Fight of the Day: Alistair Overeem vs. Ricardo Fyeet

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Before he was a spinach-eating heavyweight wrecking machine, Alistair Overeem was just a wiry kid with a dream. Here's the video of his MMA debut at the age of 19 against the very insane-looking Ricardo Fyeet, at the first "It's Showtime" event in the Netherlands in October 1999. It's amazing to see how far Overeem has come in the last ten years. Check out his broke-ass gong-and-dash when the fight starts at the 1:45 mark, and that sad attempt at a guard-pull at 3:01. In what would later become a recurring theme, the Demolition Man manages to finish his opponent by guillotine choke. Overeem didn't have long to savor the victory; he fought again just four days later at a Rings event in Tokyo, losing to Iouri Kotchkine by majority decision.