Media Stipe Miocic got Croatian citizenship

[Trigger Dave]

So, Stipe Miocic is currently in Croatia and today he was awarded with Croatian citizenship.

Croatian media reported last year that Stipe himself applied for getting a citizenship. He is well known for being proud for his heritage so I assume that this means a lot to him.

I am myself also from Croatia, so I am glad that we had the greatest heavyweight in UFC's history.

 

[Conor Strickland]

Stipe got that immigrant mentality

 

[Koala]

Zivila Stipiocic

 

[Fedorgasm]

I am myself also from Croatia, so I am glad that we had the greatest heavyweight in UFC's history.

Mirko Filipovic?

 

[Söze Aldo]

He's Ohio born and raised. Americans like to claim anything but being American.

Half the UFC fighters walking out with international flags nowadays are actually American.

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

He's Ohio born and raised. Americans like to claim anything but being American.

Half the UFC fighters walking out with international flags nowadays are actually American.

American, please. He can’t even speak the language

 

[Buurtvader Ali]

American, please. He can’t even speak the language

He has his own language.

 

[Blastbeat]

He's Ohio born and raised. Americans like to claim anything but being American.

Half the UFC fighters walking out with international flags nowadays are actually American.

he talked about Ohio in pretty much every interview he gave. remember that "O-H" chant after he beat Overeem? dude is American through and through.
nothing wrong with wanting to connect with your ancestry.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Mirko Filipovic?

Ummmm..

What did Mirko do at HW in his UFC career?

 

[Fedorgasm]

Have you looked at his record?

 

[Söze Aldo]

he talked about Ohio in pretty much every interview he gave. remember that "O-H" chant after he beat Overeem? dude is American through and through.
nothing wrong with wanting to connect with your ancestry.

There's a bit of a difference between connecting with your ancestry and actually applying for another citizenship. I don't want to make this personal with Stipe though, he can do what he wants as an individual.

That said, it feeds into the idea held by some that immigrants or their descendants will never truly assimilate. In my view, the country you're born and raised in should always take precedence.

I've seen people criticize Ilia for adopting a Spanish identity over his native Georgia. But that’s not really a bad thing, he loves and embraces the country that gave him the opportunity to succeed in life.

 

[Shaolin Alan]

He's Ohio born and raised. Americans like to claim anything but being American.

Half the UFC fighters walking out with international flags nowadays are actually American.

Calm down Karen. I'm Basque-Italian & Native American. I can claim the whole damn world if I want to

Also: Day bee sum fine azz womenz up in dem Serbo-Cro parts, nah meen!!
@PaddyO'malley

 

[Söze Aldo]

Calm down Karen. I'm Basque-Italian & Native American. I can claim the whole damn world if I want to

You can claim anything you want it's a free country. Just saying you'll be laughed at if you travel to Italy and claim to be Italian. The Irish call Irish-Americans "plastic-paddys".

 

[El Fernas]

Makes sense, he has been speaking in Croatian the whole time.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

He's Ohio born and raised. Americans like to claim anything but being American.

Half the UFC fighters walking out with international flags nowadays are actually American.

Euclid is basically Eastern Europe anyway, this is more of a formality.

 

[Blastbeat]

There's a bit of a difference between connecting with your ancestry and actually applying for another citizenship. I don't want to make this personal with Stipe though, he can do what he wants as an individual.

That said, it feeds into the idea held by some that immigrants or their descendants will never truly assimilate. In my view, the country you're born and raised in should always take precedence.

I've seen people criticize Ilia for adopting a Spanish identity over his native Georgia. But that’s not really a bad thing, he loves and embraces the country that gave him the opportunity to succeed in life.

well he was born in the USA, so i dont think he believes he's less American than any other American. he's just adding to his identity by honoring where his parents came from.

i hear what you're saying though. i am American born and raised; i also have some Greek ancestry. i dont go around claiming i am Greek. i think some people want to identify as other than American because they might be ashamed of having American ancestry for whatever reason.

ive seen that criticism of Ilia as well. i agree with you. he's not saying he isnt Georgian or ashamed of it, he's just appreciative of Spain because of the quality of life he has obtained there.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

What a GOAT

 

[plataoplombo]

There's a bit of a difference between connecting with your ancestry and actually applying for another citizenship. I don't want to make this personal with Stipe though, he can do what he wants as an individual.

That said, it feeds into the idea held by some that immigrants or their descendants will never truly assimilate. In my view, the country you're born and raised in should always take precedence.

I've seen people criticize Ilia for adopting a Spanish identity over his native Georgia. But that’s not really a bad thing, he loves and embraces the country that gave him the opportunity to succeed in life.

Agree on the citizenship part. On the other hand I'm sure he gets tired of hearing: Hey man, what kind of name is that? Where you from?

Or the, oh you're Croatian? Where or what's that? I'm sure it gets old.

 

[NoSmilez]

LOL at Stipe speaking Croatian.

 

[TR1]

Didn't know that beating on washed up old men was the best way to get Croatian citizenship.