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The former Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Champion of the UFC, Daniel Cormier, is known by wrestling fans as just another fan. In 2022, he served as a special referee for the main event of the Extreme Rules event, a Fight Pit match between Matt Riddle and Seth Rollins. Furthermore, since the union of WWE and UFC under the TKO umbrella, Cormier has appeared on the programming or in interviews talking about the wrestling company on several occasions.
However, in his latest interview, Cormier has set aside the squared circle to focus on the octagon. In a conversation with Shannon Sharpe from Club Shay Shay, he mentioned that if he had fought against Brock Lesnar, it would have been one of the "safest fights of his life."
DC assured that, despite Lesnar's strength and brutality of his strikes, the Beast would not have posed too big of a problem for him. Additionally, he admitted that his strategy would have been very similar to the one used by Cain Velasquez to give Lesnar the most humiliating defeat of his career. Velasquez won in the first round by Technical Knockout. Less than two years later, Brock returned to WWE.
"It would have been one of the safest fights I could have had. It's the truth. I like Brock. He's a great guy, but I saw what Cain did to him. I saw how he reacted to taking hits. He would have to take me down to win. I know how to wrestle. If he tries to take me down, I'll make it so difficult for him that by the time he does, he'll be exhausted. That's what happened with Cain. He took down Cain, Cain got up and started kneeing him in the face. I saw Brock recently. He still has that scar under his eye from when Cain kneed him. He still has that big scar," explained Cormier.
Unfortunately, the fight between Cormier and Lesnar did not take place at that time. Fans saw it as a real possibility after Brock pushed Cormier following his victory over Stipe Miocic in 2018. However, Lesnar decided not to agree to the fight to avoid risking a loss and damaging his reputation within WWE.
A few weeks ago, Lesnar returned to WWE at the end of SummerSlam 2025. Despite being involved in Janel Grant's double lawsuit against WWE and Vince McMahon, the company decided to bring back the Beast Incarnate, who attacked John Cena. It is very likely that they will face each other at WWE WrestlePalooza on September 20.
