For the better part of the last three years, Stipe Miocic’s entire fighting career has been consumed by Daniel Cormier.
After he toppled the seemingly unstoppable Francis Ngannou at the start of 2018, the Cleveland, Ohio native was booked for a coaching stint on The Ultimate Fighter opposite Cormier prior to their first meeting that July. On that night, Miocic lost his heavyweight title as Cormier celebrated his achievement of becoming a two-division UFC champion.
Thirteen months later, Miocic exacted his revenge with a fourth-round TKO as he became the first person (on record) to finish Cormier as he reclaimed UFC gold.