Heavyweight · “The Demolition Man”
Alistair Overeem
12-8-0
6'4"Height
80"Reach
OrthodoxStance
1980-05-17Born
9KO wins
0Sub wins
75.0%Finish rate
9:14Avg fight
Statistical profile
The shape of their game.
Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.
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
Output, fight by fight.
Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 8 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.
Fight history
Every walk to the cage.
20 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.
L Alexander Volkov 6-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 2:06 — UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov · 2021-02-06
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 · 2020-09-05
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 · 2020-05-16
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 · 2019-12-07
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 · 2019-04-20
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 · 2018-11-24
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 · 2018-06-09
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 · 2017-12-02
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 · 2017-07-08
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 · 2017-03-04
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 · 2016-09-10
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 · 2016-05-08
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 · 2015-12-19
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 · 2015-03-14
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 · 2014-12-13
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 · 2014-09-05
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 · 2014-02-01
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 · 2013-08-17
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 · 2013-02-02
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 · 2011-12-30
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
How the record was built.
UFC bouts in this database — the full pre-UFC career fills in as the weekly career backfill reaches this fighter.
Wins by method
KO/TKO
9
Submission
0
Decision
3
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
8
Submission
0
Decision
0
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
20
Showing UFC fights only — this fighter's full pre-UFC career hasn't been synced yet. It will fill in as the weekly career backfill reaches them.
Division context
Measured against the division.
Versus the Heavyweight average, over 99 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.