Daniel cormier confirms next fight is last at heavyweight. But while the heavyweight grand prix tourney champion isnt looking past his upcoming fight, he. Things got a bit heated today at the ufc 170 prefight press conference. Daniel cormier has his final strikeforce bout coming up next month against unheralded dion staring. Daniel cormier talks about winning in oklahoma, his post fight speech, fighting for the ufc, the toughness of opponent dion staring, and more with mma fightings ariel helwani. Dion staring round 1 cormier opens with a nice head kick. Daniel ryan cormier born march 20, 1979 is an american mixed martial artist and former olympic wrestler. Analyzing daniel cormier vs dion staring postfight. In the nights comain event, oklahoma state university allamerican wrestler and strikeforce grand prix heavyweight champion daniel. The 26 yearold belgian last appeared at strikeforce rousey vs. Daniel dc cormier mma stats, pictures, news, videos. Daniel cormier has made plans for 20 by mma fighting newswire in an ideal universe, daniel cormier would get past dion staring on saturday night, fight frank mir and then fight jon jones in 20. Ufc on fox 7s daniel cormier expects slightly improved.
The main event of the mma part of the evening featured a rematch between dion staring and darko stosic. Daniel cormier warns brock lesnar after ufc 226 win. Saffiedine chesapeake energy arena in oklahoma city, ok saturday, january 12, 20 strikeforce heavyweight champion daniel cormier 1750 profile. He is the number 1 ranked poundforpound p4p fighter in the ufc as of october 15, 2018.
Daniel cormier has unfinished business with frank mir. Daniel cormier shoves patrick cummins at ufc 170 press. Last strikeforce show to air on january 12 headlined by. Watch highlights of his recent victories and hear his training plans for. Watch as headliners nate marquardt and tarec saffiedine are joined by daniel cormier, josh barnett, gegard mousasi, jacare souza, dion staring, nandor guelmino, mike kyle, and ed herman.
Once the media and fans finished their questions, the fighters set up for their st. Las vegas, nevada strikeforce welterweight champion and seasoned ufc veteran nate marquardt will defend his title against current number one contender tarec saffiedine on saturday, jan. Staring goes for the clinch and cormier lets him go. Daniel cormier post dion staring interview strikeforce. Et in the last strikeforce event, undefeated grand prix heavyweight champion, daniel cormier, will fight dutch underdog dion staring. This past weekend strikeforce heavyweightgrandprix champion daniel cormier signed a new contract that paves his way to the ufc. Vandaag op kinnebakpodcast vriend en mma vechter the beast from the east dion the soldier staring. Light heavyweight daniel dc cormiers official ufc fighter profile, with biography, news, skill breakdown, mma fight record and career statistics, photos, video. Check out kenny florians extended interview with ufc 182 light heavyweight contended daniel cormier. Mmamanias brian hemminger takes a look back at last nights strikeforce finale comain event between heavyweights daniel cormier and. Brock lesnar and daniel cormier stare each other down image. One of the most talented heavyweights on the planet finished out his showtime contract last night jan. Strikeforces rising star video features former olympian, daniel cormier. Champion nate marquardt, challenger tarec saffiedine official for.
Daniel cormier made it clear after his win over dion staring saturday night that he is coming for jon jones. Saffiedine josh barnett post nandor guelmino interview strikeforce. He is signed to the ultimate fighting championship ufc, where he is a former twodivision world champion, having held the heavyweight and light heavyweight world championships simultaneously. Dion staring, a heavyweight bout during saturday nights marquardt vs. Daniel cormier is an american mixed martial artist and former olympic wrestler. Source possible video leak of ea sports ufc facial models along with roster and ratings pastapadre.
Daniel cormier says jon jones is talking like a 16year. Daniel cormier remained unbeaten by beating dion staring and seems a shooin for ufc. Take it with a grain of salt for now, but if it interests you, check out the leakerhackers youtube channel for rosters, stats, attributes and more. Daniel cormier has been training for frank mir for most of seven months. Daniel cormier inks new contract, eyes frank mir and dual. While some were surprised that the heavily favored daniel cormier came in as a 201 favorite against dion staring earlier today, daniel cormier feels it was an insult to his opponent and put. Dion the soldier staring mma stats, pictures, news. Ffc 27 took place december 17, 2016 in zagreb, croatia. Heidi androl interviews daniel cormier straight from the cage following his win over dion staring. Daniel cormier has warned brock lesnar that he wont fight him if he. Currently he is signed to ultimate fighting championship ufc, and is champion of both the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. This is the strikeforce live blog for daniel cormier vs.
He might even have made a frank mir face when he saw cormier win saturday night against dion staring. Microtech backs cormier in strikeforce finale microtech. Daniel ryan cormier born march 20, 1979 is an american mixed martial artist and former. Jan 12, 20 no no comments 2432 views saturday night was strikeforces final event, and we may also have seen one of daniel cormier. Strikeforce daniel cormier post dion staring interview. But the unique thing is that the mir hell face next week might be a slightly different one than the fighter he started training for in september. Strikeforce results strikeforce news videos download mma fighting iphone app. In an ideal universe, daniel cormier would get past dion staring on saturday night, fight frank mir and then fight jon jones in 20. Now, cormier 100 mma, 70 sf just has to beat dion staring 287 mma, 00 sf at strikeforces final event, which takes place jan.
Watch a profile of strikeforce fighter daniel cormier, the olympian who fought his way to the top of mixed martial arts. He was featured on an episode of sneaker shopping on the youtube channel complex. Dion staring official sherdog mixed martial arts stats, photos, videos, breaking news, and more for the heavyweight fighter from netherlands. Some sports books have cormier as a 201 favorite against staring, a dutch fighter with a 287 record compiled in much smaller promotions. Daniel cormier %2c gilbert melendez headline the long list of fighters with ryan couture joining%2c he and randy will become the first fatherson fighters in ufc history some were sealed and all. Daniel cormier still looking for jon jones or frank mir.
Casey leydon of mma fighting followed heavyweight grand prix champion daniel cormier behind the scenes of his fight week. Saffiedine, daniel cormier beat dion staring from pillar to post, forcing a stoppage in the second round. Daniel cormier biography, age, family, jon jones, ufc. Daniel cormier 100 is a former olympic freestyle wrestler turned strikeforce heavyweight powerhouse out of american kickboxing academy who has had a rollercoasters share of ups and downs. Dion staring talks about his latest victory over kirill harder at a1 world combat cup in hasselt, belgium.
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