‘UFC 203’ Fight Card: Watch the Official CM Punk Weigh-In Live Streaming Tonight [Video]
CM Punk makes his MMA debut at UFC 203, and it airs live on pay-per-view Saturday night. The main fight card starts at 10:00 p.m. EST, and the prelims begin at 8:00 p.m. EST. Ever since it was announced in December of 2014 that CM Punk was officially in the UFC, naysayers and fans alike have been eagerly awaiting his debut. The critics look forward to Punk failing while his fans look for to him proving them wrong. The main fight card for UFC 203 consists of five bouts, including the main event for the heavyweight title. There are a total of four prelim matches and two early prelims.
RT if you’re w/ @CMPunk this Saturday, Sept. 10 at #UFC203 LIVE on Pay-Per-View! @MetroPCS pic.twitter.com/n2c3zkEFUO
— #UFC203 (@ufc) September 9, 2016
UFC 203 Early Prelim Fight Card
The early prelims are available on UFC Fight Pass, and the action starts at 7 p.m. EST.
- (Lightweight) Drew Dober vs. Jason Gonzalez
- (Welterweight) Yancy Medeiros vs. Sean Spencer
UFC 203 Prelim Fight Card
The prelim fight card is available on Fox Sports 1, and it starts at 8 p.m. EST.
- (Light Heavyweight) CB Dollaway vs. Francimar Barroso
- (Middleweight) Caio Magalhaes vs. Brad Tavares
- (Lightweight) Nik Lentz vs. Michael McBride
- (Women’s Bantamweight) Jessica Eye vs. Bethe Correia
UFC 203 Fight Card
The Quicken Loans Arena in Clevealnd, Ohio hosts UFC 203.
- (Women’s Strawweight) Jessica Andrade vs. Joanne Calderwood
- (Bantam Weight) Urijah Faber vs. Jimmie Rivera
- (Heavyweight) Fabricio Werdum vs. Travis Browne
(Welterweight) CM Punk vs. Mickey Gall
Two matches from this exciting card are on everyone’s radar for Saturday night. They are the heavyweight match for the title, and CM Punk versus Mickey Gall. Gall is 2-0 in the sport, and Punk is 0-0. Record wise, this is about as evenly matched as you can get. CM Punk spent over 15 years in professional wrestling and gained worldwide fame in the WWE.
Fox Sports 1 recently aired a four-part documentary on Punk covering his transition to MMA and the training that he has undergone. From footage seen in the last part of the series, it definitely looks like both Punk and Gall are prepared.
In an interview reported yesterday by Sports Illustrated, CM Punk expounded on UFC 203.
“I’m a polarizing person, so people get caught up in hoping I fail. And just like success, failure is a perspective. If I go out there and lose a split decision, then I lost the fight. But did I fail? I don’t know. Everybody has a different perspective.”
“Winning is different based on your perspective, just like success is different based on your perspective. I’m not sure how often I win at things. To me, just doing this is winning. I don’t think about shocking the world or changing everybody’s mind, but I just think about going out there and doing what I was taught to do and showing people that, if you want to do something, then work hard at it and it can be done.”
UFC Heavyweight Championship
Stipe Miocic (Champion) vs. Alistair Overeem
It’s home-sweet-home for champion Miocic as he fights in his native town of Cleveland Saturday night in the main event of this thrilling card. He will have his plate full as he takes on Alistair Overeem. Miocic is only slightly favored in this contest, according to the Vegas sports books, and many believe there will be a new champion by the end of Saturday night. As Sportsrageous reported, Stipe gave his thoughts on his title defense at UFC 203.
“I’ve worked too hard to get here for this guy to take it away from me. When it comes next Saturday, the 10th, I’m going to beat the crap out of him and win this fight. He [Overeem] is a hungry wolf. I’m a starving wolf. I want it way more than he does…. Even though I got the belt, I still want it more.”
“Cleveland Rocks.” @StipeMiocicUFC & @JessicaEvilEye give you perspective on what it’s like to compete at home https://t.co/2bGANG6k31
— #UFC203 (@ufc) September 9, 2016
On Friday night at 6:00 p.m. EST, the official weigh-in is streaming live from the UFC YouTube channel.
On Thursday, the official UFC 203 pre-fight press conference aired. In the video below, you can watch CM Punk, Mickey Gall, Stipe Miocic, Alistair Overeem, and others answer questions for this exciting event.
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Whether you are cheering for CM Punk on this card or you are tuning in for the main event, we know one thing for sure. UFC 203 will offer fans plenty of topnotch MMA competition.
UFC.com provides the full breakdown and statistics for the UFC 203 fight card.
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