Daniel Cormier
American wrestler and mixed martial artist
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| 2022 | Inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame (Modern Wing). |
| October 8 2022 | Cormier served as the special guest referee in the MMA inspired Fight Pit match between Seth Rollins and Matt Riddle at WWE Extreme Rules 2022. |
| March 5 2022 | Cormier was absent from the commentary team for UFC 272 to attend his mother's funeral. |
| April 21 2021 | Daniel Cormier was inducted into the LHSAA Hall of Fame due to his sporting accomplishments. |
| August 15 2020 | Daniel Cormier faced Stipe Miocic for the trilogy bout at UFC 252. Cormier lost by unanimous decision and announced his retirement from mixed martial arts. |
| 2019 | Daniel Cormier was honored with the George Tragos Award from the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. |
| August 17 2019 | Daniel Cormier fought Stipe Miocic in a rematch at UFC 241. Despite early success, Cormier lost the fight by TKO in the fourth round, ending his reign as heavyweight champion. |
| July 2019 | Cormier was named Analyst of the Year by the World MMA Awards, a title he held until July 2020. |
| February 2019 | In February, he featured in 'Sub-Zero's Head Shatter', the first episode of the YouTube series 'The Science of Mortal Kombat' by Because Science. |
| 2018 | Daniel Cormier was awarded the Charles 'Mask' Lewis Fighter of the Year at the World MMA Awards. |
| 2018 | Daniel Cormier was awarded the Fighter of the Year by multiple organizations, including ESPN, CombatPress.com, and MMA Junkie. |
| 2018 | Cormier won the Best MMA Fighter award at the ESPY Awards. |
| 2018 | He was recognized as Male Fighter of the Year by MMADNA.nl and Sherdog. |
| 2018 | Cormier became the head wrestling coach at Gilroy High School. |
| 2018 | Cormier was named Most Outstanding Fighter of the Year by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. |
| November 3 2018 | Daniel Cormier fought Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. |
| October 9 2018 | The UFC announced that Daniel Cormier would defend his heavyweight championship against Derrick Lewis at UFC 230. He won the fight via rear-naked choke in the second round, becoming the first fighter to submit Lewis in MMA. |
| July 7 2018 | Daniel Cormier faced Stipe Miocic for the UFC heavyweight championship at UFC 226, winning the fight via knockout in the first round. He became the second fighter in UFC history to hold two titles simultaneously. |
| January 2018 | Cormier appeared on an episode of Sneaker Shopping on the YouTube channel Complex. |
| January 20 2018 | Daniel Cormier faced Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 220 and defeated him via TKO in the second round, earning the Performance of the Night bonus. |
| September 18 2017 | In an interview with TMZ, Daniel Cormier expressed openness to a third fight with Jon Jones following Jones's suspension. |
| September 13 2017 | USADA confirmed that Jon Jones' 'B' sample tested positive for Turinabol, leading to the California State Athletic Commission officially changing the fight result to a no-contest and returning the light heavyweight championship to Cormier. |
| August 2017 | It was announced that Jon Jones had been flagged for a potential doping violation by USADA following his fight against Cormier after testing positive for Oral Turinabol. |
| July 29 2017 | Daniel Cormier faced Jon Jones in a rematch at UFC 214 held at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, where he was defeated by knockout in the third round. |
| June 2017 | Cormier and Salina Deleon got married. |
| April 8 2017 | In a rescheduled bout at UFC 210, Cormier fought Anthony Johnson and won the fight via rear-naked choke submission in the second round. |
| December 10 2016 | Cormier was set to rematch Anthony Johnson at UFC 206 but withdrew from the fight due to injury. |
| October 1 2016 | Daniel Cormier made his first appearance in the UFC color commentary team at UFC Fight Night 96 in Portland, Oregon. |
| July 6 2016 | It was announced that the rematch between Cormier and Jon Jones was off due to a potential doping violation from Jones, resulting in Cormier fighting Anderson Silva instead at UFC 200. |
| April 1 2016 | Cormier withdrew from a scheduled rematch with Jon Jones at UFC 197 due to a foot injury, leading to Ovince Saint Preux being his replacement. |
| 2015 | Ranked #5 Fighter of the Year and #2 Fight of the Year by UFC.com. |
| 2015 | His rematch against Alexander Gustafsson in October was also recognized as Fight of the Month by MMAJunkie.com. |
| October 3 2015 | Cormier fought Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192 in a back-and-forth battle, winning by split decision and earning Fight of the Night honors. |
| May 23 2015 | Daniel Cormier faced Anthony Johnson at UFC 187 for the vacant light heavyweight championship, winning the bout by submission in the third round, thus becoming the new UFC light heavyweight champion. |
| February 2015 | In February, Cormier starred in the video clip All About That Cake, a parody of All About That Bass, to promote the 2015 World MMA Awards. |
| January 3 2015 | Daniel Cormier fought Jon Jones at UFC 182, held at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| 2014 | Cormier made his film debut in the comedy Mantervention, playing himself. |
| 2014 | He was also ranked #9 for Submission of the Year by UFC.com. |
| 2014 | The Wrestling Observer Newsletter recognized Cormier's feud with Jon Jones as the Feud of the Year. |
| September 27 2014 | Daniel Cormier was scheduled to face UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones at UFC 178, but the bout was canceled when Jones withdrew due to injury. |
| July 5 2014 | Cormier was briefly linked to a bout with Rafael Cavalcante at UFC 175 but ultimately did not compete in this event. |
| July 5 2014 | Daniel Cormier achieved a victory over Chris Pendleton at the UFC Fan Expo, bringing his record to 40 wins and 6 losses. |
| May 24 2014 | Cormier fought Dan Henderson at UFC 173, winning the match via technical submission in the third round after dominating with his wrestling. |
| February 22 2014 | In his first fight at light heavyweight, Cormier was originally set to face Rashad Evans at UFC 170, but due to Evans' leg injury, he fought Patrick Cummins instead, winning via TKO in the first round. |
| 2013 | Daniel Cormier was ranked #2 Import of the Year by UFC.com. |
| October 19 2013 | Cormier faced Roy Nelson at UFC 166 and won the fight via unanimous decision, announcing he would move down to the light heavyweight division afterward. |
| April 20 2013 | Daniel Cormier made his promotional debut against Frank Mir at UFC on Fox 7, winning the fight via unanimous decision. |
| January 12 2013 | Daniel Cormier won against Dion Staring via TKO in the second round at Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine. |
| May 19 2012 | Cormier defeated Josh Barnett by unanimous decision at Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier, becoming the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Champion. |
| March 2012 | Cormier and his fiancée Salina Deleon welcomed a daughter. |
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