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; I just love that truck. It's got good vents in the hood; there's no running boards underneath, so I can go Baja-ing if I want to, off-roading.

good car time love

You are a role model to people. You gotta make sure you're doing the right thing.

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When I become champion, you know, I'll never stop being a firefighter.

stop never you champion

I wouldn't want my corner throwing in the towel no matter what. I wouldn't want my corner to do that.

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

best you world

I'm going to do what I want to do. If he wants to go to the ground, that's fine. I'm a wrestler.

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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. There's nothing better than working with him, and it was a great experience.

best great experience world

I like winning, so every time I win, it's a better feeling every time.

feeling win winning time

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.

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I like being the underdog. I like turning around and shutting people up when they tell me I can't.

like me underdog people

People have always worn Cleveland shirts and supported Cleveland no matter how bad the teams were or how close we were. It didn't matter. That's really all about the city. We're just hardworking people that love the city and don't care how the teams do.

city care love people

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

fight croatia able dream

Junior Dos Santos is one of the best heavyweight fighters of all time, and he has proven it by being a champion. That is something that I want to be in my career, and I understand to achieve that, I have to beat guys like him.

best understand champion time

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

something just always people

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

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

throw everyone big hard

My day job keeps me grounded. When I show up to work, I'm not some star fighter or anything, I'm just Stipe. I'm going to keep working in my hometown as long as I can.

day me work long

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

great me focused team

I trained for about a year before I had my first amateur fight. I won by knockout, and then, for my second fight, the guy didn't even show up.

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