Overeem vs Harris

Who won Overeem vs Harris?

Alistair Overeem beat Walt Harris by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC Fight Night Jacksonville, on Saturday 16th May 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

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 Harris stats

Alistair Overeem stepped into the octagon with a record of 45 wins, 18 losses and 0 draws, 23 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 17 by submission.

Walt Harris made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out.

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

The stats suggested Harris had a massive power advantage over Overeem, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Overeem's 51%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Overeem had a massive advantage over Harris, boasting a 38% submission rate over Harris' 0%.

Alistair Overeem was the older man by 3 years, at 45 years old.

Harris had a height advantage of 1 inch over Overeem. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Overeem was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 43 more fights, and made his debut in 1999, 11 years and 4 months earlier than Harris, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 69 more professional rounds, 105 to Harris' 36.

Overeem vs Harris form

Alistair Overeem had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had been beaten by Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by knockout in the 5th round at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

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.

Activity check

Overeem's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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