(Remember when Sergei Kharitonov sent Alistair Overeem‘s lifeless body through the ropes at K-1 Hero’s 10? No? Then you really need to watch these videos…)

In our excitement for Strikeforce’s potentially insane heavyweight tournament, one point seems to be getting lost in the narrative — namely, that these guys have already fought each other many, many times before. Five of the eight competitors (Werdum, Arlovski, Overeem, Emelianenko, Rogers) have previously faced at least three other fighters in the tournament field. Fabricio Werdum has actually fought everyone except Brett Rogers and Josh Barnett, and only Barnett himself has managed to go his entire career without bumping up against anybody else in this year’s bracket.

All told, there’s eleven twelve fights worth of shared history among the Strikeforce HWGP competitors, dating back over five years. To help you study for the quarterfinals next month, we’ve posted them all below in chronological order…

UPDATE: We originally forgot to include Fabricio Werdum’s decision win over Antonio Silva. So actually, there have been 12 previous meetings, not 11. The video has now been added. 

(Sergei Kharitonov def. Fabricio Werdum via split decision; PRIDE 30, 10/23/05)

(Alistair Overeem def. Sergei Kharitonov via TKO, 5:13 of round 1; PRIDE 31, 2/26/06)




(Fabricio Werdum def. Alistair Overeem via submission [kimura], 3:43 of round 2; PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute, 5/5/06)

(Andrei Arlovski def. Fabricio Werdum via unanimous decision; UFC 70, 4/21/07)

(Sergei Kharitonov def. Alistair Overeem via KO, 4:21 of round 1; K-1 Hero’s 10, 9/17/07)

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(Fedor Emelianenko def. Andrei Arlovski via KO, 3:14 of round 1; Affliction: Day of Reckoning, 1/24/09)

(Brett Rogers def. Andrei Arlovski via KO, 0:22 of round 1; Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields, 6/9/09)

(Fedor Emelianenko def. Brett Rogers via TKO, 1:48 of round 2; Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers, 11/7/09)

(Fabricio Werdum def. Antonio Silva via unanimous decision; Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers, 11/7/09)

(Alistair Overeem def. Brett Rogers via TKO, 3:40 of round 1; Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery, 5/15/10)

(Antonio Silva def. Andrei Arlovski via unanimous decision; Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery, 5/15/10)

(Fabricio Werdum def. Fedor Emelianenko via submission [triangle/armbar], 1:09 of round 1; Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum, 6/26/10)

Overall records of fighters in the Strikeforce heavyweight tournament, against other tournament participants:
Fabricio Werdum: 3-2
Andrei Arlovski: 1-3
Alistair Overeem: 2-2
Fedor Emelianenko: 2-1
Sergei Kharitonov: 2-1
Brett Rogers: 1-2
Antonio Silva: 1-1
Josh Barnett: 0-0