This past weekend at UFC 230 in Madison Square Garden, Daniel Cormier became the first person in UFC history to successfully defend a belt in multiple weight classes when he submitted Derrick Lewis to retain his heavyweight championship. The historic win has MMA fans reevaluating Cormier’s place in the greatest of all time discussion. One of those people is former UFC heavyweight and current MMA analyst Brendan Schaub, who had high praise for Cormier following UFC 230.
“What makes DC great is yes, obviously he’s athletic, he’s gifted with some abilities a lot of other guys aren’t, but Daniel Cormier’s brain, his cerebral game is so much better than everybody else that’s ever fought,” Schaub said recently on his Below the Belt podcast.