Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion and top-ten pound-for-pound great Stipe Miocic was disappointed he was never offered an interim title fight following his crushing knockout defeat to Francis Ngannou at UFC 260.
The UFC went ahead and booked an interim title bout between Ciryl Gane and Derrick Lewis, but Miocic feels he should have been a prime candidate for a rematch with Ngannou given they are currently tied 1-1.
“I would have loved to have been asked,” Miocic said during a recent appearance on The MMA Hour (h/t MMA Fighting). “I feel like I understand what the UFC’s doing, it’s a business, but at the same time I think that I deserved a trilogy fight.