For now, this appears to be the end of the line for Daniel Cormier.
On Monday, the former two-division UFC champion issued his first statement since Saturday’s unanimous decision loss to Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 252. That bout marked the conclusion of a heavyweight championship trilogy between the two rivals and was billed as the final fight of Cormier’s 11-year MMA career.
Immediately following the fight, Cormier, 41, reiterated that he does not plan to compete again unless it is for a world title and because he does not expect such an opportunity come again, that “that will be it for me.