ight defenses and a 13–0 record competing at heavyweight.

The event took place during the UFC's annual International Fight Week.[2]
After both men successfully defended their respective titles at UFC 220 in January 2018, a UFC
Heavyweight Championship superfight between current champion Stipe Miocic and current UFC
Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier headlined the event. They also served as the head
coaches of The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated.[3] If successful, Cormier would become only the
second fighter to be champion in two divisions simultaneously (after Conor McGregorwho won
the UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 205 when he was the reigning UFC Featherweight
Champion) as well as the fifth overall to win a title in different divisions.[3] This was the third time in
UFC history that champions in different divisions foug