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9th July 2018
01:54pm BST

"I lost. Plain and simple. There's no excuses. He's a better man tonight."Days at the office don't come much worse than that. Miocic headed into the headliner as arguably the greatest heavyweight champion ever. No one has ever matched his three consecutive title defences in the UFC's heaviest weight class. However, he still picked himself up, dusted himself off an faced the media. Even though he was in a rush to catch a plane home to Ohio to see his wife, who is heavily pregnant with their first child.
"I got hit a couple of times and the ref jumped in. I looked at him like, 'What are you doing?' It was definitely a good stoppage. He hit me with three extra punches. What are you going to do?"https://twitter.com/stipemiocic/status/1015822063842365440
"Oh, it sucks. Losing is not fun at all. It sucks. But for perspective, I look at it... I'm going home right now to my beautiful wife who's having my child. There's better things in life than losing. It sucks. I want to come back and rematch, of course. But listen, right now it's DC's day. Good for him." "I'm going to go home. That's all I care about right now. I'm going to go home. I know you guys want to hear what's next. Of course I want a rematch, but right now, I've got bigger fish to fry. I've got my daughter on the way."We've seen fighters crumble after losing a belt. We've seen them give one-note answers or avoid the questions altogether. Although this loss hit Miocic hard, his personality still shone even in defeat. As he stood up to make his exit, he had a joke for everyone in the media room.
"By the way, do you like my suit? Pretty good, right. Thanks."Cleveland can be proud of their son. Athletes don't come much classier than Miocic.
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