It’s essentially settled that Daniel Cormier will make his first – and likely only – heavyweight title defense against Brock Lesnar at some point in early 2019.
That, of course, is assuming that Lesnar can make it through the USADA drug testing pool clean, as well as emerge from training camp without any significant injuries. Former champ Stipe Miocic, who set a UFC heavyweight record with three consecutive defenses, recently blasted the potential Cormier-Lesnar booking. Miocic in particular was unhappy with the way things were handled, when Lesnar confronted Cormier in the Octagon after “DC” claimed the heavyweight title by besting the Ohio-based firefighter at UFC 226.