Fighters react to Stipe Miocic’s knockout victory over Fabricio Werdum
Stipe Miocic silenced the crowd in Curitiba, Brazil on Saturday night, this after he knocked hometown hero Fabricio Werdum out cold with one punch in the first-round of their UFC 198 main event title fight.
The fight-ending right hand Miocic delivered to the chin of Werdum earned Stipe the UFC’s coveted heavyweight championship.
Here is how the pros reacted to Stipe’s championship win:
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Man USADA really did a number on some of these guys
— BONY (@JonnyBones) May 15, 2016
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Damn!! That what happens when you get reckless! Heavy hands by the new HW champ congrats! Stipe #ufc198
— Michael Johnson (@Menace155) May 15, 2016
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!
— danawhite (@danawhite) May 15, 2016
OUTTA NO WHERE!!! @stipemiocicufc "I'mma World Champ!!!" Good Job both Fighters @FabricioWerdum @ufc #Right Cross KO #AndNew
— Tony Ferguson (@TonyFergusonXT) May 15, 2016
Ouch new champ congrats stipe must be a rematch
— mark richard hunt (@markhunt1974) May 15, 2016
Congrats to my @AmericanEthanol teammate @stipemiocicufc on a devastating knockout to claim the @ufc heavyweight world title #andnew
— CB Dollaway (@cbdollaway) May 15, 2016
Cleveland deserves this. They have to deal with the Browns after all.
— Joe Lauzon (@JoeLauzon) May 15, 2016
All it takes is 1
This shit is not a joke#ufc198
— Pat Barry (@HypeOrDie) May 15, 2016
Wow!! Hwy Fights! Congrats @stipemiocicufc New @ufc CHAMP! @FabricioWerdum keep your head up! https://t.co/yEyyw6cPFz
— Roy Nelson (@roynelsonmma) May 15, 2016
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