Stipe Miocic isnt altering his approach to being heavyweight champion after scoring the biggest win of his career against Daniel Cormier at UFC 252.
Dana White: Francis Ngannou– not Jon Jones– certainly next for Stipe Miocic after UFC 252Of course Jon Jones live tweeted Daniel Cormiers UFC 252 trilogy battle with Stipe MiocicUFC 252 results: Stipe Miocic takes trilogy from retiring Daniel Cormier with hard-fought decisionMiocic was knocked out by Cormier in the first conference in 2018. He scored a return knockout win of his own in the rematch in 2019. Miocic was consistent for all five rounds in the 3rd encounter, and he said a strong start was crucial.
Following Miocics win, White designated Francis Ngannou as the next competitor. Miocic holds a January 2018 win over “The Predator,” but Ngannou has actually stormed back with a 4-1 record, including 4 straight first-round knockouts. UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones also made noise about a possible jump up post-fight.
Miocic, in timeless style, did not lean any which way. He said remaining on top is the concern, and he will take on all comers.
It wasnt just me, however,” Miocic told press reporters, consisting of MMA Junkie, post-fight at UFC 252. I miss out on a lot of fun stuff, especially household stuff. It kills me inside missing out on a lot of stuff like that.
It would kill me, but the best part is no one ever evaluated me. If it wasnt for the people around me that I surrounded myself with and my fantastic household and my friends and my coaches and my teammates, I would not be here.”
UFC president Dana White said prior to the event that the contest would determine the best heavyweight in MMA history. Miocic is happy to hold that label, he stated, but the credit goes to his support group.
Miocic (20-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) concluded his storied trilogy with Cormier (22-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC) in Saturdays headliner at UFC Apex in Las Vegas on the victorious end, taking a consentaneous choice to defend his heavyweight belt after the set divided lead to the first 2 bouts.
“( The secret to success was) not start like a moron,” Miocic stated. “I actually started quite great at the start of the fight. He took me down, however I got back up, and I mored than happy about it. He captured me off guard with an excellent front headlock. I wasnt fretted about it. He did great. Hes an excellent fighter and made me second-guess myself, so I needed to make him self-guess himself.”
” Ill battle anybody,” Miocic said. “I do not care. I enjoy what I do.”
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It wasnt just me, though,” Miocic told press reporters, including MMA Junkie, post-fight at UFC 252.( The key to success was) not begin like a moron,” Miocic said. Following Miocics win, White appointed Francis Ngannou as the next contender. Miocic holds a January 2018 win over “The Predator,” but Ngannou has stormed back with a 4-1 record, consisting of 4 straight first-round knockouts.” Ill battle anybody,” Miocic stated.
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