Newly-minted Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight champion, Stipe Miocic, will attempt to make his first-ever title defense at the expense of Alistair Overeem at the UFC 203 pay-per-view (PPV) inside Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 10, 2016.
Their titanic tilt will mark the mixed martial arts (MMA) league's first visit to "C-Town," the same city that Miocic (15-2) calls home and gave him a "hero's welcome" when he returned from slaying Fabricio Werdum at UFC 198 a few weeks back to win the strap.
Overeem (41-14, 1 NC), meanwhile, made his title contender case with his huge knockout win over Andrei Arlovski in the main event of UFC Fight Night 87 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, just last month.