Gallery Photos: UFC 230 open workouts view 15 images NEW YORK – Daniel Cormier believes Brock Lesnar will be in attendance for his heavyweight title fight against Derrick Lewis at UFC 230. If the former UFC champ decides to enter the octagon post-fight, Cormier said things will play out differently than their encounter earlier this year. If Cormier (21-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) successfully defends his heavyweight strap against Lewis (21-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) at UFC 230, it will set up a showdown with Lesnar (5-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) for the gold next year. It’s a matchup that was set to take place next, but then “DC” agreed to accept a short-notice title defense this weekend. Cormier and Lesnar had an octagon encounter following UFC 226 in July, and it saw Lesnar push the dual-champ after he claimed his second belt with a first-round knockout of Stipe Miocic. Cormier said he was caught off-guard when Lesnar shoved him, but if that were to happen again, he promised it wouldn’t be the same scene
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