UFC 198 video recap: Stipe Miocic captures heavyweight title with one-punch KO of Fabricio Werdum

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In the heavyweight division, all it takes is one punch.

That’s all it took in the UFC 198 main event live from Curitiba, Brazil on Saturday night when Stipe Miocic captured the UFC heavyweight championship with a devastating first-round knockout over Fabricio Werdum. Both fighters exchanged strikes in the first few minutes, but after Werdum became over-aggressive, literally running towards Miocic, the new champ was able to land a huge bomb, and that was that.

What was the highlight of the fight?

In a fight that ends as early as Miocic vs. Werdum did, there’s only one highlight — the ending of the fight. Therefore, the highlight of the fight was absolutely Miocic’s crisp overhand right, capitalizing on the Brazilian’s mistake by running in without protecting his chin. The finish …

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