13 years in the past, a former UFC champion made his ultimate stroll to the octagon.
At UFC 141 in 2011, Alistair Overeem stopped former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar in a predominant occasion at MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas.
The occasion’s poster touted the dimensions of each males: Lesnar standing at 6-foot-3, 265 kilos, and Overeem 6-foot-5, 256 kilos. For sure, the combat wasn’t anticipated to final lengthy, and it didn’t.
Overeem shortly took management of the middle of the octagon, and patiently waited for Lesnar to current a gap. As Overeem pressured ahead, Lesnar grabbed a single leg, however shortly let go when he felt resistance.
Quickly, Overeem closed the space and landed vicious knees to the physique, placing Lesnar on excessive alert. With out dashing issues, Overeem stored regular ahead stress, after which dug in additional laborious kicks and knees to the physique of Lesnar, who returned to motion after a extreme bout with diverticulitis.
Overeem wanted simply 2:26 to take out Lesnar, and ship him to retirement from preventing for almost 5 years. Lesnar would make yet another look at UFC 200 in 2016, after which completely retire from preventing to renew his profession in WWE.
You possibly can watch the complete combat within the video above, and don’t miss the most effective photographs from the combat beneath.
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