Oxford Magistrates Court ADAM BEKULART, 45, of Berinsfield, near Wallingford, was fined £169 and given three points after he admitted speeding on the A34 near Wytham. He was ordered to pay £124 in costs and surcharge. KELLY CATANZARO, 37, of Isis Avenue, Bicester, pleaded guilty to speeding in a Land Rover on the A34 at Chieveley. She was fined £161, given three penalty points and ordered to pay £124 in costs and surcharge. AMANDA CLAYDON-FOLLEY, 38, of Little Haseley, Oxford, admitted failing to give information to the police. The magistrates imposed six penalty points, fined her £461 and ordered she pay £90 in costs. Separately, she admitted speeding in a BMW X2 on the A329 in Little Milton, for which she was fined £153, given three points and ordered to pay £151 in costs and surcharge.
You can find tape of Alistair Overeem s professional MMA debut online if you want to see it although don t expect to watch it in high definition. It was Oct. 24, 1999. Overeem was 19 years old, and he fought a very muscular older opponent by the name of Ricardo Fyeet, aka The Animal, in Haarlem, Netherlands.
When the opening bell sounded, Overeem s first action as a teenage professional fighter was a dead sprint across the ring into a flying knee.
The knee missed by about 5 feet, but looking back, what a fitting way to start what has become a storied career in MMA. More than two decades and 65 fights later, Overeem is 40 years old and on the cusp of retirement he s acknowledged many times recently that his career is nearly over but also potentially on the cusp of a UFC title shot.