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UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic is currently gearing up for his upcoming title defense against Junior dos Santos<\/a> this Saturday, however despite his recent 4-fight win streak that has seen him finish 4 straight top ranked opponents, Miocic is facing some doubt from the MMA community.<\/p>\n

He spoke to Fox Sports<\/a> to address that doubt:<\/p>\n

\"Stipe<\/p>\n

\u201cKeep doubting me, please. I love it. I\u2019m going to keep shutting you up,\u201d Miocic told FOX Sports ahead of his fight against Junior dos Santos at UFC 211.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust keep telling me that I\u2019m not good and I\u2019m not going to win and I\u2019ll keep shutting you up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m at where I\u2019m at because of that fight. I want to thank him [Junior dos Santos] for that fight,\u201d Miocic said. \u201cBecause that\u2019s where I\u2019m at today because of him. I put myself in that position. He\u2019s an animal. He\u2019s a former champ and he\u2019s going to stay a former champ because I\u2019m going to stay champ. Fighting him changed everything. I made a comment to my coach actually that night, I said if we fought tomorrow, I\u2019d beat him. Because I knew what I did wrong and I knew what I had to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings changed. Come see May 13, see what happens.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While Miocic has been on a tear of the heavyweight division, his most recent loss came in 2014, at the hands of Junior dos Santos. <\/a>That loss of course is the most recent one on dos Santos’ record, and remains to this day one of only two losses on Miocic’s professional record.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Only time will tell if Miocic is able to tie the record for most UFC title defenses, or if Dos Santos is able to once again reclaim the UFC’s heavyweight title.<\/p>\n

Tune in to UFC 211 this weekend to find out.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 5\/11\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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