Stipe Miocic will not be intimidated by the problem of dethroning Jon Jones.
Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) takes on Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) for the heavyweight title within the UFC 295 headliner Nov. 11 at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
The 2-time UFC heavyweight champion thinks so long as he doesn’t permit Jones to get comfy, he’ll be capable of prevail.
“I’m not going to let him dictate what he needs to do,” Miocic stated on the “Believe You Me” podcast. “I’m going to dictate what I wish to do. I’m going to do what I would like as a result of the minute I let him cease doing what I would like, I’ve misplaced the combat. But when I do what I would like, my chances are high lots higher of successful than dropping.”
Jones used his wrestling to run through Ciryl Gane and seize the vacant heavyweight title at UFC 285 after over three years away from the octagon. However whether or not standing or on the bottom, Miocic is assured he has the benefit.
“I’m strolling out with the belt wrapped round my waist: ‘And new …’ There’s no query about that,” Miocic stated. “I’m simply going to beat him in each facet of the sport. I’m positively going for the end.”
Miocic now’s a full-time firefighter, which former champion Dominick Cruz lately expressed concern over. He questioned the impression it might have on his coaching, however Miocic insists it’s not a difficulty.
“I’m doing all the things I’m imagined to,” Miocic stated. “I haven’t modified something I’ve finished. I can nonetheless work out on the station. I can do issues there, too. It’s not like day by day is a sparring day or a pad day. It’s conditioning, lifting. There’s restoration days. I don’t perceive folks.”
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