(WARNING: Post contains up-close image of gruesome cut)
Alistair Overeem suffered one of the ugliest—superficially speaking—losses of his career on Saturday, but was already taking a lighthearted perspective on it shortly after.
At the end of his five-round fight with Jairzinho Rozenstruik in the main event of UFC on ESPN 7 on Saturday, it looked as though Overeem was on his way to winning a unanimous decision; instead, with seconds remaining in the final round, the 39-year-old absorbed a hard punch to the mouth from Rozenstruik that split his lip wide open, resulting in the 14th knockout loss of Overeem’s career.