Clearly there is a strategy in play that results in this level of accuracy. Naturally only Overeem and his team know exactly what that strategy is, but it likely has something to do with the fighter’s lack of immortality.

In all three of his UFC defeats, Overeem has been winning the striking battle before coming under heavy fire and falling via knockout. In his UFC career, he has suffered a knockout for every 28 sig strikes absorbed to the head.

One of the easiest ways to get knocked out in MMA is to open yourself up for counters. This is one of the reasons that fighters throw fewer range-finding jabs and setup strikes. A missed or blocked punch creates an invaluable chance to land hard strikes. For example, in the video below, Jackson Wink striking coach Brandon Gibson explains a few simple counters.