About Stipe Miocic
Stipe Miocic (born August 19, 1982) is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion. He is widely regarded as the greatest UFC heavyweight of all time. Across two reigns as UFC Heavyweight Champion, Miocic successfully defended the title four times, holding the divisional records for the most heavyweight title-fight wins and the longest consecutive title defense streak, with three. He also holds the heavyweight record for fight-night bonus awards, with nine. Fight Matrix currently ranks him as the second-greatest heavyweight fighter of all time and the 17th-greatest fighter pound-for-pound. Prior to his MMA career, Miocic was a Cleveland Golden Gloves boxing champion and NCAA Division I wrestler at Cleveland State University. In MMA, he quickly compiled a 5–0 amateur record, with all five victories coming by first-round stoppage, before deciding to pursue amateur boxing. He won the 2009 Cleveland Golden Gloves in the super heavyweight division, having earlier defeated defending champion Wesley Tripplett by second-round referee stoppage.
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