Alistair Overeem Granted Conditional License For UFC 141 Fight With Brock Lesnar

The MMA world was watching Layzie The Savage's stream or listening to the Nevada State Athletic Commission conference call with open ears, awaiting the licensing that could determine whether or not the UFC 141 main event between Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem would go on without a hitch.

Finally, the verdict is in...and it is rather complicated.

Alistair Overeem has been licensed, but he is facing a slew of conditions. Overeem has to submit a urine sample at a NSAC-approved facility within 72 hours. In addition to this, he has to submit to 2 random drug tests within 6 months post-fight on his own tab. Let us hope Alistair makes Anderson Silva money.

All of this stems over the fact Alistair hopped on a flight to Holland on the day of his commission testing to be with his mother who is suffering from cancer. Alistair was grilled by the commission, who determined that Alistair wasn't attempting to neglect the commission's test with his mother's illness and communication breakdown between his assistant, the UFC, and the commission.

In addition to all of this nonsense, Keith Jardine and Vladimir Matyushenko were granted licenses for their fights. Jardine will be facing Luke Rockhold for the Strikeforce Middleweight strap on January 7th, while The Janitor will be taking on Alexander Gustafsson on the aforementioned UFC 141 card. Also, Mario Yamasaki was given the duty to referee the main event between Lesnar and Overeem.

So, barring some missed hurdles, it seems we will see two behemoths collide at UFC 141. Alistair Overeem and Brock Lesnar will still be on.

HT: Ariel Helwani, Layzie The Savage, Brett Okamoto