Daniel Cormier

"DC"

AGE	46 / Mar 20, 1979
HEIGHT	5'11" / 180.34 cm
WEIGHT	251 lbs / 113.85 kg

ASSOCIATION
American Kickboxing Academy

CLASS
Heavyweight

Wins 22

KO / TKO

45%

SUBMISSIONS

23%

DECISIONS

32%

Losses 3

KO / TKO

33%

SUBMISSIONS

DECISIONS

67%

N/C 1

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Stipe Miocic	UFC 252 - Miocic vs. Cormier 3 Aug / 15 / 2020	Decision (Unanimous) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
loss	Stipe Miocic	UFC 241 - Cormier vs. Miocic 2 Aug / 17 / 2019	TKO (Punches) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	4	4:09
win	Derrick Lewis	UFC 230 - Cormier vs. Lewis Nov / 03 / 2018	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	2:14
win	Stipe Miocic	UFC 226 - Miocic vs. Cormier Jul / 07 / 2018	KO (Punches) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	4:33
win	Volkan Oezdemir	UFC 220 - Miocic vs. Ngannou Jan / 20 / 2018	TKO (Punches) Kevin MacDonald VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	2:00
NC	Jon Jones	UFC 214 - Cormier vs. Jones 2 Jul / 29 / 2017	No Contest (Overturned by CSAC) John McCarthy VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	3:01
win	Anthony Johnson	UFC 210 - Cormier vs. Johnson 2 Apr / 08 / 2017	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) John McCarthy VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	3:37
win	Anderson Silva	UFC 200 - Tate vs. Nunes Jul / 09 / 2016	Decision (Unanimous) John McCarthy VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Alexander Gustafsson	UFC 192 - Cormier vs. Gustafsson Oct / 03 / 2015	Decision (Split) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Anthony Johnson	UFC 187 - Johnson vs. Cormier May / 23 / 2015	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) John McCarthy VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	2:39
loss	Jon Jones	UFC 182 - Jones vs. Cormier Jan / 03 / 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Dan Henderson	UFC 173 - Barao vs. Dillashaw May / 24 / 2014	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Yves Lavigne VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	3:53
win	Patrick Cummins	UFC 170 - Rousey vs. McMann Feb / 22 / 2014	TKO (Punches) Mario Yamasaki VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	1:19
win	Roy Nelson	UFC 166 - Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3 Oct / 19 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Jacob Montalvo VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Frank Mir	UFC on Fox 7 - Henderson vs. Melendez Apr / 20 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Dion Staring	Strikeforce - Marquardt vs. Saffiedine Jan / 12 / 2013	TKO (Punches) John McCarthy VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	4:02
win	Josh Barnett	Strikeforce - Barnett vs. Cormier May / 19 / 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Josh Rosenthal VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Antonio Silva	Strikeforce - Barnett vs. Kharitonov Sep / 10 / 2011	KO (Punches) Greg Franklin VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:56
win	Jeff Monson	Strikeforce - Overeem vs. Werdum Jun / 18 / 2011	Decision (Unanimous) Leon Roberts VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Devin Cole	Strikeforce - Challengers 13 Jan / 07 / 2011	Decision (Unanimous) Greg Franklin VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Soa Palelei	XMMA - Xtreme MMA 3 Nov / 05 / 2010	TKO (Submission to Punches)	1	N/A
win	Jason Riley	Strikeforce - Houston Aug / 21 / 2010	TKO (Submission to Punches) Kerry Hatley VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	1:02
win	Tony Johnson	KOTC - Imminent Danger Aug / 13 / 2010	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Cecil Peoples	1	2:27
win	Lucas Browne	XMMA 2 - ANZ vs. USA Jul / 31 / 2010	TKO (Punches) Kostas Papaioannou	1	4:35
win	John Devine	Strikeforce - Challengers 7 Mar / 26 / 2010	KO (Punch) Marcos Rosales	1	1:09
win	Gary Frazier	Strikeforce - Challengers 3 Sep / 25 / 2009	TKO (Punches) Kevin Nix	2	3:39

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