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Daniel Cormier Wants Stipe Miocic To Fight And Force The UFC's Hand Into a Rematch

Former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic has been campaigning for a rematch against Daniel Cormier since their title fight at UFC 226 in July last year.

Cormier knocked Miocic out in their bout to claim the title and has since gone on to defend the belt against Derrick Lewis.

Miocic hasn’t accepted a fight since then and is still holding out for a rematch against Cormier and recently claimed a fight against him would mean more than reclaiming the heavyweight belt. Cormier believes Miocic is acting “entitled” and on the recent episode of The MMA Hour he elaborated on those comments (via MMA Fighting):

“This is crazy shit right here,” Cormier said.