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Alistair Overeem Gambles And Wins Ahead Of Free Agency

Expectations were sky high when Alistair Overeem (pictured) finally signed with the UFC back in 2011. Everything got off to a great start for Overeem when he sent former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar into MMA retirement at UFC 141, but things quickly went south for the slugger.

Overeem lost his chance at then-champ Junior dos Santos for running, then failing, a random drug test for elevated levels of testosterone. He was issued just a nine month suspension, though things weren’t quite the same when he returned to the cage – mainly, he was noticeably less uber than the Ubereem fans had grown accustomed to seeing the past several years.