Ultimately, Miocic caught an Overeem side kick and successfully secured the takedown.
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The event will take place at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio and the Q is already sold out.
When the fight was stopped, Miocic ran and climbed the cage, a move he had planned for months.
Miocic will likely try to utilize his wrestling if things don’t go his way on the feet, but Overeem has been training in Albuquerque for the past few years at the famed Jackson/Winklejohn gym with some of the best MMA wrestlers in the sport.
Punk arguably lost the fight in the first five seconds as he marched across the cage and got taken down nearly immediately.
Miocic is focused on Overeem, and he’ll need to be to take out the legendary Dutchmen who competes in his 57th pro bout at UFC 203. And since I don’t think Fabricio’s win over Browne was good enough to warrant him a title fight, perhaps he can make a better case for himself if he can get a win back from “JDS” after his fellow countrymen knocked him silly eight years ago. But for those outside of Cleveland, that dominating knockout win played second fiddle to what had happened earlier that Sunday night – Mickey Gall submitting former WWE Superstar CM Punk in the first round of their welterweight match. It’s been a whirlwind summer for Miocic, who in addition to taking batting practice with the Cleveland Indians, riding in the Cavs’ downtown parade attended by almost one million people, got married. He’s become a more patient fighter who picks his shots. “I want it all”.
Yancy Medeiros submitted Sean Spencer in the lone UFC Fight Pass bout.
Overeem scored a knockdown on Miocic with a left kick about a minute into the round. I’m up for suggestions, so whatever they give me, I’m down with.
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Gall called out Sage Northcutt and CM Punk refused to call it a career. Velasquez is ranked #2 in the UFC’s heavyweight rankings, behind Fabricio Werdum, who also won in the main card of UFC 203. I know there’s a lot of doubters but listen, life’s about falling down and getting back up. Punk had no choice but to tap his hand on the mat, ending the fight the way many inside UFC predicted. I’m just happy that this city has something to be proud of. Everywhere where the fight will be I’m very confident that I’m going to come out on top…
