Stipe Miocic
Stipe Miocic is an American professional mixed martial artist and firefighter-paramedic of Croatian descent. He is a two-time and current UFC Heavyweight Champion. He holds the record for fight-night bonus awards, with nine. He has been called the “greatest UFC heavyweight of all-time” by several sources.
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Stipe Miocic is an American professional mixed martial artist and firefighter-paramedic of Croatian descent. He is a two-time and current UFC Heavyweight Champion. He holds the record for fight-night bonus awards, with nine, the most in the UFC heavyweight division’s history. Numerous sources have called him the greatest UFC heavyweight fighter of all time and one of the greatest mixed martial artists of alltime. He has been called the “greatest UFC heavyweight of all-time” by several sources. He was born and raised in Euclid, Ohio, on August 19, 1982, the son of Croatian immigrants Kathy and BojanMiocic. His parents separated when he was still a child and he continued to live with his mother, initially with grandparents, and later lived with his stepfather and younger half-brother Jonathan. He played baseball and football and wrestled while at Eastlake North High School. He also played Division II baseball at Coker College his junior year of college. He graduated from Trevecca Nazarene University with a degree in marketing and communications.
He initially trained in mixed martial arts but soon changed to boxing. After only eight months of training with a background of being a Cleveland Golden Gloves boxing champion, and NCAA Division I wrestler at Cleveland State, he began his MMA career by winning his first six fights by knockout. On June 14, 2011, it was announced that MiocIC had signed a multi-fight deal with the UFC. He won the fight via first-round KO, and in the process won a Knockout of the Night award. He received interest from Major League Baseball teams during his collegiate years at Ohio State University and Trevecco Nazarena University. He later won the NAAFS Heavyweight Championship. As of November 25, 2020, he is #4 in theUFC men’s pound-for-pound rankings. He lost the fight to returning veteran Soa Palelei on June 15, 2013, at UFC 161. After an injury to Renan Barao, he was expected to face Junior dos Santos on May 24, 2014 at UFC 173. However, the bout was shifted a bit and took place a week later at UFC on Fox 10.
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