Overeem concentrated only on take down defense, certain that his superior striking would get him the win/ko. Werdum did surprisingly well with his improved striking which was unexpected and undefended. Werdum just pulled guard everytime he got hurt.

Werdum should have gotten a yellow card for purposely taking a long time to get back up every time the ref directed him to, as to recover, about 10 seconds on many occasions.

I taught it was a good fight, with Overeem (who just fought the number 2 ranked hw in the world) a bit gassed at the end, and Werdum just tired and hurt.