Alistair Overeem Permitted To Use I.V. Prior To Fight With Mark Hunt

“We went through all the [necessary steps]. Yesterday at the weigh-ins, I was out. I was like, low energy. I mean, I put on my acting face looking angry but I had like, zero energy. If I felt today the way I felt yesterday, I would not have been able to perform. Went to the hospital, got an IV, slept very good, took something to help me sleep…”

Alistair Overeem nearly pulled out of his fight with Mark Hunt at “UFC 209” due to food poisoning. The heavyweight came down with the illness earlier this week and was brought to the hospital where he received an IV after the weigh-in ceremony on Friday evening. Had the fighter not felt better on fight day, he would have been forced out of the contest!