Heavyweight · “The Demolition Man”
Alistair Overeem
46-19-0 (1 NC) UFC 12-8-0
6'4"Height
80"Reach
OrthodoxStance
46Age
9KO wins
0Sub wins
75.0%Finish rate
9:14Avg fight
Statistical profile
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Sig. strikes landed / min3.87
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.19
Striking accuracy74.3%
Striking defense51.1%
Takedowns / 15 min0.81
Takedown accuracy34.5%
Takedown defense63.2%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.24
Control time26.1%
Record vs .500+ opponents10-6
Striking trend
Fight history
L Alexander Volkov 6-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 2:06 — UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov · February 6, 2021
10/20Sig. strikes
54/88Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:15Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Augusto Sakai 4-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R5 0:26 — UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai · September 5, 2020
92/114Sig. strikes
99/173Absorbed
3/3Takedowns
5:29Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Walt Harris 6-6 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 3:00 — UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris · May 16, 2020
68/85Sig. strikes
25/48Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
4:22Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Jairzinho Rozenstruik 3-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R5 4:56 — UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik · December 7, 2019
74/105Sig. strikes
89/209Absorbed
2/10Takedowns
8:19Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Aleksei Oleinik 6-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:45 — UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik · April 20, 2019
29/33Sig. strikes
38/58Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
1:10Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Sergei Pavlovich 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:21 — UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 · November 24, 2018
22/26Sig. strikes
13/32Absorbed
1/2Takedowns
1:57Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Curtis Blaydes 4-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 2:56 — UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 · June 9, 2018
7/12Sig. strikes
37/53Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
L Francis Ngannou 5-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:42 — UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 · December 2, 2017
1/4Sig. strikes
6/14Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Fabricio Werdum 9-3 walk-in Decision - Majority · R3 5:00 — UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker · July 8, 2017
21/38Sig. strikes
49/115Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
1:20Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Mark Hunt 7-4-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 1:44 — UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2 · March 4, 2017
55/70Sig. strikes
21/51Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
3:33Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Stipe Miocic 9-2 walk-in TITLE KO/TKO · R1 4:27 — UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem · September 10, 2016
9/17Sig. strikes
34/60Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:06Control
1Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Andrei Arlovski 14-5 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 1:12 — UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski · May 8, 2016
23/30Sig. strikes
16/33Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
1:19Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Junior Dos Santos 11-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 4:43 — UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 · December 19, 2015
32/43Sig. strikes
22/46Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:03Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Roy Nelson 7-6 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos · March 14, 2015
62/84Sig. strikes
23/77Absorbed
0/2Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Stefan Struve 9-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:13 — UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs Miocic · December 13, 2014
17/25Sig. strikes
2/5Absorbed
1/2Takedowns
2:41Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Ben Rothwell 3-3 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:19 — UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi · September 5, 2014
20/21Sig. strikes
17/27Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:02Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Frank Mir 14-8 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 2 · February 1, 2014
62/74Sig. strikes
3/23Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
8:37Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Travis Browne 5-1-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:08 — UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen · August 17, 2013
41/66Sig. strikes
14/27Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
2:15Control
2Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Antonio Silva 1-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 0:25 — UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar · February 2, 2013
51/71Sig. strikes
21/48Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
6:24Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Brock Lesnar 4-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:26 — UFC 141: Lesnar vs Overeem · December 30, 2011
19/24Sig. strikes
6/18Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:17Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
KO/TKO
24
Submission
17
Decision
5
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
14
Submission
2
Decision
3
Other
0
No contests: 1
Fights by organization
UFC
20
2 Hot
7
Pride
6
Strikeforce
4
Dream
4
Rings Japan
4
Dynamite!!
2
Ultimate Glory
2
+ 15 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 66 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Alexander Volkov | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov
February 6, 2021 |
UFC | 2 | 2:06 |
| W | Augusto Sakai | TKO (elbows and punches) | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai
September 5, 2020 |
UFC | 5 | 0:26 |
| W | Walt Harris | TKO (punches) | UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Harris
May 16, 2020 |
UFC | 2 | 3:00 |
| L | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | KO (punch) | UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik
December 7, 2019 |
UFC | 5 | 4:56 |
| W | Aleksei Oleinik | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik
April 20, 2019 |
UFC | 1 | 4:45 |
| W | Sergei Pavlovich | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2
November 24, 2018 |
UFC | 1 | 4:21 |
| L | Curtis Blaydes | TKO (elbows) | UFC 225
June 9, 2018 |
UFC | 3 | 2:56 |
| L | Francis Ngannou | KO (punch) | UFC 218
December 2, 2017 |
UFC | 1 | 1:42 |
| W | Fabrício Werdum | Decision (majority) | UFC 213
July 8, 2017 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Mark Hunt | KO (knee) | UFC 209
March 4, 2017 |
UFC | 3 | 1:44 |
| L | Stipe Miocic | KO (punches) | UFC 203
September 10, 2016 |
UFC | 1 | 4:27 |
| W | Andrei Arlovski | TKO (front kick and punches) | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski
May 8, 2016 |
UFC | 2 | 1:12 |
| W | Junior dos Santos | TKO (punches) | UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2
December 19, 2015 |
UFC | 2 | 4:43 |
| W | Roy Nelson | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 185
March 14, 2015 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Stefan Struve | KO (punches) | UFC on Fox: dos Santos vs. Miocic
December 13, 2014 |
UFC | 1 | 4:13 |
| L | Ben Rothwell | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Jacaré vs. Mousasi
September 5, 2014 |
UFC | 1 | 2:19 |
| W | Frank Mir | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 169
February 1, 2014 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Travis Browne | KO (front kick and punches) | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen
August 17, 2013 |
UFC | 1 | 4:08 |
| L | Antônio Silva | KO (punches) | UFC 156
February 2, 2013 |
UFC | 3 | 0:25 |
| W | Brock Lesnar | TKO (kick to the body and punches) | UFC 141
December 30, 2011 |
UFC | 1 | 2:26 |
| W | Fabrício Werdum | Decision (unanimous) | Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum
June 18, 2011 |
Strikeforce | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Todd Duffee | KO (punches) | Dynamite!! 2010
December 31, 2010 |
Dynamite!! | 1 | 0:19 |
| W | Brett Rogers | TKO (punches) | Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery
May 15, 2010 |
Strikeforce | 1 | 3:40 |
| W | Kazuyuki Fujita | KO (knee) | Dynamite!! 2009
December 31, 2009 |
Dynamite!! | 1 | 1:15 |
| W | James Thompson | Submission (guillotine choke) | Dream 12
October 25, 2009 |
Dream | 1 | 0:33 |
| W | Tony Sylvester | Submission (guillotine choke) | Ultimate Glory 11
October 17, 2009 |
Ultimate Glory | 1 | 1:23 |
| W | Gary Goodridge | Submission (keylock) | Ultimate Glory 10
November 9, 2008 |
Ultimate Glory | 1 | 1:47 |
| NC | Mirko Cro Cop | NC (knee to the groin) | Dream 6
September 23, 2008 |
Dream | 1 | 6:09 |
| W | Mark Hunt | Submission (keylock) | Dream 5
July 21, 2008 |
Dream | 1 | 1:11 |
| W | Lee Tae-hyun | KO (punches) | Dream 4
June 15, 2008 |
Dream | 1 | 0:36 |
| W | Paul Buentello | TKO (submission to knees to the body) | Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives
November 16, 2007 |
Strikeforce | 2 | 3:42 |
| L | Sergei Kharitonov | KO (punch) | Hero's 10
September 17, 2007 |
Hero's | 1 | 4:21 |
| W | Michael Knaap | Submission (Peruvian necktie) | K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Amsterdam
June 23, 2007 |
K-1 World Grand Prix | 1 | 3:29 |
| L | Maurício Rua | KO (punches) | Pride 33
February 24, 2007 |
Pride | 1 | 3:37 |
| L | Ricardo Arona | TKO (submission to punches) | Pride Final Conflict Absolute
September 10, 2006 |
Pride Final Conflict Absolute | 1 | 4:28 |
| L | Antônio Rogério Nogueira | TKO (corner stoppage) | Pride Critical Countdown Absolute
July 1, 2006 |
Pride Critical Countdown Absolute | 2 | 2:13 |
| W | Vitor Belfort | Decision (unanimous) | Strikeforce: Revenge
June 9, 2006 |
Strikeforce | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Fabrício Werdum | Submission (kimura) | Pride Total Elimination Absolute
May 5, 2006 |
Pride Total Elimination Absolute | 2 | 3:43 |
| W | Nikolajus Cilkinas | Submission (armbar) | World Cage FC: No Guts, No Glory
March 18, 2006 |
World Cage FC | 1 | 1:42 |
| W | Sergei Kharitonov | TKO (knees) | Pride 31
February 26, 2006 |
Pride | 1 | 5:13 |
| L | Maurício Rua | TKO (punches) | Pride Final Conflict 2005
August 28, 2005 |
Pride Final Conflict | 1 | 6:42 |
| W | Igor Vovchanchyn | Submission (guillotine choke) | Pride Critical Countdown 2005
June 26, 2005 |
Pride Critical Countdown | 1 | 1:20 |
| W | Vitor Belfort | Submission (guillotine choke) | Pride Total Elimination 2005
April 23, 2005 |
Pride Total Elimination | 1 | 9:36 |
| L | Antônio Rogério Nogueira | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 29
February 20, 2005 |
Pride | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Hiromitsu Kanehara | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Pride 28
October 31, 2004 |
Pride | 2 | 3:52 |
| W | Rodney Glunder | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 Hot 2 Handle: Simply The Best 8
October 10, 2004 |
2 Hot | 1 | — |
| W | Tomohiko Hashimoto | TKO (knees) | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003
December 31, 2003 |
Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye | 1 | 0:36 |
| L | Chuck Liddell | KO (punches) | Pride Total Elimination 2003
August 10, 2003 |
Pride Total Elimination | 1 | 3:09 |
| W | Mike Bencic | TKO (knee to the body and punches) | Pride 26
June 8, 2003 |
Pride | 1 | 3:44 |
| W | Aaron Brink | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 Hot 2 Handle: Simply the Best 6
March 16, 2003 |
2 Hot | 1 | 0:53 |
| W | Bazigit Atajev | TKO (knee to the body) | Pride 24
December 23, 2002 |
Pride | 2 | 4:59 |
| W | Dave Vader | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 Hot 2 Handle: Simply the Best 5
October 13, 2002 |
2 Hot | 2 | — |
| W | Yusuke Imamura | TKO (knee and punches) | Pride The Best Vol.2
July 20, 2002 |
Pride The Best Vol.2 | 1 | 0:44 |
| W | Vesa Vuori | TKO (punches) | 2 Hot 2 Handle: Germany
May 26, 2002 |
2 Hot | 1 | 2:15 |
| W | Sergey Kaznovsky | Submission (armbar) | M-1: Russia vs. the World 3
April 26, 2002 |
M-1 | 1 | 3:37 |
| W | Roman Zentsov | Submission (keylock) | 2 Hot 2 Handle: Simply the Best 4
March 17, 2002 |
2 Hot | 1 | 1:26 |
| W | Stanislav Nuschik | TKO (knees) | 2 Hot 2 Handle: Simply The Best 2
March 18, 2001 |
2 Hot | 1 | 0:53 |
| W | Vladimer Chanturia | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Rings Japan: King of Kings 2000 Final
February 24, 2001 |
Rings Japan | 1 | 1:06 |
| W | Peter Verschuren | Submission (keylock) | It's Showtime: Christmas Edition
December 12, 2000 |
It's Showtime | 1 | 1:06 |
| L | Bobby Hoffman | KO (Lariat) | Rings Japan: Millennium Combine 2
June 15, 2000 |
Rings Japan | 1 | 9:39 |
| L | Yuriy Kochkine | Decision (split) | Rings Russia: Russia vs. The World 2
May 20, 2000 |
Rings Russia | 2 | 5:00 |
| W | Yasuhito Namekawa | Submission (armbar) | Rings Japan: Millennium Combine 1
April 20, 2000 |
Rings Japan | 1 | 0:45 |
| W | Can Sahinbas | KO (knee) | 2 Hot 2 Handle: Simply The Best 1
March 5, 2000 |
2 Hot | 1 | 2:21 |
| W | Chris Watts | KO (knee to the body) | Rings Holland: There Can Only Be One Champion
February 6, 2000 |
Rings Holland | 1 | 3:58 |
| L | Yuriy Kochkine | Decision (majority) | Rings Japan: King of Kings 1999 Block A
October 28, 1999 |
Rings Japan | 2 | 5:00 |
| W | Ricardo Fyeet | Submission (guillotine choke) | It's Showtime 2
October 24, 1999 |
It's Showtime | 1 | 1:39 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Alistair Overeem) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.