Miocic wants Cormier rematch at UFC 236: If he’s that confident he’ll beat me, do it again

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Stipe Miocic remains adamant about getting a title rematch against current titleholder Daniel Cormier. And through the vocal statements he made through his back-and-forth with “DC” on social media, the former heavyweight champion is somehow assured he’d get what he’s been clamoring for, given the current circumstances.

“If you look at it, there’s no other match to make in the heavyweight division besides me and him,” Miocic said on Ariel Helwani’s ESPN MMA Show on Monday. “He said that if ‘Brock isn’t able to fight in April, then I’ll fight Stipe’. And Brock’s doing WrestleMania in April, and is he even cleared by USADA?

“I’m definitely gonna get (the title shot),” he continued. “One minute he says yes, the next minute he says no, then he tells me I should get a fight before him. If he does fight Brock – who hasn’t fought in almost three years, hasn’t fought anyone, he’s been popped twice – I don’t understand it. He should get a fight before he fights D.C. I don’t know.”

Miocic already has a date in mind for when he intends to have this rematch take place. He also issued a challenge to Cormier, who seems more intent on avenging Cain Velasquez’s loss to Francis Ngannou.

“He got me in the first round. If for anything, it wasn’t like he was beating the brakes off me or anything like that,” he said. “I felt like I was winning that fight then I was caught with the punch, and if he’s that confident, do it again.

“Let’s do it April 13^th. There’s a headliner, or a spot, let’s do it.”

UFC 236 is scheduled for April 13^th. No venue has been determined as of this posting, and the only fight that’s been announced is the interim middleweight title showdown between Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum.