Lanx
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reem was just in the right time for everything, he went from Strikeforce to Brock, got a new contract, got busted, lost but then went on to recover with a 3-win streak, his last one against JDS (remember when he danced around him for an entire round)865k is Brock Lesnar-tier money.
AFAIK, Brock was not offered even 1 million dollars flat in guaranteed money to fight in the UFC this year or last year.
Overeem is making the money for his last 7 fights that Brock Lesnar was denied x2 during the last 3 years of negotiations with the UFC. Brock was denied his flat fee most recently just earlier this year.
They must believe Overeem is a draw and potentially could be resigned for very similar money. I could see 500k no problem. Wasn't Mir and others getting several hundred thousand? Name value and history writes some big checks in the Heavyweight division if you look into it.
and he did that 10fight 800k show money deal, he was in talks for title contention, Cain was being cain and always injured, and there was no heavy around 2016 that anyone cared about.
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