2. Happy birthday, Alistair Overeem!
Despite being somewhat forced into a villain role due to Harris’ situation coming into the fight, [autotag]Alistair Overeem[/autotag] handled himself with class from beginning to end, and he has to be quite happy with how the week unfolded.
It was a critical moment for Overeem coming off a knockout loss to Jairzinho Rozenstruik last December. His hopes to make a final push toward the title sat entirely on the result vs. Harris, and he managed to overcome some serious early adversity to claim the win.
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Overeem’s even-keel approach did well for him. His hand was raised just minutes before his 40th birthday, and while that’s certainly on the latter end of the age scale for a high-level fighter, “The Reem” still appears to have a lot of drive.
Playing the bad guy to Harris’ comeback fight couldn’t have been enjoyable. Overeem was a consummate professional, though, and is once again a player in the heavyweight division.
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