Daniel Cormier shared the Octagon with a number of incredible hunters during his career.
The UFC Hall of Famer can now be found to call the battles of Cage-Side, with Cormier a regular presence at the PPV events of the promotion.
As a former UFC champion heavyweight and light heavyweight, he called time on his career in 2020, although Dana White claimed that he could have continued.
Cormier will always be linked to his greatest rival, Jon Jones, with whom he shared the Octagon twice to compete for the light heavyweight title.
Before one of his planned meetings with 'Bones' withdrew, his opponent withdrew who led to the fact that 'DC' was rewarded against a colleague legend of the Octagon in the short term.
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Daniel Cormier says he was afraid of fighting Anderson Silva after breaking his rhythm of activity
UFC 200 In July 2016, the stage for the blockbuster -rematch between Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones was to unite the light heavyweight titles.
When 'Bones' was only pulled out of the map for three days due to a potential drug violation, Cormier stated that he would still compete if the UFC could find him an opponent who was logical.
On a cancellation period of less than two days, the former UFC middleweight champion and all time stepped in Great Anderson Silva to face Cormier in a non-title three-round fight on slightly heavy weight.
In a recent interview on the Podcast of Pound 4 Pound, 'DC' admitted that he was afraid of this fight for a certain reason.
In 2015, Cormier had fought three times and recovered from his loss to Jones in January by beating Anthony Johnson for the empty title and defending it against Alexander Gustafsson.
After an incredible five-round war with Gustafsson, the champion needed some free time that he claims to have disrupted his rhythm and fame on his way to UFC 200, where he convincingly defeated Silva.
“I fought three times in 2015. It was as if I was driving on a bike. I would just walk to the Octagon, fight against someone, and I was fine. But then 2016, because I think Gustafson was bad to put me together … I was something like that, I needed nine months.
'I am in the dressing room to fight against Anderson [Silva]. I know he's not in shape. I know he can't struggle. I literally know that there is a 99% chance that I am winning. And I was scared. As if I was actually scared in the back, man, it felt so unknown because I had been gone for so long. “
Daniel Cormier was heavily criticized by fans during his interview after the fight on UFC 200
The replacement fight by Daniel Cormier with Anderson Silva eventually became one of the low points of UFC 200 in the eyes of the fans.
'DC' all three of his Takedowns landed and spent more than 10 minutes in control of his opponent on the floor without being able to seriously threaten 'the spider'.
Cormier gave his opinion about the fight in his interview after the fight with Joe Rogan while fans made their feelings hear.
“The fight went how it should go. Joe, I have been training for a specific man for 8 weeks. The man is leaving the competition, I am fighting Anderson Silva. I was a bit nervous. He is so good and I did what I had to do. It is very difficult to change opponents on two days, but Anderson did a good job to stay there.”
Cormier would eventually get his chance for revenge on Jon Jones when they met the following year in a rematch on UFC 214.
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