Middle age has not yet had much of an effect on Alistair Overeem’s potency within the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight division.
“The Demolition Man” in his first post-age-40 appearance laid waste to Augusto Sakai with elbows and punches in the fifth round of their UFC Fight Night 176 main event on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Sakai, who had never before been finished, succumbed to blows 26 seconds into Round 5 and experienced his first setback in five starts inside the Octagon.
Overeem was measured in his approach and withstood a number of early offensive bursts from the Brazilian upstart.