Stipe Miocic was forced to undergo eye surgery after suffering ‘a major retina injury from multiple eye pokes’ against Daniel Cormier at UFC 241. Despite this, Miocic went on to TKO Cormier in the fourth round to reclaim his heavyweight title but the two-time heavyweight champ found himself sidelined for the rest of the year due to the eye pokes.
Miocic also alleges that he suffered an eye poke just moments before his knockout loss to Cormier at UFC 226, but ‘DC’ insists it was accidental.
“I’m not purposely doing that,” Cormier told MMA Fighting ahead of his trilogy bout with Miocic at UFC 252.