Superfight won’t uproot grounded UFC heavyweight star Miocic

LAS VEGAS --- Stipe Miocic has been the UFC's heavyweight champion for more than two years, calmly dominating the most tumultuous division in mixed martial arts during a record three title defenses. Yet deep in his core, the longest-reigning heavyweight champ in UFC history has embraced the fact he'll always feel like a firefighter from Cleveland whose life took an amazing detour. "When I walk into the octagon and they lock the door, I'm like, 'Well, I can't leave now,'" Miocic said. "It's fight or flight, and you've got to fight. It's a little surreal, though. You look across the cage, and you're like, 'Huh. I'm fighting Daniel Cormier. Awesome. I watched this dude when I wa...

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