Daniel Cormier Or Conor McGregor: Which Fighter Is Better Pound-For-Pound?

Cormier slowly but surely taking control of the bout was its highlight. “Rumble” moved forward aggressively, but the champion tied him up.

“He’s extremely talented with God-given knockout power”. He’s always just one strike away from victory. As for his opponent, that’ll depend on who wins today.

Despite Oivi’s attempts to get Johnson to spill the beans further, the hard-hitting brawler kept it a secret. Johnson, however, was able to reverse and get the takedown. Cormier displayed world-class grappling to regain control. Johnson was looking to escape, but Cormier was content to sit on Johnson’s back and pummel him from behind.

Cormier defended his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight title against Johnson once again.

The main event fighters were the final two competitors to weigh-in on Friday morning with both Cormier and Johnson waiting until the last minute to step onto the scale.

There was drama at the weigh-ins for UFC 210 in Buffalo as the main event on the card looked, for moments, to be in severe doubt.

He acknowledged it’s on him to win back fans’ trust.

“No, no we didn’t”, Manuwa said, when asked if they’d spoken before. Cormier sounded confident talking about a possible matchup with “Poster Boy”. He also finished his 18-month probation, following the hit-and-run incident that injured a pregnant woman in April a year ago, which means there’s no more legal impediment for him to fight. At first, it seemed like Cormier was ignoring any Jones talk. It just might be the match of the year.

Maybe Daniel Cormier should be a magician when he retires from the fight game.

Johnson is remaining tight-lipped about exactly what this new line of work is, though he apparently told Dana White that it was “something big”. He defeated Glaico Franca at UFC Fight Night 95 in September.

“I’m faster, I have better footwork, I have better hands, better stand up”. Johnson’s last fight came at UFC 202 when he stopped Glover Teixeira in 13 seconds. Johnson was originally set to face Jon Jones but the latter was pulled three weeks before the fight after getting arrested for leaving the scene of a hit-and-run accident in April 2015 in New Mexico. Preux via unanimous decision. “So, you’ll see a different guy out there the next time you see me fight”. His off-court issues just threaten to diminish what he’s done in the Octagon.