Overeem vs Oleinik

Who won Overeem vs Oleinik?

Alistair Overeem beat Aleksei Oleinik by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 7, on Saturday 20th April 2019 at Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg.

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 Oleinik stats

Alistair Overeem stepped into the octagon with a record of 44 wins, 17 losses and 0 draws, 22 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 17 by submission.

Aleksei Oleinik made his way to the cage with a record of 57 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 45 by submission.

Alistair Overeem's UFC record stood at 12-8-0, while Aleksei Oleinik's came in at 9-8-0.

The stats suggested Overeem had a massive power advantage over Oleinik, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Oleinik's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Oleinik had a massive advantage over Overeem, boasting a 79% submission rate over Overeem's 39%.

Alistair Overeem was the younger man by 3 years, at 43 years old.

Overeem had a height advantage of 2 inches over Oleinik. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Overeem was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 1999, 2 years and 11 months later than Oleinik, whose first professional fight was in 1996. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 105 to Oleinik's 109.

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Overeem's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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