In the co-main event, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum fought Travis Browne. Meanwhile, in the co-main event, top-ranked Heavyweight contenders, Fabricio Werdum (No. 1) and Travis Browne (No. 7) will trade leather once again, with the victor likely earning a future 265-pound title shot against the main event victor or an eliminator match against Cain Velasquez.
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Faber however, feels that there is no reason to fear ‘El Terror’, “I’m excited for this fight”. And I’m not the only one who feels that way.
Afterwards, Punk thanked the UFC for the opportunity and assured the fans in attendance that they would see him inside the UFC Octagon for a second time.
After Overeem was put away by Miocic’s punches in last night’s headliner, he claimed to UFC commentator Joe Rogan that the champ had tapped to his guillotine.
Jones, who is now waiting to hear from USADA after testing positive for hydroxy-clomiphene prior to UFC 200, has previously flirted with the idea of competing at heavyweight telling USA Today back in 2012 “I want everything, and I’ve said that since day one”. Both men are very powerful strikers. I know I can knock him out and he’s going to get knocked out. He went on to call out Sage Northcutt, saying that in his next fight, he’d want to “punch the spikes out of his hair”. Also, former WWE superstar CM Punk makes his long-awaited UFC debut against up-and-comer Mickey Gall in welterweight action. He said that his goal at UFC 203 was to shut Overeem down and “turn the motherboard off”, something he convincingly accomplished after quickly recovering from the knockdown.
Who He Should Fight Next: Winner of John Lineker vs. Jon Dodson. Jimmie Rivera routed Urijah Faber in bantamweight competition, picking up a unanimous victory and dealing the Californian veteran his third loss in four fights.
We’ll have the results updated after each fight so keep refreshing as the night goes on!
Rivera is now one of the top title contenders at bantamweight.
Who She Should Fight Next: Carla Esparza. His only two wins came against Brendan Schaub, who has since retired, and Matt Mitrione, who is now in Bellator.
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Karolina Kowalkiewicz is next in line for a strawweight title shot, but Andrade is undoubtedly the next women in line after her.
