Alistair Overeem is a professional heavyweight mixed martial artist and kickboxer with a $10 million net worth. Alistair Overeem fights in the heavyweight category of Glory. He previously won the Strikeforce and Dream MMA Heavyweight Championships, as well as the K-1 World Grand Prix. Among his many accomplishments, Overeem became the first fighter to hold world belts in both MMA and K-1.
Who is Alistair Overeem?
Alistair Overeem was born on May 17, 1980, in London, England, to a Dutch mother and a Jamaican father. When he was six years old, his parents divorced, and he relocated to the Netherlands with his mother and older brother, Valentijn.
Overeem began martial arts training to defend himself against bullying. He followed in his brother’s footsteps and pursued an athletic career, beginning with judo and progressing to track and field and basketball. Overeem joined Chris Dolman’s martial arts gym at the age of 15 with the goal of becoming a professional fighter.
How old is Alistair Overeem?
He is currently 43 years old.
What is Alistair Overeem’s net worth?
He is estimated to be worth $10 million.
What is Alistair Overeem’s career?
When Overeem was 19, he fought his first professional MMA fight, defeating Ricardo Fyeet by submission in the inaugural event of “It’s Showtime.” He continued to fight in the promotions Fighting Network Rings, M-1, and 2 Hot 2 Handle, collecting a 10-3 record. In the summer of 2002, Overeem made his Pride Fighting Championships debut, defeating Yusuke Imamura by TKO.
He won two more Pride fights before falling to Chuck Liddell in the quarterfinals of the 2003 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix. Later that year, Overeem defeated Tomohiko Hashimoto in 36 seconds at the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye. On Halloween 2004, he defeated Hiromitsu Kanehara by TKO at Pride 28.
Overeem won the Pride Middleweight Grand Prix the next year, defeating Vitor Belfort and Igor Vovchanchyn before losing to Maurício Rua in the quarterfinals. In 2006, he defeated Sergei Kharitonov and advanced to the Pride Openweight Grand Prix, but lost in the second round to Fabrício Werdum.
That summer, Overeem debuted in Strikeforce. Returning to Pride, he lost to Antônio Rogério Nogueira and Ricardo Arona. Overeem improved in mid-2007, when he defeated Michael Knaap via submission at the K-1 Grand Prix. In November, he defeated Paul Buentello for the vacant Strikeforce Heavyweight Championship.
In mid-2008, Overeem defeated Lee Tae-Hyun by knockout at Dream 4. He followed that up by defeating Mark Hunt via submission in Dream 5. At Dream 6 in September, Overeem faced Mirko Cro Cop in a no-contest. After multiple delays, he made his first defense of his Strikeforce Heavyweight championship against Brett Rogers in 2010, winning by TKO.
On New Year’s Eve of that year, Overeem defeated Todd Duffee to win the interim Dream Heavyweight Championship. In 2011, he was released from Strikeforce, prompting him to join with the UFC. After some controversy surrounding his drug test, Overeem made his UFC debut against Brock Lesnar at UFC 141 and won.
However, he failed a subsequent drug test before UFC 146. Overeem returned in early 2013 to fight Antônio Silva at UFC 156, but lost. He went on to lose to Travis Browne, but beat Frank Mir. In 2014, Overeem lost to Ben Rothwell before defeating Stefan Struve.
The following year, he defeated both Roy Nelson and Junior dos Santos. In 2016, Overeem faced Stipe Miocic for the UFC Heavyweight Championship; however, he lost in the first round. He continued to fight in the UFC until March 2021, after he was released from his contract.
Overeem’s first professional kickboxing battle was in late 1997, and he won. He later moved on to K-1, but after being knocked out by Errol Parris and Glaube Feitosa, he opted to rest and concentrate on his MMA career. Overeem returned to K-1 four years later.
Overeem scored one of his most famous K-1 victories at the 2009 World Grand Prix, defeating three-time winner Peter Aerts by unanimous decision in the Final 16. He went much further the following year, defeating Aerts in the finals to claim the 2010 World Grand Prix title.
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