UFC 230: 3 Reasons Daniel Cormier Will Defeat Derrick Lewis At UFC 230

Modified Nov 16, 2018 12:05 GMT

#1 Daniel Cormier is Fresh, Derrick Lewis... not so much!

Daniel Cormier last competed in the Octagon, when he fought for the UFC Heavyweight Championship against Stipe Miocic. On that occasion, he was successful in a big way, and as a result ended up getting the win and the title.

However, since then, he has not had a single battle.

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In his post-match interview, Cormier had challenged Brock Lesnar who was present in the crowd. The two had a confrontation, and as a result, it was obvious that Cormier would be facing Lesnar next. However, since Cormier was unable to face Lesnar until the latter was cleared by the USADA, the fighter had a period of rest of at least 6 months on his hands.

While the UFC 230 announcement came all of a sudden, this means that Cormier goes into the fight the fresher of the two.

Derrick Lewis is coming into the fight after a hard bout against Alexander Volkov at UFC 229. He was able to win, but in the process, he lost While this fight was anything except easy to begin with, on top of that coming into it after the bout he had puts him at a very distinct disadvantage that Cormier is sure to take advantage of.

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Anirban Banerjee is a journalist from Kolkata, India and has been a part of building Sportskeeda's WWE section over the past 2 years. He has interviewed Jon Jones, Conor McGregor, 'Cowboy' Cerrone, Jorge Masvidal, Mandy Rose, Joe Hendry, Darren Till, and many others.

Anirban has worked in the field of wrestling and mixed martial arts journalism for several years. In addition to his work on Sportskeeda, Anirban is a fiction writer and has co-written over 20 biographies as well. He was also a columnist for 90 Minutes.

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