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Former UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, who also held gold at 205 pounds, will try to recapture the division crown when he tangles with Stipe Miocic in the UFC 252 pay-per-view (PPV) main event, scheduled for Sat., Aug. 15, 2020 inside UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Does a victory make “DC” the greatest of all time?
“Not only the heavyweight championship of the world but also whoever wins this fight is going to be remembered as the greatest heavyweight of this era and the greatest heavyweight in UFC history,” Cormier told MMA Fighting. “This is a big fight. This fight has massive stakes.”
UFC President Dana White believes the door swings both ways.
“The truth is going into this fight with all the hype, one of these two that wins the fight, definitely goes down as the best heavyweight in UFC history and they’re both candidates,” White told ESPN. “If you look at what Stipe has accomplished and Cormier in two different weight classes what this guy has accomplished is one of the greatest of all time.”
Cormier (22-2, 1 NC) captured the 265-pound title by stopping Miocic (19-3) at UFC 226 back in early 2018. “DC” would later cough up his crown in their UFC 241 rematch, and now looks to retire from combat sports with the belt around his waist.
Along with the title of “best ever.”