{"id":436044,"date":"2022-03-10T05:58:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T13:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=436044"},"modified":"2022-03-10T05:58:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T13:58:57","slug":"tai-tuivasa-wants-to-have-a-crack-at-former-ufc-heavyweight-champion-stipe-miocic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tai-tuivasa-wants-to-have-a-crack-at-former-ufc-heavyweight-champion-stipe-miocic\/","title":{"rendered":"Tai Tuivasa wants to have a crack at former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC heavyweight Tai Tuivasa has confirmed that he&#8217;d be interested in a fight against former champion Stipe Miocic.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the recent history of both men, the trajectory of Tai Tuivasa has been pretty different to that of Stipe Miocic. Tuivasa is currently riding a five-fight win streak, all of which came via TKO\/KO, with the latest being a scintillating <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-271-results-tai-tuivasa-kos-derrick-lewis-video\/\">knockout success<\/a> over KO king Derrick Lewis at UFC 271.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Miocic hasn&#8217;t been in the Octagon since being knocked out cold by Francis Ngannou at UFC 260. The loss, which came in the main event last March, saw Stipe drop his belt to &#8220;The Predator&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>After recent rumours suggested the two men could be matched up together, Tuivasa used an appearance on The MMA Hour to confirm that he wants the fight.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tai Tuivasa on Stipe Miocic Rumors: \u2018That\u2019s the Fight\u2019 | The MMA Hour | MMA Fighting\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oT5xZRTsZ6E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI just think that that\u2019s the fight,\u201d Tuivasa said. \u201cHe\u2019s in front of me, yeah? I think that\u2019s who I\u2019d like to fight. I was asked who I\u2019d like to fight and I think that\u2019s who I\u2019d like to fight because he\u2019s been around, he\u2019s older, and I don\u2019t think he\u2019ll have many more left. I\u2019d like to have a crack at him before he goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m up there now,\u201d Tuivasa said. \u201cIf I was No. 11, I wouldn\u2019t be a d***head and go, \u2018Oh, Stipe.\u2019 But my name says No. 3 next to it and he\u2019s No. 2, so I just think that [makes sense]. And like I said, he\u2019s the best heavyweight of all-time, so why wouldn\u2019t I challenge myself and have a crack against him? Just like the knockout king [Lewis].<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHe\u2019s the best heavyweight in the world, I don\u2019t see why not. &#8230; I think [Ciryl] Gane and the rest of the boys will be around for a little bit, as in I\u2019ll probably see them, and I reckon Stipe Miocic probably doesn\u2019t have too many fights left. That\u2019s someone I\u2019d like to say I fought before he goes. For example, JDS [Junior dos Santos], he beat my ass but at least I can say I fought him. That\u2019s what I like about fighting. To say at least I had a crack, or I beat him. Sometimes I\u2019ve lost and sometimes I\u2019ve won \u2014 that\u2019s another fight I reckon I\u2019d like to challenge myself [with].\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/3\/9\/22969738\/tai-tuivasa-wants-stipe-miocic-next-id-like-to-have-a-crack-at-him-before-he-goes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Who would be the favourite if Stipe Miocic went up against Tai Tuivasa? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC heavyweight Tai Tuivasa has confirmed that he&#8217;d be interested in a fight against former champion Stipe Miocic. When it comes to the recent history of both men, the trajectory of Tai Tuivasa has been pretty different to that of Stipe Miocic. Tuivasa is currently riding a five-fight win streak, all of which came via [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":432211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10253,39478,39610],"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>Tai Tuivasa wants to have a crack at former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC heavyweight Tai Tuivasa has confirmed that he&#039;d be interested in a fight against former champion Stipe Miocic.\" \/>\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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