{"id":281818,"date":"2018-07-30T05:58:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T12:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=281818"},"modified":"2018-07-30T05:58:26","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T12:58:26","slug":"daniel-cormier-believes-brock-lesnar-win-will-make-him-one-of-the-best-heavyweights-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-believes-brock-lesnar-win-will-make-him-one-of-the-best-heavyweights-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier believes Brock Lesnar win will make him one of the best heavyweights ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Cormier, who now owns the UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight titles, is expected to defend his heavyweight belt against Brock Lesnar in the new year.<\/p>\n

While this fight is sure to be huge, many fans feel that Brock Lesnar should not be anywhere near a heavyweight title shot. Many of these same fans feel that the first shot at Cormier’s title should go to Stipe Miocic \u2014 the very many Cormier beat to win that title.<\/p>\n

Cormier has heard these criticisms.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously he feels he deserves a rematch,\u201d Cormier said on a recent episode of The Steve Austin Show (transcribed by Jed Meshew for MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cAgain, for what he\u2019s done in the sport, you would think that he would get a rematch, but when there\u2019s a fight like Lesnar on the horizon, you don\u2019t turn your back. Honestly, Stipe has a lot of really loyal fans, but you can\u2019t think for a second that if he would have won that fight, he wouldn\u2019t have wanted or taken that Lesnar fight. It\u2019s the biggest fight in the sport outside of fighting\u00a0Conor McGregor\u00a0and he fights at 155 pounds. So yeah, I\u2019m gonna fight Brock.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Daniel Cormier, of course, there are more reasons for fighting Lesnar than the financial benefits. He feels a win over the former champ will help solidify him as the heavyweight GOAT.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrock\u2019s a big, bad, tough boy,\u201d Cormier said. \u201cA former UFC champ. Obviously he\u2019s the WWE champion. Just a massive guy with a lot of fighting ability. I\u2019ve known Brock a long, long time and I\u2019m excited to compete against him. And really, not to compete against him, I want to put it on him because when you beat a guy like Brock Lesnar – if I beat the most dominant heavyweight champ of all time and then couple that with a fight over Brock, they may call me one of the great heavyweights of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think a win over Brock Lesnar will do for Daniel Cormier’s heavyweight legacy?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/30\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daniel Cormier, who now owns the UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight titles, is expected to defend his heavyweight belt against Brock Lesnar in the new year. While this fight is sure to be huge, many fans feel that Brock Lesnar should not be anywhere near a heavyweight title shot. 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