London, UK – UFC® today confirmed that No.3 heavyweight contender Alistair Overeem will take on No.5 heavyweight Andrei Arlovski in the main event for the organisation's debut event in The Netherlands on Sunday, May 8 at Ahoy Rotterdam.
Tickets for UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: OVEREEM vs. ARLOVSKI will go on general sale on Thursday, March 24.
Overeem (40-14, 1NC; fighting out of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), who previously held the heavyweight title in Strikeforce, is looking to make another run at UFC gold in 2016 following three consecutive notable wins over Junior dos Santos, Roy Nelson and Stefan Struve.