Alistair Overeem might not move up the official UFC heavyweight rankings with his TKO win over Augusto Sakai and I doubt the 40-year-old will care much at all about that because the victory kept his hopes of earning a UFC title alive.
After his May win over Walt Harris, Overeem said he thought he had one more title run in him. The knockout of Sakai, which was the former Strikeforce and DREAM champs 25th career KO victory in 66 MMA bouts, showed he would not be a stepping stone for the 29-year-old Sakai.
After his TKO win, Overeem said he planned on taking a “little bit of a break” before he considered his next step toward another UFC title shot.