On this day 4 years ago the highly touted prospect Alistair Overeem made his UFC debut against Brock Lesnar.
Overeem’s debut was in fact an emphatic one, in the very first round he finished former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar with a body kick that ultimately resulted in Lesnar retiring from MMA.
The fight was the first for Lesnar since losing the UFC heavyweight championship to Cain Velasquez over a year prior to the bout with Overeem.
Punches are expected in combat sports like MMA, boxing, and even in hockey, but you don’t, as a general rule, expect to see anyone throwing hands in the refined sport of horse racing.
Paulo Costa has brought in a tall, rangy Muay Thai specialist to help him prepare for his upcoming fight with UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.
UFC middleweight contender Paulo Costa has shared a truly bizarre promo video for his upcoming title fight with reigning middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.
Shortly after the UFC on ESPN 14 weigh-ins concluded, the card’s headliners Robert Whittaker and Darren Till came face-to-face for a tense, final staredown.