UFC 226 Predictions
Stipe Miocic vs Daniel Cormier
For the very first time in UFC history, the heavyweight and light heavyweight champions will square For the first time at UFC history, the heavyweight and light heavyweight champions will square off in the Octagon when Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier match at UFC 226 in Las Vegas on the 8th July. Miocic started as a 1.33 favorite with Cormier coming back at 3.25.
Miocic, who will put his title on the line, is riding a six-fight winning streak with five victories coming by first-round knockout. The Cleveland native has put himself firmly in the conversation of best heavyweight ever with a suffocating victory over Francis Ngannou in UFC 220. With that win, Miocic set the new record for successive heavyweight title defences in the three.
Cormier is no stranger to the heavyweight division, as”DC” opened his professional MMA profession a perfect 13-0 in the weight class before moving down to light heavyweight. Cormier has quietly put together among the most impressive resumes in most of combined martial arts together with wins over Anthony”Rumble” Johnson, Alexander Gustafsson and Frank Mir.
Cormier will be attempting to become only the second fighter in history to hold 2 UFC straps concurrently, joining Conor McGregor, who accomplished the feat in 2016.
Both fighters have been training against one another on the TUF Undefeated of this season. Unlike a few seasons around TUF the trainer have a mutual respect for one another and there hasn’t been some adjustments or anything like that so far.
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