CM Punk and Mickey Gall made out with a whopping $2,500 check a piece, as they only have one and two UFC fights under their belt, s respectively. Alistair Overeem is a devastating striker who was Strikeforce, Dream and K-1 champion and now is looking to add the UFC heavyweight title to his accolades. Not only did he finally get his title shot, but Miocic, fighting in enemy territory, broke the Cleveland curse and, with yet another right-hand knockout, captured UFC championship gold. “I nearly feel a little sad I’m going to be taking something away from them, but I will be taking it away this Saturday”. Cognizant of Miocic’s punching power, Overeem backed away from contact and attempted to use his world-class kickboxing skills to gain an advantage. He put me on my ass, I felt fine. Unfortunately for the former WWE Superstar, the person who doesn’t seem interested in seeing him fight inside the Octagon again is the one man whose vote counts the most. Against “The Reem”, Miocic has to be on his game if he’s going to defend his title, and the challenger has seen the champ at pool parties and on talk shows – not in the gym. They said I wasn’t gonna make it to the Octagon. Overeem, a former Strikeforce & Dream champion as well as the 2010 K-1 Grand Prix victor, entered their title fight riding a four fight win streak. “Now he’s going to be able to fight at home and he’s going to have 20,000 people rooting for him, going to be a complete change from what he’s used to and it’s going to be incredible”, he said. The 37-year-old Chicagoan entered the cage vs. 24-year-old Mickey Gall. But the five main fights, including Miocic vs. Overeem and Punk vs. Gall, will only be available on pay-per-view. Ultimately, Miocic caught an Overeem side kick and successfully secured the takedown. I don’t ever want to change that. “I just like to take challenges”. Overeem walks away from UFC 203 and suffers his 10th career loss by knockout. Werdum took a unanimous decision win against Travis Browne in Saturday’s co-main event.
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Stipe and his opponent Alistair Overeem were professional on stage but another local fighter, Jennifer Eye got into a scuffle with her opponent.
