Daniel Cormier became a two division champion at UFC 226 when he scored a first round kn💛ockout victory over Stipe Miocic to claim the UFC Heavyweight Title.
Shortly after the bout, current WWE Universal Champ𝔍ion and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar stormed the Octagon before shoving the newly crowned title holder.
A ♒short time after thಞat, UFC President Dana White said that DC will defend the heavyweight strap against Lesnar after Lesnar completes six months of USADA drug testing, which ꦬwill make the fight a possibility in early 2019.
has already provided early betting odds for the yet to be officially announced super fight and Cormier opens up as a sizeable favorite over the WWE star. Cormier opens up at -225, while Lesnar comes in at +175, which makes DC a 2 to 1 favorite over the former heavyweight kin🎶gpin.
It should be noted that those odds can change drastically unt💯il both fighters finally face off in the Octagon.
Lesnar hasn’t competed in the Octagon since initially scoring a decision win over Mark Hunt at UFC 200, but the result was overt🧸urned to a no contest after Lesnar failed a pair of drug tests in line with the event.