It turns out, when Daniel Cormier took to the Octagon at UFC 230 to face Derrick Lewis, he may have had other title fight options. Former champion Stipe Miocic, who Cormier defeated back in July at UFC 226 claims that he offered himself up as an opponent for DC in the headlining spot of the Madison Square Garden PPV, only to be told that the champion “wasn’t available.”
A week later and the Lewis fight was booked.
In a recent interview with ESPN, Miocic made it clear that the whole experience left a bit of a bad taste in his mouth.