Stipe Miocic’s team believes that he would get a trilogy match against Francis Ngannou in case he loses

Stipe Miocic’s team believes that he would get a trilogy match against Francis Ngannou in case he loses

Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou are going to settle in once-in-for-all who is the baddest man on the planet at their rematch at UFC 260.

If Stipe can get past Ngannou again then he will face the light-heavyweight G.O.A.T Jon Jones, who has moved up to the heavyweight division looking for new challenges.

But in case Stipe loses then UFC would like to book the trilogy fight first, and Nicksick has considered this a possibility as well.

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Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou

“100 percent, and that’s always kind of been in the back of my head,” Nicksick told MMA Fighting about a possible trilogy with Miocic. “Right now, it’s obviously we need to get that first win to make that third one happens. It needs to occur on the 27th for that trilogy to come to fruition.”

“But it’s quite possible to run that back again if we go out and get that victory.”

Nicksick believes that the Stipe Miocic vs Jon Jones would be the biggest match in MMA history

Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic
Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic

In the same interview, he added, “You start talking about the competitor in us and here’s Jon Jones, arguably the greatest pound-for-pound to ever do it. So, to be able to compete against a guy like Jon Jones in the heavyweight division. To be honest with you, that’s probably the biggest fight of all time if we’re able to make that fight happen.”

“I think he’s got a great team around him, guys who are very smart. Me personally, if I was in Jon Jones’ camp, I would probably go and get him a fight outside of the title first to see if there are any kinks that need to be worked out. He could still run into those traps like you saw with Luke Rockhold for example — ‘I’m going to go up to 205’ and then he gets starched and he hasn’t fought since.

“If you can and you can get that title shot, then why risk that place in line? But there are a lot areas they’re going to have to improve on before jumping up. It’s kind of a hit or miss. But if you’ve got a title shot, why risk that?”

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