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Joe Rogan:
Looking to lock it in. Can he get it?
-Joe:
is the undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion.
Joe:
of the greatest heavyweights
in the history of mixed martial arts.
Fedor Emelianenko, Minotauro Nogueira, and Cain Velasquez.
He is arguably one of the greatest
all-time heavyweight champions.
After I beat Cain Velasquez,
everything has changed in my life.
For sure, I'm happy, but I want to keep going. I want more.
I want the fans to say, "Werdum, you're the best
heavyweight ever in the UFC."
Joe:
he is defending his title
against a bound-and-determined challenger,
a guy with significant knockout power.
Commentator:
Stipe Miocic looking for the quick finish, and he's got it!
What pulls me apart from the other heavyweights,
I think, is my athleticism, my speed, and my cardio.
Joe:
Stipe Miocic:
-the division. I beat Mark Hunt.
And I stopped Arlovski.
Mike:
athletically, as anybody we've seen fight in this division.
Miocic. Arlovski. Here we go!
Joe:
-Arlovski's hurt.
-Joe:
Just like that!
When Stipe Miocic knocked out Andrei Arlovski,
the first thing he did was run over
to where Dana White was, and scream,
"Give me my shot!"
Give it to me! I want it!
After that fight, you know I, uh....
I think my emotions were going crazy.
I want a shot at that title, man,
it's what I work for, you know.
Come on! One!
I just let it all out. I didn't care anymore.
Give me my shot! Come on!
I want my shot, you know, I know I can win that belt.
I know I can bring it back to Cleveland.
Joe:
who has looked nothing short of sensational,
in his resurgence in the UFC.
-Joe:
-Pushing forward.
-right hand. And a left!
He caught him! Werdum trying to finish.
It is all over!
-Joe:
is the new interim UFC
heavyweight champion of the world!
Joe:
where his striking and his jiu-jitsu
came together to form a true champion.
Fabricio Werdum:
he punched me a lot.
But I don't feel it too much because...
I've been waiting for this moment.
Joe:
Mike:
-Joe:
Joe:
to the point where Cain's corner was screaming at him to take,
arguably, the greatest jiu-jitsu practitioner
the heavyweight division has ever known, to the ground...
Take him down!
...where he's at his best.
When he caught my legs, I said, "Thank you, Cain."
Mike:
He becomes the 14th
undisputed champion in UFC heavyweight history.
Joe:
and it's a huge fight for Fabricio Werdum.
I think he has a lot of hunger, but I have more hunger.
Joe:
Fabricio:
He comes forward, for sure,
and he'll try to knock me down all the time.
I just put my things... I have a hard kick,
I have good takedowns. I have good jiu-jitsu.
Stipe:
He's got black belt. But it's hard to do jiu-jitsu
when you're getting punched in the face.
Commentator:
He has him rocked. This fight is over.
Joe:
"A champion is not a true champion
until they have defended their title."
Right now, Stipe Miocic stands as the challenge
in front of Fabricio Werdum.
The man that Fabricio needs to beat
to cement his legacy inside the Octagon.
Fabricio:
But, I'm the champion, and I just wanna
stay the champion for a long time.
Stipe:
it's been, since day one,
"I wanna make it to UFC, and I wanna win the title."
Joe:
Here's my chance. I want what he has, you know.
Fabricio:
but I just hold very strongly, you know.
I know a lot of guys don't believe myself yet,
but I wanna show again one more time: I keep my belt.
Jon Anik:
is off the charts for this one.
(speaking Portuguese)
(imitates cheering)
Commentator 1:
Commentator 2:
I always wanna fight the toughest guys in the sport,
and Jacare's the toughest guy in the division.
That's the fight that's gonna lead me
to my mission, the title, so...
I'm very honored to fight a guy like him.
-[mixed cheering] -[loud pop]
-Commentator 1: Huge high kick. -Commentator 2: Vitor Belfort
has knocked out Michael Bisping.
Joe:
is that Vitor made his debut in 1997,
and he is still at the top
of one of the most talented divisions
in all of MMA.
I don't know a lot of guys that'd be in their prime
for 20 years.... I was a world champion.
Bruce Buffer: UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
of the World!
Vitor showed that he still
has ridiculous speed and explosive power,
and can still take out world-class fighters
in the first round.
Commentator:
by knockout.
Some things in life, you earn.
Some things in life, you just get.
But if I get something, you know, that means I can lose it.
But if I earn something, no one can take it away.
Commentator 1:
Commentator 2:
Vitor should have, at least on paper, a striking advantage.
But Jacare is no slouch with striking.
Commentator:
Down goes Okami. Huge right from Jacare.
(speaking Portuguese)
If it goes to the ground, Jacare should have
a significant advantage.
(speaking Portuguese)
But Vitor Belfort is a long-time,
Brazilian jiu-jitsu black-belt himself.
-Joe:
Vitor Belfort, the winner by submission.
(speaking Portuguese)
Commentator 1:
Commentator 2:
Commentator 1:
It's hard to say why you have the advantage.
It's not about who... the best fighter wins.
It's the guy who fights the best.
That's what's in my mind.
Fight the best, control the cage, control the moment.
You know, dictate the fight, have fun, enjoy.
Don't want to leave the Octagon.
Stay there for as many as I can be.
Joe:
and the winner most likely emerges
as the next fighter in line
for a shot at the UFC's middleweight title.
Vitor Belfort:
I'm gonna be a champion.
People say, "The sky's the limit."
For me, the sky's not the limit. I can go as far as I can.
Mike:
Commentator 1:
Commentator 2:
(Jacare speaking Portuguese)
Let's go.
Anderson Silva is one of the most spectacular,
if not the most spectacular,
fighter the world has ever known.
-Mike:
-A front kick to the face!
He's that UFC Championship fight. He's that highest level.
Joe:
that remind me, in a lot of ways, of Anderson Silva,
where you see him move so fast, you just go, "Whoa!"
I knew in my life, I knew in my mind, I knew in my soul:
one day I'm gonna fight him.
There's an old saying,
"Work 'til your idol becomes your rival."
(speaking Portuguese)
We're gonna find out how he can deal with an explosive, dynamic,
very skillful fighter in Uriah Hall.
You will see a beast.
Commentator:
and he will make you pay.
And we're gonna find out if Uriah Hall
can deal with the craftiness,
and the Octagon IQ, of an all-time great.
I'm not really intimidated by his reputation.
You throw me in that cage with some wolves,
you better feel sorry for those wolves.
(speaking Portuguese)
Joe: