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Daniel Cormier: ‘I’m not afraid of Stipe Miocic’, rematch just doesn’t ‘make sense right now’

It’s ludicrous to suggest that Daniel Cormier is ‘ducking’ Stipe Miocic, but that seems to be the growing consensus ahead of ‘DC’s’ upcoming heavyweight title bout versus Derrick Lewis at UFC 230.

Cormier, who will be defending his heavyweight title for the first time, has been criticized for not accepting an immediate rematch with Miocic, whom he dismantled in the first round at UFC 226.

Cormier has responded to Miocic and the critics by claiming that a rematch doesn’t make sense because of the underwhelming PPV buys for their previous bout at UFC 226, which scored an estimated 380,000 buys.