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Stipe is trying to become full time as a firefighter. He’s got 1 foot out the door already.
He knows he can't do this fight stuff forever and needs to set up the next stage. And that won't be able to come at a snap of his fingers. The full time slots in his area don't open up often and get absolutely swamped with applications when they do. And he has to pass a rigorous exam to even qualify for one, and even the exams aren't scheduled frequently. He mentioned in some interview (I want to say with Forrest Griffin?) that he was lined up to take it but it got set to be administered during the TUF house and no way was he going to duck out on his fighters for that.
But he's still got some tread left, as he put it recently. He ain't putting out the placemats at his retirement party yet.