Hindsight - UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier in retrospect

Even though the buys for UFC 226 look to be a disappointment – estimated to be under 400K – that doesn’t mean the card disappointed. Sure, there was the abomination between Derrick Lewis and Francis Ngannou, but every other fight on the main card delivered. That included Daniel Cormier’s historic win over Stipe Miocic, making him the heavyweight and light heavyweight champion simultaneously. However, even more than Cormier’s historic win was the unexpected return of Brock Lesnar to UFC television. No, he didn’t fight, but his trash talk and confrontation with Cormier was full of the type of bluster the UFC has been missing since Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey went their merry way. There was a lot to take away from this card.

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