Alistair Overeem

It was billed as a dream match back in 2011 at UFC 141 when Alistair Overeem and Brock Lesnar squared off.

Overeem a former Strikeforce and Dream heavyweight champion, had no trouble taking out Lesnar, a former UFC heavyweight titleholder, and securing one of the biggest wins of his career.

This Saturday, Overeem returns to action in the main event of UFC Fight Night 149 live on ESPN+ vs. Alexey Oleinik from Saint Petersburg, Russia.

MAIN CARD (ESPN+/1 p.m. ET)

Heavyweight: Alistair Overeem vs. Alexey Oleinik

Lightweight: Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan

Heavyweight: Sergei Pavlovich vs. Marcelo Golm

Light Heavyweight: Ivan Shtyrkov vs. Devin Clark

Female Flyweight: Roxanne Modafferi vs. Antonina Shevchenko

Middleweight: Krzysztof Jotko vs. Alen Amedovski

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+/10 a.m. ET)

Bantamweight: Movsar Evloev vs. Seuing Woo Choi

Welterweight: Sultan Aliev vs. Keita Nakamura

Lightweight: Alexander Yakovlev vs. Alex da Silva Coehlo

Heavyweight: Marcin Tybura vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov

Light Heavyweight: Gadzhimurad Antigulov vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk

Lightweight: Magomed Mustafaev vs. Rafael Fiziev

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