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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 plans, and feel I get better every fight. "

Stipe Miocic

Plans

Better

Fight

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Year

Show

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Division

Know

" I love this city. There's Cleveland pride in it for me. Everyone has each other's backs here. "

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Everyone

City

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

" I've wrestled my whole life, and when I got done with college, I went back to school to become a firefighter. I liked MMA, but I didn't really know if I wanted to get punched in the face! "

" 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 watch those as a fan, and to see two guys fighting like that for 25 minutes is crazy. "

" I just want to work hard and have good fights. "

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

" You're always nervous before a fight. "

" When you train as hard as we do, bad things happen sometimes. It's just part of the sport. "

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

" I want you to tell me how bad I suck and how I'm going to get knocked out and how I've been lucky my whole career. That's fine. All day. "

Stipe Miocic

You

Lucky

" I love watching 'Orange Is the New Black,' and I play video games, like 'Call of Duty.' "

" What makes me so confident is my coaches, my team: they are the best in the world, and if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here. "

" I'm not scared to go to the ground. I've been wrestling my whole life. I've done a lot of jiu jitsu, but I like standing up, and every fight starts there. "

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

" MMA was like wrestling; I love competition. "

Stipe Miocic

Competition

Wrestling

" It's up to the UFC. Whoever they put in front of me, I'll fight. "

" I lived with my mom my whole life; her work ethic was ridiculous, and it hasn't changed. "

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

Stipe Miocic

Giving

Hard

" There is still so much room for me to get better. Everyone in this sport evolves so quickly. You could take six months off and come back to a totally different game. That's why I'm always in the gym working. Even if I don't have a fight lined up, I'm still in there working to improve my overall game. "

" People don't want to give me credit, which is fine. "

" In the fight with Hunt, all I can say is it was a good night for me. I'm happy to get out of there without taking too much damage, and I'd take that every time. "

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

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

" I practice going backward all the time. "