Overeem has enjoyed a long and successful career as a kickboxer, grappler and mixed martial artist. The 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix winner has captured titles in Strikeforce and Dream while also putting together strong runs in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pride Fighting Championships. A two-division standout who excelled as a light heavyweight and heavyweight, Overeem owns victories over a number of his contemporaries, from Vitor Belfort (twice), Igor Vovchanchyn, Sergei Kharitonov and Fabricio Werdum to Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir, Junior dos Santos and Andrei Arlovski. The Jackson-Wink MMA export last fought at UFC 209 on March 4, when he cut down Mark Hunt with a volley of knees in the third round of their rematch at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Overeem sports 38 finishes among his 42 professional wins: 19 by submission and 19 more by knockout or technical knockout.
Others in MMA celebrating a birthday during the month of May:
MAY 1
Kiichi Kunimoto, 36Chad Mendes, 32
Dakota Cochrane, 31
Liz McCarthy, 31
Anistavio Medeiros de Figueiredo, 29
David Teymur, 28
MAY 2
Garret Nybakken, 36Alberto Mina, 35
Kikuyo Ishikawa, 33
Alex Nicholson, 27
Justin Scoggins, 25
MAY 3
Sam Greco, 50Shonie Carter, 45
Pedro Rizzo, 43
John Makdessi, 32
Patrick Holohan, 29
Bryan Barberena, 28
Mariana Morais, 21
MAY 4
Victor Henry, 30Lemmy Krusic, 28
Roman Szymanski, 24
MAY 5
Alex Schoenauer, 41Mizuto Hirota, 36
Steve Steinbeiss, 36
Lukasz Bugara, 31
Cortney Casey, 30
MAY 6
Luiz Jorge Dutra Jr., 35Sam Alvey, 31
Beneil Dariush, 28
MAY 7
Frank Trigg, 45Lodune Sincaid, 44
Kurt Pellegrino, 38
MAY 8
Jorge Patino, 44Caol Uno, 42
Tatsuya Kawajiri, 39
Manny Gamburyan, 36
Jessica Aguilar, 35
Mikey Gomez, 35
Danillo Villefort, 34
MAY 9
Spencer Fisher, 41Antwain Britt, 39
Shinya Aoki, 34
Chuka Willis, 24
MAY 10
Anthony Perosh, 45Yoshiyuki Yoshida, 43
Jackie Vandenburgh, 36
Cory Hendricks, 29
MAY 11
Jeremy Lang, 42Melvin Manhoef, 41
Magomed Sultanakhmedov, 33
Gilbert Jimenez, 32
Chas Skelly, 32
Joseph Sandoval, 31
Kamaru Usman, 29
Frankie Perez, 28
MAY 12
Louis Taylor, 38Damian Grabowski, 37
Keri Anne Taylor-Melendez, 33
MAY 13
Fredson Paixao, 38Yan Cabral, 34
Guilherme Viana, 31
Yusuke Yachi, 27
MAY 14
Urijah Faber, 38Tom DeBlass, 35
Artur Guseinov, 33
Alvaro Herrera, 27
MAY 15
Shane DeZee, 40Josh Burns, 39
Tom Lawlor, 34
Kenji Yamamoto, 33
Brett Chism, 30
MAY 16
Hacran Dias, 33Darren Elkins, 33
Anthony Birchak, 31
Nazareno Malegarie, 31
MAY 17
Matt Lindland, 47Cheick Kongo, 42
Alistair Overeem, 37
Dan Hardy, 35
Paul Bradley, 34
Rich Hale, 32
MAY 18
Muhsin Corbbrey, 39Gabriel Gonzaga, 38
Kazuhisa Watanabe, 34
MAY 19
Andre Gusmao, 40Wagner da Conceicao Martins, 39
Georges St. Pierre, 36
John Maguire, 34
Augusto Sakai, 26
Sergey Khandozhko, 25
MAY 20
Steve Berger, 44Roger Huerta, 34
Alexander Shlemenko, 33
Jinh Yu Frey, 32
MAY 21
Bruce Buffer, 60Scott Smith, 38
Ricardo Lamas, 35
MAY 22
Murilo Rua, 37Tim Snyder, 37
Mark Oshiro, 34
Fumihiro Kitahara, 33
Joe Lauzon, 33
Keita Nakamura, 33
Teemu Packalen, 30
Steve Garcia, 25
MAY 23
Beau Baker, 38Sean Loeffler, 35
Myles Price, 29
MAY 24
Paulo Filho, 39Frank Mir, 38
Alex Serdyukov, 37
Josh Thornburg, 33
MAY 25
Brad Blackburn, 40Hudson Rocha, 36
Mark Anthony Serkez, 36
Ulysses Gomez, 34
Dan Lariviere, 34
Scott Askham, 29
Ben Fodor, 29
MAY 26
Kenny Florian, 41Rob McCullough, 40
Lyman Good, 32
Jeremy Stephens, 31
Ricky Steele, 29
MAY 27
Gideon Ray, 44Chris Cariaso, 36
Will Campuzano, 31
Diego Brandao, 30
Michael Hill, 30
Anthony Leone, 30
Geane Herrera, 27
MAY 28
Rory Singer, 41Aaron Rosa, 36
Scott Heckman, 33
MAY 29
Travis Fulton, 40Mamoru Yamaguchi, 40
Georgi Karakhanyan, 32
Steven Peterson, 27
MAY 30
Lyoto Machida, 39Yves Jabouin, 38
Ivan Menjivar, 35
Bart Palaszewski, 34
Amanda Nunes, 29
MAY 31
Akitoshi Tamura, 37Maria Rios, 34
Elias Theodorou, 29
Jessin Ayari, 25