Dec30.2011
@AlistairOvereem makes his UFC debut,
& sends Brock Lesnar into retirement with a kick to the body pic.twitter.com/nsgBiNUFEI
— MMA History Today (@MMAHistoryToday) December 31, 2015
On this day 4 years ago the highly touted prospect Alistair Overeem made his UFC debut against Brock Lesnar.
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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.
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