{"id":326252,"date":"2019-09-25T09:10:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T16:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=326252"},"modified":"2019-09-25T09:10:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T16:10:16","slug":"stipe-miocic-sidelined-with-major-retina-injury-from-multiple-eye-pokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/stipe-miocic-sidelined-with-major-retina-injury-from-multiple-eye-pokes\/","title":{"rendered":"Stipe Miocic sidelined with &#8216;major retina injury from multiple eye pokes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the sounds of it, new UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will be rematching Daniel Cormier in his next fight. That being said, it likely won&#8217;t happen this year.<\/p>\n<p>While Cormier has stated the December 14 UFC 245 card would be a good date for him, Miocic has divulged that he likely won&#8217;t be ready in time for that card. He says he&#8217;s currently dealing with some lingering eye issues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll be ready to fight when I can see out of both eyes again,&#8221; Miocic said in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/27698611\/miocic-likely-rest-year-eye-injury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a>. &#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to defend my belt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Miocic&#8217;s manager Jim Walter elaborated on the issue currently keeping the champ out of action, explaining that he&#8217;s dealing with an eye injury due to the inadvertent eye pokes he absorbed in his UFC 241 fight with Cormier.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Miocic sustained a major retina injury from multiple eye pokes during his bout at UFC 241,&#8221; Walter explained. &#8220;Our client&#8217;s health and safety is our top priority. We are excited for him to return to action when he is healthy to compete in his seventh consecutive world title fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stipe Miocic defeated Daniel Cormier by fourth-round TKO at UFC 241. The pair also fought a year prior. On that occasion, Cormier won by first-round knockout.<\/p>\n<p>While there was reason to believe Cormier might retire after UFC 241, he&#8217;s since <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/daniel-cormier-confirms-he-will-fight-one-more-time-targets-ufc-245\/\">confirmed<\/a> he intends to fight one more time \u2014 but only in a tie-breaking rematch against Miocic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next one will be the last one, but it has to be Stipe, no one else matters,\u201d he said on Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show on Monday. \u201cYes, they want to make that fight, they want me to fight Stipe again. It was a fantastic fight, it was a fantastic fight for all the wrong reasons, it didn\u2019t have to be a fantastic fight, but it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier finally meet in their trilogy fight, who do you think will win?<\/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 9\/25\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the sounds of it, new UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will be rematching Daniel Cormier in his next fight. That being said, it likely won&#8217;t happen this year. 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