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Valentijn Overeem

30–32 · 66 recorded bouts · 1996–2014

MMA record

30–32

Valentijn Overeem finished 97% of 30 wins inside the distance — the 71st percentile for heavyweight MMA, where the median is 85%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

199020002010UNFILEDloss v Wataru Sakata, 1996, submissionwin v Jeroen Waringa, 1996, kowin v Tjerk Vermanen, 1996, submissionloss v Wataru Sakata, 1997, submissionloss v Mitsuya Nagai, 1997, submissionwin v Cees Bezems, 1997, submissionwin v Masayuki Naruse, 1997, koloss v Gilbert Yvel, 1998, kowin v Kiyoshi Tamura, 1998, submissionwin v Kenichi Yamamoto, 1998, kowin v Dexter Casey, 1998, submissionwin v Chris Haseman, 1998, decisionloss v Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, 1999, submissionwin v Hiromitsu Kanehara, 1999, koloss v Yoshihisa Yamamoto, 1999, submissionwin v Jerrel Venetiaan, 2000, submissionwin v Suren Balachinskiy, 2000, kowin v Joe Slick, 2000, submissionwin v Tuli Kulihaapai, 2000, submissionwin v Brad Kohler, 2000, submissionwin v Fatih Kocamis, 2000, koloss v Achmed Labasanov, 2000, submissionwin v Dennis Reed, 2000, submissionloss v Hiromitsu Kanehara, 2000, koloss v Igor Vovchanchyn, 2001, submissionloss v Assuério Silva, 2001, submissionloss v Gary Goodridge, 2001, submissionwin v Ian Freeman, 2001, koloss v Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, 2001, submissionloss v Ron Waterman, 2002, submissionloss v Rodney Glunder, 2002, koloss v Aaron Brink, 2002, kowin v Marc Emmanuel, 2002, kowin v Roman Savochka, 2003, submissionloss v Dave Vader, 2003, koloss v Mikko Rupponen, 2003, decisionloss v Ibragim Magomedov, 2003, koloss v Dave Dalgliesh, 2004, kowin v Autimio Antonia, 2004, koloss v Gilbert Yvel, 2005, submissionloss v Shungo Oyama, 2005, submissionloss v Kresimir Bogdanovic, 2005, kowin v Ross Pointon, 2005, koloss v Milco Voorn, 2006, submissionwin v Kazuo Takahashi, 2008, kowin v Sasa Lazic, 2008, submissionloss v Rafal Dabrowski, 2009, submissionloss v Nikolai Onikienko, 2009, kowin v Catalin Zmarandescu, 2010, kowin v Tengiz Tedoradze, 2010, koloss v Chad Griggs, 2011, submissionwin v Ray Sefo, 2011, submissionloss v Evgeny Erokhin, 2012, submissionloss v Michał Kita, 2012, submissionwin v Marcin Rózalski, 2012, submissionloss v Mikhail Mokhnatkin, 2013, submissionloss v Konstantin Gluhov, 2013, koloss v Michael Knaap, 2013, koloss v Ante Delija, 2014, koloss v Konstantin Gluhov, 2014, kowin v Milco Voorn, no date on recordwin v Andrei Rudakov, no date on recordwin v Randy Couture, no date on recordwin v Yoshihisa Yamamoto, no date on recordwin v Renato Sobral, no date on recordloss v Tommy Sauer, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1996–2014 · 6 UNDATED

SOURCE·Valentijn Overeem — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-24

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-07-24. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 324 heavyweight MMA fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2014 L Ante Delija KO/TKO1
2014 L Konstantin Gluhov KO/TKO1
2013 L Mikhail Mokhnatkin Submission1
2013 L Konstantin Gluhov KO/TKO1
2013 L Michael Knaap KO/TKO1
2012 L Evgeny Erokhin Submission1
2012 L Michał Kita Submission1
2012 W Marcin Rózalski Submission1
2011 L Chad Griggs Submission1
2011 W Ray Sefo Submission1
2010 W Catalin Zmarandescu KO/TKO1
2010 W Tengiz Tedoradze KO/TKO1
2009 L Rafal Dabrowski Submission1
2009 L Nikolai Onikienko KO/TKO1
2008 W Kazuo Takahashi KO/TKO1
2008 W Sasa Lazic Submission1
2006 L Milco Voorn Submission1
2005 L Gilbert Yvel Submission1
2005 L Shungo Oyama Submission1
2005 L Kresimir Bogdanovic KO/TKO1
2005 W Ross Pointon KO/TKO1
2004 L Dave Dalgliesh KO/TKO2
2004 W Autimio Antonia KO/TKO1
2003 W Roman Savochka Submission1
2003 L Dave Vader KO/TKO1
2003 L Mikko Rupponen Decision1
2003 L Ibragim Magomedov KO/TKO1
2002 L Ron Waterman Submission1
2002 L Rodney Glunder KO/TKO1
2002 L Aaron Brink KO/TKO1
2002 W Marc Emmanuel KO/TKO—
2001 L Igor Vovchanchyn Submission1
2001 L Assuério Silva Submission1
2001 L Gary Goodridge Submission1
2001 W Ian Freeman KO/TKO1
2001 L Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Submission1
2000 W Jerrel Venetiaan Submission1
2000 W Suren Balachinskiy KO/TKO1
2000 W Joe Slick Submission1
2000 W Tuli Kulihaapai Submission1
2000 W Brad Kohler Submission1
2000 W Fatih Kocamis KO/TKO2
2000 L Achmed Labasanov Submission1
2000 W Dennis Reed Submission1
2000 L Hiromitsu Kanehara KO/TKO1
1999 L Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Submission1
1999 W Hiromitsu Kanehara KO/TKO1
1999 L Yoshihisa Yamamoto Submission1
1998 L Gilbert Yvel KO/TKO1
1998 W Kiyoshi Tamura Submission1
1998 W Kenichi Yamamoto KO/TKO1
1998 W Dexter Casey Submission1
1998 W Chris Haseman Decision2
1997 L Wataru Sakata Submission1
1997 L Mitsuya Nagai Submission1
1997 W Cees Bezems Submission1
1997 W Masayuki Naruse KO/TKO1
1996 L Wataru Sakata Submission1
1996 W Jeroen Waringa KO/TKO1
1996 W Tjerk Vermanen Submission1

Showing 60 of 66 recorded bouts, most recent first.

28 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Valentijn Overeem — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-24

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height75″ (190.5 cm)
Stance—
DivisionHeavyweight MMA
Most active decade2000s — 33 of 60 dated bouts
CountryKingdom of the Netherlands

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Valentijn Overeem, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2000 2010 loss vs Wataru Sakata (1996)win vs Jeroen Waringa (1996)win vs Tjerk Vermanen (1996)loss vs Wataru Sakata (1997)loss vs Mitsuya Nagai (1997)win vs Cees Bezems (1997)win vs Masayuki Naruse (1997)loss vs Gilbert Yvel (1998)win vs Kiyoshi Tamura (1998)win vs Kenichi Yamamoto (1998)win vs Dexter Casey (1998)win vs Chris Haseman (1998)loss vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (1999)win vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (1999)loss vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto (1999)win vs Jerrel Venetiaan (2000)win vs Suren Balachinskiy (2000)win vs Joe Slick (2000)win vs Tuli Kulihaapai (2000)win vs Brad Kohler (2000)win vs Fatih Kocamis (2000)loss vs Achmed Labasanov (2000)win vs Dennis Reed (2000)loss vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (2000)loss vs Igor Vovchanchyn (2001)loss vs Assuério Silva (2001)loss vs Gary Goodridge (2001)win vs Ian Freeman (2001)loss vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (2001)loss vs Ron Waterman (2002)loss vs Rodney Glunder (2002)loss vs Aaron Brink (2002)win vs Marc Emmanuel (2002)win vs Roman Savochka (2003)loss vs Dave Vader (2003)loss vs Mikko Rupponen (2003)loss vs Ibragim Magomedov (2003)loss vs Dave Dalgliesh (2004)win vs Autimio Antonia (2004)loss vs Gilbert Yvel (2005)loss vs Shungo Oyama (2005)loss vs Kresimir Bogdanovic (2005)win vs Ross Pointon (2005)loss vs Milco Voorn (2006)win vs Kazuo Takahashi (2008)win vs Sasa Lazic (2008)loss vs Rafal Dabrowski (2009)loss vs Nikolai Onikienko (2009)win vs Catalin Zmarandescu (2010)win vs Tengiz Tedoradze (2010)loss vs Chad Griggs (2011)win vs Ray Sefo (2011)loss vs Evgeny Erokhin (2012)loss vs Michał Kita (2012)win vs Marcin Rózalski (2012)loss vs Mikhail Mokhnatkin (2013)loss vs Konstantin Gluhov (2013)loss vs Michael Knaap (2013)loss vs Ante Delija (2014)loss vs Konstantin Gluhov (2014)
winlossdraw / NC1996–2014

Record

MMA record

30–32

62 bouts on record

Finish rate

97%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 71st percentile

KO/TKO: 12 (40%)Submission: 17 (57%)Decision: 1 (3%)
  • KO/TKO 40%
  • Submission 57%
  • Decision 3%

The career, bout by bout

66 recorded bouts from 1996 to 2014. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

19y

1996–2014

Longest unbeaten run

6

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2000

9 bouts

Recorded bouts

66

60 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Valentijn Overeem's record?
30–32 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 66 bouts individually.
How many of Valentijn Overeem's bouts have no date?
6 of 66. The source lists them without a date this site can read, so they are printed with no year, sorted last, and drawn past the double rule in the record line rather than placed in the chronology. No year has been inferred for any of them.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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