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Alistair Overeem vs. Alexander Volkov headlines UFC event on Super Bowl weekend

Alistair Overeem will look to continue his climb towards title contention in the heavyweight division when he faces Alexander Volkov in the main event at the upcoming UFC event on Feb. 6.

UFC President Dana White announced the fight via ESPN on Thursday. The location for the card has not been revealed yet.

With a 4-1 record in his past five fights, Overeem has said that he’s making one final run at UFC gold before calling it a career. Most recently, Overeem picked up back-to-back TKO wins over Augusto Sakai and Walt Harris.