Stipe Miocic News

Russell Ess - September 9, 2016

UFC 203 takes place in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday at the Quicken Loans arena.

Tom Taylor - September 7, 2016

This weekend, in the main event of UFC 203, Stipe Miocic will attempt to defend his UFC heavyweight title against decorated striker Alistair Overeem. Though Miocic is favored to win this fight, which will occur in his home town of Cleveland, Ohio, his victory is certainly not a foregone conclusion. Despite the scale of this looming challenge, the heavyweight king has already given some thought to possible future opponents. Though the next heavyweight title shot is likely to go to former champion Cain Velasquez, the new champion says he’s most interested in avenging the last blemish on his record: a decision loss to Junior Dos Santos. The two heavyweights engaged in a tooth-and-nail battle back in 2014.

Chris Taylor - September 4, 2016

https://youtu.be/_dXmk9Tg2Gg Before UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic attempts to make his first title defense against Alistair Overeem next weekend at UFC 203 in Cleveland, watch the Ohio-native take on former title challenger Mark Hunt at ‘UFC Fight Night 65’ from May of 2015.

Scott Hernandez - August 4, 2016

https://youtu.be/KhTD_bdBcks At UFC 203, Stipe Miocic will look to defend his UFC heavyweight championship for the first time when he squares off against Alistair Overeem in the main event of the UFC’s first event in Cleveland, Ohio.

Scott Hernandez - June 25, 2016

Since Stipe Miocic won the UFC heavyweight championship from Fabricio Werdum in May at UFC 198, he has been a busy man! After winning the championship, Miocic signed to fight Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 in Ohio. Following that, Miocic led the Cleveland Cavaliers championship parade earlier this week. On the heels of that, Miocic began his media obligations for UFC 202, during which he had his first staredown with Alistair Overeem!

Scott Hernandez - June 22, 2016

This past weekend, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors in game 7 of the NBA Finals to win the NBA Championship and end the city’s 52 year streak without winning a major sports championship. On Wednesday the city held the championship parade for the team, which was led by none other than Independence, Ohio native and UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, who recently defeated Fabricio Werdum back in May.

Chris Taylor - June 6, 2016

Stipe Miocic earned the “Baddest Man On The Planet” title last month in Brazil, this after he KO’d Fabricio Werdum in the main event of UFC 198, thus becoming UFC heavyweight champion. Earlier this morning on ESPN’s SportsCenter it was announced that former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar would be returning to the octagon at July’s blockbuster UFC 200 event to square off with former title challenger Mark Hunt.

Russell Ess - June 1, 2016

Fans have been jumping on the Stipe Miocic train as the spotlight has been on him since winning the UFC heavyweight title. It’s hard not to like the guy who can smash a homerun with his hometown Cleveland Indians and continues to work his day job as a firefighter/paramedic in Ohio, despite winning UFC gold.

Russell Ess - May 26, 2016

The UFC announced on Wednesday that newly crowned heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will defend his title for the first time against Alistair Overeem in the main event of UFC 203. The event takes place in Miocic’s hometown of Cleveland, Ohio in the Q Arena. Nick Kalikas of MMAOddsBreaker.com opened up the betting lines with the champion favored in the bout at -170 and Overeem at +140.

Chris Taylor - May 25, 2016

UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will have home field advantage when he defends his title for the first time against number one contender Alistair Overeem in the main event of UFC 203. The UFC announced the news on Twitter just moments ago:

Scott Hernandez - May 25, 2016

Earlier this month, Stipe Miocic shocked the world as he knocked out UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum with a single punch at UFC 198 to win the heavyweight championship. To make Miocic’s win even more impressive, he knocked out Werdum with the single punch while moving backwards. Now that he’s had some time to take in the win, Miocic joined SportsCenter to reflect on the moment.

Scott Hernandez - May 19, 2016

This past weekend at UFC 198, Stipe Miocic shocked the world as he knocked out Fabricio Werdum in the 1st round of their heavyweight title fight with just one punch.

Russell Ess - May 17, 2016

Newly crowned UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic took home a championship for his hometown of Celeveland after knocking out Fabricio Werdum at UFC 198 over the weekend. With the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers looking to make their way to the NBA finals, Miocic sent a message to the Cavs following his championship win.

Chris Taylor - May 15, 2016

Stipe Miocic earned the “baddest man on the planet” title last night at UFC 198, this after he knocked Fabricio Werdum out cold in the opening round to claim the UFC’s coveted heavyweight championship. Shortly after Miocic’s championship win, number one contender Alistair Overeem took to Twitter with the following messages for Stipe:

Scott Hernandez - May 14, 2016

In the main event of UFC 198, Stipe Miocic shocked the world as he knocked out Fabricio Werdum with one punch to win the UFC heavyweight championship.

Scott Hernandez - May 14, 2016

https://youtu.be/W81y6WWrgXc Tonight in Curitiba, Brazil, Stipe Miocic heads into enemy territory as he looks to capture the UFC heavyweight championship in his fight with Fabricio Werdum in the main event of UFC 198.

Scott Hernandez - March 27, 2016

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