With his first-round upset knockout win over Stipe Miocic nine days ago at UFC 226, Daniel Cormier became the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world . It’s also very possible he became the greatest fighter of all time. After all, the win gave Cormier (21-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) the UFC’s heavyweight title to go along with his light heavyweight belt, and it came against a man in Miocic (18-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) who held the record for most consecutive UFC heavyweight title defenses. Cormier has big plans ahead of him – yet if he holds to his promise, those plans only will take him into early 2019. Cormier has said he won’t fight past his 40th birthday, so he hopes to squeeze in one more light heavyweight title defense, then defend his new heavyweight belt against Brock Lesnar when the former champ is eligible to fight again early next year
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Road to the top for dual-UFC champ Daniel Cormier wasn’t always smooth – MMA Junkie