UFC on ESPN+ 30 poster features two heavyweights with 36 combined knockouts

UFC on ESPN+ 30 will be headlined by two heavyweights with serious fight-ending abilities.

Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Alistair Overeem will look to rebound when he takes on the streaking Walt Harris in the UFC on ESPN+ 30 main event on April 11, at Moda Center in Portland, Ore.

The two were scheduled to headline UFC on ESPN 7 this past December in Washington, D.C., but Harris withdrew from the fight after the disappearance of his stepdaughter, Aniah Blanchard, who was later found murdered after a one-month search.

Harris (13-7 MMA, 6-6 UFC) was replaced by undefeated prospect Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who picked up a Hail Mary, come-from-behind knockout over Overeem (45-17 MMA, 10-6 UFC) in a fight that he was en route to losing. The loss snapped Overeem’s two-fight winning streak.

Harris has won three in a row over Daniel Spitz, Serghei Spivac and, most recently, a 12-second “Performance of the Night” knockout over Aleksei Oleinik. All 13 of his pro wins have come by knockout.

Also featured on the poster is a women’s strawweight matchup between former inaugural UFC 115-pound champion Carla Esparza (15-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC) and Michelle Waterson (17-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC). Esparza will look to make it three in a row. Waterson will look to get back in the win column after seeing her three-fight winning streak snapped by Joanna Jedrzejczyk this past October.

Check out the the official poster for UFC on ESPN+ 30 below:

The current UFC on ESPN+ 30 lineup includes:

Walt Harris vs. Alistair Overeem
Carla Esparza vs. Michelle Waterson
Derek Brunson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan
Randy Brown vs. Vicente Luque
Tristan Connelly vs. Alex Silva
Don’Tale Mayes vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
Alessio Di Chirico vs. Markus Perez
Julia Avila vs. Karol Rosa
Niko Price vs. Muslim Salikhov
Eryk Anders vs. Krzysztof Jotko

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