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Daniel Cormier has unsurprisingly named Anthony Johnson as one of the toughest opponents he has fought during his storied career.
Cormier is one of the few fighters who can claim to have achieved dual championship status UFC.
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“DC” entered the UFC crowned heavyweight champion under the Strikeforce banner and broke his right hand in a title fight.
He won against Frank Meyer in his UFC debut before defeating Roy Nelson, Patrick Cummins and Dan Henderson.
The 45-year-old suffered only three UFC losses during his career, which led to his retirement. John JonesAlexander Gustafson Anderson Silva, Stipe Miocic And several other heavy legends.
His rivalry with Jones was also one of the most intense that Dana White has ever seen, as the pair battled each other on two occasions.
Cormier has been knocked out twice in his career: the first against Jones, though the result was later changed to a no contest after Jones tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. His second penultimate fight in the UFC against Miocic.
However, one punch from the Rumble stood out significantly from the rest.
“The first 15 fights, I was cruising. Cormier told me nobody was really doing anything to me. clean fighttalks about his early UFC career.
“When I was fighting Anthony Johnson For the belt 20 seconds into the fight, I kick him in the leg and then hit him in the eye.
“It was an accident, but I accidentally hit him in the eye. He turned, he hit me and I flew all the way across the octagon.
“I hit the ground on my stomach. I’m on my stomach like holy s***. You feel it right away, man, the first bang-boom. It’s like, “Wow.”
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Cormier won UFC gold for the first time against Johnson after recovering from a devastating right hand that sent him flying.
Johnson floored the 17-year-old Cormier in the first 30 seconds of their five-round fight with a brutal overhand that sent “DC” reeling to his feet at UFC 187 in May 2015.
Cormier turned the fight around in the later rounds, controlling Johnson on the ground and eventually forcing him to submit to a rear-naked choke.
He went on to defend the belt against Gustafsson before defeating Silva and Johnson again in their 2017 rematch at UFC 210.
“DC” was then knocked down by Jones and won his last three UFC bouts, which ended with a loss to Miocic.
Johnson was one of the deadliest fighters in the UFC and beat people like him Dan Hardy And Glover Teixeira between his two fights with Cormier.
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“Roar” Unfortunately, it passed At the age of 38 in November 2022 after suffering from an unknown illness.
Former UFC lightweight champion: “Anthony Johnson – my brother AJ – RIP – was a huge star.” Camaro Osman once said On a podcast with Cormier.
“You saw what Anthony Johnson did to kids, kicking them in the head and punching them in the teeth in fights.
But AJ never wanted to talk (trash).
“I fought him twice,” Cormier responded, talking about the pair’s two UFC bouts. I was trying to get him to try and get involved with me.
“I put the belt behind and pulled it, and he was like, ‘Oh my God, he’s so annoying.'” He was literally on ESPN: “This dude is so annoying, can I work with him? “
John Jones has revealed the six-figure price it would cost to leave the house while driving a luxury Bugatti.
But boy, he could punch, he could punch. You fight, boom, I fell down, I was like: Oh my God, I’m on the ground.
Cormier was among UFC stars from around the world who paid tribute to Johnson after his death.
She described him as a “caring” person with whom she could share “random text” messages.
