaterinburg, Russia
Win	4-1	Yasuhito Namekawa	Submission (Armbar)	Rings-Millennium Combine 1	April 20, 2000	1	0:45	Tokyo, Japan
Win	3-1	Can Sahinbas	KO (Knee)	2H2H 1-2 Hot 2 Handle	March 5, 2000	1	2:21	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Win	2-1	Chris Watts	KO (Knee to the Body)	Rings Holland-There Can Only Be One Champion	February 6, 2000	1	3:58	Utrecht, Netherlands
Loss	1-1	Yuriy Kochkine	Decision (Majority)	Rings-King of Kings 1999 Block A	October 28, 1999	2	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	1-0	Ricardo Fyeet	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	It's Showtime - It's Showtime	October 24, 1999	1	1:39	Haarlem, Netherlands

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

10 wins (7 (T)KO's), 4 losses Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes Win 10-4 Peter Aerts KO (punches) K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final December 11, 2010 1 1:07 Tokyo, Japan K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 final. Wins K-1 World Grand Prix 2010. Win 9-4 Gokhan Saki TKO (injury) K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final December 11, 2010 1 2:20 Tokyo, Japan K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 semi-final. Win 8-4 Tyrone Spong Decision (unanimous) K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final December 11, 2010 3 3:00 Tokyo, Japan K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 quarterfinal. Win 7-4 Ben Edwards TKO (referee stoppage/3 knockdowns) K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 October 2, 2010 1 2:08 Seoul, South Korea Qualifies for K-1 Grand Prix 2010 Final. Win 6-4 Dzevad Poturak KO (right knee) K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama April 3, 2010 1 2:40 Yokohama, Japan Loss 5-4 Badr Hari TKO (referee stoppage) K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final December 5, 2009 1 2:14 Yokohama, Japan K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 semi-final. Win 5-3 Ewerton Teixeira KO (left knee) K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final December 5, 2009 1 1:06 Yokohama, Japan K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 quarterfinal. Win 4-3 Peter Aerts Decision (unanimous) K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16 September 26, 2009 3 3:00 Seoul, South Korea Qualifies for K-1 Grand Prix 2009 Final. Loss 3-3 Remy Bonjasky Decision (unanimous) K-1 World GP 2009 in Yokohama March 28, 2009 3 3:00 Yokohama, Japan Win 3-2 Badr Hari KO (left hook) Dynamite!! 2008 December 31, 2008 1 2:07 Saitama, Japan Win 2-2 Jürgen Dolch TKO (corner stoppage) Ultimate Glory 3 "Upside Down" May 20, 2007 1 2:02 Amersfoort, Netherlands Loss 1-2 Glaube Feitosa KO (punch) Kyokushin vs K-1 2004 All Out Battle May 30, 2004 1 2:13 Tokyo, Japan Loss 1-1 Errol Parris TKO (corner stoppage) K-1 Holland GP 2001 in Arnhem February 4, 2001 3 1:22 Arnhem, Netherlands Win 1-0 Paul Hordijk Decision (Unanimous) Thaiboxing Event in Veenendaal March 14, 1999 6 2:00 Veenendaal, Netherlands Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest

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External links

• Official web site
• Professional MMA record for Alistair Overeem from Sherdog
• Personal life documentary
• Profile at K-1
• Profile at Strikeforce
• Profile at Dream Template:Ja icon
• Profile at Pride

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• 1980 births
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• Strikeforce champions
• Dutch Muay Thai practitioners
• Dutch people of Jamaican descent
• People from Utrecht (city)
• People from Hounslow