The pay-per-view portion of this card will also feature the professional fighting debut of WWE Superstar CM Punk, who will enter as a heavy underdog against up-and-coming prospect Mickey Gall. Urijah Faber will look to get back into the win column in a bantamweight matchup against Jimmie Rivera, while ranked strawweights Jessica Andrade and Joanne Calderwood will get the evening started.
If you're looking for a fantasy-specific breakdown of these fights on DraftKings, click here for Jon Litterine's UFC 203 preview.
| MATCHUP | WEIGHT CLASS | JON | EVAN | JAKE |
| Alistair Overeem (+115) vs. Stipe Miocic (-135) | Heavyweight | Miocic | ||
| Fabricio Werdum (-210) vs. Travis Browne (+175) | Heavyweight | Werdum | Werdum | Werdum |
| CM Punk (+375) vs. Mickey Gall (-435) | Welterweight | Gall | Gall | Gall |
| Jimmie Rivera (-130) vs. Urijah Faber (+110) | Bantamweight | |||
| Jessica Adrade (-145) vs. Joanne Calderwood (+120) | Strawweight | Andrade | ||
| RECORD | 3-2 | 2-3 | 3-2 | |
| OVERALL (since UFC 200) | 17-12 | 14-15 | 16-13 |
THE PLAYERS
Jon Litterine: RotoWire lead MMA beat writer and scribe for our weekly DrafKings preview. Lead analyst on the RotoWire MMA Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @JonLitterine.
Evan Dahl: Pens our bi-weekly MMA Barometer column. Follow him on Twitter at @RealEvanDahl.
Jake Letarski: MMA and NCAA Hoops Senior Editor. Sirius XM contributor. Host of the RotoWire MMA Podcast, RotoWire Fantasy Football Podcast and RotoWire DFS Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @JakeSki52.
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