Former UFC dual champion Daniel Cormier knows a thing or two about taking part in big rematches. During his illustrious career, Cormier twice defeated Anthony Johnson and twice lost to Jon Jones in light heavyweight title fights before moving on to heavyweight where his trilogy with Stipe Miocic ended with DC losing two of three title fights. All of this is to say that Cormier is familiar with the mental battle that goes with facing someone a second (or third) time, especially after losing. That’s the situation Dustin Poirier finds himself in as he prepares to rematch Conor McGregor at UFC 257 more than six years after suffering an embarrassing TKO loss to “The Notorious” in a featherweight fight that lasted just one minutes and 46 seconds at UFC 178. The way DC sees it, it’s vital that Poirier gets his mind right about that first outcome before stepping into the octagon with McGregor again Jan. 23 on “Fight Island.” “I know a lot about it,” Cormier, who will call the UFC 257 headliner, told the South China Morning Post .
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