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UFC 226 live blog: Cormier’s rare opportunity comes at T-Mobile Arena

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Note: Full results from the preliminary card available at the bottom of the page.

For many years, it was considered virtually impossible to simultaneously hold two championship belts in two different UFC weight classes.

That perception could change permanently tonight at T-Mobile Arena, as light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier looks to become the second fighter in the last year and a half to pull off the momentous feat. Cormier will try to add a heavyweight championship belt to his trophy case when he challenges champion Stipe Miocic in the UFC 226 main event cap to this year’s International Fight Week.