Translated from Portugese, it means "You will die", and for the first two minutes and 46 seconds of the UFC heavyweight title fight between Brazilian champion Fabricio Werdum and American challenger Stipe Miocic, the chant ringing out from the 45,207 Brazilian fans crammed into Arena da Baixada was inspiring Werdum towards victory.

Perhaps buoyed by the support, perhaps overconfident of his skills, Werdum rushed towards Miocic, chasing him down with flailing left and right hands.

Two minutes and 47 seconds into the first round of the scheduled five, Miocic threw a brutal counter-right hand that Werdum never saw coming, instantly knocking out the man who had campaigned to be considered the greatest MMA heavyweight of all time.

You could hear a pin drop as the third-largest live audience the UFC has ever seen went completely silent.

Not that Miocic could care. In one fell swoop, the Ohio fighter achieved the pinnacle of his sport and broke the Cleveland Curse forever.

Cleveland teams have not won a major sporting title since the Cleveland Browns won the NFL championship game in 1964, two years before the first Superbowl, and in the post-fight press conference, Miocic said he had accomplished his aim.

"I wanted to end the curse," Miocic said.

"I didn't carry the weight of Cleveland on my shoulders but I did want to end the curse."

Miocic's attention will turn to the next challenger. He has made it clear he doesn't care who it is, as long as it happens soon, but the most likely candidate will be the resurgent Alistair Overeem, who has won four of his last five, three via knockout.

For Werdum, a match-up with Ben Rothwell makes sense, as would a fight with the winner of UFC 200's Cain Velasquez versus Travis Browne.

In the co-main event, Jacare Souza demonstrated why he may be the most feared man in the division, tearing through former light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort with the utmost ease.

Souza dominated Belfort on the ground, slicing open "The Phenom" with vicious ground and pound on his way to a first-round stoppage that signified Belfort now longer belongs in the upper-most echelon of the division.

The banning of Testosterone Replacement Therapy and the implementation of a strict drug-testing protocol has laid bare the reality that the 39-year-old is just a shadow of his former self.

For Jacare, the only match-up that makes sense, the match-up his performances demand, is a title shot against the winner of the UFC 199 match-up between champion Luke Rockhold and challenger Chris Weidman.

Chris Cyborg sent a terrifying message to every woman game enough to face her at 140 pounds, stopping the durable Leslie Smith just one minute and 21 seconds into the first rounds.

Smith had no answer for Cyborg, who loaded up with power shots from the beginning and did not let off the pressure until Smith's chin could not longer take the punishment.

In the preliminary fights, Damien Maia staked his claim for a welterweight title show, riding Matt Brown like a backpack for the better part of three rounds before securing a rear-naked choke for the win.

The victory over the game Brown extends Maia's winning streak to five, while Brown, who had no answer for Maia's jiu jitsu, slips to 1-3 from his last four, although all four losses came against extremely tough opponents.