Stipe Miocic

I'm the world champ! I'm the world champ!

— Stipe Miocic

I'm the best in the division. I know I am.

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Cleveland, we've got a champion, baby!

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I told you I'm the best in the world.

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You're always nervous before a fight.

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I think I train too hard.

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I'm going to be the champion for a long time.

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I'm a Cleveland guy, man. I love this city.

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Saving people, helping people, is just something I always wanted to do.

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I've done things that weren't good, you know, but I made up for my mistakes.

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Honestly, I don't talk; I just like to fight. I'm not a good talker.

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I've got power. I don't throw hard every time. I just throw shots.

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Every fight's like that. You try to break the guy's will.

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I like winning, and I worked too hard to get where am at now. I'm not giving it up.

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I've got a great team around me. They keep me working hard; they keep me focused.

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I love baseball and love the Indians and all the teams here.

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Cro Cop is one of the best in the world and such a great guy. It was awesome to train with him.…

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It's amazing to come here. I'm so happy that UFC is finally here. We've been starving for it in Cleveland.

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You can look at it and say I'm doing this better or that better, but the bottom line is, I just learned…

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My day job keeps me grounded. When I show up to work, I'm not some star fighter or anything, I'm just Stipe.…

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When my wife was getting a lease for her Jeep Cherokee, and I saw a Dodge Ram Sport, I thought, 'Oh wow,…

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One guy might be ranked higher, but it doesn't mean anything. Where these fights go, lots of things can happen.

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Fabio Maldonado jumped up to heavyweight for our fight, and while he wasn't ranked, he is a super-tough dude and had never…

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It's the heavyweight division, man: there's a bunch of big guys, so anything can happen when they hit you. But I have…

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I've wrestled my whole life, and when I got done with college, I went back to school to become a firefighter. I…

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There is still so much room for me to get better. Everyone in this sport evolves so quickly. You could take six…

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I'm hungrier than all of them. They didn't put in the effort that I did to get the title. So I don't…

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Someone sent me a picture of Werdum on the ground after I hit him... There was 2:16 left, and the area code…

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People have always worn Cleveland shirts and supported Cleveland no matter how bad the teams were or how close we were. It…

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The Hendricks/Lawler fights, those were just epic. Both were non-stop. I couldn't stop watching, and it was hard to look away. I…

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I traded my 2002 Silverado in for the Trailblazer, and after my second fight, I got a win bonus. It was the…

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Junior Dos Santos is one of the best heavyweight fighters of all time, and he has proven it by being a champion.…

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I practice going backward all the time.

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I'm actually pretty frugal with my money.

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I'm just a normal dude.

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I love fighting. I love what I do.

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I just want to fight. That's all I want.

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MMA was like wrestling; I love competition.

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I'll always be a firefighter, no matter what.

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Whoever they want me to fight, I'm going to fight. So I really don't care.

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