{"id":350692,"date":"2020-05-18T07:24:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T14:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=350692"},"modified":"2020-05-18T07:24:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T14:24:28","slug":"whats-next-for-alistair-overeem-and-walt-harris-after-ufc-on-espn-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/whats-next-for-alistair-overeem-and-walt-harris-after-ufc-on-espn-8\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s next for Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris after UFC on ESPN 8?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the main event of UFC on ESPN 8, Alistair Overeem was looking to get back into the win column when he fought Walt Harris. &#8220;The Big Ticket&#8221; was making his return to the Octagon after the murder of his stepdaughter Aniah.<\/p>\n<p>The emotions were high for this one. But, in the end, it was Overeem who got the job done by second-round TKO. Harris, though, did have success early on as he dropped the Dutchman in the first round but Overeem survived.<\/p>\n<p>Now, following the event in Jacksonville, Florida, here is what we think should be next for Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris.<\/p>\n<h3>Alistair Overeem<\/h3>\n<p>Alistair Overeem <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alistair-overeem\/alistair-overeem-targets-one-last-run-at-ufc-title-in-the-final-phase-of-his-career\/\">said he has one last title run in him<\/a>, and the 40-year-old proved that on Saturday night. The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UFC<\/a> title challenger showed off his improved ground game and always dangerous striking.<\/p>\n<p>Although many have questioned his chin, Overeem took a hard right-hand and vicious ground and pound shots in the first and still survived.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if he is serious about getting back to the title shot, Overeem should get a top-five opponent. So, a fight against Derrick Lewis makes sense. &#8220;The Black Beast&#8221; is ranked fifth and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/derrick-lewis\/ufc-247-results-derrick-lewis-defeats-ilir-latifi-highlights\/\">on a two-fight winning streak<\/a> where he beat Blagoy Ivanov and Ilir Latifi by decision.<\/p>\n<p>What is surprising is the fact they have yet to fight in their career. The scrap could headline a Fight Night card where the winner would enter a number one contender bout at heavyweight.<\/p>\n<h3>Walt Harris<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alistair-overeem\/walt-harris-reacts-following-tko-loss-to-alistair-overeem\/\">You have to feel bad for Walt Harris<\/a>. He was making his return just months after a family tragedy and had success in the first round and nearly finished the fight. But, he got caught and finished in the second.<\/p>\n<p>Following the loss, Harris will still get a ranked opponent, but it will most likely be a step down from Overeem. One name that makes sense is Shamil Abdurakhimov who is ranked 12th at heavyweight.<\/p>\n<p>Abdurakhimov is coming off a TKO loss to Curtis Blaydes. Like Harris, he&#8217;s looking to get back into the win column to fight another top-10 opponent. The winner would get just that in their next fight while the loser would most likely have to fight an unranked opponent next and become a gatekeeper so the stakes are high.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think should be next for Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris after UFC on ESPN 8?<\/p>\n<p><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> on 5\/18\/2020.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the main event of UFC on ESPN 8, Alistair Overeem was looking to get back into the win column when he fought Walt Harris. &#8220;The Big Ticket&#8221; was making his return to the Octagon after the murder of his stepdaughter Aniah. The emotions were high for this one. But, in the end, it was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":292649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10192,39610,14403],"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>What&#039;s next for Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris after UFC on ESPN 8? | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Now, following Saturday&#039;s UFC Florida event, here is what we think should be next for heavyweight contenders in Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/whats-next-for-alistair-overeem-and-walt-harris-after-ufc-on-espn-8\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What&#039;s next for Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris after UFC on ESPN 8? 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