CLEVELAND — As boxing referee Mills Lane would say at the beginning of each fight, "let's get it on!"
UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier will "get it on" for the third and final time in this main event showdown on Saturday night.
The two fighters will square off in Las Vegas in an empty arena as this heavyweight trilogy unfortunately comes to an end.
UFC president Dana White said this fight will determine the greatest heavyweight in UFC history. Either way, it is expected that Cormier will call it quits and retire after the fight.
In their first meeting in 2018, Cormier ended Miocic's record run of three straight heavyweight title defense with a first-round knockout over the Euclid native.
However, over a year later, Stipe got revenge and reclaimed his title with a fourth-round TKO over Cormier.
And now here we are, 3 days away to determine who is the greatest UFC Champion of all-time.
In a pre-fight interview with 3News Jay Crawford, Miocic didn't mince any words on who he thought would be sitting on the throne come Saturday night.
"It's going to be me. I've trained so hard. I have the best coaches and the best teammates in the world. I'm going to go out there and do what I do and I'm going to walk out with the belt still wrapped around my waist and hearing [the words] and still...[heavyweight champion of the world].
Only time will tell if Cleveland remains the home to the baddest man on the planet.
You can watch the entire interview between Jay Crawford and Stipe Miocic below in YouTube player.