{"id":280272,"date":"2018-07-07T22:28:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T05:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=280272"},"modified":"2018-07-07T22:28:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T05:28:10","slug":"stipe-miocic-issues-statement-following-his-first-round-knockout-loss-to-daniel-cormier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stipe-miocic\/stipe-miocic-issues-statement-following-his-first-round-knockout-loss-to-daniel-cormier\/","title":{"rendered":"Stipe Miocic issues statement following his first-round knockout loss to Daniel Cormier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stipe Miocic has issued a statement shortly following his shocking first-round knockout loss to Daniel Cormier at UFC 226.<\/p>\n<p>Cormier was able to catch Miocic with a right hand late in round one which sent Stipe crashing to the canvas. From there, &#8220;DC&#8221; would unleash some heavy ground and pound which put his opponent to sleep (watch that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/ufc-226-results-daniel-cormier-kos-stipe-miocic-video\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The now former &#8220;Baddest Man On The Planet&#8221;, Stipe Miocic, took to Twitter shortly following the conclusion of tonight&#8217;s main event where he shared the following photo and message to his fans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight wasn\u2019t my night. I\u2019m feeling good. Thanks to all my fans for the support. Love you guys! See you back in The Land! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D2KUR4ex4d\">pic.twitter.com\/D2KUR4ex4d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stipe Miocic (@stipemiocic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stipemiocic\/status\/1015822063842365440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Tonight wasn\u2019t my night. I\u2019m feeling good. Thanks to all my fans for the support. Love you guys! See you back in The Land!&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Stipe Miocic <\/p>\n<p>The loss snapped a six fight win streak for Miocic, who had previously earned knockout victories over Junior dos Santos, Alistair Overeem, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-198-results\/ufc-198-results-stipe-miocic-vs-fabricio-werdum\/\">Fabricio Werdum<\/a>, Andrei Arlovski and Mark Hunt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stipe Miocic has issued a statement shortly following his shocking first-round knockout loss to Daniel Cormier at UFC 226. Cormier was able to catch Miocic with a right hand late in round one which sent Stipe crashing to the canvas. 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