The Evolution of Alistair Overeem

by id1 on Jan 1, 2009 12:40 PM EST

Overeem looked absolutely gigantic at Fields Dynamite 2008. He spent most of his career making a big cut to the then Pride Middleweight division (below 93 kg , 204.6 lb.) After the demise of Pride the Dutchmen moved up to the heavyweight division and has been very successful there. In the past 6-8 months in particular he bulked up to enormous levels. Last night he weight in at 115.2kg or 253.4 lb. Its hard to believe that first and last image in the time line are of the same person.

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This is why you can wave bye-bye to Mousasi at 185lbs. Sometimes fighters kill themselves to cut down to a certain weight, then once they give that up their body finally has a chance to add some serious muscle. Gegard and Overeem both looked to be in top form

by smoogy on Jan 1, 2009 3:44 PM EST reply actions

Steroids are a helluva drug.

by lbk on Jan 1, 2009 5:43 PM EST reply actions

Xyience!

by banter on Jan 1, 2009 5:46 PM EST reply actions

BEEFCAKE!!!

by nitro on Jan 1, 2009 5:54 PM EST reply actions

Not to mention his incredible performances this year. You sure we’re not seeing his older twin brother fighting for him these days?

by Benicio on Jan 1, 2009 6:52 PM EST reply actions

My opinion is

his jawline has gotten much bigger also. Take from that what you want. Oh he passed his strikeforce drug test. US drug testing is infallible. He could be natural though. Can’t guarantee anything. Just looks like his jawline of late has gotten really big.

by skwirrl on Jan 1, 2009 8:15 PM EST reply actions

There’s no f’ing way that cat is natural.

by lbk on Jan 1, 2009 8:32 PM EST up reply actions

I don't know how he does it...

I saw the replay of his fight w/ Badr Hari and all I can say is wow. He is definitely a beast and it almost seems like night and day w/ from where he started. I noticed a huge change in Mousasi, too…. after seeing him in the MW DREAM GP and then last night… I would have never guessed that he had the capability to be such a big guy.

by Gunslinger20 on Jan 1, 2009 9:04 PM EST reply actions