Overeem vs Sakai

Who won Overeem vs Sakai?

Alistair Overeem beat Augusto Sakai by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of UFC Vegas 9, on Saturday 5th September 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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 Sakai stats

Alistair Overeem stepped into the octagon with a record of 46 wins, 18 losses and 0 draws, 24 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 17 by submission.

Augusto Sakai made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

Augusto Sakai marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Alistair Overeem's UFC record stood at 12-8-0, while Augusto Sakai's came in at 5-4-0.

The stats suggested Sakai had a large advantage in power over Overeem, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Overeem's 52%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Overeem had a massive advantage over Sakai, boasting a 37% submission rate over Sakai's 0%.

Alistair Overeem was the older man by 11 years, at 44 years old.

Overeem had a height advantage of 1 inch over Sakai. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Overeem was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 47 more fights, and made his debut in 1999, 11 years and 11 months earlier than Sakai, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 51 more professional rounds, 105 to Sakai's 54.

Overeem vs Sakai form

Alistair Overeem had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Walt Harris at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, 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..

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

Before that, he had defeated Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China.

He had been beaten by Francis NGannou at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, United States.

Activity check

Overeem's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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