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Their third meeting might have been the strangest.

Fabricio Werdum defeated Alistair Overeem in their first meeting, which occurred in 2006 in Pride. Overeem took the second, which happened under the Strikeforce banner. In this third bout, there was precious little action, with each man appearing to wait for openings that never seemed to materialize, at least not with any frequency.

Overeem capitalized more often than Werdum, though, and that was enough for the judges. He landed a big right in the first that probably was the most exciting offense of that round, and he outlanded Werdum again in the second.

Werdum was wild for most of the bout, throwing unorthodox strikes that never really landed. He's also the more accomplished grappler between the two but never tried in earnest to initiate that phase of the game. The Brazilian came out with a sense of urgency in the third and probably won that round, but it wasn't enough to win the fight.

Some observers on Twitter saw the judges' nod to Overeem as an unfair or inaccurate decision. But with so little output, it's hard to make that claim. Good on the Dutchman for doing more over 15 minutes, even if it wasn't the prettiest or most convincing affair.