Stipe Miocic has firsthand knowledge of the obstacle that has been placed before him.
The Strong Style Fight Team rep will defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title when he rematches Junior dos Santos in the UFC 211 main event on Saturday at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. There, Miocic aims to avenge a December 2014 decision loss to the Brazilian. Meanwhile, women’s strawweight titleholder Joanna Jedrzejczyk will risk her 115-pound championship against Jessica Andrade in the five-round co-headliner.
The rest of the five-fight main card features a welterweight clash pairing 2007 Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling World Championships gold medalist Demian Maia with Jorge Masvidal, a featherweight tilt pitting Frankie Edgar against Yair Rodriguez and a middleweight affair matching former two-division World Series of Fighting champion David Branch with Krzysztof Jotko.