Daniel Cormier’s career is very much in question after his heavyweight title loss on Saturday to Stipe Miocic.
But as his days wind down in the sport as an active competitor, he’s become a fighter that to a large number of fans, and maybe even more to those in the that knew him a little, empathized with him more than any other fighter.
It’s hard to explain. Cormier certainly never had the drawing power of a Brock Lesnar, Conor McGregor, Georges St-Pierre or even Jon Jones.