Northeast Ohio's Miocic (14-2-0) faces champion Fabricio Werdum (20-5-1) as the headliner of UFC 198 on Saturday at 10 p.m. on FS1. The event unfolds in Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil. Werdum is Brazilian.
No. 2 Miocic thought the fight would happen Feb. 6, when he replaced injured Cain Velasquez on short notice. But Werdum pulled out because of injury.
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