The 10 best UFC moments of 2018 so far

#5: Cormier becomes a two-division champion

Daniel Cormier became a two-division champ when he beat Stipe Miocic

Before 2018, only four fighters had ever won UFC titles in two different weight classes. BJ Penn (Welterweight and Lightweight), Randy Couture (Heavyweight and Light-Heavyweight), Conor McGregor (Featherweight and Lightweight) and Georges St-Pierre (Welterweight and Middleweight).

All four would be considered amongst the genuine greats on the UFC pantheon, and only one of them – McGregor – had held his two titles at the same time. Well, now Daniel Cormier can count himself amongst those legends – and his win over Stipe Miocic for the Heavyweight title is definitely one of the best moments of 2018.

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The fight didn’t quite draw as well on pay-per-view as the UFC had hoped, but Cormier probably didn’t care about that when he landed the short right hand that knocked Miocic unconscious. Miocic had been the best Heavyweight champ the UFC had ever seen – and Cormier dispatched him within a round.

Does this make Cormier an all-time great? Absolutely. We’ll come back to him a little later on this list, but his historic win over Miocic might well be the best moment of an already-storied career.

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