Cleveland’s Stipe Miocic reflects on heavyweight title, says Cavs are next champs

Now that he’s taken the heavyweight title from Fabricio Werdum and completed his victory lap around his native city of Cleveland, it’s back to work for Stipe Miocic. Or, technically, it’s get married first — then back to work.

Miocic got a hero’s welcome upon returning back to Ohio after knocking out Werdum at UFC 198, and has since learned that he’ll make his first title defense against Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 right there on his home turf. It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks for Miocic, hitting home runs with the Cleveland Indians, sitting court-side for the NBA Finals bound Cavaliers, and partaking in the parade the city put on for him.

On Tuesday, during an appearance on The MMA Hour, Miocic — terse as always, and downplaying his accomplishment to hilt — said it hadn’t quite sunk in yet that the city was rallying behind him as the first Cleveland champion in 52 …

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