After five years of competing at 205 pounds, Daniel Cormier was once again at heavyweight on Saturday night. His first task back at his original weight class was a super-fight against Stipe Miocic.
The 39-year-old Cormier ended up knocking out Miocic in the first round to become the second simultaneous two-division world champion in the UFC. And while it may have seemed to be a daunting task to be back at heavyweight, “DC” says he actually feels better than ever, since he last fought at the said weight class in 2013.
“I felt like I was faster, because at 205, I think my speed, it doesn’t jump out at you as much because all of these guys that I fight are pretty fast,” Cormier told Luke Thomas on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour (via MMA Fighting).