{"id":267380,"date":"2018-01-06T06:46:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T14:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=267380"},"modified":"2018-01-06T06:46:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T14:46:57","slug":"francis-ngannou-just-another-dude-stipe-miocic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/francis-ngannou\/francis-ngannou-just-another-dude-stipe-miocic\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Ngannou is Just &#8216;Another Dude&#8217; to Stipe Miocic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest heavyweight fight potentially of all-time is a couple of weeks away and it is curiously absent of trash talk. Although, when you&#8217;re two guys like Francis Ngannou and Stipe Miocic, the need to say threatening things has never really been something that comes up a lot. Both men are equally humble as they are frightening. Both men have made it <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stipe-miocic\/stipe-miocic-sends-message-francis-ngannou-record-attached\/\">a habit of dispatching other scary dudes<\/a>. Which is why Miocic shrugs at the notion of Ngannou&#8217;s horror story mythos being built around him and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/francis-ngannou\/video-francis-ngannou-allegedly-hardest-hitting-human-planet\/\">his record-breaking punching power<\/a>. To Stipe Miocic, Ngannou is just one more guy like he&#8217;s fought over and over.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;[Franics Ngannou]&#8217;s tough, he&#8217;s big, strong, hits hard but he&#8217;s just another dude. That&#8217;s what it is. You&#8217;re telling me Mark Hunt doesn&#8217;t hit that hard? Or Roy Nelson? Or Junior dos Santos? Come on. He hits hard and definitely if you get hit square like that [it&#8217;s bad news], but I&#8217;m definitely going to keep my head up, keep my head on a swivel, and make sure I&#8217;m doing everything right.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Why would I be intimidated by another man?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stipemiocicufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StipeMiocicUFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t lie, Stipe. Don&#8217;t lie.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francis_ngannou?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Francis_Ngannou<\/a> &#x1f633;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC220?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC220<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IYF41VkURy\">pic.twitter.com\/IYF41VkURy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/946870294630744064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I was there [at the UFC 220 press conference] so I don&#8217;t get fined. Let him do what he wants. He&#8217;s doing well. He&#8217;s doing something right, he&#8217;s fighting for the title. But like I said, as long as I&#8217;m here, nobody else is getting that belt. I worked way too hard to give it up. I sacrificed way too much to give it up. Unfortunately, as long as I&#8217;m here, no one&#8217;s getting that belt.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flocombat.com\/articles\/6071953-stipe-miocic-dismisses-francis-ngannou-hype-hes-just-another-dude\">Stipe Miocic speaking to FloCombat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stipe Miocic is out here pulling Marshawn Lynch-style no-sells at press conferences. He&#8217;s just nodding anytime Francis Ngannou says some sort of definitive statement about his fear. Most of the time, you won&#8217;t some verbal heat or tension going on between fighters, but this sort of badass nonchalance works just fine. A win over his &#8216;biggest test yet&#8217; Francis Ngannou will only increase the rep of his stone cold, easy-going image as a killer. If he loses though? The critical public will blame that he took Ngannou lightly. 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