Former UFC champion Stipe Miocic becomes Cleveland Browns photographer at training camp

Miocic wrestled for three years at Cleveland State, qualifying for the 2003 NCAA Championships. He chose to focus on baseball his final year of eligibility before transitioning to a Hall of Fame MMA career.

From there, he put together a 5-0 amateur record before turning pro. Miocic went 6-0 in MMA before getting a shot in the UFC.

Once he joined the promotion, Miocic improved his record to 14-2 before getting a shot at the heavyweight title on May 14, 2016. He would knock out Fabricio Werdum in the first round to claim the belt.

Miocic defended the belt against Alistair Overeem, Junior Dos Santos and Francis Ngannou and broke the record for consecutive heavyweight title defenses.

However, Miocic would get knocked out by Daniel Cormier on July 7, 2018, losing the belt to a fellow Hall of Famer. A rematch took place over a year later on August 17th, 2019, with Miocic reclaiming the belt with a fourth round TKO. The two completed their trilogy on August 15, 2020, with the Ohio native winning by unanimous decision, defending his belt once again.

Already a legend, Miocic had a rematch with Ngannou in March of 2021, but would get knocked out by the new champ. The division was cleared out with Ngannou opting not to re-sign with the UFC and left for PFL. 

After sitting out for over three years, Miocic returned for his final fight, this time for the belt against Jon Jones. At that time, Jones returned to competition, beat Ciryl Gane for the belt after moving up a division and defended it against Miocic. Miocci would lose via TKO in the third round.

Overall, Miocic finished his MMA career 20-5 and still works as an active firefighter in Ohio. But now, you can add Cleveland Browns photographer to his resume. It’ll certainly be interesting to follow his work if he continues this NFL season.