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One of the most consequential fights in heavyweight mixed martial arts history will unfold this Saturday inside the empty UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Reigning champion Stipe Miocic will square off against former two-division titleholder Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 in a rubber match 12 months in the making—the tiebreaker fight that will simultaneously define the legacies of its principals and this era of heavyweights.