Miocic vs. Cormier 3

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Miocic vs. Cormier 3 August 15, 2020 | Las Vegas, Nevada

Cormier (22-2-1) is a former two-division champion whose only career losses in the UFC have come to light heavyweight titleholder Jon Jones and Miocic. He fought Jones to a competitive decision loss, and a defeat in their second match was later overturned to a no-contest after Jones failed a drug test.
The 41-year-old became heavyweight champion with his upset of Miocic as a massive underdog in their first meeting. He connected with an uppercut that led to a first-round stoppage and stopped Miocic's record for heavyweight title defenses at three.

But Miocic (19-3), 37, pleaded for a rematch and made good on his vow to regain his belt. Cormier almost managed another early victory, but Miocic rebounded to score a fourth-round technical knockout that was the result of a flurry of body shots.
The fighters used to be on somewhat friendly terms, but their battles have created a rift. Both have said they already have proven to be the better fighter and will show it again by winning the rubber match.

Two of Cormier’s last three wins have come by knockout with the first win coming against Miocic coming by submission. Cormier comes into this fight averaging 4.25 significant strikes per minute while absorbing 2.75 significant strikes per minute. Cormier is also averaging 1.95 successful takedowns every 15 minutes and 0.5 submission attempts every 15 minutes.
Stipe Miocic comes into this fight with a 19-3 record overall and coming into this fight he has won seven of his last eight fights. In the last fight Miocic didn’t give up against Cormier and in the fourth round, he was able to win the fight by knockout. In the last fight each of the guys had one takedown. 
Miocic comes into this fight averaging 4.95 significant strikes per minute while absorbing 3.69 significant strikes per minute. Miocic likes to get the fight to the ground averaging 2.20 successful takedowns every 15 minutes but he is only successful on 37 percent of his attempts.
Cormier is the better fighter and he really shouldn’t have lost the last fight. In this fight, Cormier isn’t going to make the same mistakes and he will have no issue getting the job done. Back Cormier and for added value take Cormier to win by decision.


Cormier has said adamantly that he only has a couple of fights left in his career before he retires but he has mentioned the possibility of returning to light heavyweight if he ever had the chance to avenge his prior loss to Jones.
For his part, Jones doesn’t see Cormier ever making that weight cut again, especially knowing that he would be a massive underdog in a third fight between the two of them.
“He’s definitely never coming back to light heavyweight. He says it but there’s no way he’s coming to light heavyweight,” Jones said. “To commit your life to lose that type of weight and to come up short again would be so devastating.
“It would take an incredible amount of courage to attempt it and to come up short would just be so devastating. I doubt he’d put himself through that for the third time.”

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