Currently signed to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), kickboxer and mixed martial artist Alistair Overeem has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million in 2012.
Hailed as the only combat sport fighter who won world titles in both K-1 kickboxing and mixed martial arts, Alistair Overeem has won Dream Heavyweight Championship, Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, and K-1 World Grand Prix Champion. Currently, he is Sherdog’s #6 heavyweight champion in the world.
Of Dutch, British and Jamaican ancestry, Alistair Cees Overeem was born on May 17, 1980 in Hounslow, United Kingdom. He has a daughter named Storm.
At age 19, he started his MMA career where he won against Ricardo Fyeet thru guillotine choke submission. At age 22, he debuted into Pride Fighting Championships where he defeated Yusuke Imamura via Total Knockout within 44 seconds.
He debuted into the UFC on December 30, 2011, where he defeated the former Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar via TKO in within 2:26 seconds in the first round. This earned him a shot to the heavyweight title against the then-champion Junior Dos Santos. However, he failed to get a fight against Dos Santos, and was replaced by Frank Mir, due to his failed drug test. On May 25, 2013, Overeem is expecting a match against Dos Santos.