Overeem vs Harris

Who won Overeem vs Harris?

Alistair Overeem beat Walt Harris by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC Fight Night Jacksonville, on Saturday 16th May 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Overeem vs Harris stats

Alistair Overeem stepped into the octagon with a record of 45 wins, 18 losses and 0 draws, 23 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 17 by submission.

Walt Harris made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out.

Alistair Overeem's UFC record stood at 12-8-0, while Walt Harris' came in at 6-8-0.

The stats suggested Harris had a massive power advantage over Overeem, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Overeem's 51%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Overeem had a massive advantage over Harris, boasting a 38% submission rate over Harris' 0%.

Alistair Overeem was the older man by 3 years, at 44 years old.

Harris had a height advantage of 1 inch over Overeem. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Overeem was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 43 more fights, and made his debut in 1999, 11 years and 4 months earlier than Harris, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 69 more professional rounds, 105 to Harris' 36.

Overeem vs Harris form

Alistair Overeem had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Walt Harris at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by knockout in the 5th round at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

Going into that contest, he had beaten Aleksei Oleinik at UFC on ESPN+ 7 on 20th April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Yubileyny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Before that, he had defeated Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China.

He had been beaten by Francis NGannou at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, United States.

Walt Harris had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkov at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alistair Overeem at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Aleksei Oleinik at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

Before that, he had won against Sergey Spivac at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

He had beaten Daniel Spitz at UFC Fight Night 131 on 1st June 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Adirondack Bank Center, Utica, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Walt Harris had been fighting more than Alistair Overeem.

Going to this contest, Alistair Overeem had last fought 4 years, 2 months and 8 days ago, while Walt Harris' last outing had been 3 years and 9 months ago.

Overeem's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 4 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Harris' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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