Stipe Miocic wants to win another heavyweight trilogy.
Sandwiched in between his two fights with Francis Ngannou, Miocic engaged in a trio of championship bouts against Daniel Cormier, a series that Miocic went on to win by a score of 2-1 after dropping the first fight to Cormier. Losing to Cormier gave Miocic plenty of motivation and data to work with despite their UFC 226 meeting ending inside of a round, and he believes he can apply that same mentality should he fight Ngannou again.
Miocic defeated Ngannou by unanimous decision at UFC 220 three years ago, but was knocked out in the second round of their rematch at UFC 260 in March.