For the Very first time in UFC history, the heavyweight and heavyweight champions will square off in the Octagon when Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic meet at UFC 226 in Las Vegas on July 7.
Miocic started with Cormier as a -185 favored coming back at +155.
Miocic, that will put his name is riding a series with five victories. The Cleveland native has placed himself firmly in the conversation of heavyweight of all time with a suffocating victory over Francis Ngannou in UFC 220. With that win, the new record was set by Miocic at three.
Cormier is no stranger to the heavyweight division, as”DC” started his professional MMA profession a perfect 13-0 at the weight class before moving down to light heavyweight. Cormier has quietly assembled one of the most impressive resumes in most of combined martial arts together with wins over Anthony”Rumble” Johnson, Alexander Gustafsson and Frank Mir.
Cormier will attempt to become just the second fighter ever to hold 2 UFC belts simultaneously, linking.
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