Daniel Cormier

Daniel Cormier, nicknamed DC, is a former professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter from the United States. He is a former light heavyweight and heavyweight title champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has also represented the United States in numerous international events, including the Olympics.

Player Profile

Daniel Ryan Cormier was born on March 20, 1979, in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was based in and fought out of San Jose, California during his active career. Cormier stands 180 cm tall and has a reach of 184 cm long. His weight was last listed at 107 kg and he has fought in both the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions.

He was a part of the American Kickboxing Academy and he was trained by Javier Mendez.

National and International Career

From 2003 to 2008, he won six gold medals in the US National Championships. He also represented the US In the wrestling World Championships, winning the Bronze in 2007. In 2003, he won the gold medal at the Pan American Games.

He was also a part of the US Olympic Team six times.

Career

He had his professional MMA debut in 2009. His first fight ended in a win against Gary Frazier for Strikeforce. In 2010, he was in 5 fights, winning all of them. In 2011, he had three fights – all wins, and one fight in 2012, which he also won. He mostly played for Strikeforce at this time.

In April 2013, he started fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. His first UFC fight was against Frank Mir. In October of that year, he also won against Roy Nelson. In 2014, he had two wins. He had his first professional loss in 2015. It was against Jon Jones in January of that year. In May 2014, he won against Anthony Johnson for the first time. He had a rematch against Johnson in April 2017, he won that again. This was followed by a rematch against Jones, which ended in a No Contest decision.

In 2018, he had three wins.

Career Record

Total - 26

• Wins - 22
• By knockout - 10
• By submission - 5
• By decision - 7

• Losses - 3
• By knockout - 1
• By decision - 2
• No contests - 1