{"id":323258,"date":"2019-08-22T09:04:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=323258"},"modified":"2019-08-22T09:04:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:04:43","slug":"stipe-miocic-reveals-what-gave-him-confidence-in-daniel-cormier-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/stipe-miocic-reveals-what-gave-him-confidence-in-daniel-cormier-rematch\/","title":{"rendered":"Stipe Miocic reveals what gave him confidence in Daniel Cormier rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stipe Miocic pulled something off in his rematch with Daniel Cormier that gave him added confidence.<\/p>\n<p>In the main event of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/ufc-241-live-results-and-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UFC 241<\/a>, Miocic took on Cormier in a bid to reclaim the heavyweight gold. Miocic was knocked out by Cormier back in July 2018, but he always expressed his belief that he&#8217;s the better fighter. Miocic found a way to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-241-results-stipe-miocic-kos-daniel-cormier-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stop Cormier in the fourth round<\/a> to become a two-time UFC heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UaoKmi88luk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speaking to Chael Sonnen<\/a>, Miocic admitted that the opening round was far from ideal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC Champion, Stipe Miocic...\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UaoKmi88luk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh 100 percent, it was terrible. It was absolutely terrible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One thing that impressed Sonnen and those watching the fight was Miocic&#8217;s ability to adjust. The Cleveland native said it comes down to having a solid team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah man, I have the best coaches in the world, dude,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They put me through hell. If it wasn&#8217;t for them I wouldn&#8217;t be where I&#8217;m at today, honestly. I&#8217;m very lucky. You know, you just gotta weather the storm man. It&#8217;s a five-round fight. It&#8217;s not just five minutes, it&#8217;s 25 minutes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Miocic went on to discuss the takedown he scored on Cormier and said it served as a significant confidence-booster.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh it definitely was [a confidence-booster],&#8221; he said. &#8220;It was just tough man. At that point we were both tired and he was real sweaty so it&#8217;s hard to hold onto him. I hit him a little bit and then he got up and just kinda squeaked out. You know it is what it is, but points-wise that was good for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Did you expect Stipe Miocic to turn the tide after the opening round against Daniel Cormier?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/22\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stipe Miocic pulled something off in his rematch with Daniel Cormier that gave him added confidence. In the main event of UFC 241, Miocic took on Cormier in a bid to reclaim the heavyweight gold. Miocic was knocked out by Cormier back in July 2018, but he always expressed his belief that he&#8217;s the better [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54476,"featured_media":322994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10253,39610],"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 reveals what gave him confidence in Daniel Cormier rematch | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Newly minted UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic reveals what gave him added confidence during his rematch with Daniel Cormier.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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