Miocic will make his second title defense at UFC 211 (Photo: Disclosure/Twitter UFC Brasil)
Stipe Miocic He is not ashamed to admit that he feels nervous before his duels. About to put his belt on the line once again this Saturday (13), when he faces Junior Gypsy In the main fight of UFC 211, in Dallas (USA), the heavyweight champion did not hesitate in ensuring that he was emotionally shaken on the eve of his fight. However, he guarantees that the feeling is necessary for fighters.
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“I'm nervous and there's no way (not to be). I always get nervous. If you don't get nervous, you're not ready. I'm going in there and I have a big name to face, but it doesn't matter who is in front of me. I always feel nervous, but that feeling has improved over time. You never know what’s going to happen, so I’m going to go in there, do my part and be careful”, he declared, during the “Media Day” promoted by the organization, this Wednesday (10).
UFC champion a year ago – he took the title from Fabricio Werdum by knocking him out in May last year, in Curitiba -, Miocic has 18 fights in his career, which makes him control his temper. However, he reveals that at the beginning of his career, eleven years ago, he was actually very nervous before entering the cage.
At 34 years old, Miocic admits that it took many struggles to control his feelings. According to the champion, at the beginning of his career the ‘fear’ of entering the octagon was even worse.
“I would be scared if I didn't have that pre-fight nervousness. Some fighters may not have it, mine has diminished over the years. When I started it was horrible. I would walk through the arena to the octagon, with people booing me and I would think: “Why am I doing this?” But today things have improved and, when I enter the Octagon, I can’t leave,” he concluded.
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