Arenas can hold any number of events from ballgames to concerts to hockey games. Nothing gets the fans flocking to the venue closest to their home quite like a good, clean fight night. As someone who grew up in northeast Ohio, Rocket Arena, the current home venue of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, ranks near the top of the list when it comes to all-purpose indoor arenas.
Speaking of Rocket Arena, the venue served as the host site for UFC 203 in September of 2016. That late summer night, just under three months after the Cavs scored the NBA title on the road versus the Golden State Warriors, what was then known as The Q was the setting for Stipe Miocic (20-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) stopping Alistair Overeem (47-19, 1 NC MMA, 12-8 UFC) with a first-round knockout due to ground and pound shots in the main event.