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Fortunes changed for five at UFC Fight Night 87

There's a new doctrine for those paying attention to UFC post-fight interviews.

It's not exactly, "Ask and ye shall receive," but it's closer to "Ask and your chances of receiving increase greatly."

On Sunday, Alistair Overeem, fresh from fourth win in a row, asked for the winner of this coming Saturday's Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic fight for the heavyweight title. He went on to say he'd like the fight in November, in Madison Square Garden, and then to make his first title defense on a show next year in Amsterdam, Holland, where he grew up.

He may not get all of that, but in the battle for the next title shot between Overeem and Cain Velasquez, Overeem (41-14, 1 no contest) strongly helped his cause.