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 43 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

Overeem had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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..

Previous to that, he had won against Aleksei Oleinik at UFC on ESPN+ 7 on 20th April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Yubileyny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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

Before that, 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.

He had defeated Fabricio Werdum at UFC 213 on 8th July 2017 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Overeem's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Harris' last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

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