Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos LAS VEGAS – After the planned co-main event between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson was pulled from the UFC 209 lineup on weigh-in day, another significant fight was nearly pulled from Saturday’s card when Alistair Overeem was hospitalized with food poisoning prior to his fight with Mark Hunt . Overeem (42-15 MMA, 7-4 UFC) was taken to the hospital as a result of food poisoning and adminstered an approved IV by doctors. He still competed and earned a third-round knockout of Hunt (12-11-1 MMA, 7-5-1 UFC) in the pay-per-view opener at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, but as UFC President Dana White explained after the event, “The Reem’s” situation was a struggle. “He’s been in the hospital for 24 hours with food poisoning,” White told reporters at UFC 209’s post-fight news conference
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