Overeem: UFC signing is "the next height," Velasquez-Dos Santos is "50-50 draw"

As an emerging fighter, Alistair Overeem didn’t share so many other competitors’ dream of fighting in the UFC.

But he did think a trip to the octagon was inevitable.

Now that his octagon ticket is punched and a UFC 141 pay-per-view bout with Brock Lesnar booked, Overeem sees his UFC contract as part of a logical progression in his career.