10 Badass Facts about New Heavyweight Champ Stipe Miocic

Heavyweight class carries the most weight not just in the world of mixed matial arts, but in all martial arts, fights and champions in this category always get a lot of well-deserved attention, so being a Ultimate Fighting Championship Heavyweight champion is definitely reserved only for the biggest, hardest, toughest badasses. When Stipe Miocic knocked out Fabricio Werdum at UFC 198 and grabbed that title belt, becoming only the 15th man to do so, the whole MMA world took notice of the Ohio-born fighter, and we started digging for 10 badass facts about new heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic.Most strikes landed in a single fight Even if Miocic didn’t win the UFC Heavyweight title he would have his name in the history books of MMA as he managed to land most strikes in a single fight – 361! Mark Hunt had the misfortune to be on the receiving end of Miocic’s rampage, he got hit 119 times in third round only, and the bout ended with the largest strike margin in UFC history – +315 for Miocic.He came to UFC as undefeated Before coming to the UFC Miocic was undefeated with a 6-0 record, and he finished first five of them with knockouts in first and second rounds of bouts. Before he entered the pro arena he swept his opponents in the amateur category, The Silencer went 5-0 and won all of his fights in first rounds.Sherdog’s beatdown of the year The pummeling of Mark Hunt in 2015 brought Miocic Sherdog’s beatdown of the year award, it wasn’t even a competition as Hunt managed only 46 strikes total, none in the fifth round, while Miocic recorded 70! If we decide to make …

continue reading in source www.sherdog.com