On Friday, the elevators had their say. On Saturday, it was time for the fighters to assume center stage.
That’s when UFC 203 went down from The Land, a.k.a LeBron’s Kingdom, a.k.a Cleveland, Ohio. In the main event, hometown boy Stipe Miocic defended his newly acquired heavyweight title against Dutch striking kingpin Alistair Overeem.
But there was intrigue up and down the card, and I’m not talking about CB Dollaway and his loss to the elevator, as intriguing as that may have been.
No, instead I’m talking about a guy you may have heard of by the name of Brooks. Phil Brooks, also known as CM Punk, the 37-year-old, highly shopworn pro wrestling legend making his MMA debut (amateur or pro) against the immortal Mickey Gall.
How would Punk fare? He’s been subject to a few punchlines, but no one knew what he was capable of coming in. We had a better idea coming out.
And that goes for all 20 fighters who survived Cleveland’s elevators and made it down, pun intended, to the UFC Octagon. As always, the final stat lines only reveal so much. These are the real winners and losers from UFC 203.
Full results appear on final slide, if you’re one of those people.