{"id":335810,"date":"2019-12-18T11:08:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T19:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=335810"},"modified":"2019-12-18T11:08:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T19:08:50","slug":"video-alistair-overeem-shows-off-his-lip-stitches-following-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-alistair-overeem-shows-off-his-lip-stitches-following-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Alistair Overeem shows off his lip stitches following surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alistair Overeem debuted his post-operation lip in a clip featured on ESPN&#8217;s Instagram page.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Reem&#8221; suffered the injury at the hands of <span class=\"tsp-dib tsp-npp tsp-el tsp-ffnp\">Jairzinho <\/span><span class=\"tsp-dib tsp-npp tsp-el tsp-ffnp\">Rozenstruik. The heavyweights collided in the main event of UFC Washington on December 7. The undefeated Rozenstruik filled on short notice for Walt Harris, who had to withdraw from the bout with Overeem due to the tragic death of his step-daughter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tsp-dib tsp-npp tsp-el tsp-ffnp\">In the headlining fight, Overeem was well ahead on the judge&#8217;s scorecards, but that all changed in the final seconds of round five, as his opponent uncorked a fight-ending punch. The punch also busted open Overeem&#8217;s lip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite the gruesome injury that split the Overeem&#8217;s lip wide open, the 39-year old <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alistair-overeem-reacts-following-last-second-ko-loss-to-jairzinho-rozenstruik\/\">remained a good sport and gave credit to his opponent.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alistairovereem\/status\/1203577518206443520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1203577518206443520&#038;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstaging.tcpcharms.com%2Fbjpenn%2Fmma-news%2Fufc%2Falistair-overeem-reacts-following-last-second-ko-loss-to-jairzinho-rozenstruik%2F<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGetting stitched up. Lip not to sexy at the moment.. a little bit a fast stoppage if u ask me \u2013 but hope u guys enjoyed the fight&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Alistair Overeem on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>After having surgery to rectify the damage inflicted, Overeem reflected on the fight.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B6MTgldp3rp\/<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a nice fight,\u201d Overeem said in the clip posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/espnmma\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a good scrap. I was winning all rounds, just doing my thing. Too fast of a stoppage if you ask me. I was not out, I was knocked down, getting right back up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The shocking victory maintained Rozenstruik&#8217;s undefeated record and pushed him up to No. 5 in the UFC heavyweight rankings. Overeem, meanwhile, currently sits at No 8.<\/p>\n<p>Rozenstruik is expected to fight fellow knock-out artist,<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/francis-ngannou-opens-as-big-favorite-over-jairzinho-rozenstruik-for-ufc-columbus\/\">Francis Ngannou in March 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Overeem, on the other hand, will need to heal up, then decide how to proceed with his legendary MMA career.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Alistair Overeem fight when he&#8217;s healthy? Make your pick in the comments section down below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/18\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alistair Overeem debuted his post-operation lip in a clip featured on ESPN&#8217;s Instagram page. &#8220;The Reem&#8221; suffered the injury at the hands of Jairzinho Rozenstruik. The heavyweights collided in the main event of UFC Washington on December 7. The undefeated Rozenstruik filled on short notice for Walt Harris, who had to withdraw from the bout [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54472,"featured_media":288510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10192,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO | Alistair Overeem shows off his lip stitches following surgery | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Video footage reveals Alistair Overeem&#039;s gruesome lip after having surgery to rectify the injury endured during his Jairzinho Rozenstruik fight.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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