UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is moving up in weight to challenge reigning heavyweight title holder Stipe Miocic for his belt. Now Cormier has come forward to reveal exactly what he is thinking ahead of the highly anticipated super fight.
Speaking to FloCombat, Cormier revealed that he believes this may be a career defining moment.
“This is the biggest fight of my life. This is the biggest fight I’ve ever been in. I have played a major part in some of the biggest fights in the UFC. I mean I was at UFC 182, I was a big part of UFC 200, supposed to headline it, was a massive part of UFC 214, and now this one. I have been involved in some of the biggest moments in this sport’s young history and I’m so happy about it and honored to be put in those positions.
“The UFC must trust me to put me in those positions over again, over again, knowing that I’m going to show up and I’m going to do my thing.”
“You don’t get those opportunities. These are so rare. The chance to do something historic. The ability to accomplish something that when I’m done, I will leave this behind. My kids, my son, my daughter, will always be able to go back and look back to July 7, 2018, and say ‘That was the night my dad made history.’ That was the night that my dad etched his name in stone and became a part of the history books. Those opportunities are too big to pass up.
“Once my teammates and coaches all said, ‘Hey, let’s do it. We’re going to dive headfirst into this thing,’ I was like, ‘You know what guys? Let’s go. Let’s go try to be great.'”
“I remember when I was wrestling, I went to Russia because they put on this tournament — they take the top eight guys from 211 [pounds] and put them in a tournament and then they take the top eight guys from heavyweight and put them in a tournament. The two winners wrestled for the throne of baddest man on the planet.
“This is the same type of thing.”
Cormier and Miocic will throw down at UFC 226 on July 7 inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The event will be featured live on pay-per-view.
