The narrative on Daniel Cormier's life has been picking himself up from tragedies, such as the death of his father as a young child in a shooting, and of his baby daughter years ago in an auto accident.
His other narrative, in sports, for the past 15 years was that of being a world-class wrestler, and then a top flight MMA fighter, getting ride to the top of the elite level, but not winning the biggest ones on the biggest stage. It's not exactly true, as he won a multitude of big ones during his wrestling career, from the junior college level, to a few major international tournaments, as well as winning the U.