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UFC 156: Alistair Overeem knocked out by Antonio Silva
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Alistair Overeem stood at the opening where fighters first enter the arena from backstage and soaked it in. Thousands of fans making noise inside of Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, awaiting his walk toward the octagon followed by his work inside the cage.
He paused, put his monstrous arms in the air and kept with the beat of his entrance music as if summoning more excitement from the crowd to help...
