Postby Masato » Tue Jul 04, 2023 1:43 pm
from the article link:
Alistair Overeem’s decorated career
Most retirements aren’t permanent in combat sports, but if this is indeed the end for Alistair Overeem, he will leave as a decorated two-sport champion at the highest of levels.
Overeem spent 10 years in the UFC, and amassed a record of 47-19 (1 NC) overall in mixed martial arts, where he also held the Strikeforce and DREAM heavyweight titles.
He also had a highly impressive kickboxing career, where his dominance also likely led to a pretty controversial rule change in K-1. While he held those two MMA titles, he also won the K-1 World Grand Prix title in 2010, to become a simultaneous multi-sport champion.
Apart from his accolades, it’s worth mentioning how Overeem was also involved in drug testing controversies in his career. During his UFC tenure, he tested positive for elevated testosterone in 2012. He also reportedly tested positive for an unnamed banned substance during his most recent kickboxing bout in 2022, where he was suspended for a year and had his win over Badr Hari was overturned into a no contest.
Alistair Overeem has iconic wins over legends such as Peter Aerts, Badr Hari, Gokhan Saki and Tyrone Spong in kickboxing, and also has an impressive list of MMA victories over former UFC champions such as Brock Lesnar, Fabricio Werdum (twice), Frank Mir, Junior dos Santos, Andrei Arlovski, and Vitor Belfort (twice).
