DANIEL CORMIER VS. STIPE MIOCIC REMATCH SET
Brock Lesnar isn’t coming back, and also the date and opponent for the next title defense of UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was set.
According to a report by ESPN, after Lesnar informed UFC president Dana White he isn’t returning into the Octagon, Cormier will now struggle Stipe Miocic in a rematch in a UFC PPV later this summer, taking place August 17 at Anaheim, California. It’s not yet known if that PPV is going to be called UFC 240 or UFC 241.
The revealing of the rematch between Cormier and Miocic puts an end to the rumors that Lesnar will be returning to the Octagon to fight Cormier. If you remember, after Cormier knocked out Miocic past summer at UFC 226, Lesnar entered the Octagon and pushed Cormier, with all the UFC announcing plans for this struggle to be next. On the contrary, it never occurred. Lesnar continued to wrestle for WWE while Cormier proceeded to make a successful title defense against Derrick Lewis. Miocic, meanwhile, had retained high hopes of getting a rematch. It was not anticipated the UFC would reward him one, but it seems that is the situation.
Cormier (22-1, 1 NC) is 11-1, 1 NC in the UFC with a perfect 4-0 record as a heavyweight inside the Octagon. Besides a loss to Jon Jones along with a No Choice to Jones, Cormier has been perfect in his MMA career. He’s now riding a three-fight win series, with victories over Lewis, Miocic and Volkan Oezdemir within his past three contests. He hasn’t lost a fight in more than four decades, because the first Jones bout. Now 40 decades of age, Cormier does not have lots of fights left in himand it was expected he’d fight Lesnar and maybe Jones to get a third time before riding off into the sunset. Instead, he will take on Miocic at a rematch.
Miocic (18-3) is 12-3 overall from the UFC. He hasn’t fought since his surprising KO loss to Cormier last summer, but before that was riding a six-fight win streak that included victories over the likes of Franics Ngannou, Junior dos Santos, Alistair Overeem, Fabricio Werdum, Andrei Arlovski and Mark Hunt. He was demanding a rematch from Cormier for some time, but the UFC was determined that Lesnar would get the rematch. But with Lesnar now not being part of the UFC’s future plans, Miocic is receiving the rematch he deserves.
Though Miocic was the preferred heading into the first battle, it is difficult to see him being preferred in the rematch. On the contrary, it appears quite likely that Cormier is going to be the betting favorite for this second battle. After all, he deserves it believing he brutally knocked out Miocic the first time they fought. That isn’t to say it will not be an interesting rematch. Miocic has all of the abilities on the planet to make the adjustments necessary to make the rematch a more competitive struggle, and today we will find out whether he can do so. He’ll be seeking to reclaim his gold that summer, while Cormier will be looking to get another win and continue to construct his legacy.
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