The fight was for the UFC heavyweight title with Fabricio Werdum defending.
The first round began and they touch gloves. Werdum lands an inside kick. Miocic checks a leg kick. Werdum lands a leg kick. Werdum lands a body kick. Werdum lands a right, Miocic stuffs a trip. 4:00 as Werdum lands a leg kick, Miocic replies. Miocic lands an inside kick. Werdum lands a hard straight right. He lands a left. Miocic lands an inside kick. Miocic stuffs a single. Werdum lands a left and eats a right. Miocic lands a jab. 3:00. Werdum lands a leg kick. Miocic lands an inside kick. Miocic lands a nice left uppercut. He checks a leg kick. Werdum lands a right. Miocic lands a stiff jab. Werdum lands a pair of rights and eats a counter right and drops him out cold with a counter right, three rights under. Miocic is the new champ, holy fuck! Miocic leaps the cage to his corner. "I'm the world champ!" Miocic kept screaming and cussing. He goes to check on a hapless Werdum sitting against the cage dazed and devastated. Chuck Liddell esque. 2:47 R1. He hugs his coaches. He said "I want to thank the fans. I know you're against me but I love you, you make the sport happen." Classy interview. He said his coaches and his fiance were the reasons he won the title. Classy stuff. Miocic hugs Werdum. Werdum said Miocic was better tonight but that he'd be back and he'd be champion again.