One punch was all it took to give Cleveland a champion and send a party in Curitiba crashing to a halt.
Hard-hitting Stipe Miocic scored a one-punch knockout of Fabricio Werdum in the main event of UFC 198 on Saturday night, claiming the UFC heavyweight title and sending the third-largest crowd in company home disappointed.
Miocic was backpedaling when Werdum aggressively charged after him and ran right into a looping right hand which caught him flush on the jaw. Werdum face-planted to the mat and the bout was waved off at the 2:47 mark of the opening round in front of an estimated 45,000 fans at Arena de Baixada.