As confirmed by UFC, a heavyweight bout between former UFC title challenger Alistair Overeem and undefeated newcomer Sergei Pavlovich is set for UFC Fight Night 141 at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China on November 24, 2018.
Alistair Overeem (43-17, 1 NC) is looking to get back into the win column. He is coming off a two back to back losses.
In his last fight, Alistair Overeem got finished in the third round by Curtis Blaydes at UFC 225 last June. Prior to UFC 225 fight, Alistair Overeem was knocked out by former title challenger Francis Ngannou at UFC 218 in December 2017.
Sergei Pavlovich (12-0) is making his UFC debut with this fight. Nine out of his twelve wins have come by TKO. He is coming off a first-round TKO win over Kirill Sidelnikov in November 2017.
More heavyweights on deck at #UFCBeijing!@AlistairOvereem vs Sergei Pavlovich is official! pic.twitter.com/QoUMh5hKtX
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) October 25, 2018
With the addition of this heavyweight fight, this is how the current UFC Fight Night 141 card looks like:
-Francis Ngannou vs. Curtis Blaydes
-Alistair Overeem vs. Sergei Pavlovich
-Wu Yanan vs. Lauren Mueller
-Hu Yaozong vs. Rashad Coulter
-Weili Zhang vs. Jessica Aguilar
-Xiaonan Yan vs. Syuri Kondo
-Song Yadong vs. `Frankie Saenz
-Kenan Song vs. Alex Morono
-Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Li Jingliang