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Overeem was ultimately given a conditional license for the fight by the committee during a meeting held on December 12, 2011. [7] The winner of the main event was expected to face Junior dos Santos in a bout for the UFC Heavyweight Championship. [8] After being defeated by Overeem, Lesnar announced his immediate retirement from the UFC. [9] [10]
Only Holloway was eligible to win title UFC 221: Feb 11, 2018 Interim Middleweight: Yoel Romero (187.7 lb) def. Luke Rockhold (185 lb) Only Rockhold was eligible to win title UFC 225: Jun 9, 2018 Middleweight: Robert Whittaker (c) (185 lb) def. Yoel Romero (185.2 lb) Fight changed to non-title contest UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo ...
UFC 100 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on July 11, 2009, in Las Vegas, Nevada.. This event was the most bought UFC pay-per-view of all time with a buyrate of 1.6 million, [3] until UFC 202 broke the record with 1.65 million.
Alistair Cees Overeem (born 17 May 1980) is a Dutch former professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer.He is a former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, Dream Heavyweight Champion, K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, and was the first fighter to hold world titles in MMA and K-1 kickboxing at the same time.
Originally scheduled to headline the event was a Heavyweight Championship bout between one of UFC's newest stars, Alistair Overeem (who defeated former champion Brock Lesnar in his UFC debut to earn the title shot), and champion Junior dos Santos.
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This made Lesnar the ninth two-time Rumble winner, after his first win in 2003, while also making him the first person to lose their world championship and then win the Rumble in the same night. Among the other multi-time Rumble winners, Lesnar also set a record for the longest time between Rumble wins at 19 years.
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