Daniel Cormier was 38 when he fought Jones, 41 when he fought stipe.

[Versez]

When you think about this it’s wild. He was older than the current Jones when they first fought. And almost as old as current stipe when he defeated him in 2018. We don’t appreciate how much Daniel Cormier was disciplined and it is often down played. He deserve way more respect.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

Get that UFC crap out of the War room. Mods, ban this fool.

 

[Versez]

Can it be moved to the main ufc section of the forum ?

 

[Lycandroid]

those fights were both wars, he technically has the right forum

 

[Versez]

those fights were both wars, he technically has the right forum

I’m sorry my friend , I didn’t understand what you said.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Jon got pushback for calling out Stipe, but DC wanted to give Brock Lesnar of all people another title shot

 

[Versez]

Jon got pushback for calling out Stipe, but DC wanted to give Brock Lesnar of all people another title shot

It would had been a one time return only of lesnar. Lesnar would has brought way more views to the ufc than stipe.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Hello Cormier.... fan

 

[Croaker]

Cormier could have been a legend of the sport if he stopped blowing Cain and just fought at HW

Instead he's remembered as a bloated LHW who got starched by Jones, I am a firm believer at HW Cormier would have beaten Jones. Dude ragdolled Josh Barnett.

 

[SuperNerd]

He was good before he fought JJ

 

[Versez]

Cormier could have been a legend of the sport if he stopped blowing Cain and just fought at HW

Instead he's remembered as a bloated LHW who got starched by Jones, I am a firm believer at HW Cormier would have beaten Jones. Dude ragdolled Josh Barnett.

He fought at hw way too late … his strike force run was legendary

 

[nostradumbass]

Jon got pushback for calling out Stipe, but DC wanted to give Brock Lesnar of all people another title shot

Right, because there wasn't an interim champ DC tried to bypass. He won the belt, defended it 4 months later against someone who just beat Ngannou and KOd Volkov, and was going to fight Lesnar because there weren't any other clear contenders who hadn't lost recently.

 

[AfroBanana]

DC started MMA late like handy and others.

Also, DC was 35 the first time he fought Jon and 38 in the rematch.

DC had his first fight at 30 years, his second when he was 31 old and Jon had 24 fights already at the same age (30).

When Jon was 30 he was fighting 15-0 DC and already set many records and was in his 11th title fight.

Stop debuted in the UFC when he was 30 and had 8 fights he started around 28.

Also LHW / HW success 30-40 is normal. He’s not FLW / BW / FW.

 

[daniel san]

I don’t think DC did quite enough at HW to prove it, but I think he could have been too 3 GOAT if he started a bit earlier and didn’t move down to LHW. And this is a guy who was just plain fat and could have been fighting at MW if it weren’t for them kidneys. Amazing fighter, just really unlucky to be active when Jones was.

 

[Westbrick]

Cormier could have been a legend of the sport if he stopped blowing Cain and just fought at HW

Instead he's remembered as a bloated LHW who got starched by Jones, I am a firm believer at HW Cormier would have beaten Jones. Dude ragdolled Josh Barnett.

He didn't fight most of the guys at his HW time too

 

[Sonny Qc]

Hello Cormier.... fan

hello

 

[Dirty Frank]

When you think about this it’s wild. He was older than the current Jones when they first fought. And almost as old as current stipe when he defeated him in 2018. We don’t appreciate how much Daniel Cormier was disciplined and it is often down played. He deserve way more respect.

DC was probably one of the greatest overachievers in the sport, when you factor in his age and stature. I've always considered the dude one of the greats.

 

[Dirty Frank]

Cormier could have been a legend of the sport if he stopped blowing Cain and just fought at HW

Instead he's remembered as a bloated LHW who got starched by Jones, I am a firm believer at HW Cormier would have beaten Jones. Dude ragdolled Josh Barnett.

DC will be remembered as a two-time champ-champ who was the first one to actually defend both belts.

 

[Croaker]

DC will be remembered as a two-time champ-champ who was the first one to actually defend both belts.

You have a wild idea of what peoples memory of him will be. Nobody thinks about that, just like nobody thinks about how great he was in Strikeforce.

 

[Fedorgasm]

Cormier could have been a legend of the sport if he stopped blowing Cain and just fought at HW

Instead he's remembered as a bloated LHW who got starched by Jones, I am a firm believer at HW Cormier would have beaten Jones. Dude ragdolled Josh Barnett.

Agreed. Business is business. Sometimes you have to fight your friends.

You just shake hands and say no matter what happens in that cage, no hard feelings.

And you can try to avoid each other if possible, so refuse to fight your friend unless he's the champ and you're the #1 contender.

If DC was at heavyweight he might never have had to fight Cain because Cain was always injured anyway.