Jackson’s teammates Arlovski, Overeem to fight at UFN 87
Jackson/Wink MMA teammates Alistair Overeem and Andrei Arlovski will fight in the main event of UFC Fight Night 87 on May 8, 2016 at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Jackson/Wink MMA teammates Alistair Overeem and Andrei Arlovski will fight in the main event of UFC Fight Night 87 on May 8, 2016 at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is also known as UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski and UFC Fight Night: Rotterdam.
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The news was first tweeted by Jeremy Botter for Bleacher Report.
Overeem is on a three-fight win streak, most recently beating Junior dos Santos in December via TKO. Arlovski had a six-fight win streak broken via KO loss to Stipe Miocic.
The fighters will train at different times of the day. Jackson will corner Arlovski.
Stefan Struve and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva will also fight on the same card.
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