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Stipe Miocic KOs Alistair Overeem, Retains Heavyweight Crown at UFC 203
- Updated: September 11, 2016
Stipe Miocic remains king of the heavyweights. Miocic knocked out Alistair Overeem with brutal first-round ground-and-pound to retain the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title in the UFC 203 “Miocic vs. Overeem” headliner (online betting) on Saturday at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. The end came 4:27 into round one, with an unconscious Overeem (41-15, 6-4 UFC) buried beneath the champion.The two heavyweights engaged in a wild back-and-forth scrap. Overeem dropped the Strong Style Fight Team cornerstone with a crushing straight left and threatened with his trusted guillotine. Miocic (16-2, 10-2 UFC) escaped the choke and returned to his feet, where he found the conditions far more hospitable. He pressured Overeem against the cage and forced the former Dream and Strikeforce champion to retreat under heavy fire. Late in the round, Overeem uncorked an ill-advised side kick that left him off-balance and resulted in his being taken down. Miocic postured in guard, let his hands go and took care of business with three kneeling right hands to the face that turned out the lights on the Dutchman. The 34-year-old Miocic has won four fights in a row, the last three by first-round knockout. Related » UFC 203 Round-by-Round Scoring Werdum Cruises Past Browne Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum won for the seventh time in eight appearances, as he captured a unanimous decision over Travis Browne in the co-main event. All three cageside judges sided with Werdum (21-6-1, 9-3 UFC): 29-28, 29-27 and 30-27. Werdum landed a flying side kick at the start of the fight and set an immediate tone. An overhand right from “Vai Cavalo” injured one of the fingers on Browne’s …
