UFC 198 takes place Saturday night from the sold-out 45,000 seat Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
The main event features Brazilian Fabricio Werdum as he looks to make the first defense of his UFC heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic. Werdum became the undisputed champion, submitting Cain Velasquez in the second round at UFC 188. To get this title opportunity, Miocic battered former heavyweight title challenger Mark Hunt by fifth-round TKO last May and knocked out former heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski at UFC 195 in January.
In the co-main event in a battle of top-ranked Brazilian middleweights, former Strikeforce middleweight champion and No.