If newly-minted free agent Alistair Overeem wants an upgrade over his last UFC deal, it's safe to say he's about to get paid. Overeem handily led the field at UFC on FOX 17, scoring a $542,857 payday for an upset win over Junior dos Santos in the final fight of the Dutchman's Zuffa contract, according to figures released to MMA Fighting on Monday by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
Overeem knocked out dos Santos ($400,000) with a vicious second-round volley of strikes in the night's heavyweight co-main event, which took place Dec.