LAS VEGAS – Two-division UFC champ Daniel Cormier is holding fast to his planned retirement date of March 2019. After capturing the UFC heavyweight title from Stipe Miocic (18-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) at UFC 226, Cormier (21-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) plans to move back to the light heavyweight division to defend his title before moving back up to challenge the returning Brock Lesnar (5-3-1 MMA, 4-3-1 UFC). “If I fight in November, I can fight again in March and be done,” Cormier told reporters at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. A thoroughly impressed UFC President Dana White told reporters he has no trouble with Cormier’s timeline and pointed out Lesnar needs six months of drug testing under USADA before being cleared to fight. Related Daniel Cormier details history with Brock Lesnar, clowns critics of UFC 226 in-cage confrontation Cormier told MMAjunkie that drug testing will be a central concern when he eventually faces Lesnar, who was suspended for one year after failing two drug tests in connection with his fight against Mark Hunt in 2016 at UFC 200.
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Dual champ Daniel Cormier talks pre-UFC 226 injuries, lays out retirement plan – MMA Junkie