Stipe Miocic demolishes Andrei Arlovski at UFC 195
— -- LAS VEGAS -- Andrei Arlovski's Cinderella story came to an end Saturday, at the hands of Stipe Miocic.
Miocic (14-2) required just 54 seconds to knock Arlovski out, handing the former UFC heavyweight champion his first loss since March 2013. The heavyweight bout co-headlined UFC 195 inside MGM Grand Garden Arena.
A short right hand to the chin badly wobbled Arlovski in the early goings. The 36-year-old didn't go down from the shot, but he backed up dazed with his arms outstretched defensively. Miocic didn't let him off the hook and dropped him with a right hand moments later.
After referee Herb Dean stepped in, Miocic, from Cleveland, ran immediately toward UFC president Dana White to demand a title shot. He has won five of his past six.
"I didn't know, man, Andrei is a tough dude," Miocic said of the fight. "Former champion on a roll. You don't know what's going to happen. It's MMA. We're in small gloves. S--- can happen."
It is Miocic's 10th knockout of his career. Prior to his professional MMA career, he was an accomplished amateur boxer and Division I wrestler. Arlovski, who trains out of Jackson-Wink in Albuquerque, New Mexico, suffered his eighth knockout loss.
Current heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum (20-5-1) is scheduled to make his first title defense in an immediate rematch against Cain Velasquez (13-2) next month at UFC 196 in Las Vegas.
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