Alistair Overeem (47-19, 42) was born in Hounslow, London, England on May 17, 1980. At the age of 19 years on October 24, 1999, he made his professional MMA debut against Ricardo Fyeet, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On December 30, 2011, 31-year old Alistair Overeem made his UFC debut on his 48th professional MMA fight at UFC 141 against a 34-year old Brock Lesnar, winning the fight in the 1st round via TKO.
Overeem's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO loss to Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov at age 40 on February 6, 2021. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought 20 times in the UFC, and has a record of 12 wins and 8 losses in the promotion.
Some of Alistair Overeem's best fights have been against Brett Rogers, Todd Duffee, Paul Buentello, Brock Lesnar, Stefan Struve, Sergei Pavlovich and Aleksei Oleinik.
Overeem has 19 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
67  | Feb 6, 2021 40 years, 8 months 47-19 (42) | 32 years, 3 months 32-8 (24) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
66  | Sep 5, 2020 40 years, 3 months 47-18 (42) | 29 years, 3 months 15-1-1 (11) | UFC | HW | 5 | TKO | WIN Elbows and punches |
65  | May 16, 2020 39 years, 11 months 46-18 (41) | 36 years, 11 months 13-7 (13) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
64  | Dec 7, 2019 39 years, 6 months 45-18 (40) | 31 years, 8 months 9-0 (8) | UFC | HW | 5 | KO | LOSS Punch |
63  | Apr 20, 2019 38 years, 11 months 45-17 (40) | 41 years, 9 months 57-11-1 (53) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
62  | Nov 24, 2018 38 years, 6 months 44-17 (39) | 26 years, 6 months 12-0 (9) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
61  | Jun 9, 2018 38 years 43-17 (38) | 27 years, 3 months 9-1 (7) | UFC | HW | 3 | TKO | LOSS Elbows |
60  | Dec 2, 2017 37 years, 6 months 43-16 (38) | 31 years, 2 months 10-1 (10) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch |
59  | Jul 8, 2017 37 years, 1 months 43-15 (38) | 39 years, 11 months 21-6-1 (16) | UFC | HW | 3 | MD | WIN |
58  | Mar 4, 2017 36 years, 9 months 42-15 (38) | 42 years, 11 months 12-10-1 (9) | UFC | HW | 3 | KO | WIN Knee |
57  | Sep 10, 2016 36 years, 3 months 41-15 (37) | 34 years 15-2 (12) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches For UFC heavyweight title |
56  | May 8, 2016 35 years, 11 months 41-14 (37) | 37 years, 3 months 25-11 (20) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Front kick and punches |
55  | Dec 19, 2015 35 years, 7 months 40-14 (36) | 31 years, 10 months 17-3 (14) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
54  | Mar 14, 2015 34 years, 9 months 39-14 (35) | 38 years, 8 months 20-10 (18) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
53  | Dec 13, 2014 34 years, 6 months 38-14 (35) | 26 years, 9 months 25-6 (23) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
52  | Sep 5, 2014 34 years, 3 months 37-14 (34) | 32 years, 10 months 33-9 (30) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
51  | Feb 1, 2014 33 years, 8 months 37-13 (34) | 34 years, 8 months 16-8 (9) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
50  | Aug 17, 2013 33 years, 3 months 36-13 (34) | 31 years, 1 months 14-1-1 (12) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | LOSS Front kick and punches |
49  | Feb 2, 2013 32 years, 8 months 36-12 (34) | 33 years, 4 months 17-4 (15) | UFC | HW | 3 | KO | LOSS Punches |
48  | Dec 30, 2011 31 years, 7 months 36-11 (34) | 34 years, 5 months 5-2 (4) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Kick to the body and punches |
47 | Jun 18, 2011 31 years, 1 months 35-11 (33) | 33 years, 10 months 14-4-1 (12) | Strikeforce | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
46  | Dec 31, 2010 30 years, 7 months 34-11 (33) | 25 years 6-1 (6) | Dynamite | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches Won DREAM heavyweight title |
45  | May 15, 2010 29 years, 11 months 33-11 (32) | 29 years, 2 months 10-1 (10) | Strikeforce | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches Defended Strikeforce heavyweight title |
44  | Dec 31, 2009 29 years, 7 months 32-11 (31) | 39 years, 2 months 15-8 (12) | Dynamite | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Knee |
43  | Oct 25, 2009 29 years, 5 months 31-11 (30) | 30 years, 10 months 14-10 (13) | Dream | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke |
42 | Oct 17, 2009 29 years, 5 months 30-11 (29) | Tony Sylvester | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | |
41  | Nov 9, 2008 28 years, 5 months 29-11 (28) | 42 years, 9 months 23-18-1 (22) | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Keylock | |
40  | Sep 23, 2008 28 years, 4 months 28-11 (27) | 34 years 23-6-2 (20) | Dream | HW | 1 | NC | NC Knee to the groin |
39 | Jul 21, 2008 28 years, 2 months 28-11 (27) | 34 years, 3 months 5-3 (3) | Dream | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Keylock |
38 | Jun 15, 2008 28 years 27-11 (26) | Tae Hyun Lee | Dream | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
37  | Nov 16, 2007 27 years, 5 months 26-11 (25) | 33 years, 10 months 25-9 (25) | Strikeforce | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Submission knees to the body Won Strikeforce heavyweight title |
36  | Sep 17, 2007 27 years, 4 months 25-11 (24) | 27 years 15-4 (14) | HW | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch | |
35 | Jun 23, 2007 27 years, 1 months 25-10 (24) | Michael Knaap | K-1 | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Peruvian necktie |
34  | Feb 24, 2007 26 years, 9 months 24-10 (23) | 25 years, 2 months 15-2 (13) | Pride | LHW | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches |
33  | Sep 10, 2006 26 years, 3 months 24-9 (23) | 28 years, 1 months 12-4 (4) | Pride | LHW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Submission to punches |
32  | Jul 1, 2006 26 years, 1 months 24-8 (23) | 30 years 11-2 (4) | Pride | LHW | 2 | TKO | LOSS Corner stoppage |
31  | Jun 9, 2006 26 years 24-7 (23) | 29 years, 2 months 13-6 (10) | Strikeforce | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
30 | May 5, 2006 25 years, 11 months 23-7 (23) | 28 years, 9 months 7-1-1 (6) | Pride | HW | 2 | SUB | LOSS Kimura |
29 | Mar 18, 2006 25 years, 10 months 23-6 (23) | Nikolajus Cilkinas | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
28 | Feb 26, 2006 25 years, 9 months 22-6 (22) | 25 years, 6 months 14-2 (13) | Pride | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Knees |
27 | Aug 28, 2005 25 years, 3 months 21-6 (21) | 23 years, 9 months 10-1 (9) | Pride | MD | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
26  | Jun 26, 2005 25 years, 1 months 21-5 (21) | 31 years, 10 months 56-8 (48) | Pride | MD | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke |
25 | Apr 23, 2005 24 years, 11 months 20-5 (20) | 28 years 12-5 (9) | Pride | MD | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke |
24 | Feb 20, 2005 24 years, 9 months 19-5 (19) | 28 years, 8 months 9-1 (3) | Pride | LHW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
23  | Oct 31, 2004 24 years, 5 months 19-4 (19) | 34 years 17-11-1 (10) | Pride | LHW | 2 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage |
22 | Oct 10, 2004 24 years, 4 months 18-4 (18) | Rodney Glunder | LHW | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | |
21  | Dec 31, 2003 23 years, 7 months 17-4 (17) | 26 years, 4 months 0-2 (0) | MD | 1 | TKO | WIN Knees | |
20  | Aug 10, 2003 23 years, 2 months 16-4 (16) | 33 years, 7 months 12-2 (6) | Pride | MD | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches |
19 | Jun 8, 2003 23 years 16-3 (16) | Mike Bencic | Pride | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to knee to the body and punches |
18  | Mar 16, 2003 22 years, 9 months 15-3 (15) | 28 years, 4 months 16-8 (16) | LHW | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | |
17 | Dec 23, 2002 22 years, 7 months 14-3 (14) | Bazigit Atajev | Pride | LHW | 2 | TKO | WIN Knee to the body |
16 | Oct 13, 2002 22 years, 4 months 13-3 (13) | Dave Vader | LHW | 2 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | |
15 | Oct 13, 2002 22 years, 4 months 12-3 (12) | Moise Rimbon | LHW | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | |
14 | Jul 20, 2002 22 years, 2 months 11-3 (11) | Yusuke Imamura | Pride | 1 | TKO | WIN Knee and punches | |
13 | May 26, 2002 22 years 10-3 (10) | Vesa Vuori | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
12 | Apr 26, 2002 21 years, 11 months 9-3 (9) | Sergey Kaznovsky | M-1 | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
11  | Mar 17, 2002 21 years, 10 months 8-3 (8) | 28 years, 6 months 4-4 (4) | 1 | SUB | WIN Keylock | ||
10 | Mar 18, 2001 20 years, 10 months 7-3 (7) | Stanislav Nuschik | 1 | TKO | WIN Knees | ||
9 | Feb 24, 2001 20 years, 9 months 6-3 (6) | Vladimer Chanturia | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
8  | Dec 12, 2000 20 years, 6 months 5-3 (5) | 25 years, 2 months 2-2 (2) | 1 | SUB | WIN Keylock | ||
7  | Jun 15, 2000 20 years 4-3 (4) | 33 years, 7 months 15-2 (12) | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch | ||
6 | May 20, 2000 20 years 4-2 (4) | Yuriy Kochkine | Rings | 2 | SD | LOSS | |
5  | Apr 20, 2000 19 years, 11 months 4-1 (4) | 25 years, 5 months 7-6-1 (4) | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
4 | Mar 5, 2000 19 years, 9 months 3-1 (3) | Can Sahinbas | 1 | KO | WIN Knee | ||
3 | Feb 6, 2000 19 years, 8 months 2-1 (2) | Chris Watts | Rings | 1 | KO | WIN Knee to the body | |
2 | Oct 28, 1999 19 years, 5 months 1-1 (1) | Yuriy Kochkine | 2 | MD | LOSS | ||
1  | Oct 24, 1999 19 years, 5 months 1-0 (1) | 23 years, 1 months 3-1 (3) | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke |
