It was Sept. 11, 2017, a beautiful day in the Cleveland suburb of Valley View, and fire chief Ken Papesh was anxiously awaiting a visitor.
UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was headed to the firehouse to interview heavyweight champ -- and part-time firefighter/paramedic -- Stipe Miocic for the FS1 show "In the Clinch." It was to preview Miocic's title defense against Francis Ngannou on Jan. 20, 2018.
"I told Stipe, 'I'm totally going to fanboy out on Cormier,'" said Papesh, who considered Cormier his second-favorite fighter behind Miocic.
The shoot could not have gone better.