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'''Alistair "The Demolition Man" Overeem''' (born May 17, 1980) is a professional [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[mixed martial artist]] and current [[Strikeforce]] heavyweight champion. |
'''Alistair "The Demolition Man" Overeem''' (born May 17, 1980) is a professional [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[mixed martial artist]] and [[kickboxer]]. He is the current [[Strikeforce]] heavyweight champion. |
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== MMA career == |
== MMA career == |
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Revision as of 06:52, 7 December 2009
| Alistair Overeem | |
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| Born | Alistair Cees Overeem May 17, 1980 Hounslow, England |
| Other names | Demolition Man, The Wrecking Ball, Ubereem, The Dutch Cyclone |
| Nationality |  Dutch |
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 117 kg (258 lb; 18.4 st) |
| Division | 205 265 (2007–present) |
| Style | Muay Thai Submission grappling |
| Fighting out of | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Team | Golden Glory [1] |
| Trainer | Lucien Carbin Martijn de Jong |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 9 |
| Wins | 5 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 43 |
| Wins | 31 |
| By knockout | 11 |
| By submission | 19 |
| Losses | 11 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| By submission | 2 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Notable relatives | Valentijn Overeem, brother |
| Website | http://www.alistairovereem.com/ |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Last updated on: December 5, 2009 | |
Alistair "The Demolition Man" Overeem (born May 17, 1980) is a professional Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He is the current Strikeforce heavyweight champion.
MMA 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 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.[1]
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.[2] 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.
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, achieving one of his most outstanding accomplishments to date.
In a recent 2008 interview, Overeem has stated that he would like to fight in the UFC in the near future. Overeem would ideally like a rematch in 2009 with Chuck Liddell to avenge his PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 knockout loss against him. Overeem was also seen at UFC 93 in Ireland talking to Dana White and indicating he is "ready" to fight in the UFC.
After beating Badr Hari by KO, he faced Remy Bonjasky, the defending K-1 champion. Overeem was aggressive in the 1st and dominant in the 2nd round, knocking Bonjasky down in the end of the 2nd round with a right cross, but referee Nobuaki Kakuda didn't count it. In the 3rd round Remy knocked Alistair down with a flying knee and right punch combo to secure an unanimous decision win. All three judges scored the bout 30-28.
Overeem was rumored to make his first title defense against undefeated Heavyweight Brett Rogers on June 6 at Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields, however a hand injury scuttled plans for the fight.[3] 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.[4] He used the same choke only 8 days later to submit MMA journeyman James Thompson at DREAM.12. [5]
Kickboxing career
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, becoming the first man in K-1 history to prevent Aerts from competing in the World Grand Prix final.
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.
MMA record
| 43 matches | 31 wins | 11 losses |
| By knockout | 11 | 6 |
| By submission | 19 | 2 |
| By decision | 1 | 3 |
| No contests | 1 | |
| Record | Result | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
| 31-11 (1) | Win |  James Thompson
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Submission (Guillotine Choke) | DREAM.12 Cage of the Rising Sun | 10/25/2009 | 1 | 0:33 |  Osaka, Japan
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| 30-11 (1) | Win |  Tony Sylvester
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Submission (Guillotine Choke) | Ultimate Glory 11: A Decade of Fights | 10/17/2009 | 1 | 1:23 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
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| 29-11 (1) | Win |  Gary Goodridge
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Submission (Kimura) | Ultimate Glory 10: The Battle of Arnhem | 11/09/2008 | 1 | 1:42 | Arnhem, Netherlands
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| 28-11 (1) | NC |  Mirko Filipovic
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No Contest (Groin strikes) | DREAM.6 Middle Weight Grand Prix 2008 Final Round | 9/23/2008 | 1 | 6:09 | Saitama, Japan
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| 28-11 | Win |  Mark Hunt
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Submission (Keylock) | DREAM.5 Light Weight Grand Prix 2008 Final Round | 7/21/2008 | 1 | 1:11 | Osaka, Japan
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| 27-11 | Win |  Lee Tae-Hyun
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KO (Punches) | DREAM.4 Middle Weight Grand Prix 2008 Second Round | 6/15/2008 | 1 | 0:36 | Yokohama, Japan
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| 26-11 | Win | Paul Buentello
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Submission (Knees to the body) | Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives | 11/16/2007 | 2 | 3:42 | San Jose, California, USA
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Became First Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion |
| 25-11 | Loss |  Sergei Kharitonov
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KO (Punch) | K-1 HERO's - Tournament Final | 9/17/2007 | 1 | 4:21 | Yokohama, Japan
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| 25-10 | Win | Michael Knaap
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Submission (Guillotine choke) | K-1 Grand Prix in Amsterdam | 6/23/2007 | 1 | 4:51 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Moves up to Heavyweight fulltime |
| 24-10 | Loss |  Mauricio Rua
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KO (Punches) | PRIDE 33-Second Coming | 2/24/2007 | 1 | 3:37 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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| 24-9 | Loss | Ricardo Arona
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Submission (Punches) | PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute | 9/10/2006 | 1 | 4:28 | Saitama, Japan
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| 24-8 | Loss | Antônio Rogério Nogueira
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TKO (Towel - Strikes) | PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute | 7/1/2006 | 2 | 2:13 | Saitama, Japan
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| 24-7 | Win | Vitor Belfort
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Decision (Unanimous) | Strikeforce: Revenge | 6/9/2006 | 3 | 5:00 | San Jose, California, USA
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Fought at Heavyweight |
| 23-7 | Loss | Fabricio Werdum
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Submission (Kimura) | PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute | 5/5/2006 | 2 | 3:43 | Osaka, Japan
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PRIDE 2006 Openweight Grand Prix Opening Round |
| 23-6 | Win | Nikolajus Cilkinas
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Submission (Armbar) | WCFC-No Guts No Glory | 3/18/2006 | 1 | 1:42 | Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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| 22-6 | Win | Sergei Kharitonov
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TKO (Knees) | PRIDE 31-Dreamers | 2/26/2006 | 1 | 5:13 | Saitama, Japan
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Fought at Heavyweight |
| 21-6 | Loss | Mauricio Rua
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TKO (Strikes) | PRIDE Final Conflict 2005 | 8/28/2005 | 1 | 6:42 | Saitama, Japan
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PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinal |
| 21-5 | Win |  Igor Vovchanchyn
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Submission (Guillotine Choke) | PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005 | 6/26/2005 | 1 | 1:20 | Saitama, Japan
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PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal |
| 20-5 | Win | Vitor Belfort
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Submission (Guillotine Choke) | PRIDE Total Elimination 2005 | 4/23/2005 | 1 | 9:36 | Osaka, Japan
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PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Opening Round |
| 19-5 | Loss | Antônio Rogério Nogueira
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Decision (Unanimous) | PRIDE 29 - Fists Of Fire | 2/20/2005 | 3 | 5:00 | Saitama, Japan
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| 19-4 | Win | Hiromitsu Kanehara
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TKO (Cut) | PRIDE 28 - High Octane | 10/31/2004 | 2 | 3:52 | Saitama, Japan
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| 18-4 | Win | Rodney Faverus
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Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 2H2H-2 Hot 2 Handle | 10/10/2004 | 2 | N/A | Rotterdam, Netherlands
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| 17-4 | Win | Tomohiko Hashimoto
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TKO (Strikes) | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003-Inoki Festival | 12/31/2003 | 1 | 0:36 | Kobe, Japan
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| 16-4 | Loss | Chuck Liddell
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KO (Strikes) | PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 | 8/10/2003 | 1 | 3:09 | Osaka, Japan
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PRIDE 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal |
| 16-3 | Win | Mike Bencic
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Submission (Strikes) | PRIDE 26-Bad to the Bone | 6/8/2003 | 1 | 3:44 | Yokohama, Japan
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| 15-3 | Win | Aaron Brink
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Submission (Choke) | 2H2H 6-Simply the Best 6 | 3/16/2003 | 1 | 0:53 | Rotterdam, Netherlands
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| 14-3 | Win | Bazigit Atajev
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TKO (Knee to the Body) | PRIDE 24-Cold Fury 3 | 12/23/2002 | 2 | 4:59 | Fukuoka, Japan
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| 13-3 | Win | Dave Vader
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TKO (Doctor) | 2H2H 5-Simply the Best 5 | 10/13/2002 | 2 | N/A | Rotterdam, Netherlands
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| 12-3 | Win |  Moise Rimbon
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Submission (Choke) | 2H2H 5-Simply the Best 5 | 10/13/2002 | 1 | 1:03 | Rotterdam, Netherlands
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| 11-3 | Win | Yusuke Imamura
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TKO | PRIDE-The Best Vol. 2 | 7/20/2002 | 1 | 0:44 | Tokyo, Japan
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| 10-3 | Win |  Vesa Vuori
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TKO (Strikes) | 2H2H-2 Hot 2 Handle Germany | 5/26/2002 | 1 | 2:15 |  Krefeld, Germany
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| 9-3 | Win | Sergey Kaznovsky
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Submission (Armlock) | M-1 MFC-Russia vs the World 3 | 4/26/2002 | 1 | 3:37 | St. Petersburg, Russia
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| 8-3 | Win | Roman Zentsov
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Submission (Keylock) | 2H2H 4-Simply the Best 4 | 3/17/2002 | 1 | N/A | Rotterdam, Netherlands
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| 7-3 | Win | Stanislav Nuschik
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TKO (Knees) | 2H2H 2-Simply The Best | 3/18/2001 | 1 | 0:53 | Rotterdam, Netherlands
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| 6-3 | Win |  Vladimer Tchanturia
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Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | Rings-King of Kings 2000 Final | 2/24/2001 | 1 | 1:06 | Tokyo, Japan
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| 5-3 | Win | Peter Verschuren
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Submission (Armlock) | It's Showtime-Christmas Edition | 12/12/2000 | 1 | 1:06 | Netherlands
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| 4-3 | Loss | Bobby Hoffman
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KO (Punch) | Rings-Millennium Combine 2 | 6/15/2000 | 1 | 9:39 | Tokyo, Japan
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| 4-2 | Loss | Iouri Kotchkine
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Decision | Rings Russia-Rings Russia | 5/20/2000 | 2 | 5:00 | Ekaterinburg, Russia
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| 4-1 | Win | Yasuhito Namekawa
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Submission (Armbar) | Rings-Millennium Combine 1 | 4/20/2000 | 1 | 0:45 | Tokyo, Japan
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| 3-1 | Win | Can Sahinbas
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KO (Knee) | 2H2H 1-2 Hot 2 Handle | 3/5/2000 | 1 | 2:21 | Rotterdam, Netherlands
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| 2-1 | Win | Chris Watts
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TKO | Rings Holland-There Can Only Be One Champion | 2/6/2000 | 1 | 3:58 | Utrecht, Netherlands
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| 1-1 | Loss | Iouri Kotchkine
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Decision (Majority) | Rings-King of Kings 1999 Block A | 10/28/1999 | 2 | Tokyo, Japan
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| 1-0 | Win | Ricardo Fyeet
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Submission (Guillotine Choke) | It's Showtime-It's Showtime | 10/24/1999 | 1 | N/A | Netherlands
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K-1 / Kickboxing record
| 5 Wins (3 (T)KO's, 2 decisions), 4 Losses (3 (T)KO's, 1 decisions) | |||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Method | Round | Time | |
| 12/05/2009 | Loss |  Badr Hari
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K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final, Yokohama, Japan | TKO (Left high kick) | 1 | 2:14 | |
| 12/05/2009 | Win | Ewerton Teixeira
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K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final, Yokohama, Japan | KO (Left knee) | 1 | 1:06 | |
| 09/26/2009 | Win | Peter Aerts
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K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16, Seoul, South Korea | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 03/28/2009 | Loss | Remy Bonjasky
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K-1 World GP 2009 in Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 12/31/2008 | Win | Badr Hari
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Dynamite!! 2008, Saitama, Japan | KO (Left hook) | 1 | 2:07 | |
| 05/20/2007 | Win | Jürgen Dolch
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Ultimate Glory 3 "Upside Down", Amersfoort, Netherlands | TKO | 1 | 2:02 | |
| 05/30/2004 | Loss | Glaube Feitosa
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Kyokushin vs K-1 2004 All Out Battle, Tokyo, Japan | KO (Punch) | 1 | 2:13 | |
| 02/04/2001 | Loss | Errol Parris
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K-1 Holland GP 2001 in Arnhem, Arnhem, Netherlands | TKO | 3 | ||
| 03/14/1999 | Win | Paul Hordijk
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Thaiboxing Event in Veenendaal, Veenendaal, Netherlands | Decision | 3 | 2:00 | |
References
- ^ MMA WEEKLY - Your #1 Source for Daily MMA News, Interviews, Multimedia, and More: - STRIKEFORCE RESULTS, SANTIAGO TOURNEY CHAMP
- ^ DREAM.6 official card
- ^ http://www.mmaweekly.com/blog/2009/05/overeem-suffers-hand-injury-summer.asp
- ^ http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=9713&zoneid=13
- ^ "Alistair Overeem, Bellator champ Eddie Alvarez among DREAM.12 winners". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2009-10-23.