With his hulking build and global renown, Brock Lesnar brings a certain, predictable buzz to whatever he does, a natural magnetism that draws people to him. It’s a phenomenon that’s as real as a shadow, and something Daniel Cormier was banking on to pad his retirement accounts before he walked away from mixed martial arts for good sometime in 2019.
July 2018 seems like an eternity ago in MMA, but it was then that Lesnar and Cormier pushed and shoved each other in a cage, setting the table for what was supposed to be a huge moneymaker for both.