Alistair Overeem was making his UFC debut, Brock Lesnar was returning to The Octagon for the first time in 14 months after battling through an illness. All that was on the line at UFC 141 in the main event at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV was a shot at the title in a future bout against Junior dos Santos.

Using some vicious knees and kicks to the body, Overeem beat Lesnar by TKO (strikes) at 2:26 of the first round to set up the matchup with Dos Santos.

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