A veteran UFC fighter has claimed that former two-division champion Daniel Cormier did not want to face former WWE star and UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, according to a report by Shounak Chakrabarti for ClutchPoints published on Yahoo Sports.
The unnamed veteran fighter's assertion adds to longstanding speculation about a potential matchup between Cormier and Lesnar, which was teased following Lesnar's return to the UFC in 2016 but never materialized. Cormier, who held the heavyweight and light heavyweight titles simultaneously, retired in 2020 after a trilogy loss to Stipe Miocic. Lesnar last fought in the UFC in 2016, defeating Mark Hunt before the result was overturned due to a failed drug test.
Neither Cormier nor Lesnar has publicly responded to the latest claim.
