Miocic will now become the first Cleveland champion to defend a title as he’ll face Alistair Overeem in the main event Saturday night in UFC 203, which will take place in sold out Quicken Loans Arena, giving the 34-year-old Miocic a distinct home-octagon advantage. Conspiracies aside, CM Punk has never fought outside the WWE ring. But are there any other OH fighters competing? They may appeal to the executive director or OH athletic commission to have this waived.
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In the main event of UFC 198 at Arena Atletico Paranaense in Curitiba, Brazil, Miocic won the title after delivering a right hand to Werdum’s jaw.
The second reasoning for sanctioning “Punk” was off of the strength of former UFC matchmaker Joe Silva.
This reasoning is also somewhat troubling because states are supposed to look out for fighter’s safety.
After the announcement was made, reporters and journalists asked Diaz what he thought about the new addition and what he thought about Punk swapping WWE for UFC. Punk has neither of those things.
More than a year after walking out of the company, Phil “CM Punk” Brooks is making headlines in sports yet again-this time in the illustrious Octagon. “It’s going to be curious how Stipe handles it. Stipe seems very professional, but we’ll see how he handles it on Saturday”. It is eerily similar to National Football League players being forced to appeal to the same person who hands down punishments, in their case commissioner Roger Goodell. He’ll make his first championship defense Saturday. A win against the 9-2 Correia could mean a shot at the women’s bantamweight title for the 11-5 Eye, who has been a professional in MMA since 2010. He did complete the required five amateur bouts, posting a 6-0 record. It may be possible but that may take a lot of years to let wounds heal. My last fight was in my country, in Rotterdam.
“He’s an amateur. You’re going to put an amateur in there with pros?” The event was eventually cancelled after a replacement was unable to be found.
There is no question that many see Punk’s UFC jump more as a publicity stunt. He keeps an open mind and gives people the benefit of the doubt. Punk makes his debut in the UFC on September 10 in Cleveland. The commission’s job is to protect the fighters and make sure the fights are fair and even. “And both these fighters offer these traits”, he shared to BusinessWorld in an interview as he spoke of the kind of dynamic the Miocic-Overeem fight would have.
Below is the UFC 203 fight card, as well as available betting odds, via Bovada.lv.
“If it was that weak a fight, it would have been one of the preliminary-card fights”, Profato said.
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