Stipe Miocic retained the UFC heavyweight title on Saturday night (Sept. 10), when he knocked out Alistair Overeem in first round at UFC 203. “I’m just disappointed. I’m beating myself up way more than I got beat up. I’m going to keep the belt for a long time”. Miocic escaped that submission soon enough, and while he appeared slightly shaken up at first, he landed a flurry of blows, working toward pushing Overeem toward the fence and eventually landing a big takedown. Also, Fabricio Werdum took home a unanimous decision win over Travis Brown, while Mickey Gall spoiled CM Punks UFC debut by choking him out in the very first round (highlights).
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Who He Should Fight Next: Junior dos Santos.
Later in the fight, Overeem attempted to throw a right leg kick when Miocic checked it and sent the challenger to the mat.
After suffering his defeat at UFC 203 by the hands of Mickey Gall, CM Punk is now at a career crossroads, where he will need to choose between. 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”.
Who He Should Fight Next: Winner of John Lineker vs. Jon Dodson. “I just kept scooting to my right, he didn’t like it and he gave me the opportunity when he fell on the ground and when I got on top of him, game over”, Miocic added.
Gustafsson, on the other hand, recently got back in the win column with a decision victory over Jan Blachowicz in Hamburg, Germany after dropping two straight to Cormier and Anthony “Rumble” Johnson.
As far as a potential bout goes, Jones paid tribute to Miocic on Twitter late Sunday night while teasing the possibility as something that could happen one day.
Alistair Overeem was left hung out to dry by UFC commentator Joe Rogan.
Rivera is now one of the top title contenders at bantamweight.
A fight against former division champion Cara Esparza makes sense to me, as “Cookie Monster” earned her first win in her last outing at UFC 197 against Julianna Lima since losing her strap to Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
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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.
