Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

I think I train too hard.

— Stipe Miocic

Cleveland, we've got a champion, baby!

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

You're always nervous before a fight.

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

I make no excuses. Stefan Struve was the man that night. He earned his win fair and square.

— Stipe Miocic

Everyone has 4 ounce gloves on, and they're big boys, and they can throw hard.

— Stipe Miocic

I had to work hard to keep up with my mom. That's where I learned it from. She's a freak.

— Stipe Miocic

I do my days at the station and then get my training in.

— Stipe Miocic

I've fought the best guys in the world, and I've beat the best guys in the world.

— Stipe Miocic

It would be a dream if I was able to fight in Croatia.

— Stipe Miocic

Cleveland people are crazy; that's why I live here.

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

I fell for my own hype. I had too many people saying I couldn't be beat, and I actually fell for it.

— Stipe Miocic

What makes me so confident is my coaches, my team: they are the best in the world, and if it wasn't for…

— Stipe Miocic

DC is good all round. He pushes the pace, makes you think what you're doing, makes you uncomfortable.

— Stipe Miocic

Listen, anyone in the heavyweight division in the top ten, there is no easy fight. I don't care what you say.

— Stipe Miocic

I've got the best coaches in the world. I've got confidence in them, and they've got confidence in me.

— Stipe Miocic

Music-wise, I like anything with a beat to it. With walkout songs, I pick something to keep me going and to rile…

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

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…

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

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…

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

I do miss the Avalanche. That's the my favorite car of all time, but that Dodge Ram Rebel has overtaken the Avalanche;…

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

MMA was like wrestling; I love competition.

— Stipe Miocic

I'm just a normal dude.

— Stipe Miocic

I'm actually pretty frugal with my money.

— Stipe Miocic

I practice going backward all the time.

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic

I love fighting. I love what I do.

— Stipe Miocic

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

— Stipe Miocic