UFC 226 Betting Odds & Predictions
UFC 226 Predictions
Stipe Miocic vs Daniel Cormier
For the very first time in UFC history, the heavyweight and light heavyweight champions will square For the first time in UFC history, the heavyweight and light heavyweight champions will square off in the Octagon when Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier meet at UFC 226 in Las Vegas around the 8th July. Miocic opened as a 1.33 favourite with Cormier coming back at 3.25.
Miocic, who will put his title on the line, is riding a six-fight winning series with five successes coming from first-round knockout. The Cleveland native has placed himself firmly in the discussion of heavyweight ever with a suffocating victory over Francis Ngannou in UFC 220. With that triumph, Miocic set the new record for successive heavyweight title defences at three.
Cormier is no stranger to the heavyweight division, as”DC” started his professional MMA profession a perfect 13-0 in the weight class before going down to light heavyweight. Cormier has quietly put together one of the most impressive resumes in all of combined martial arts together with wins over Anthony”Rumble” Johnson, Alexander Gustafsson and Frank Mir.
Cormier will be attempting to become only the second fighter in history to hold two UFC straps concurrently, joining Conor McGregor, who accomplished the feat in 2016.
The two fighters have been coaching contrary to one another with the TUF Undefeated of this season. Unlike some seasons around TUF the trainer have a mutual respect for one another and there has not been some adjustments or anything like that so far.
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