Daniel Cormier-Stipe Miocic III Officially Signed To Headline UFC 252 In August

It’s official: Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic will meet for the third time at Aug. 15’s UFC 252 card. On Twitter yesterday, rumors started to swirl as Daniel Cormier posted this teaser that he e-signed for something unknown:

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ pic.twitter.com/LGihyhWkhT

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) June 8, 2020

And a day later we know the answer that Daniel Cormier will get a rematch for the UFC Heavyweight Championship almost one year to the date after Stipe Miocic took the belt from him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoplOdr89e4

Miocic previously said that he wouldn’t fight during the Coronavirus outbreak:

“There’s no way,” Miocic told theScore on Thursday. “I can’t get a full camp in. So, there’s no reason to fight.”

“It’s tough because I have a lot of things going on in my world – my daughter, make sure she’s OK – going to work,” Miocic said. “I’m just trying to do the best that I can.”

Cormier won the heavyweight title from Miocic in their first battle in July 2018. When a trilogy fight was rumored before, the fight was listed in some sportsbooks as a pick ’em with both Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic -110 to win.

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