Former UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem has reportedly examined constructive for a banned substance following his victory over Badr Hari at GLORY: Collision 4.
In response to an article from De Telegraaf, Overeem’s A pattern has uncovered a banned substance. The pattern from the 42-year-old was given immediately after the battle in opposition to Hari and additional checks are being carried out on the Dutch athlete’s B pattern.
In an announcement launched by ‘The Demolition Man’ and his group, whereas they have been conscious he might have taken a banned substance, they’re assured it wasn’t a efficiency enhancing drug and are awaiting the outcomes of the investigation.
[Translated to English] Lars Van Soest of De Telegraaf wrote:
“Overeem’s administration is at the moment awaiting the outcomes of the b-sample and wouldn’t remark additional. Nevertheless, in accordance with them, the substance discovered shouldn’t be a performance-enhancing substance. After his victory over Hari, Overeem gave the impression to be the suitable new opponent of heavyweight champion Verhoeven. Solely the signatures nonetheless needed to be signed, in any other case the deal between Glory, Verhoeven and Overeem was pretty much as good as settled. On Saturday, nevertheless, it turned clear that there’s a hitch.”
In response to Van Soest, the Dutchman’s victory would have positioned him subsequent inline to face Rico Verhoeven for the GLORY Kickboxing World Heavyweight championship, however this newest information suggests that’s now not the case.
When was Alistair Overeem reduce from the UFC?
Alistair Overeem was launched from the UFC following a second-round TKO loss to Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 18 final 12 months. The UFC veteran was a massively well-liked determine on the roster and had racked up nearly 50 wins (47-19) as an expert MMA fighter.
Whereas it might have come as a shock to some, contemplating the Dutchman was 4-2 in his final six fights, UFC president Dana White confirmed that age catches as much as everybody. Together with Overeem, Brazilian MMA veteran Junior dos Santos was additionally launched.
In an interview with TMZ Sports activities, White defined that it wasn’t something private and thanked Overeem for his service to the UFC and MMA:
“Folks get reduce each week… I believe these two [Alistair Overeem and Junior dos Santos] are fairly self-explanatory. It is nothing unfavorable, it is simply a part of the game… Age, it will get us all man.”
Watch the complete interview with TMZ sports activities right here:
