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UFC 226 Bonuses: Daniel Cormier & Anthony Pettis Bank Big For Insane Finishes

UFC 226 emanated tonight (Saturday, July 7, 2018) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The card capped International Fight Week, the main attraction of which featured a heavyweight superfight between 265-pound king Stipe Miocic and light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. DC would become just the second simultaneous two-division champion with a shocking first-round […]

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UFC 226 emanated tonight (Saturday, July 7, 2018) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The card capped International Fight Week, the main attraction of which featured a heavyweight superfight between 265-pound king Stipe Miocic and light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. DC would become just the second simultaneous two-division champion with a shocking first-round knockout of Miocic. Not only does he seem to have a money fight upcoming against Brock Lesnar, but he walks away $50,000 richer with one of the night’s four Performance of the Night bonuses.

Anthony Pettis picked up a much-needed win, submitting Michael Chiesa with a second-round triangle choke. Chiesa seemed drained after the first few minutes, perhaps hampered by the bad weight cut that saw him miss the mark. Pettis found his footing after a few scrambles in round one. At the opening of the second, Pettis hurt Chiesa, went for a guillotine, and eventually transitioned to the fight-ending choke. He banked an extra $50,000 for his efforts as well.

Khalil Rountree picked up the most significant and emphatic win of his career on the main card as well. Taking on decorated kickboxer-turned-MMA fighter Gokhan Saki, Rountree was undeterred. He dropped Saki with a counter left hand early, pounding with hammerfists to finish the job. Rountree will wake up tomorrow $50,000 richer for his Performance of the Night.

Lastly, the featured prelim saw middleweight hitters Paulo Costa and Uriah Hall go back and forth for about eight minutes. Costa consistently backed Hall up and smashed home massive hooks to the head and body. Hall jabbed, leg kicked, and hit several spinning back kicks to the body. Early in round two, Hall rocked Costa with a hook inside. The Brazilian quickly recovered, though, and resumed his assault with renewed vigor. Moments later, he collapsed Hall with a series of close-quarter power punches, earning the most significant win of his career and an extra $50,000 to boot.

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Daniel Cormier Beats Stipe Miocic Via 1st-Round Knockout, Wins Heavyweight Title

Daniel Cormier claimed UFC title No. 2 with a first-round knockout win over Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 226 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to capture the UFC heavyweight championship…

Daniel Cormier claimed UFC title No. 2 with a first-round knockout win over Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 226 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to capture the UFC heavyweight championship…

UFC 226 Post-Fight Press Conference

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Tonight’s (Sat., July 7, 2018) UFC 226 is in the rearview mirror from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and we have a new heavyweight champion.

In the main event, light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier knocked out previously record-setting heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic in the first round to become the second simultaneous two-division champion in UFC history. After the bout, former champion Brock Lesnar appeared and shoved Cormier, setting up a massive future match-up between the two champions.

In the co-main, a heavyweight ‘fight’ of horrifically bad proportions went down between Derrick Lewis and Francis Ngannou in a bout that was hyped as one of the most explosive potential match-ups for some time. The rest of the card featured some amazing fights and finishes such as Anthony Pettis’ thrilling submission win over Michael Chiesa and Khalil Rountree Jr.’s KO of kickboxer Gokhan Saki.

There’s a ton to unpack and discuss after arguably the most anticipated UFC of the year, so join us for the card’s post-fight press conference live after the main card right here:

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Brock Lesnar Shoves Daniel Cormier at UFC 226 (Video)

Things got heated quickly between Brock Lesnar and newly crowned UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. In the main event of UFC 226, Cormier challenged Stipe Miocic for the UFC heavyweight title. Cormier, who is already the light heavyweight champio…

Things got heated quickly between Brock Lesnar and newly crowned UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. In the main event of UFC 226, Cormier challenged Stipe Miocic for the UFC heavyweight title. Cormier, who is already the light heavyweight champion, was fighting to become a two-division champion. Mission accomplished. After a back-and-forth battle for most of […]

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Twitter Reacts To Daniel Cormier’s Historic UFC 226 KO

UFC 226 popped off tonight (Saturday, July 7, 2018) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event was a massive superfight between heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic and light heavyweight king Daniel Cormier. DC won by shocking first-round knockout, a short right hook off a clinch break sending the champion to the mat. […]

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UFC 226 popped off tonight (Saturday, July 7, 2018) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event was a massive superfight between heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic and light heavyweight king Daniel Cormier. DC won by shocking first-round knockout, a short right hook off a clinch break sending the champion to the mat. Three coffin-nail punches made Cormier the second simultaneous two-division champion in history.

The co-headliner was another big heavyweight battle, this between Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis. Unfortunately, this fight will go down in history as one of the most disappointing and boring of all time, as the big men were extremely reluctant to engage throughout. Lewis did a little bit more – Ngannou did virtually nothing – and he was awarded a unanimous decision in one of the worst fights in memory.

See how Twitter reacted to these huge fights below:

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Brock Lesnar Shoves Daniel Cormier After ‘DC’ Wins Heavyweight Title

Brock Lesnar stepped into the octagon and shoved Daniel Cormier after “DC’s” historic UFC 226 win:

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History was made when light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier knocked out former heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic in the main event of (Sat., July 7, 2018) UFC 226 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

When he did, Cormier became the second simultaneous two-division champion in UFC history, making a very strong case for being the greatest fighter in MMA history by finishing the man many considered the greatest heavyweight in the history of the sport.

But there was another prize on top of the heavyweight belt, and that was a potential fight with former champion Brock Lesnar after the WWE champion showed up cageside before the main event superfight.

Cormier called him out at the tail end of his post-fight interveiw, ,Lesnar stepped into the cage and it was on, with the hulking pro wrestler shoving the new two-division champ in a scene jam=packed of all-out chaos.

Watch it right here:

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