Stipe already apologizing

[PrideNverDies]

In a recent appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show, Miocic apologized to Jones.
“He was talking to me, I was talking to him,” Miocic said. “I’m sorry, I wasn’t trying to disrespect him. It was just the heat of the moment.”

he did this when Jones said he would make him pay for calling him a b****. The fact Stipe is apologizing now instead of after the fight is a bad sign. Does he really have fight in him or is this gonna be another night of Jones dictating the pace and when the fight ends? If this fight goes the way of the Cyril fight, its gonna be a giant insult to Aspinal... i mean it already kinda is, but itll be even worse if Jones gets a freebie here

 

[SerbianSteel]

Stipe is disrespecting the fans by expecting them to care about this ass fight.

At least have the decency to go all in on pico.

 

[blaseblase]

Stipe has never been a trash talker, he's probably being genuine.

 

[CieloLuce]

I mean if bitch still rattles you. You have thin skin, Jones on the other hand has coke protecting him like a white protect spell.

Too bad it gets used on Instagram and Twitter.

 

[Luthien]

Stipe does not want to get dropped like Machida ><

 

[OldBoy91]

Back when Stipe was a young man, before the war(s), manners were of utmost importance.

 

[TJH Exitium]

For the love of Pete, Stipe, please just knock Jones out


...and then fight Aspinall

 

[joy2day]

Stipe is apologizing so that we don't think he is your typical juvenile, mouthy, idiot fighter.

He has more class than that, and good for him.

 

[SuperNerd]

Hey pussy, are you still there?

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Reaching for grapes to make that wine. Imho

 

[Neck&Neck]

Stipe is playing 4D Chess

 

[SuperNerd]

Stipe is playing 4D Chess

On a snakes and ladders board.

 

[Neck&Neck]

On a snakes and ladders board.

With monopoly pieces

 

[SuperNerd]

With monopoly pieces

Stipe after the fight: It was Jon Jones, with the lead pipe, in the cage.

 

[Clark Rogers]

Stipe has never been a trash talker, he's probably being genuine.

This. Dude let his mouth get the best of him and thought better of it later. Nothing to see here imo.

 

[OldBoy91]

Stipe after the fight: It was Jon Jones, with the lead pipe, in the cage.

Jones after the fight: He really did just sink my battleship huh?

 

[don't ask]

With monopoly pieces

Against a pigeon.

And he's the one that's going to flip over the board and strut around like he won.

 

[g*r*b]

In a recent appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show, Miocic apologized to Jones.
“He was talking to me, I was talking to him,” Miocic said. “I’m sorry, I wasn’t trying to disrespect him. It was just the heat of the moment.”

he did this when Jones said he would make him pay for calling him a b****. The fact Stipe is apologizing now instead of after the fight is a bad sign. Does he really have fight in him or is this gonna be another night of Jones dictating the pace and when the fight ends? If this fight goes the way of the Cyril fight, its gonna be a giant insult to Aspinal... i mean it already kinda is, but itll be even worse if Jones gets a freebie here

Let an experienced Stipe-watcher 'splain things to you.

Stipe isn't a trash-talker, but he will on occasion "Frank the Tank" it. That's how he characterized the post-DC2 Riverdance and DMX crotchcrop. In the heat of the moment he'll automatically go to some memeish snippet. That's what happened when Jon challenged him after the Gane fight: he replied to him "Bring it on, bitch."

It's more of a quotation of a popular phrase than anything. It wasn't anything personal. In fact Stipe has said of himself that he's a "basic bitch" as regards to fighting style, so obviously the word isn't charged in his usage.

But Stipe is also a very, very polite person. Did you see him on the Countdown thanking the school bus driver dropping off his kid? He apologized for the Riverdance etc minutes later at the post fight interview. No surprise, once Jon showed his ruffled feathers, that he would apologize for that too.

But that's all outside the cage. Once he's stepped in and the cage door closes, it's like a switch gets flipped in ol' Stipe. He says it, his coaches have said it. Because Stipe for all his politeness is also very, VERY competitive. If it's a contest he gives it his all, even if it's just a game of beer pong at a party. DC has called Jones and Stipe the two fiercest competitors he has ever fought.

So don't think it's a bad sign. It's just part of the eternal contradiction of Stipe.

 

[Jose Beehive]

But are we sure he said this