Daniel Cormier didn’t plan on fighting at UFC 230 late last year as he was still dealing with some nagging injuries at the time. The event was booked for Madison Square Garden in New York, and as they were scrambling to find a suitable main event, UFC officials gave the heavyweight champion a good offer to save their card.
“I didn’t think I was going to fight on this card, but the deal I got was so good,” Cormier said last October. “There was no way I could say no, honestly.”
That number that made him want to compete at less than a hundred percent has since been made public.