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In nineteen career UFC fights, Alistair Overeem has only ever put together consecutive wins four times. That sounds like a Mike Goldberg stat. ‘Joe Lauzon has never been defeated after surviving being knocked down by his opponent in the first two minutes!’ or whatever. Maybe that’s what it is: a statement that smells like a fact because it’s mathematical-looking in structure. But it symbolizes well what makes Overeem a draw after all these years.
I’ll keep this trip down memory lane brief.