UFC: Dana White tells Stipe Miocic ‘the division has to move on’ if he can’t defend heavyweight title
- UFC president White seemingly doubles down on threat to strip Miocic of his belt if he does not take trilogy fight with Daniel Cormier
- ‘You got the winner of Ngannou and Rozenstruik waiting in the wings, too. People are waiting. It’s the right thing to do,’ White says
The UFC heavyweight champion insisted “I want to fight” Daniel Cormier in a trilogy bout, stressing he would start camp “the second” his coach’s gym was legally allowed to open.
Miocic works part-time as a first responder in Ohio, seemingly stressing those duties were more important than defending his title during the coronavirus pandemic.
His comments came after White said it was “possible” Miocic could be stripped of the belt if he does not fight soon, and the UFC president appeared to double down on those words on Friday.
“This whole crew [fighting at UFC 249] trained, we have two more groups of fighters coming in this week that trained and got ready,” White told reporters in Jacksonville, Florida, where the UFC is making its return this weekend.