Stipe Miocic was last seen in the Octagon in August when he defeated Daniel Cormier at UFC 241 to reclaim the Heavyweight Championship.
Miocic withstood a beating throughout the first three rounds, then won the fight in the fourth round when he made a tactical change and attacked Cormier with a flurry of left hands to the body. This marked a far different ending sequence from their first fight in the summer of 2018, when Cormier knocked out Miocic in the first round—and then put on a staged show in the Octagon with Brock Lesnar.