Alistair Overeem made his UFC debut by completely dominating Brock Lesnar at UFC 141. It was such a one-sided performance that Lesnar retired from MMA immediately afterwards. With the victory, Overeem was awarded a shot against Junior Dos Santos.
The title fight was scheduled to take place at UFC 146 in Las Vegas and would headline a main card comprised entirely of heavyweight fights. The UFC held a press conference in Las Vegas to hype up this mega card in early April with Alistair Overeem, Junior Dos Santos, Cain Velasquez, Frank Mir, Roy Nelson, and Antonio Silva in attendance.
Following the presser, the Nevada State Athletic Commission randomly tested all six fighters. Of the six tests, only Overeem’s came back positive for elevated levels of testosterone. Unfortunately for Alistair, the random test was part of his agreement he made with the commission when they granted him a temporary license for the Lesnar fight.
Today at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PT, Overeem will meet with NSAC in the hope that he can get a license in the state. If the commission fails to grant him a license, the UFC has gone on record that they would respect the decision and not have Overeem fight elsewhere.
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