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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