Daniel Cormier - UFC champ x2

[Dub]

Just KO'd Stipe Miocic to simultaneously hold the HW and LHW belts.

 

[65POKE]

Excellent!

 

[Okcpokefan]

That was awesome to watch!

Seriously one of my favorite pro athletes...If not my favorite.

Great fighter..better person.

 

[JimmytheGreek]

Can’t wait for him to KO Lesnar now

 

[Fl Poke]

Did Vince buy the company? That promo they cut at the end would make him proud.

 

[Dub]

Can’t wait for him to KO Lesnar now

I want to see him wrestle for 5 rounds. Go for riding time. Embarrass the jackass in his “strongest” discipline.

 

[docjoctoo]

That was awesome to watch!

Seriously one of my favorite pro athletes...If not my favorite.

Great fighter..better person.

He came to OSU to wrestle from Louisiana with very limited wrestling experience. He became a very good wrestler and could have been even better with more experience.

 

[TulsaWorld]

From the Associated Press...

LAS VEGAS — Daniel Cormier knocked out the UFC heavyweight champion, argued with a professional wrestler and left the octagon dancing with glee and perfect balance, thanks to one championship belt on each arm.

There will never be another Saturday night like it for the 39-year-old former Oklahoma State wrestler who stands on the pinnacle of the UFC.

Make that two pinnacles.


Cormier added the heavyweight championship to his light heavyweight title when he stopped Stipe Miocic in dramatic fashion during the first round of their superfight at UFC 226.

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I checked our archives --- here's a Tulsa World file photo from 2001 Big 12 tournament semifinals (184-pound class):

 

[OSUCowboy787]

Lesnar shouldn't even be in consideration for a title shot but the HW division is mainly trash right now. Stipe is pretty much all by himself and DC just demolished him. Lesnar can't even fight for at least 6 month during his required USADA testing pool period. Not to take anything from DC because Stipe is legit but the division in general is trash.

 

[BrokenArrowPoke]

Lesnar shouldn't even be in consideration for a title shot but the HW division is mainly trash right now. Stipe is pretty much all by himself and DC just demolished him. Lesnar can't even fight for at least 6 month during his required USADA testing pool period. Not to take anything from DC because Stipe is legit but the division in general is trash.

In recent years the UFC switched the way they book fights from Champion vs Number 1 Contender to money fights. It's crazy that a guy like Brock last fought in 2016 and it ended up being a No Contest because he failed his drug test gets to jump the rest of the Heavyweight divison for a title shot. At the same time though DC vs Lesnar will probably do a huge number of PPV buys, so I get why the UFC does it.

I just feel bad for the other fighters though. Curtis Blaydes has been on a good streak in the Heavyweight division and was probably next in line for a title shot, but has to wait now because of a money fight.

 

[bleedinorange]

There's only one fight to make for DC and that's John Jones. Jones commented today that this was the best thing that could have happened and that now he can kick his (DC's) a$$ as light heavyweight champion or heavyweight champion. Lesnar's a joke. The money fight is Jones. imo

 

[Dub]

Jones is a juicer. Screw that guy.

They'll get way more PPV buys with DC vs Lesnar, and DC is just looking for a big payday before he retires in March.

 

[bleedinorange]

Lesnar is a 40yo huckster with a 5 win, 3 loss, MMA record. Only his big mouth qualifies him for a title shot. Plus, he didn't get that big eating his Wheaties. Jones is a juicer and a pos as a person but he is undefeated in MMA with 2 wins (1ko declared no contest officially) over DC. I wouldn't pay a dime to watch what would be little more than another WWE wrestlemania show with a blowhard pretender competing against a legit champ. DC has unfinished business with Jones. Once again, imo.

 

[Dub]

From the Associated Press...



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I checked our archives --- here's a Tulsa World file photo from 2001 Big 12 tournament semifinals (184-pound class):

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is that a Darce choke? Can you make a guy tap in the NCAA?

 

[CowboyJD]

Lesnar shouldn't even be in consideration for a title shot but the HW division is mainly trash right now. Stipe is pretty much all by himself and DC just demolished him. Lesnar can't even fight for at least 6 month during his required USADA testing pool period. Not to take anything from DC because Stipe is legit but the division in general is trash.

6 months = UFC’s big end of the year PPV.

 

[CowboyJD]

is that a Darce choke? Can you make a guy tap in the NCAA?

Arm triangle (if he put his head on the other side of the arm), and no...choke submissions aren’t allowed in NCAA.

Darce is similar, but typically comes over the top of head/back of the neck rather than the front.

 

[OSUCowboy787]

6 months = UFC’s big end of the year PPV.

Well actually he won't be able to fight until mid January since he joined the testing pool in mid July. I bet it will probably be on the Super Bowl weekend card which is usually one of their bigger ones as well. If I had to guess. He will also I think fight Shogun Rua at LHW later this year.

 

[CowboyJD]

Well actually he won't be able to fight until mid January since he joined the testing pool in mid July. I bet it will probably be on the Super Bowl weekend card which is usually one of their bigger ones as well. If I had to guess. He will also I think fight Shogun Rua at LHW later this year.

I wasn’t clear. The Super Bowl weekend card is what I was referring to. i consider that show the end of the UFC “year” of fights. Probably should have been more explicit.

 

[BrokenArrowPoke]

DC talked about fighting Shogun for his Light Heavyweight Championship, but Shogun got starched yesterday afternoon by an up and coming fighter, so that is probably off the table.

Obviously things change, but DC has been pretty adamant about retiring when he turns 40 (will be 40 March 20th). Based on yesterdays fights, I think his next and last fight will be against Lesnar if he is serious about retiring at 40.