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Daniel Cormier is an athletic specimen.
A former Olympic wrestler, Cormier, joined the American Kickboxing Academy in 2009 to start training MMA. Luke Rockhold was already an accomplished fighter at AKA by then. Rockhold recalls that Cormier could do backflips while weighing around 260 pounds and standing 5’10” tall. According to Rockhold, Cormier’s wrestling skills at heavyweight allowed him to reach the pinnacle of the sport.
A Certain Confidence
“‘DC’ was a freak man,” Rockhold said on "the Jaxxon Podcast.”. “‘DC’ walked into the gym 260 pounds, 5’10”, and he could do a backflip. This big fat motherf—-er’s doing backflips. He had a certain confidence and athleticism… Being able to have that wrestling at heavyweight, he could dictate a lot of what’s going on. He always was just very athletic, he had some wrestling and he could throw some hands.”
Cormier was already 30 when he had his first MMA fight. “DC” joined the UFC in 2013 and went on to become a two-division champion in the promotion, leaving behind the likes of Anderson Silva, Dan Henderson, Anthony Johnson, Frank Mir and Alexander Gustafsson in his wake. Cormier’s only career losses came against Jon Jones, considered the greatest fighter of all time, and Stipe Miocic, considered the greatest heavyweight of all time. Cormier hung up his gloves in 2020 following consecutive loss against Miocic. Cormier has since taken up coaching when he is not on commentary duty for the UFC.
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A former Olympic wrestler, Cormier, joined the American Kickboxing Academy in 2009 to start training MMA. Luke Rockhold was already an accomplished fighter at AKA by then. Rockhold recalls that Cormier could do backflips while weighing around 260 pounds and standing 5’10” tall. According to Rockhold, Cormier’s wrestling skills at heavyweight allowed him to reach the pinnacle of the sport.
A Certain Confidence
“‘DC’ was a freak man,” Rockhold said on "the Jaxxon Podcast.”. “‘DC’ walked into the gym 260 pounds, 5’10”, and he could do a backflip. This big fat motherf—-er’s doing backflips. He had a certain confidence and athleticism… Being able to have that wrestling at heavyweight, he could dictate a lot of what’s going on. He always was just very athletic, he had some wrestling and he could throw some hands.”
Cormier was already 30 when he had his first MMA fight. “DC” joined the UFC in 2013 and went on to become a two-division champion in the promotion, leaving behind the likes of Anderson Silva, Dan Henderson, Anthony Johnson, Frank Mir and Alexander Gustafsson in his wake. Cormier’s only career losses came against Jon Jones, considered the greatest fighter of all time, and Stipe Miocic, considered the greatest heavyweight of all time. Cormier hung up his gloves in 2020 following consecutive loss against Miocic. Cormier has since taken up coaching when he is not on commentary duty for the UFC.
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