Alistair Overeem vs. Aleksei Oleinik served as the main event for UFC on ESPN+7 in St. Petersburg, Russia on Saturday, April 20. The two men brought plenty of action to Yubileyniy Arena despite the fight lasting less than five minutes.
Oleinik came out aggressive early and pulled guard, but Overeem was able to get the fight back to the feet where he opened up a vicious assault of knees.
Ultimately, Overeem was able to crumble Oleinik to the mat with a perfectly placed knee to the temple before finishing him off with some heavy ground-and-pound to earn the TKO win.
If you missed out on Saturday’s event on ESPN+, we have you covered.
You can watch the full fight highlights from Overeem vs. Oleinik below.
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The full results from UFC on ESPN+7 can be seen below.
UFC on ESPN+7 Results
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- Alistair Overeem def. Aleksei Oleinik via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 4:45
- Islam Makhachev def. Arman Tsarukyan via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Sergei Pavlovich def. Marcelo Golm via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 1:06
- Roxanne Modafferi def. Antonina Shevchenko via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Krzysztof Jotko def. Alen Amedovski via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-26)
- Movsar Evloev def. Seungwoo Choi via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-26)
- Sultan Aliev def. Keita Nakamura via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Alexander Yakovlev def. Alex da Silva via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 3:10
- Shamil Abdurakhimov def. Marcin Tybura via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 3:15
- Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Gadzhimurad Antigulov via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 0:44
- Magomed Mustafaev def. Rafael Fiziev via TKO (spinning back kick, punches) – Round 1, 1:26