The career of among the best mixed martial arts fighters of all time has actually concerned an end.
Daniel Cormier said Saturday night hes calling it a career after losing a UFC heavyweight title fight to Stipe Miocic by consentaneous choice in the primary occasion of UFC 252 in Las Vegas.
Cormier stated at this point in his profession, hes interested in only title fights and doesnt see one in his future.
” Im not interested in battling for anything but titles. I do not picture theres going to be a title in the future, so that will be it for me,” Cormier stated in his postfight interview on ESPN+. “Ive had a long term. Its been excellent. I simply combated my last defend a heavyweight champion. It was a respectable battle.”
1 RelatedComing into the bout, the former UFC double champion stated it would be his last battle, though there was some doubt raised by his coach, Javier Mendez, and UFC president Dana White.
” No, its not,” White informed ESPNs Brett Okamoto on Thursday when inquired about this being Cormiers final contest.
Cormier, 41, steps away as one of the best to ever compete. The previous Olympic wrestler was just the second fighter to hold two UFC titles in various weight classes simultaneously– and the only fighter to ever defend one title while holding both.
He was a champion in every MMA organization in which he completed, including a success in the star-studded Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix in 2012. Cormier, a Louisiana local who lives and trains in California, lost to just two males in his profession: all-time greats Jon Jones and Miocic. Of 15 UFC fights, 10 have been for a title. Cormier is a proven future UFC Hall of Fame choice.
Cormier (22-3) holds career triumphes over the similarity Miocic, Alexander Gustafsson, Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, Dan Henderson and Anderson Silva. “DC” was long tied to his bitter rivalry with Jones. He wasnt able to beat Jones in two tries– one was overturned to a no contest due to a favorable drug test from Jones for a steroid– but stabilized the UFCs light heavyweight department as champion with Jones out of action since of numerous outside-the-cage issues.
Cormier held the UFC light heavyweight title from 2015 to 2018. Cormier then protected the heavyweight title by sending Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov. 3, 2018 at Madison Square Garden.
Daniel Cormier reacts at the end of his heavyweight battle versus Stipe Miocic at UFC 252 on Saturday night. Cormier is likewise the group captain at the famous American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) in San Jose, California, which boasts such talents as future UFC Hall of Famers Khabib Nurmagomedov and Cain Velasquez.
” When I believe of what Im most proud of in my career, its simply everything,” Cormier stated in a recent interview with ESPN. “The fact that Ive won a title in every company Ive ever combated in. Its the fact that I was the 2nd UFC double champ.
Prior To MMA, Cormier was a standout in amateur fumbling. Hes in the NJCAA Hall of Fame with two NJCAA nationwide titles, was an NCAA nationwide runner-up in 2001 at Oklahoma State and made two Olympic groups. In 2004, Cormier ended up 4th in the 96-kilogram department at the Olympics, and in 2008 he withdrew from the Games because of health issues from a bad weight cut.
” Im not a man that thinks in specific terms,” Cormier said. “I consider the whole. For me, Im so pleased with the whole. Since there wasnt much value in my name after the Olympic Games, I d be so happy of the guy who walked into San Jose in 2009 unsure and not sure. I thought to myself, Im gon na do this MMA thing and Im gon na try and be as great as I can be. And I believe that when I look back at that guy 11 years earlier, I couldnt have even dreamt this. This is above and beyond anything I might ever think of.”
Cormier is a proven future UFC Hall of Fame choice.
Cormier held the UFC light heavyweight title from 2015 to 2018. Cormier then safeguarded the heavyweight title by submitting Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov. 3, 2018 at Madison Square Garden. Daniel Cormier reacts at the end of his heavyweight battle against Stipe Miocic at UFC 252 on Saturday night. Cormier is likewise the group captain at the well known American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) in San Jose, California, which boasts such talents as future UFC Hall of Famers Khabib Nurmagomedov and Cain Velasquez.
