Former UFC heavyweight title challenger, Alistair Overeem have been slapped with a one-year retroactive suspension after the Dutch kickboxer examined constructive for a banned substance in each A and B take a look at samples following his GLORY Kickboxing battle in opposition to Moroccan striker, Badr Hari again in October of final yr.
Headlining the GLORY Collision 4 occasion in his first fight sports activities outing since his departure from the UFC the yr prior, Overeem initially landed a unanimous decision victory over Hari, nonetheless, the bout has since been overturned to an official ‘No Contest’ in November after it was revealed he had tested positive for a banned substance.
Alistair Overeem has additionally turned over a proportion of his battle purse
Information of Overeem’s one-year suspension and subsequent elimination from the official GLORY rankings and the return of a proportion of his battle purse, was initially reported by VechtsportInfo.
Violating GLORY’s anti-doping coverage, the reported banned substance which Alistair Overeem examined constructive for in each his A and B take a look at samples has but to be disclosed, nonetheless, the previous Strikforce, Okay-1, and Dream gold holder has been issued a one-year suspension from competitors.
Boasting a 47-19(1) skilled blended martila arts file, Alistair Overeem, an alum of the UFC, most just lately featured professionally within the sport in opposition to current winner, Alexander Volkov, struggling a second spherical TKO loss to the Russian striker in February 2021.
Competing for undisputed UFC heavyweight gold in opposition to former two-time division champion, Stipe Miocic again in 2016 in the principle occasion of UFC 203 in Cleveland, Ohio, Overeem suffered a primary spherical KO loss to the previous, regardless of touchdown his personal knockdown and threatening with a guillotine submission earlier within the spherical.
In his time with the Dana White-led group, Overeem was additionally hit with a nine-month retroacitvr suspension, which was issued by the Nevada State Athletic Fee, after he examined constructive for elevated ranges of testosterone.
A revered knockout and submission artist, Alistair Overeem holds UFC victories over the likes of Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir, Roy Nelson, Junior dos Santos, Andrei Arlovski, Mark Hunt, Fabricio Werdum, Sergei Pavlovich, and Aleksei Olienik.
