Alistair Overeem

HeavyweightGrappler
12 - 8

20 UFC Fights | 60% Win Rate | 9 Finishes (75%)

Height
6' 4"
Reach
80"
Weight
265 lbs.
Age
46
Orthodox

Alistair Overeem UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Alistair Overeem is 12-8 in the UFC across 20 fights, with 9 wins by knockout and 3 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 47-19 (1 NC), 35-11 of it outside the UFC. Overeem competes at heavyweight as an orthodox grappler, standing 6'4" with a 80" reach at 46 years old. The last bout was a loss to Alexander Volkov by knockout in Feb 2021.

Best attribute: striking accuracy (share of significant strikes that land) — 98th percentile among 166 heavyweight fighters (74%).

Alistair Overeem's UFC win rate is 60% (12 of 20 fights), and 75% of those wins came by finish. Overeem averages 0.5 takedowns per fight at 35% accuracy and stops 63% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
47-19 (1 NC)
UFC Record
12-8
Height
6'4"
Reach
80"
Age
46
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Alexander Volkov · KO/TKO · Feb 2021

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Alistair Overeem's Last 5 Fights

Overeem is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Alexander Volkov · KO/TKO · R2 2:06 · UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov · Feb 2021
  2. Win vs Augusto Sakai · KO/TKO · R5 0:26 · UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai · Sep 2020
  3. Win vs Walt Harris · KO/TKO · R2 3:00 · UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris · May 2020
  4. Loss vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik · KO/TKO · R5 4:56 · UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik · Dec 2019
  5. Win vs Aleksei Oleinik · KO/TKO · R1 4:45 · UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik · Apr 2019

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.9
Accuracy
74%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.50

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.2
0.9x avg
Strike Differential
+0.7
Opp. Accuracy Against
49%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.5
Takedown Accuracy
35%
Takedown Defense
63%
Control Time / Fight
2:24
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.1

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
20% KO
0% Sub
R2
15% KO
0% Sub
R3+
10% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Alistair Overeem vs Average

Alistair Overeem's UFC Fight History

20 UFC fights on record (12-8), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LAlexander VolkovKO/TKOR2 · 2:06UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov2021-02-06
WAugusto SakaiKO/TKOR5 · 0:26UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai2020-09-05
WWalt HarrisKO/TKOR2 · 3:00UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris2020-05-16
LJairzinho RozenstruikKO/TKOR5 · 4:56UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik2019-12-07
WAleksei OleinikKO/TKOR1 · 4:45UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik2019-04-20
WSergei PavlovichKO/TKOR1 · 4:21UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 22018-11-24
LCurtis BlaydesKO/TKOR3 · 2:56UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 22018-06-09
LFrancis NgannouKO/TKOR1 · 1:42UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 22017-12-02
WFabricio WerdumDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker2017-07-08
WMark HuntKO/TKOR3 · 1:44UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 22017-03-04
L★Stipe MiocicKO/TKOR1 · 4:27UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem2016-09-10
WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKOR2 · 1:12UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski2016-05-08
WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKOR2 · 4:43UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 22015-12-19
WRoy NelsonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos2015-03-14
WStefan StruveKO/TKOR1 · 4:13UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs Miocic2014-12-13
LBen RothwellKO/TKOR1 · 2:19UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi2014-09-05
WFrank MirDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 22014-02-01
LTravis BrowneKO/TKOR1 · 4:08UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen2013-08-17
LAntonio SilvaKO/TKOR3 · 0:25UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar2013-02-02
WBrock LesnarKO/TKOR1 · 2:26UFC 141: Lesnar vs Overeem2011-12-30

How Overeem Ranks at Heavyweight

Percentile among the 166 heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.9 sig. strikes/min
69th percentile
Striking accuracy74%
98th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.2/min
49th percentile
Takedowns0.5/fight
50th percentile
Takedown defense63%
43rd percentile
Knockdown power0.50/fight
88th percentile

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