Andrei Arlovski’s chin cracked first.
Alistair Overeem cut down the Belarusian with a jumping front kick to the chin, a clean left hook and follow-up ground-and-pound in the second round of their UFC Fight Night “Overeem vs. Arlovski” headliner on Sunday at Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Overeem (41-14, 6-3 UFC) closed it out 72 seconds into round two.
Arlovksi (25-12, 14-6 UFC) blitzed the Dutchman with punches early in the first round and backed off, as the two heavyweight settled into a measured pace. Overeem executed a trip takedown and chewed up the remaining time with ground-and-pound.