LAS VEGAS — Daniel Cormier does sprints before every fight backstage to get his heart rate up. On Saturday night, he was coming back from those when he noticed a conspicuous guest going to ringside: Brock Lesnar.
Cormier felt like Lesnar’s presence at UFC 226 was obvious. Lesnar, he figured, wanted to fight the winner and heavyweight champion next. In other words, either Cormier or incumbent titleholder Stipe Miocic. But it wasn’t something “DC” could really think about at the time — he had a fight to attend to.
Less than an hour later, it was all anyone wanted to talk about, for better or worse.