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Daniel Cormier: Cain Velasquez is still ‘the best heavyweight the UFC has ever seen’

Newly-crowned heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier etched his name into the MMA history books after beating Stipe Miocic at UFC 226, but the two-division champ insists that teammate Cain Velasquez is ‘still the best’.

Velasquez, the former two-time UFC heavyweight champ, has been riddled with injuries throughout his career and hasn’t fought in the Octagon in over two years. The Mexican-American holds dominant wins over the likes of Brock Lesnar, Junior dos Santos, and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and, prior to his loss to Fabricio Werdum, was considered one of the greatest heavyweights in the world.