Overeem vs Werdum

Who won Overeem vs Werdum?

Alistair Overeem beat Fabricio Werdum by majority decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 213, on Saturday 8th July 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alistair Overeem.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Overeem vs Werdum stats

Alistair Overeem stepped into the octagon with a record of 42 wins, 15 losses and 0 draws, 21 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 17 by submission.

Fabricio Werdum made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Overeem had a large advantage in power over Werdum, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Werdum's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Werdum had a slight advantage over Overeem, with a 48% submission rate over Overeem's 40%.

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

Overeem had 3-inch reach advantage.

Overeem was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 29 more fights, and made his debut in 1999, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Werdum, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 105 to Werdum's 76.

Overeem vs Werdum form

Alistair Overeem had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Augusto Sakai at UFC Vegas 9 on 5th September 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Walt Harris at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that 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..

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

He was victorious against Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China.

Fabricio Werdum had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Renan Ferreira at PFL 2021 #3 on 6th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night 127 on 17th March 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had beaten Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night 121 on 18th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

He had defeated Walt Harris at UFC 216 on 7th October 2017 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Alistair Overeem had last fought 3 years, 7 months and 13 days ago, while Fabricio Werdum's last outing had been 2 years, 11 months and 12 days ago.

Overeem's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Werdum's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Overeem vs Werdum?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Overeem vs Werdum.