Heavyweight prospect Augusto Sakai suffered his first UFC loss by the hands of seasoned veteran Alistair Overeem. In the five-round fight, Overeem effectively used takedowns and vicious ground and pound to score a TKO win over the Brazilian at UFC Vegas 9.
Although Sakai was frustrated by the outcome and praises Overeem for the intelligent performance, he told Ag Fight he could not fight properly after the second round. That was because Augusto claims to have suffered four rib injuries after beating hit with a knee and taken down afterwards. Following that, the Brazilian said there was not much he could to defend himself.