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This July 7, in the midst of this year’s International Fight Week, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will return to his former haunts \u2013 the heavyweight division \u2013 where he\u2019ll take on reigning champ Stipe Miocic in an effort to become a two-division champ. If Cormier is able to accomplish this momentous task, he believes he deserves to be in the running for the greatest of all time<\/em> title.<\/twitterwidget><\/p>\n

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\u201cI win this fight July 7, I\u2019m the greatest fighter of all time,\u201d Cormier said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve done something that was unheard of and that\u2019s what I\u2019ve always chased. I\u2019ve always chased that. I chased it in the fights with [Jon] Jones because even regardless of the belts, I would always say, \u2018Once I beat Jones, I will be the greatest fighter of all time.\u2019 So I believe that once I do this, something that was so crazy that no one even has attempted it, I feel like I\u2019m in the conversation for the best fighter of all time.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWhen I think of a fight against Stipe, it\u2019s a very tough fight and it\u2019s a very difficult mountain for me to climb,\u201d Cormier added. \u201cBut the reality was I\u2019ve always talked about competition and legacy and when you think about legacy, if I\u2019m able to pull this off, there\u2019s no denying what I have meant to this sport and what I will leave behind whenever I\u2019m done.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m trying to do something that\u2019s unheard of,\u201d Cormier concluded. \u201cI know there\u2019s been two-division champions,\u00a0Randy Couture\u00a0had the light heavyweight belt and the heavyweight belt, but he didn\u2019t do it at the same time.\u00a0Conor McGregor<\/a>\u00a0is the biggest star in mixed martial arts and he held two titles at one time and I\u2019m about to actually do that too so he\u2019s been on the cover of (the\u00a0EA Sports\u00a0UFC 3<\/i>\u00a0video game) two years in a row, next year I go on the cover of\u00a0EA Sports UFC<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think Daniel Cormier can take out Stipe Miocic?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 1\/30\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This July 7, in the midst of this year’s International Fight Week, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will return to his former haunts \u2013 the heavyweight division \u2013 where he\u2019ll take on reigning champ Stipe Miocic in an effort to become a two-division champ. 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