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Alistair Overeem survives 'huge explosion' at Albuquerque hotel ahead of UFC 213

Prior to his heavyweight rematch against Mark Hunt at UFC 209, 18-year MMA veteran Alistair Overeem had a bad case of food poisoning, but still got the knockout win.

On Monday, just five days out from his UFC 213 trilogy bout against Fabricio Werdum, 'The Reem' was evacuated from his hotel due to a 'huge explosion' and fire in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

According to his Twitter page, Overeem avoided injury and is in good health.

Just survived a huge explosion next to my hotel room.