Miocic vs Cormier

Who won Miocic vs Cormier?

Stipe Miocic beat Daniel Cormier by knockout in the 4th round during the main event of UFC 241, on Saturday 17th August 2019 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Heavyweight championship.

Miocic vs Cormier stats

Stipe Miocic stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Daniel Cormier made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Stipe Miocic's 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011.

Stipe Miocic's UFC record stood at 14-5-0, while Daniel Cormier's came in at 11-3-0.

The stats suggested Miocic had a massive power advantage over Cormier, boasting a 78% knock out percentage over Cormier's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cormier had a large advantage over Miocic, boasting a 23% submission rate over Miocic's 0%.

Stipe Miocic was the younger man by 4 years, at 42 years old.

Miocic had a height advantage of 5 inches over Cormier. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Miocic was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 months later than Cormier, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 58 to Cormier's 66.

Miocic vs Cormier form

Cormier had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Stipe Miocic at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston.

Before that, his fight against Jon Jones at UFC 214 on 29th July 2017 ended in a no contest.

He was victorious against Anthony Johnson at UFC 210 on 8th April 2017 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at KeyBank Center, Buffalo.

Activity check

Miocic's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 10 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

Cormier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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