At UFC 226 in the summer of 2018, Stipe Miocic lost his heavyweight title by first-round KO to Daniel Cormier. Then last summer at UFC 241, Cormier and Miocic rematched, with Miocic stopping Cormier with body punches in the fourth-round. The UFC quickly announced their intent to do a trilogy bout next, with this summer being the tentative plan. However over the last couple of months, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown most sporting event in jeopardy and Miocic, who is also a full-time firefighter, has been open about prioritizing that over fighting right now.
Morning Report: Daniel Cormier lauds Stipe Miocic’s focus on coronavirus right now, hopes champ ‘plays the fight game’ when this is over
