With Daniel Cormier officially announcing his retirement and fighting what looks like will be the final fight of his career on Saturday I thought I’d share my five thoughts on the fight, Cormier’s career and retirement, and OSU MMA in general. Let’s dive in.
1. What a career!
It’s not hard to argue that Daniel Cormier is one of the best MMA fighters of all time. He’s won both light heavyweight and heavyweight titles and at one point even carried both at the same time. The only losses of his career are to arguably the greatest light heavyweight of all time in Jon Jones, who has a bit of a tainted reputation with failed USADA tests, and Stipe Miocic who’s widely viewed as the greatest heavyweight of all time (and whom Cormier holds one win over).