Last month, Daniel Cormier challenged Stipe Miocic for the heavyweight title at UFC 252. It was a trilogy bout between the two and one that would ultimately serve as the final fight of Cormier’s illustrious career. But heading into it, not everything went according to plan for the former two-division UFC champion.
In an interview with Yahoo Sports recently, Cormier revealed that during his training camp in preparation for Miocic, he contracted COVID-19.
“The ring didn’t tell me I had COVID,” Cormier saidd. “But the ring told me that something wasn’t right, and I used the information to make a decision to go see the doctor.