Alistair Overeem sees chance to cement legacy against ‘celebrating’ Stipe Miocic

CLEVELAND – Stipe Miocic will have the state of Ohio on his side on Saturday night when he makes his first heavyweight title defense at UFC 203. The Cleveland native has been celebrated ever since he went into Curitiba, Brazil back in May and knocked out Fabricio Werdum. It was Miocic who first ended the city of Cleveland’s 58-year championship drought. The NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers followed suit a month later by upsetting the Golden State Warriors. Yet it was during that celebration of the Cavaliers that Miocic’s opponent on Saturday night, Alistair Overeem, first noticed that the current heavyweight champion was maybe a little too caught up in the festivities. Overeem has gone on record saying that he thinks Miocic’s focus is lacking heading into their main event fight at the Quicken Loans Arena, and he reiterated that on Wednesday at a media scrum after the open workouts.”I stand by those comments,” Overeem said, while a Cleveland fan heckled him. “You keep track of things, and it’s not a difficult thing to keep track of things. You see things on social media, pictures. For example, I went to UFC 200, great event, Vegas. I didn’t go to any pool parties. I was training everyday.”Stipe was going to different parties. You could see that. You could see that on his clothes, he was wearing different clothes. He’s at different …

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