Association: Elevation Fight Team
Pro Debut Date: 1999-10-24
Pro Record: 47-19-0
Win Finish %: 89.3%
Quality Perf. %: 53.0%
Last Ranked: 1/01/2021

#6 Heavyweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 10/01/2017

#2 Heavyweight

All-Time Rank:

#14 Heavyweight+

Last Loss Date: 2/06/2021
Last Loss: [#6 HW] Alexander Volkov
Opponent's Last 5: W L W W W
UFC Record: 12-8-0
Longest Win Streak: 4 (2014-2016)
Next Best Win Streak: 2 (2020)
UFC Debut: 2011-12-30
Last UFC Fight: 2021-02-06

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
01/01/2021   #6 Heavyweight 47-18-0
668
10/01/2020 3 #6 Heavyweight 47-18-0
668
07/01/2020   #9 Heavyweight 46-18-0
565
04/01/2020   #9 Heavyweight 45-18-0
529
01/01/2020 2 #9 Heavyweight 45-18-0
529
10/01/2019   #7 Heavyweight 45-17-0
711
07/01/2019 3 #7 Heavyweight 45-17-0
711
04/01/2019 1 #10 Heavyweight 44-17-0
577
01/01/2019   #9 Heavyweight 44-17-0
581
10/01/2018 2 #9 Heavyweight 43-17-0
623
07/01/2018 4 #7 Heavyweight 43-17-0
640
04/01/2018 1 #3 Heavyweight 43-16-0
790
01/01/2018 2 #4 Heavyweight 43-16-0
790
10/01/2017 2 #2 Heavyweight 43-15-0
1060
07/01/2017   #4 Heavyweight 42-15-0
844
04/01/2017   #4 Heavyweight 42-15-0
844
01/01/2017   #4 Heavyweight 41-15-0
683
10/01/2016 1 #4 Heavyweight 41-15-0
683
07/01/2016 1 #3 Heavyweight 41-14-0
788
04/01/2016   #4 Heavyweight 40-14-0
643
01/01/2016 3 #4 Heavyweight 40-14-0
643
10/01/2015   #7 Heavyweight 39-14-0
364
07/01/2015 1 #7 Heavyweight 39-14-0
364
04/01/2015 3 #6 Heavyweight 39-14-0
364
01/01/2015 1 #9 Heavyweight 38-14-0
306
10/01/2014 4 #10 Heavyweight 37-14-0
290
07/01/2014   #6 Heavyweight 37-13-0
389
04/01/2014 2 #6 Heavyweight 37-13-0
389
01/01/2014   #8 Heavyweight 36-13-0
312
10/01/2013 2 #8 Heavyweight 36-13-0
318
07/01/2013 1 #6 Heavyweight 36-12-0
434
04/01/2013 2 #5 Heavyweight 36-12-0
445
01/01/2013   #3 Heavyweight 36-11-0
680
10/01/2012   #3 Heavyweight 36-11-0
691
07/01/2012   #3 Heavyweight 36-11-0
691
04/01/2012   #3 Heavyweight 36-11-0
691
01/01/2012 1 #3 Heavyweight 36-11-0
691
10/01/2011   #4 Heavyweight 35-11-0
508
07/01/2011 5 #4 Heavyweight 35-11-0
508
04/01/2011   #9 Heavyweight 34-11-0
292
01/01/2011   #9 Heavyweight 34-11-0
292
10/01/2010   #9 Heavyweight 33-11-0
292
07/01/2010 3 #9 Heavyweight 33-11-0
292
04/01/2010 1 #12 Heavyweight 32-11-0
199
01/01/2010 1 #13 Heavyweight 32-11-0
200
10/01/2009   #14 Heavyweight 29-11-0
202
07/01/2009   #14 Heavyweight 29-11-0
203
04/01/2009   #14 Heavyweight 29-11-0
203
01/01/2009 2 #14 Heavyweight 29-11-0
203
10/01/2008 3 #12 Heavyweight 28-11-0
203
07/01/2008 1 #15 Heavyweight 27-11-0
139
04/01/2008 1 #14 Heavyweight 26-11-0
139
01/01/2008 3 #15 Heavyweight 26-11-0
139
10/01/2007 NR #18 Heavyweight 25-11-0
115
07/01/2007   #12 Light Heavyweight 25-10-0
168
04/01/2007 2 #12 Light Heavyweight 24-10-0
170
01/01/2007 1 #10 Light Heavyweight 24-9-0
170
10/01/2006 2 #9 Light Heavyweight 24-9-0
170
07/01/2006 NR #7 Light Heavyweight 24-8-0
205
04/01/2006 NR #6 Heavyweight 23-6-0
225
01/01/2006   #8 Light Heavyweight 21-6-0
218
10/01/2005 3 #8 Light Heavyweight 21-6-0
218
07/01/2005 10 #5 Light Heavyweight 21-5-0
272
04/01/2005 4 #15 Light Heavyweight 19-5-0
104
01/01/2005 NR #11 Light Heavyweight 19-4-0
129
10/01/2004 1 #25 Heavyweight 17-4-0
70
07/01/2004 4 #24 Heavyweight 17-4-0
71
04/01/2004 3 #20 Heavyweight 17-4-0
73
01/01/2004 NR #17 Heavyweight 17-4-0
74
10/01/2003 4 #16 Light Heavyweight 16-4-0
92
07/01/2003 NR #12 Light Heavyweight 16-3-0
119
04/01/2003 1 #12 Heavyweight 15-3-0
95
01/01/2003 32 #13 Heavyweight 14-3-0
80
10/01/2002 4 #45 Heavyweight 11-3-0
39
07/01/2002 5 #49 Heavyweight 10-3-0
39
04/01/2002 4 #54 Heavyweight 8-3-0
36
01/01/2002 2 #58 Heavyweight 7-3-0
33
10/01/2001 5 #56 Heavyweight 7-3-0
33
07/01/2001 5 #51 Heavyweight 7-3-0
33
04/01/2001 23 #56 Heavyweight 7-3-0
33
01/01/2001 7 #79 Heavyweight 5-3-0
25
10/01/2000 6 #86 Heavyweight 4-3-0
22
07/01/2000 1 #92 Heavyweight 4-3-0
22
04/01/2000 NR #93 Heavyweight 3-1-0
22


Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Event Outcome
L Alexander Volkov
#8 Heavyweight
  UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov
Saturday, February 6th 2021
TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Augusto Sakai
#15 Heavyweight
  UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai
Saturday, September 5th 2020
TKO (Elbows and Punches)
Round 5
W Walt Harris
#14 Heavyweight
  UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris
Saturday, May 16th 2020
TKO (Punches)
Round 2
L Jairzinho Rozenstruik
#43 Heavyweight
  UFC on ESPN 7 - Overeem vs. Rozenstruik
Saturday, December 7th 2019
KO (Punch)
Round 5
W Alexey Oleynik
#11 Heavyweight
  UFC Fight Night 149 - Overeem vs. Oleynik
Saturday, April 20th 2019
TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Sergei Pavlovich
#33 Heavyweight
  UFC Fight Night 141 - Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2
Saturday, November 24th 2018
TKO (Punches)
Round 1
L Curtis Blaydes
#7 Heavyweight
  UFC 225 - Whittaker vs. Romero 2
Saturday, June 9th 2018
TKO (Elbows)
Round 3
L Francis Ngannou
#8 Heavyweight
  UFC 218 - Holloway vs. Aldo 2
Saturday, December 2nd 2017
KO (Punch)
Round 1
W Fabricio Werdum
#2 Heavyweight
  UFC 213 - Romero vs. Whittaker
Saturday, July 8th 2017
Decision (Majority)
Round 3
W Mark Hunt
#6 Heavyweight
  UFC 209 - Woodley vs. Thompson 2
Saturday, March 4th 2017
KO (Knee)
Round 3
L Stipe Miocic
#1 Heavyweight
  UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem
Saturday, September 10th 2016
TKO
Round 1
W Andrei Arlovski
#7 Heavyweight
  UFC Fight Night 87 - Overeem vs. Arlovski
Sunday, May 8th 2016
TKO (Front Kick and Punches)
Round 2
W Junior dos Santos
#3 Heavyweight
  UFC on Fox 17 - Dos Anjos vs. Cerrone 2
Saturday, December 19th 2015
TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Roy Nelson
#13 Heavyweight
  UFC 185 - Pettis vs. Dos Anjos
Saturday, March 14th 2015
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Stefan Struve   UFC on Fox 13 - Dos Santos vs. Miocic
Saturday, December 13th 2014
KO (Punches)
Round 1
L Ben Rothwell
#22 Heavyweight
  UFC Fight Night - Jacare vs. Mousasi 2
Friday, September 5th 2014
TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Frank Mir
#10 Heavyweight
  UFC 169 - Barao vs. Faber 2
Saturday, February 1st 2014
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Travis Browne
#13 Heavyweight
  UFC Fight Night - Shogun vs. Sonnen
Saturday, August 17th 2013
KO (Front Kick and Punches)
Round 1
L Antonio Silva
#8 Heavyweight
  UFC 156 - Aldo vs. Edgar
Saturday, February 2nd 2013
KO (Punches)
Round 3
W Brock Lesnar
#2 Heavyweight
  UFC 141 - Lesnar vs. Overeem
Friday, December 30th 2011
TKO (Kick to the Body and Punches)
Round 1
W Fabricio Werdum
#3 Heavyweight
  Strikeforce - Overeem vs. Werdum
Saturday, June 18th 2011
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Todd Duffee
#51 Heavyweight
  K-1 - Dynamite!! Power of Courage 2010
Friday, December 31st 2010
KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Brett Rogers
#9 Heavyweight
  Strikeforce - Heavy Artillery
Saturday, May 15th 2010
TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Kazuyuki Fujita
#113 Heavyweight
  K-1 - Dynamite!! Power of Courage 2009
Thursday, December 31st 2009
KO (Knee)
Round 1
W James Thompson
#191 Heavyweight
  Dream 12 - The Cage of the Rising Sun
Sunday, October 25th 2009
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Tony Sylvester
#111 Heavyweight
  UG 11 - A Decade of Fights
Saturday, October 17th 2009
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Gary Goodridge
#154 Heavyweight
  UG 10 - The Battle of Arnhem
Sunday, November 9th 2008
Submission (Kimura)
Round 1
NC Mirko Filipovic
#11 Heavyweight
  Dream 6 - Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Final
Tuesday, September 23rd 2008
No Contest (Knee to the Groin)
Round 1
W Mark Hunt   Dream 5 - Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final
Monday, July 21st 2008
Submission (Keylock)
Round 1
W Tae Hyun Lee   Dream 4 - Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Quarterfinals
Sunday, June 15th 2008
KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Paul Buentello
#25 Heavyweight
  Strikeforce - Four Men Enter, One Man Survives
Friday, November 16th 2007
Submission (Knees to the Body)
Round 2
L Sergei Kharitonov
#19 Heavyweight
  K-1 HEROs - Tournament Final
Monday, September 17th 2007
KO (Punch)
Round 1
W Michael Knaap
#130 Light Heavyweight
  K-1 - World GP in Amsterdam
Saturday, June 23rd 2007
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
L Mauricio Rua
#2 Light Heavyweight
  Pride 33 - Second Coming
Saturday, February 24th 2007
KO (Punches)
Round 1
L Ricardo Arona
#5 Light Heavyweight
  Pride FC - Final Conflict Absolute
Sunday, September 10th 2006
Submission (Punches)
Round 1
L Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
#7 Light Heavyweight
  Pride FC - Critical Countdown Absolute
Saturday, July 1st 2006
TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Round 2
W Vitor Belfort
#9 Light Heavyweight
  Strikeforce: Revenge
Friday, June 9th 2006
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Fabricio Werdum
#28 Heavyweight
  Pride FC - Total Elimination Absolute
Friday, May 5th 2006
Submission (Kimura)
Round 2
W Nikolajus Cilkinas   WCFC - No Guts No Glory
Saturday, March 18th 2006
Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Sergei Kharitonov
#7 Heavyweight
  Pride 31 - Dreamers
Sunday, February 26th 2006
TKO (Knees)
Round 1
L Mauricio Rua
#4 Light Heavyweight
  Pride FC - Final Conflict 2005
Sunday, August 28th 2005
TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Igor Vovchanchyn
#11 Light Heavyweight
  Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2005
Sunday, June 26th 2005
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Vitor Belfort
#4 Light Heavyweight
  Pride FC - Total Elimination 2005
Saturday, April 23rd 2005
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
L Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
#9 Light Heavyweight
  Pride 29 - Fists of Fire
Sunday, February 20th 2005
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Hiromitsu Kanehara
#78 Heavyweight
  Pride 28 - High Octane
Sunday, October 31st 2004
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Round 2
W Rodney Glunder
#19 Heavyweight
  2H2H - 2 Hot 2 Handle
Sunday, October 10th 2004
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Tomohiko Hashimoto   Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 - Inoki Festival
Wednesday, December 31st 2003
TKO (Knees)
Round 1
L Chuck Liddell
#4 Light Heavyweight
  Pride FC - Total Elimination 2003
Sunday, August 10th 2003
KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Mike Bencic   Pride 26 - Bad to the Bone
Sunday, June 8th 2003
Submission (Knee to the Body and Punches)
Round 1
W Aaron Brink
#31 Heavyweight
  2H2H 6 - Simply the Best 6
Sunday, March 16th 2003
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Bozigit Ataev
#13 Light Heavyweight
  Pride 24 - Cold Fury 3
Monday, December 23rd 2002
TKO (Knee to the Body)
Round 2
W Dave Vader
#88 Heavyweight
  2 Hot 2 Handle: Simply The Best 5
Sunday, October 13th 2002
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Round 2
W Moise Rimbon
#87 Light Heavyweight
  2 Hot 2 Handle: Simply The Best 5
Sunday, October 13th 2002
Submission (Triangle Choke)
Round 1
W Yusuke Imamura   Pride The Best Volume 2
Saturday, July 20th 2002
TKO (Knee and Punches)
Round 1
W Vesa Vuori   2H2H - 2 Hot 2 Handle Germany
Sunday, May 26th 2002
TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Sergey Kaznovsky   M-1: Russia vs. The World 3
Friday, April 26th 2002
Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Roman Zentsov   2 Hot 2 Handle: Simply The Best 4
Sunday, March 17th 2002
Submission (Keylock)
Round 1
W Stanislav Nuschik
#83 Heavyweight
  2 Hot 2 Handle: Simply The Best 2
Sunday, March 18th 2001
TKO (Knees)
Round 1
W Vladimer Tchanturia   Rings - King of Kings 2000 Final
Saturday, February 24th 2001
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Peter Verschuren   It's Showtime 4: Christmas Edition
Tuesday, December 12th 2000
Submission (Keylock)
Round 1
L Bobby Hoffman
#28 Heavyweight
  Rings - Millennium Combine 2
Thursday, June 15th 2000
KO (Punch)
Round 1
L Yuriy Kochkine
#92 Heavyweight
  Rings Russia - Russia vs. The World
Saturday, May 20th 2000
Decision (Majority)
Round 2
W Yasuhito Namekawa   Rings - Millennium Combine 1
Thursday, April 20th 2000
Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Can Sahinbas
#107 Heavyweight
  2 Hot 2 Handle: Simply The Best 1
Sunday, March 5th 2000
KO (Knee)
Round 1
W Chris Watts   Rings Holland - There Can Only Be One Champion
Sunday, February 6th 2000
KO (Knee to the Body)
Round 1
L Yuriy Kochkine   Rings - King of Kings 1999 Block A
Thursday, October 28th 1999
Decision (Majority)
Round 2
W Ricardo Fyeet   Its Showtime - Its Showtime
Sunday, October 24th 1999
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1