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UFC President Dana White updates on Daniel Cormier vs. Brock Lesnar fight
During a recent interview with Megan Olivi, UFC President Dana White updated on the fighting future of Daniel Cormier, who initially planned to retire this month. White feels that Daniel Cormier didn’t want to retire nearly as much as the people around him wanted him to. “I think it was more the people around Daniel […]
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Junior dos Santos has major objections to Daniel Cormier vs. Brock Lesnar fight
While nothing is set in stone just yet, it still sounds like UFC heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier could next defend his title against former champ and long-time WWE star Brock Lesnar. Let’s just say Junior dos Santos doesn’t approve of this plan. “This thing where Daniel Cormier wants to fight Brock Lesnar; I know he […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Javier Mendez wants Daniel Cormier to fight Brock Lesnar then retire
Daniel Cormier was supposed to partake in the final fight of his career before his 40th birthday this March. Well, that is no longer going to happen. Both Cormier and his head coach Javier Mendez have said his retirement will be delayed. Now, the question is, how many fights does Cormier have left, and who […]
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Jon Jones explains why he’d prefer Brock Lesnar fight to ‘DC’ rematch
If Jon Jones is able to defeat Anthony Smith in the main event of UFC 235 this weekend — the oddsmakers certainly believe he will — it will open the door to more marquee matchups in the light heavyweight division, and perhaps even the heavyweight division. Arguably the two biggest matchups available for a victorious […]
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VIDEO | Finish him! Daniel Cormier channels his inner Sub-Zero
Any fan or player of video games, especially fighting video games, will know about the Mortal Kombat series. On April 23, the 27-year-old franchise will drop Mortal Kombat 11 which will be available for all major gaming platforms/consoles (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows). In preparation of the game’s release, the Because Science YouTube […]
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Jon Jones proclaims he has ‘nothing to prove’ against Daniel Cormier
One of the most compelling UFC matchups available at present is a rematch between reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and reigning UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. The pair have a long and turbulent history, having fought twice previously. Jones won their first fight via unanimous decision. The second time around, he was able […]
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Opinion | Move over Brock Lesnar, Francis Ngannou should be next in line to challenge Daniel Cormier
26 seconds. That’s the time it took for the human destroyer, Francis Ngannou, to put down arguably the greatest heavyweight fighter in MMA history at the UFC’s inaugural ESPN event. Cain Velasquez entered the Talking Stick Resort Arena as the prohibitive favorite to make a mere mortal out of Ngannou the same way former heavyweight […]
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Daniel Cormier shares confident prediction for potential fight with Francis Ngannou
Having dispatched UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez in the headliner of the UFC’s Sunday night debut event on ESPN, Francis Ngannou now wants a shot at the UFC heavyweight title. As luck would have it, that title is currently owned by Daniel Cormier, a long-time friend and training partner of Velasquez. “I think what should […]
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Dana White on Francis Ngannou title shot: ‘We have another fight lined up for Cormier’
Last night, in the main event of the UFC’s first-ever card on ESPN, former UFC heavyweight title challenger Francis Ngannou picked up arguably the biggest victory of his career, deflating the returning Cain Velasquez in less than 30 seconds. Post fight, the victorious Francis Ngannou called for a heavyweight title shot opposite reigning champion Daniel […]
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VIDEO | Daniel Cormier previews Cain Velasquez vs. Francis Ngannou fight
On Sunday night, the UFC will makes its debut on ESPN with a stacked card from Phoenix, Arizona. This card will be headlined by a crucial heavyweight battle between two-time former champion Cain Velasquez and former title challenger Francis Ngannou. Daniel Cormier will be watching this fight very closely — not just because he’s the […]
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Daniel Cormier: “Khabib Nurmagomedov is doing the most honorable thing I’ve ever seen in my life”
Daniel Cormier has nothing but praise for Khabib Nurmagomedov, this after “The Eagle” paid the fines for his teammates involved in the UFC 229 brawl. Khabib Nurmagomedov improved his record to a perfect 27-0 by submitting Conor McGregor in the fourth round of their main event contest at UFC 229 this past October in Las […]
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CM Punk still in USADA testing pool, featured in new series
CM Punk appears to still be on the UFC roster. That’s according to TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter who noted that Punk (real name Phil Brooks) is still in the USADA testing pool. CM Punk (0-2) made his MMA debut in Aug. 2016 at UFC 203 and suffered a first-round submission loss to Mickey Gall. The 40-year-old […]
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Daniel Cormier criticizes Stipe Miocic for not taking another fight: ‘That’s crazy’
In July of 2018, Daniel Cormier ended the record-breaking UFC heavyweight title reign of Stipe Miocic, stealing the champ’s belt with a strafing of first-round punches. Now more than six months later, Stipe Miocic still hasn’t returned to the cage, instead demanding an immediate rematch with the new champion. Daniel Cormier, who defeated Derrick Lewis […]
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Daniel Cormier says Cain Velasquez will be a champion again
Currently, Daniel Cormier is the reigning UFC heavyweight champion. But with an end in sight, he won’t hold that label forever. Training with Cormier for the majority of his professional MMA career has been the former two-time heavyweight king of the UFC, Cain Velasquez. After a lengthy hiatus, Velasquez is set to make his highly […]
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Daniel Cormier confirms he is delaying retirement
As long suspected, UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will not be retiring when he turns 40 in March, as he originally planned. The champ confirmed this news on The MMA Hour on Monday. He added that he would still like to fight former UFC heavyweight champ and WWE star Brock Lesnar next, while a heavyweight […]
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Coach confident Ryan Bader could finish Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier recently became the first fighter in UFC history to wear the light heavyweight and heavyweight titles concurrently, first capturing the vacant belt with a defeat of Anthony Johnson, then thumping Stipe Miocic to capture the heavyweight belt. Ryan Bader recently accomplished the same feat under the Bellator banner, first defeating Phil Davis to […]
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Daniel Cormier opens up on injury that is slowing down UFC return
It’s been awhile since we’ve seen UFC heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier in the cage — since he defeated Derrick Lewis by submission at UFC 230 in November, to be exact. The champ’s prolonged absence is due to a back injury he sustained in that fight. “I f—ked my back up at UFC 230. It hasn’t […]
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Stipe Miocic fires back at Daniel Cormier after champ denies rematch
Yesterday afternoon, UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier took to Twitter to close the door on a potential rematch Stipe Miocic, the man he defeated to win the belt back at UFC 226 in July. “Do you guys wanna know why I’m not fighting [Stipe Miocic] again?,” Cormier began. “Reason 1: He’s being entitled, why have […]
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Daniel Cormier explains why he won’t fight Stipe Miocic again
UFC heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier has stated he wants to retire by his 40th birthday, but it appears he will stick around longer. However, even with his extended career, he does not appear interested in fighting Stipe Miocic again. Cormier and Miocic fought at UFC 226 for the heavyweight title, in a fight that gave […]
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Junior dos Santos vying for title shot against Daniel Cormier before champ retires
Junior dos Santos is looking to reclaim the heavyweight belt, and on March 9 he can start that process. Dos Santos will be taking on Derrick Lewis at UFC Wichita. It’ll be Lewis’ first bout since he came up short in a title fight with reigning champ Daniel Cormier at UFC 230. Given that Lewis […]
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Jon Jones reacts to Dana White claiming Cormier rematch should happen ‘now’
Speaking on ESPN’s Now or Never earlier this week, UFC President Dana White stated that the time for a rematch between UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones and heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier is ‘now.’ “Now,” White said bluntly of a rematch between the two arch rivals. “Yeah. I think that right now, Cormier probably has […]
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Dana White says the time for Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier rematch is ‘now’
Jon Jones is once again the UFC light heavyweight champion, and as always, one of the most compelling matchups available for him is a rematch with his arch rival Daniel Cormier, who currently holds the UFC heavyweight title. While Jon Jones is currently booked for a UFC 235 title defense opposite the fearsome Anthony Smith, […]
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Daniel Cormier willing to put off retirement under right circumstances
UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has long planned on retiring in March of 2019, when he turns 40 years old. Yet as that date rapidly approaches, there’s been question as to whether he might delay his retirement to accommodate big ticket fights with names like Jon Jones, Brock Lesnar and Stipe Miocic. That’s what UFC […]
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Daniel Cormier thinks ‘it would be good’ for Jon Jones to fight him again
Since Jon Jones and his rival Daniel Cormier first fought in 2015, the two have had two very different stories unfold before them. For Jones, he ran into several troubles in and out of the Octagon when it pertained to legal issues as well as banned substance issues. Cormier, on the other hand, went on […]
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Ryan Bader addresses potential fight with fellow champ-champ Daniel Cormier
Last night, in the main event of Bellator 214, light heavyweight champ Ryan Bader became Bellator’s first two-division titleholder, knocking out Fedor Emelianenko in less than a minute to capture the Bellator heavyweight title. Heading into this fight, Ryan Bader says he drilled the very punch he used to topple Emelianenko many times. He knew […]
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Report | Daniel Cormier got massive payday for saving UFC 230 card in November
The UFC had a very difficult time locking down a main event for the UFC 230 card in New York City in early November. Eventually, however, the promotion convinced UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier to make a short notice title defense against fearsome knockout artist Derrick Lewis on the card. Daniel Cormier has never hid […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Javier Mendez gives his thoughts on what is next for Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier had originally planned to retire by his 40th birthday. Well, things may have changed. “DC’s” birthday falls on March 20, and the only pay-per-view between now and then is UFC 235 – as UFC 234 is already finalized – which already has two title fights. Now, the question remains on whether or not […]
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VIDEO | Brock Lesnar back training on the wrestling mats
The last time we saw Brock Lesnar near a cage it was following Daniel Cormier’s historic heavyweight title victory at UFC 226 this past July. Since then, we haven’t heard much of anything regarding the former UFC champion. However this week, the University of Minnesota posted on their Twitter account some training footage that shows […]