{"id":144323,"date":"2015-05-18T19:23:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T02:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=144323"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:26:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:26:39","slug":"stipe-miocic-is-ready-for-the-champ-i-want-a-shot-at-the-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/stipe-miocic-is-ready-for-the-champ-i-want-a-shot-at-the-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Stipe Miocic Is Ready For The Champ: &#8216;I Want A Shot At The Title&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/stipe-vs.-hunt.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-142985\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/stipe-vs.-hunt.png\" alt=\"stipe vs. hunt\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/stipe-vs.-hunt.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/stipe-vs.-hunt-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/stipe-vs.-hunt-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/stipe-vs.-hunt-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UFC heavyweight Stipe Miocic is ready to fight for the title after his impressive performance against Mark Hunt.<\/p>\n<p>Miocic beat Hunt up before stopping him in the fifth round and now believes he has done enough to get the next crack at the heavyweight crown. Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum will fight first and Miocic wants a shot at the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what he said on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/5\/18\/8622033\/stipe-miocic-after-dominant-showing-against-mark-hunt-i-want-a-shot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;My manager\u2019s talked a little bit, nothing much more than that. So we\u2019ll see what happens. I just beat the fifth-ranked guy decisively. I feel like I deserve it. I showed that I belong. I showed that, especially in that fight before even though I lost against the former champ [Junior] dos Santos. I\u2019ve been through a five-round fight twice. So I want a shot at the title.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do you think he&#8217;s done enough or would you like to see him fight someone else first, maybe the winner of Browne vs. Arlovski?<\/p>\n<p>By: <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/ryan-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan C. 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Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum will fight first and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":142985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stipe Miocic Is Ready For The Champ: &#039;I Want A Shot At The Title&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stipe Miocic says he&#039;s ready for a title shot, feels like he deserves it after....Full story on BJPENN.COM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/stipe-miocic-is-ready-for-the-champ-i-want-a-shot-at-the-title\/\" \/>\n<meta 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