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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – MAY 16: Alistair Overeem of the Netherlands reacts after his TKO victory over Walt Harris in their heavyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on May 16, 2020 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – MAY 16: Alistair Overeem of the Netherlands reacts after his TKO victory over Walt Harris in their heavyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on May 16, 2020 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
UFC Legend, Bas Rutten, didn’t see Alistair Overeem coming over his shoulder when he was talking about him. Thankfully, the incident was captured on camera and Jorge Masvidal gave his reaction to this fiery incident.
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It’s an event where two great MMA Fighters collide outside the Octagon.
Jorge Masvidal thought it was reckless from Bas Rutten
Many in the UFC community respect Sebastian “Bas” Rutten. He holds an unbeaten streak of 22 fights with a record of 21 wins and 1 draw. “Gamebred” wrote about this legend of UFC saying, “#BasRutten talking reckless about #AlistairOvereem during an interview and not realizing he’s right behind him 😲👊💥💤”*
and shared a clip on Facebook where the two confront each other.
In the clip, Alistair Overeem and Bas Rutten are in the gym, but not facing each other.
Overeem notices Bas distracted while talking to a member of the media. The camera is on Bas when Overeem sneaks up on an unguarded Bas.
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Bas notices a split second before getting choked by the UFC fighter from behind. He continues to choke him while dragging him to the ground.
Upon being released, both of the fighters laugh about it and shake hands.
#AlistairOvereem Chokes out #BasRutten#mma #ufc #kickboxing #bjj pic.twitter.com/e3lquAGwWl
— Fight Haven (@FightHaven) September 19, 2021
Bas Rutten had always been vocal about superstar UFC Fighter Alistair Overeem. He told the media in several instances about his weak chin and improper behaviour. Guess Rutten was still salty about the UFC fighter leaving “Golden Glory”.
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How Alistair Reem abandoned Golden Glory
Back in the day, ‘The Reem’ had an incident happen to him that caused his removal from the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix. He requested a change in date, but the management stuck to the date of September 10th, 2011.

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ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA – APRIL 19, 2019: Dutch MMA fighter Alistair Overeem during a weigh-in before his fight against Alexei Oleinik (not in picture) at UFC Fight Night 149 in Yubileiny Sports Centre. Valery Sharifulin/TASS (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images)
Due to a toe injury, Overeem had asked for a later date. But instead, Zuffa decided to replace Alistair Overeem. This caused a lot of unrest in the Golden Glory fight camp.
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Ultimately, “Reem” had decided to abandon the camp, as a result of a “breach of trust”. So definitely ‘The Reem’ was not happy with how things ended with Golden Glory Fight camp, where he essentially learned to become a fighter.
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