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As a former UFC Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion, Cormier is the second fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes simultaneously and is the first fighter to have title defenses in two divisions. He is regarded as one of the greatest mixed martial artists of his generation.
Daniel Cormier interviews Jiří Procházka after his victory over Glover Teixeira for the light heavyweight title on June 12, 2022, in Singapore. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) (Jeff Bottari ...
Lightweight Gilbert Melendez (c) def. Josh Thomson: Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 48–47) 5 5:00 [b] Light Heavyweight Rafael Cavalcante: vs. Mike Kyle: No Contest (overturned) 1 0:33 [c] Welterweight Chris Spång def. Nah-Shon Burrell: TKO (knees) 1 3:25 Preliminary card (Showtime Extreme) Lightweight Isaac Vallie-Flagg: def. Gesias ...
A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Daniel Cormier and former champion Jon Jones had been targeted for this event. [3] The pairing met previously at UFC 182 in January 2015 with Jones defending his title via unanimous decision. [4]
Cormier (right) is the only fighter in UFC history to hold both the heavyweight and light heavyweight titles simultaneously. A UFC Heavyweight Championship trilogy between current two-time champion Stipe Miocic and former champion Daniel Cormier (also former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion ) took place as the event headliner. [ 6 ]
Jon Jones will defend the heavyweight title against former champion Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 ... DC [Daniel Cormier] wasn’t able to boss him around, and DC’s one of the greatest wrestlers to ...
A UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between champion Daniel Cormier (also the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion) and Derrick Lewis headlined the event. [5]A bout for the vacant UFC Women's Flyweight Championship between former UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship challenger Valentina Shevchenko and Sijara Eubanks was expected to serve as the event headliner. [6]
A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between former champion Jon Jones and former title challenger Alexander Gustafsson headlined this event. [4] As the current divisional champion Daniel Cormier focused on defending his UFC Heavyweight Championship, the promotion indicated that he would be stripped of his title and that the winner of the proposed Jones/Gustafsson bout would become the ...