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#3 Daniel Cormier discusses retirement

Daniel Cormier

At UFC 241, the UFC Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier lost his fight to Stipe Miocic, consequently also losing his title.

The fighter was distraught after the loss, as he has a habit of being. However, even before the time for the fight came around, Daniel Cormier was talking about the chances of the UFC 241 fight being his last one for the company.

Daniel Cormier had long been talking about retiring after a final fight against Brock Lesnar in March of 2019 before he turned 40.

However, when plans for his fight against Brock Lesnar fell through, Cormier stayed on and did not retire at the time that he had originally been planning to.

Cormier talked to MMA Junkie about his plans for his retirement.

“I think what’s going to be the most difficult for me is I’m going to have to let go when I can still compete. Worst case scenario, if I was to lose to Stipe this weekend I could go, ‘I want a rematch’, and I would probably get it immediately. But if I lose it would probably mean I’m close to getting done. Or I could win, and I could be like, ‘I’m going to go on to the next dude and the next dude’ and then eventually somebody is going to get you."

Retirement was definitely up there in his mind when he went into his fight against Stipe. When he lost the fight and was asked what his next move was, Cormier, revealed that he was going to take time to consider his options properly before he made a decision.