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UFC 203 Results: Winners, Scorecards from Miocic vs. Overeem Card

The UFC heavyweight title stays in Cleveland. And what a fight it was.
Stipe Miocic showed an iron chin throughout the first round as Alistair Overeem landed a straight right and knocked Miocic to the ground, followed by a guillotine attempt. 
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The UFC heavyweight title stays in Cleveland. And what a fight it was.

Stipe Miocic showed an iron chin throughout the first round as Alistair Overeem landed a straight right and knocked Miocic to the ground, followed by a guillotine attempt. 

But there was no way Miocic was going to lose this fight in front of his hometown of Cleveland.

Miocic quickly recovered and didn’t let Overeem out of his sight, following him around the Octagon as Overeem tried to stay away from Miocic’s haymakers. It didn’t take long for Miocic to find his range and start landing bombs on Overeem, eventually taking him to the ground and finishing him with punches. 

The co-main event of the evening featured Fabricio Werdum and Travis Browne, both contenders in the heavyweight division. Werdum won the fight via unanimous decision, but it really wasn’t much of a fight. 

Browne injured his right hand in the first round and was only able to strike Werdum with his left hand for the remainder of the fight. Werdum knocked down Browne in the second round, but that was the highlight of the fight. 

Boos echoed around the arena due to the inactivity of the fight, especially in the third and final round when Browne sat back for the majority of the round when he needed the finish as he was losing on the scorecards.

            

Results

  • Yancy Medeiros defeated Sean Spencer by submission (rear-naked choke), 0:49 of Round 2
  • Drew Dober defeated Jason Gonzalez by KO (punches), 1:45 of Round 1
  • Nik Lentz defeated Michael McBride by TKO (strikes), 4:17 of Round 2
  • Brad Tavares defeated Caio Magalhaes by split decision 
  • Bethe Correia defeated Jessica Eye via split decision
  • Jessica Andrade defeated Joanne Calderwood via submission (guillotine choke), 4:38 of Round 1
  • Jimmie Rivera defeated Urijah Faber via unanimous decision
  • Mickey Gall defeated CM Punk via submission (rear-naked choke), 2:17 of Round 1 
  • Fabricio Werdum defeated Travis Browne via unanimous decision
  • Stipe Miocic defeated Alistair Overeem via KO, 4:27 of Round 1

             

Highlights and Analysis

The Pitbull is back

It was an unpopular split-decision win for Bethe Correia as the Cleveland crowd’s boos echoed around The Q, but for the winner, the victory was not a surprise at all.

Eye began the fight with a stiff jab that opened up Correia’s nose, and she looked like the sharper fighter as the first round concluded. Eye, who was fighting in front of her come crowd Saturday, had the audience behind her back, and she came out strong to prove her rank in the bantamweight division.

However, as the second round progressed, Correia became the aggressor and began cutting off the ring, forcing Eye to backpedal toward the cage.

It was a close fight that could have gone either way, but Correia did deliver the more powerful shots in third round, and the judges rewarded her for her aggressiveness. 

Sporting a record of 10-2 and now loaded with confidence after her win over Eye, it didn’t take Correia long to start calling out top-five fighters en route to another title shot. 

                  

Rivera shines, dominates Faber

Didn’t see that one coming, did you?

Jimmie Rivera took control of the fight from the opening seconds and never let go of that momentum. An eye poke toward the end of the night limited his vision, but Rivera was still able to take out Faber’s legs and keep him at bay.

Faber looked active but never really showed an interest in stepping into Rivera to try to get a finish when he went down on the scorecards. The loss marks Faber’s second straight loss stemming from his decision loss to Dominick Cruz.

                 

Gall shows CM Punk what the UFC is really about

Give credit where credit is due to CM Punk. It takes a lot of courage to enter the Octagon, regardless of skill level or experience.

He went for it all and came up short. (Warning: NSFW language in the following video.)

But as many expected, including MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, Gall had no problem dismantling Punk from the get go. Punk shot out his corner like a cannon but was dropped to the ground almost immediately by Gall, who began to pick apart Punk’s full guard.

Punk showed decent submission defense as he was able to slip out of a rear-naked choke attempt, but seconds later, Gall’s forearm was underneath Punk’s chin again, forcing the tap. 

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Fight Announcement: Urijah Faber vs. Jimmie Rivera Added To UFC 203

After suffering a disappointing loss to reigning bantamweight champion and long-time rival Dominick Cruz at last June’s UFC 199, Urijah Faber’s fighting future was unclear, but it looks as if we haven’t seen the end of “The California Kid” and he is set to return to action at September 10’s UFC 203 against No. 14-ranked

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After suffering a disappointing loss to reigning bantamweight champion and long-time rival Dominick Cruz at last June’s UFC 199, Urijah Faber’s fighting future was unclear, but it looks as if we haven’t seen the end of “The California Kid” and he is set to return to action at September 10’s UFC 203 against No. 14-ranked Jimmie Rivera.

UFC executive Dave Sholler announced the news via his official Twitter account:

Prior to his loss against Cruz, Faber had won three of his last four bouts including victories over the likes of Alex Caceras, Francisco Rivera, and Frankie Saenz. “The California Kid”, who currently sits at No. 2 in the divisional rankings, will look to get back on track come September.

Rivera, on the other hand, has won all three of his Octagon bouts to date and has established himself as a rising prospect in the division. The 27-year-old New Jersey native is coming off of a “Fight of The Night” win over Iuri Alcantara last January, and will undoubtedly be facing his toughest test when he meets Faber.

UFC 203 is set to be headlined by a heavyweight title clash between defending champion and hometown hero Stipe Miocic and legendary kickboxer Alistair “The Reem” Overeem.

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Stipe Miocic: ‘Cleveland’s Next Best Hope for a Champion’ [VIDEO]

There’s a lot you might not know about Stipe Miocic, the undefeated heavyweight contender who faces Stefan Struve in tomorrow’s UFC on FUEL 5 main event. He’s American, for one thing, so there’s no need to slow-talk him like he’s some kind of immigrant, as Chael Sonnen mistakenly did once after a fight. Like Chris Lytle before him, Miocic has kept his day job as a firefighter despite making it to MMA’s largest stage. His last name is pronounced “me-OH-chitch.” And he’s a proud resident of Cleveland — home of the perpetually cursed Browns and Indians — which means that bringing a title to his hometown would mean a hell of a lot.

This video profile from Chris Van Vliet of WOIO-TV reveals the man behind the knockouts, showing Miocic as a hungry, blue-collar dude, with a bit of a goofy streak and tremendous athletic capabilities. (Legit ‘WTF?’ @ that inverted pull-up at 2:12-2:13.) Though he still has some ground to travel before he gets a title shot, he already has his mind set on the ultimate goal: “I want to be remembered as a guy from Cleveland that brought home a championship, you know, break that curse. The first thing I would do is bring that belt home and walk through Cleveland and say ‘we did it’.”

There’s a lot you might not know about Stipe Miocic, the undefeated heavyweight contender who faces Stefan Struve in tomorrow’s UFC on FUEL 5 main event. He’s American, for one thing, so there’s no need to slow-talk him like he’s some kind of immigrant, as Chael Sonnen mistakenly did once after a fight. Like Chris Lytle before him, Miocic has kept his day job as a firefighter despite making it to MMA’s largest stage. His last name is pronounced “me-OH-chitch.” And he’s a proud resident of Cleveland — home of the perpetually cursed Browns and Indians — which means that bringing a title to his hometown would mean a hell of a lot.

This video profile from Chris Van Vliet of WOIO-TV reveals the man behind the knockouts, showing Miocic as a hungry, blue-collar dude, with a bit of a goofy streak and tremendous athletic capabilities. (Legit ‘WTF?’ @ that inverted pull-up at 2:12-2:13.) Though he still has some ground to travel before he gets a title shot, he already has his mind set on the ultimate goal: “I want to be remembered as a guy from Cleveland that brought home a championship, you know, break that curse. The first thing I would do is bring that belt home and walk through Cleveland and say ‘we did it’.”