Daniel Cormier, who became a simultaneous two-division champion this past year, was named as by ESPN as the third most dominant athlete of 2018.
ESPN recently released its “Dominant 20” list, which was topped by gymnast Simone Biles (No. 1) and marathoner Eliud Kipchoge (No. 2). Athletes were graded by “the strongest performance measures available in their sport…including timed scores, earnings and whenever possible, advanced metrics.” Then the athletes were compared to the best in their respective sport each year since 1998 to establish a “common baseline.”
Cormier was given a dominance rating of 2.