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Stipe Miocic have revealed that his day job as a firefighter played a pivotal role as he claimed the UFC heavyweight championship. The Ohio puncher claimed the heaviest prize in the sport earlier this month with a knockout win over Fabricio Werdum, silencing 45,000 fans packed into a Brazilian stadium.But for Miocic, fighting a dangerous heavyweight champion on enemy territory pales into insignificance compared with his 9-to-5 job fighting fires. Ill be back at work. I will take my belt in to show the guys, they want to see it. Stipe Miocic It definitely does help because it allows you to be calm, cool and collected under any situation, Miocic exclusively told Sky Sports.Even with fighting, you are calm. Even if its chaos, you still have to keep your mind right. Ill be back at work. I will take my belt in to show the guys, they want to see it. Stipe Miocic won via knockout inside two minutes The 33-year-old American has been celebrated in his home city of Cleveland after breaking the notorious sports curse associated with the NFLs Browns, the NBAs Cavaliers and the MLBs Indians - three teams that have not won a major title since 1964.Miocic (15-2) achieved his feat by back-pedalling away from the aggressive Werdum and landing the decisive shot as he retreated in Curitiba. Stipe Miocic has won three in a row He was trying to push the pace, which was fine but I was getting my timing, so I knew it was a matter of time, he said. I was beginning to take him apart.I was catching him. I hit him with one right hand and he stumbled. Thats when he started to fire at me, so I stepped to my right and hit him with that right hand. I was seeing that his hands were starting to fall down a little bit. Five talking points Is Miocic the future of the heavyweights? We train how to throw punches when going backwards all the time. 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He still has a hunch the Americans finally will win, mainly because of the European team they are facing.I do believe the Euros have got, at least on paper, the worst team theyve had in many years, Miller said Saturday at the Tour Championship.Europe is going after its fourth straight victory -- and ninth out of the last 11 -- in the Ryder Cup next week in Minnesota at Hazeltine National. Europe has six rookies on its 12-man team. It has never won a Ryder Cup with that many rookies when the matches were in America.I just think with all those rookies ... when you lose (Ian) Poulter, its like tearing your heart out, Miller said. I think this is the year not only could the U.S. win, they could win by like five points.Poulter led Europe to a record-tying comeback the last time the Ryder Cup was held on U.S. soil, making five straight birdies in a fourballs match Saturday night at Medinah that gave his team hope going into Sunday singles, which it won to overcome a 10-6 deficit.Poulter is recovering from a foot injury and will be at Hazeltine as a vice captain.Miller, a two-time major champion and now the lead analyst for NBC Sports, played in only two Ryder Cups when it was one-sided. He went 6-2-2, and the Americans won those two Ryder Cups (19755 and 1981) by a combined 19 points.ddddddddddddMiller said the Americans would look down the European roster and see plenty of strong Ryder Cup players in Sergio Garcia, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Martin Kaymer and perhaps even Masters champion Danny Willett, one of the six rookies.But theres a bunch of guys you just dont have that much confidence in, Miller said. Even (Lee) Westwood, I dont know if he can make putts in Ryder Cup pressure. Chris Wood? Who knows? Thomas Pieters has a good game for Hazeltine, but he might melt under Ryder Cup pressure.Love said during a radio interview Friday that the Americans dont have to do anything super human to win the Ryder Cup because were a great team. This is the best golf team maybe ever assembled.Miller was on the 1981 Ryder Cup team that is regarded as the best, with 11 players who combined to win 49 majors. Nine of them are in the Hall of Fame.Asked if this U.S. team could match his 1981 team, Miller smiled and said, No. This is not at that level.Hes just saying that, like a boxing match. Youre throwing stuff out, Miller said of Love. Normally, you dont say that. Somebody must have said, `Ill bet you 100 bucks you wouldnt say that. Something like that. Its all part of the tat-a-tat. ' ' '