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 44 years old.

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

Overeem vs Oleinik form

Overeem had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, 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.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Francis NGannou at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, United States.

Before that, 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.

He was victorious against Mark Hunt at UFC 209 on 4th March 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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Overeem's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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