Mario Strnad I remember in the post-fight presser Stipe goes “it really felt like he was poking me in the eye, but the ref didn’t see it so I must have been wrong” so damn classy
@It's Ali you are obviously a casual and don't know shit about fighting.. The 4 year age difference didn't make a difference what did make a difference is the eye pokes witch happened in both fights . Dc knocked stipe out in the first fight your right but after he poked him in the eye and stipe fought Francis witch I imagine took something out of stipe I'm sure you don't cause that's how casuals think..
Best comeback and adjustment I've ever seen in MMA. Saw the body shot made him hesitant and kept attacking it. That was a BEAUTIFUL adjustment, shows how smart Stipe is. I hope he finishes DC again in the rubber match.
Lol nothing to do with smartness. Like number one kickbox lessons say. Mix shit up, high and low shots. He just did that and find it by accidant, by coincidence. Nothing smart or fight iq about it. Just using the basics..
MMA I was counting 10 in this fight, dude ...unfortunatelly you forget the 0 after 1 ;) (but if we talk about eyepoke attempts ....man, it would be almost 20-30 attempts....) DC is a little cheater...he is doing eyepokes on purpose. He literally didn't deserve the title after first fight
When talking about MMA with people I still feel like Miocic is underappreciated. He is one of the best heavyweights the UFC has ever seen. Most title defences in a row, lost his title, won it back, good at dirty boxing, smart, fast, good chin, strong right hand.
@Inferno Fedor was by far the stronger man and definitely had a better chin. Now more skilled as a striker definitely Stipe he also has the heavier hands by far. But man it's such a wash, seeing as Stipe's got an Iron chin as well; I'd favor Stipe though just because of size an style though. It would be a a classic just like CroCop vs Fedor but I think Stipe would have a better chance to get the KO with out getting subbed. Still Fedor had fought 8 UFC heavyweight champions in 11 fights while being unbeaten for 10 years, that says a lot. Given Stipe has utterly destroyed everyone an beat DC twice while he cheated not to mention the best title run an defense streak in UFC history. Like I said the GOAT is between them two. No way to argue against Stipe being the best from 2010-2020+. So in the long run who knows Stipe might make his legend even more amazing.
I know men... DC is a legend and one of my favorites fighters. But in this fight, Miocic was smarter. It's just my opnion bro. Whatever, this fight was good.
Rubal Sabiri I didn’t see too many eye pokes but he was punching him in the eyes a lot, which was painful to watch. He also has a bad habit of sticking his fingers out to try and catch punches.
DC is not a nice guy at all. He's an extremely arrogant, pompous prick. He appears like a saint compared to his arch-rival Jon Jones, but in general he is not a classy guy
@@MrCyberboobs Thank you. Just because you're the lesser of two evils doesn't make you less evil. Guy is one of the best to ever do it. Amazing talent. But you can't pit anyone as the heel against Jones. Put him against Stipe however. Different story.
I see Jones bearing stipe similar to the first round if this fight. He’ll take him down like dc but also land elbows. The only way I see Jon Jones losing is a knockout punch from ngannou, if he can land it
@@TheSlowPony77 that's literally the dumbest things i've ever read on youtube. "lesser doesn't make you less" please i hope you're trolling. say you're trolling.
@@andrewaldrich3602 B.s. Once or twice maybe but consistently in both fights? It was definitely on purpose. I like DC but hate he does things like that.
With all those eye pokes especially the one near 10:50?? That happened and the ref didn't call it. So much respect to Stipe that's a lot of heart beating all that adversity while keeping your head calm
I used to be a fan of Cormier before this fight. He was fighting incredibly dirty with the thumbs to the eye. It seemed to me very clear he was going for the poke.
Im a boxer . MMA is a completely different fighting sport . I always wondered why no mma fighter throws liver shots . Everyone head hunts . Livers are always open in mma . Yet no one throws them . All you need is 1 good liver shot and the fight is done
Liver shots do occasionally happen in mma but, not as often as boxing. I think it's because of range. Mma fighters are usually further apart because of kicks and that probably makes body shots harder to go for.
I agree brother. But it depends on what kind of fighter you are facing. You have too much to worry if it's a top level wrestler... or a man who throws lethal leg kicks (Justin Gaethje for example)... And it's a 50/50 risk vs a counter puncher, either you land the shot to the liver or he knocks you out, lol.
Majority of the announcers are pretty biased man. Rogan is always biased towards Jones. Anik is mostly DC. And when Conor shows up they all cheer towards Conor in their commentry. Just sad really. Just watch the Jones-Reyes fight and you'll see.
Didn’t realise how many times DC did eye pokes in this fight, like ok one or two are ok you can let those off (edit; Unless they’re really blatant), but there was at least 6 eyes pokes from him in this fight :/
are you new to the sport, there is no trilogy, he has retired. Secondly DC is a double champ so stfu, and bro those eyepokes were unintentional. To not consider DC as one of the best ever is a crime.
@@Cartouchai you are a complete idiot... Wish you followed the sport as a true fan... You should have seen DC's recent insta interview with Megan Olivi where he clearly said that he didn't know what Miocic was trying to do, he is at tge tailend and that is why wants to fight miocic asap. And for the eyepokes, they were deliberate and of course intentional. If you are such an emotional arsehole, please switch to some other sport
@@Cartouchai you are really really the biggest idiot i met in the comment section. First of all,kid,there is no difference between unintentional and itentional eye pokes or kick in the balls. If you eye poke me or kick in the balls unintentional and i can continue,you will be disqualified and i will be the winner,the same story is with intentional illegal ball kicks and eye pokes. The second thing is,no matter if dc was champ in 2 different divisons,a lot of fighters were and still are double champs in ufc. One thing is crucial for fame and glory and that is how many times you defend your title,stipe managed to defend it most times,yes he lost it and took it back against dc,and that is the reason why stipe is the best and why he will be the greatest of all time,not dc who will lose in triology anyway.
A lot of people always ask why didn’t DC wrestle Stipe more? People forgot how much stronger Stipe was in the clinch then DC. DC was never really in control of under-hooks after round one and wasn’t having a lot of success when they clinched up. Wrestling is one of the most taxing parts of a fight. Trying to keep someone down takes a toll in a 5 minute 5 round fight. DC recognize that his stand up was working better then just shooting for takedowns against a big powerful guy who can also wrestle. If he kept the wrestling going, no doubt in my mind that DC would have gassed out a lot quicker.
M Projects It was lucky. Stipe ate the same shots in the second fight, only difference is he had a year to heal his chin and he saw the shots coming, instead of being eyepoked half blind.
Such an underrated comment. Y'all need to open an new RUclips tab, type in Bill Conti - Going the distance, mute THIS video, and start to play the song at 23:30. Totally epic.
@Thug Thanos www.tsn.ca/agent-says-stipe-miocic-will-not-jeopardize-health-to-return-from-eye-injury-1.1432649 sure because torn retinas happen all he time, dc's a nice guy but he conveniently had his fingers to close to stripe's eyes to be coincidence
When I watched both fights again I can see how DC's eyepokes helped him more than I thought. He always pokes him in one eye and proceeds to throw 1,2 combination with first punch always coming from the same side Stipe can't see.
What a way to change the strategy. Left hook to the body. Over and over and over. True Champ! I love DC too much respect to both of these legendary champions! Key word here #Adjustment
Nah.... He gave one left hook to the body... And then he fake another body hook and noticed how dc was cover his liver... At that moment stipe came up with a hook to the face n confuse dc either to defend body or face from that hook.. And then he made n adjustment to the body hook
All the disrespect shown to Stipe by UFC, Brock and probably DC too! DC is one of the greatest. But Stipe absolutely fought like a warrior and won! And showed that he's the champion for a reason.
I'd argue it had more to do with him finding his range to put power in his shots. You could see it from the very first round Stipe was trying to gauge the distance in ever shot because DC eye gouged so much.
"it just seems like DC's punches are dong more damage" 60 seconds late rDC gets knocked out lol. It's cool listening to rogan's call of this one talking about how the battery was getting drained. Felt like he saw it coming a little bit.
I was a DC fan but after the first fight I was done always complained about Jon's pokes and he almost blinded Stipe both flights. Mad props to Stipe the man is tough as hell best modern Heavyweight for sure.
Herb Dean always sucks. DC always cheats with eye poke (not denying that he's a tough fighter). Stipe underestimated him in the first fight and lost. Now it's cleared that Stipe has a chin.
I don't think DC always cheats. I think he only recently started to cheat and that's why he's given the benefit of the doubt. I think he "learned" from Jon Jones, who's been fighting dirty for the longest time, but IS the champ. I'm so glad Stipe got this done!
I'm a big DC fan but the blatant eye pokes in this fight were so outrageous, they were deliberate and not accidental at all. Stipe deserves the win and I hope he wins the next fight if DC keeps on being a cheater.
When Stipe is gone everyone will say he's hands down the greatest heavyweight of all time (instead of having a debate about it) and maybe even in the top 5 pound for pound greatest. He's definitely underappreciated and once he retires everyone will be screaming praises.
It just moments dc was out striking stripe with ease even having the lesser reach minus the eye pokes he is very skilled people only think he is a good wrestler sad to think
30 sec into the 3rd , DC’s like... “ damn, when did my hands get sooooo heavy😭” ... and he started playing like he was just gonna chase Stipe down and pick him off with punches with his hands down... then he severely regretted it
I like how DC is now saying that he will make the adjustments and Stipe will not be able to punch him in the stomach in their 3rd fight (not that Stipe needs that to win). He also told Jones he would not get to kick him in the head and we know how that turned out. I also just love how he is still trying to belittle Miocic saying he is not on his level.
Now THAT, THAT there was the Cormier vs. Miocic fight I was expecting to see in the first fight. Very damn nice display of talent from both. I always but always wonder why MMA fighters don't take advantage of the body shots more, especially on the liver side. Kudos Miocic - thank you for showing how that can work.
You’re literally a weirdo if you deny that DC poked stipes eyes intentionally. They literally showed a replay after the second round of a clear eye poke
Attack on cormier’s right side. Head or body is the beat way to beat cormier. He falls on that side so much. Remember Jones fight. But really. DC disobeyed his coaches by not wrestling. Miocic is no match in wrestling. DC got too confident
Good on Herb Dean for recognizing that DC was hitting stipes hand in the 1st round then DC looks up like cmon ref stop it.. like no youre hitting his hand hes fine..👌🙏👍
It's incredible how Stipe won this fight against all these eyepokes from DC.. he barely got blind at the end and never complain about it... Real Champ
Mario Strnad I remember in the post-fight presser Stipe goes “it really felt like he was poking me in the eye, but the ref didn’t see it so I must have been wrong” so damn classy
@It's Ali are you illiterate?
@It's Ali Dont forget Stipe got poked bad in the first fight too. You forget that? Its really hard to fight a big fight with one eye.
@It's Ali you are obviously a casual and don't know shit about fighting.. The 4 year age difference didn't make a difference what did make a difference is the eye pokes witch happened in both fights . Dc knocked stipe out in the first fight your right but after he poked him in the eye and stipe fought Francis witch I imagine took something out of stipe I'm sure you don't cause that's how casuals think..
Fucking casuals. i love DC but stipe beats him both times With nill eyepokes.
21:16 see stipes coach telling and gesturing stipe to go for the body. Legendary advice
Good eye
Yes and Dominick Cruz also said it. Crazy.
@@Escorpio123PShe said it after stipe was already doing it so that doesn’t count
Best comeback and adjustment I've ever seen in MMA. Saw the body shot made him hesitant and kept attacking it. That was a BEAUTIFUL adjustment, shows how smart Stipe is.
I hope he finishes DC again in the rubber match.
Dustin 05 well DC said hit himself, the body shots were far from the issue
Lol nothing to do with smartness. Like number one kickbox lessons say. Mix shit up, high and low shots. He just did that and find it by accidant, by coincidence.
Nothing smart or fight iq about it. Just using the basics..
Correction. Using the basic at the end of the fight lol not even from the beginning
DC is a great champion so as Stipe, this was a great fight. Thanks to both warriors for this
Bruh y r all these ppl tryna discredit Stipe? I rlly doubt y’all could beat DC the way Stipe did
DC also holds the record for most eye picks in a fight
MMA I was counting 10 in this fight, dude ...unfortunatelly you forget the 0 after 1 ;) (but if we talk about eyepoke attempts ....man, it would be almost 20-30 attempts....) DC is a little cheater...he is doing eyepokes on purpose. He literally didn't deserve the title after first fight
sven trogrlic don’t cry
MAA ok*
Thomas Edgington did you forgot who Jon Jones is
DC Cormier will go down as the greatest eye poker in history.
When talking about MMA with people I still feel like Miocic is underappreciated. He is one of the best heavyweights the UFC has ever seen. Most title defences in a row, lost his title, won it back, good at dirty boxing, smart, fast, good chin, strong right hand.
He is the best, DC never lost at heavyweight well here is the guy that will finish him.
Correction he is the best only one to be arguably as good or better was Fedor.
And to top it all off when exits the cage, he’s on a fire truck. A Real Human Bean.
@@tylerrobbins8311 Agreed
@Inferno Fedor was by far the stronger man and definitely had a better chin. Now more skilled as a striker definitely Stipe he also has the heavier hands by far. But man it's such a wash, seeing as Stipe's got an Iron chin as well; I'd favor Stipe though just because of size an style though.
It would be a a classic just like CroCop vs Fedor but I think Stipe would have a better chance to get the KO with out getting subbed.
Still Fedor had fought 8 UFC heavyweight champions in 11 fights while being unbeaten for 10 years, that says a lot. Given Stipe has utterly destroyed everyone an beat DC twice while he cheated not to mention the best title run an defense streak in UFC history.
Like I said the GOAT is between them two. No way to argue against Stipe being the best from 2010-2020+. So in the long run who knows Stipe might make his legend even more amazing.
Dc : * pokes stipe *
Cruz : "That was a punch"
@Brandon Troy There are photos out that show DC fingers in his eye. Stipe had to have eye surgery because of this fight. Those weren't closed fist
Cruz is the most biased commentator of them all.
what the fuck you idiots talking about dom predicted body shots in round 2
Brandon Troy they were closed fist however the thumb was sticking out and that’s what got him
Yash Amin it was a punch though
Miocic, one of the best heavyweights.
That was an insane performance.
Cormier tore him up tho
Alejandro Rabanal you act like dc didn’t won first 3 rounds...
I know men... DC is a legend and one of my favorites fighters. But in this fight, Miocic was smarter. It's just my opnion bro. Whatever, this fight was good.
DC kinda whopped his ass tho until that final round.
@@mss3346 more like first 2 rounds
Legend has it Stipe had Tony Ferguson beat him in the eye with a steel beam to prepare for this fight
This comment deserves so many more likes... its hilarious because its pretty easy to picture 😂
One of the greatest MMA performances put on by the GOAT of heavyweights
DC is a nice guy but those eye pokes & trash he was talking before fight. Karma was coming his way very badly.
Ma Man Stipe woooh
Rubal Sabiri I didn’t see too many eye pokes but he was punching him in the eyes a lot, which was painful to watch. He also has a bad habit of sticking his fingers out to try and catch punches.
DC is not a nice guy at all. He's an extremely arrogant, pompous prick. He appears like a saint compared to his arch-rival Jon Jones, but in general he is not a classy guy
@@MrCyberboobs Thank you. Just because you're the lesser of two evils doesn't make you less evil. Guy is one of the best to ever do it. Amazing talent. But you can't pit anyone as the heel against Jones. Put him against Stipe however. Different story.
I see Jones bearing stipe similar to the first round if this fight. He’ll take him down like dc but also land elbows. The only way I see Jon Jones losing is a knockout punch from ngannou, if he can land it
@@TheSlowPony77 that's literally the dumbest things i've ever read on youtube. "lesser doesn't make you less" please i hope you're trolling. say you're trolling.
I love DC but the eye pokes from this fight and the first one really bother me. He just doesn’t seem like the kind of guy that would do that.
Chris Serpicø they were obviously not on purpose, people saying they were weren’t paying attention
@@andrewaldrich3602 B.s. Once or twice maybe but consistently in both fights? It was definitely on purpose. I like DC but hate he does things like that.
Chris Serpicø when that belt is on the line... ain’t no telling what a fighter would do lol.
gotta do what you gotta do...
He got that from jon jones..
With all those eye pokes especially the one near 10:50?? That happened and the ref didn't call it. So much respect to Stipe that's a lot of heart beating all that adversity while keeping your head calm
That was brutal.
yup ufc wanted cormier to win, see how they try to no talk about the eye pokes dc was landing on stipe
And so flagrant eye pokes are bullshit!!!
That one was so beyond obvious it was fucking insane he got away with it
I don't like how Cormier put the hands on the opponent's face. Miocic won fairly that fight. Great champ.
Same. Covering the mouth....he learned it from Jones lol very lame move imo
Imagine having a chin like that
Samuel and getting eye poked like that
And an eye like that
You need to be Croatian/Bosnian
@James Dickman No one got destroyed by a clean shot ever tbh. Not even Dos Santos. He needed several follow up shots
Stipe was able to take clean punches from Ngannou so of course he could take a lot of punches from DC.
Daniel "I'm a make you go blind" Cormier
I used to be a fan of Cormier before this fight. He was fighting incredibly dirty with the thumbs to the eye. It seemed to me very clear he was going for the poke.
It was just more blatant in this fight, he did the same in the first.
Hes shorter than mad fighters
first fight too lol
Watching DC sleep before sleeping gives me sweet dreams. #eyepokingmfDC
I counted 16 body shots to DC’s but by Stipe, incredible adjustment and great win by Stipe
I counted 17. 👍
Yeah, 16 or 17 too many 😅
Im a boxer . MMA is a completely different fighting sport . I always wondered why no mma fighter throws liver shots . Everyone head hunts . Livers are always open in mma . Yet no one throws them . All you need is 1 good liver shot and the fight is done
In a way it's harder to land them in mma, you have way more to worry about
Liver shots do occasionally happen in mma but, not as often as boxing. I think it's because of range. Mma fighters are usually further apart because of kicks and that probably makes body shots harder to go for.
My friend go and watch Bas Rutten fight from way back :) He hunted for them livers like nobody else.
MrMayki89 - “ From way back “
I agree brother. But it depends on what kind of fighter you are facing. You have too much to worry if it's a top level wrestler... or a man who throws lethal leg kicks (Justin Gaethje for example)... And it's a 50/50 risk vs a counter puncher, either you land the shot to the liver or he knocks you out, lol.
You could hear one of the DC bandwagon announcers go oh no when DC gets knocked down. Love it.
I wouldn’t say a bandwagon I’m pretty sure that’s one of his friends so obviously he didn’t like seeing Daniel lose
Majority of the announcers are pretty biased man. Rogan is always biased towards Jones. Anik is mostly DC. And when Conor shows up they all cheer towards Conor in their commentry. Just sad really. Just watch the Jones-Reyes fight and you'll see.
Most likely they just lost some 💰
Joe anik is big fan of cormier, so am I but he was bias
Cruz is also a "DC"
Thank you for uploading this video. Hope you get more likes and comments.
I love Stipe I was so heartbroken when he lost to DC but it just made it way better to see him regain the belt.
Didn’t realise how many times DC did eye pokes in this fight, like ok one or two are ok you can let those off (edit; Unless they’re really blatant), but there was at least 6 eyes pokes from him in this fight :/
The poking ability of dc is hilarious like this if you agree. Stipe is the real goat👍
Learned it from bones.
That shit is ridiculous
Joker!
That's how we took the first fight... Stipe is the best
Stipe is slow and stiff he has no punching power and he will get smashed in the third fight
Why does dc hurt his reputation like that, really sad to see championship fight filled with such dirty play
He did so in the first fight as well. It just goes to show just how much better Stipe is to force DC to cheat to even be competitive.
@Nicky Bobby people tend to forget he is a golden gloves champion. He easily could've gone pro as a boxer if he wanted.
Nicky Bobby that’s all true but still, the beauty of mma is in outclassing the oponnent with legitimate skills and moves not eyepokes
I come back to this every once in a while just to feel good
me too!
Most one sided commentary of all time!!!
Ridiculous right?
Well all the commentators were friends with DC so ig its understandable they wanted him to win but they rlly overlooked the eye pokes
@David joe rogan said oh noo. didn't know about Cruz.
@Cs Riptide ok cool didn't notice that.
obviously joe was pissed of
It was Anik who said "Oh No."
I thought it was gonna be one of those videos where the commentary’s a different language, but I saw him change the audio and was like “oh hell yeah”
Same!😂
Eye Pokes is DC's Weapon in several fights
So good at deceiving refs, to add to your point. He's using his thumb so as not to be an obvious poke.
Tbh dc could have been disqualified if stipe decided he couldn’t continue after some of those eye pokes.....
otto leichliter when was the fight ever stopped by eyepokes tho if stipe stopped he himself wouldve forfeited the match not the referee.
@Nicky Bobby
Stipe needs to sell it more. Fall down and start screaming lol
Revisit this fight over and over.
So satisfying watching cormier getting knocked out
Even if DC beats Stipe in the trilogy, he'll never be the GOAT..... He'll be a goddamn eyepoking cheater
are you new to the sport, there is no trilogy, he has retired. Secondly DC is a double champ so stfu, and bro those eyepokes were unintentional. To not consider DC as one of the best ever is a crime.
@@Cartouchai you are a complete idiot... Wish you followed the sport as a true fan... You should have seen DC's recent insta interview with Megan Olivi where he clearly said that he didn't know what Miocic was trying to do, he is at tge tailend and that is why wants to fight miocic asap.
And for the eyepokes, they were deliberate and of course intentional. If you are such an emotional arsehole, please switch to some other sport
@@Cartouchai One belt for Jon Jones being stripped, another for eyepoking Stipe Lmao
JamilK bruh. DC literally announced a week ago he wants to finish the trilogy even if there is no audience.
@@Cartouchai you are really really the biggest idiot i met in the comment section.
First of all,kid,there is no difference between unintentional and itentional eye pokes or kick in the balls.
If you eye poke me or kick in the balls unintentional and i can continue,you will be disqualified and i will be the winner,the same story is with intentional illegal ball kicks and eye pokes.
The second thing is,no matter if dc was champ in 2 different divisons,a lot of fighters were and still are double champs in ufc.
One thing is crucial for fame and glory and that is how many times you defend your title,stipe managed to defend it most times,yes he lost it and took it back against dc,and that is the reason why stipe is the best and why he will be the greatest of all time,not dc who will lose in triology anyway.
A lot of people always ask why didn’t DC wrestle Stipe more? People forgot how much stronger Stipe was in the clinch then DC. DC was never really in control of under-hooks after round one and wasn’t having a lot of success when they clinched up. Wrestling is one of the most taxing parts of a fight. Trying to keep someone down takes a toll in a 5 minute 5 round fight. DC recognize that his stand up was working better then just shooting for takedowns against a big powerful guy who can also wrestle. If he kept the wrestling going, no doubt in my mind that DC would have gassed out a lot quicker.
Reno Vasquez yup and he knocked Stipe out cold in their first fight so they probably just planned for that again
@@damnson6556 lucky shot, every dog has his day.
Krešimir Ćosić if you think that was a lucky shot you’re ignorant af
M Projects It was lucky. Stipe ate the same shots in the second fight, only difference is he had a year to heal his chin and he saw the shots coming, instead of being eyepoked half blind.
@@damnson6556 right, and you are levitating above the rest of us, give me a fuckin break joker, eye poker
23:30 “Going the distance” starts playing
Such an underrated comment. Y'all need to open an new RUclips tab, type in Bill Conti - Going the distance, mute THIS video, and start to play the song at 23:30. Totally epic.
@@JohnSmith-dq4dx Hahahaahah wow thank you that was amazing!!
@@jorge.rubiales Good! I'm glad you got to experience that hahaha
Rocky theme
One of the best adjustments and finishes I’ve ever seen. Stipe the GOAT HW
10:57 wtf ???
Right. Strait thumb to the eyeball. Wtf
it was eye poke. referee must stop it, but he did not.
@Thug Thanos moron
@Thug Thanos then why did stipe need eye surgery after the fight
@Thug Thanos www.tsn.ca/agent-says-stipe-miocic-will-not-jeopardize-health-to-return-from-eye-injury-1.1432649 sure because torn retinas happen all he time, dc's a nice guy but he conveniently had his fingers to close to stripe's eyes to be coincidence
When I watched both fights again I can see how DC's eyepokes helped him more than I thought. He always pokes him in one eye and proceeds to throw 1,2 combination with first punch always coming from the same side Stipe can't see.
One of the best fights ever in mma
What a way to change the strategy. Left hook to the body. Over and over and over. True Champ! I love DC too much respect to both of these legendary champions! Key word here #Adjustment
King Pastrano 16 times
Nah.... He gave one left hook to the body... And then he fake another body hook and noticed how dc was cover his liver... At that moment stipe came up with a hook to the face n confuse dc either to defend body or face from that hook.. And then he made n adjustment to the body hook
U can notice at 23:39
Stipe was tough and consistent. He gets stronger as the match goes on. DC's humility earned my respect for him. Good job man! Stipe forever...
One of the best and my most favorite wins in UFC history. Not because Cormier lost, but because Stipe won.
Damn them body shots hurt just from watching so ik DC was like "shit" everytime he got hit with one
25:58 DC: stop touching me 🤣🤣
All the disrespect shown to Stipe by UFC, Brock and probably DC too! DC is one of the greatest. But Stipe absolutely fought like a warrior and won! And showed that he's the champion for a reason.
Amazing champ greatest heavyweight champ in UFC history
Stipe is hands down the best! DC couldn't handle his size in the later rounds to wrestle him. The moment Stipe finds you unprotected its night night.
Lol
I'd argue it had more to do with him finding his range to put power in his shots. You could see it from the very first round Stipe was trying to gauge the distance in ever shot because DC eye gouged so much.
I just love it when DC gets his ass kicked. I don't feel the same for any other fighter somehow
Exactly! because when he wins he acts like an asshole!😂
Stipe is a legend. Lossing 3 rounds and getting eye poked and then winning at the last seconds of the 4th round, this is fucking amazing
"it just seems like DC's punches are dong more damage"
60 seconds late rDC gets knocked out lol. It's cool listening to rogan's call of this one talking about how the battery was getting drained. Felt like he saw it coming a little bit.
Haha Jon Anik is a moron still!
Always sees things coming
....I had to read your comment twice (or more lol)..I agree bro...
one of the best fights I have ever seen
Always a pleasure watching Cormier get finished.
😂
Stipe hit DC so hard even Joe Rogan was getting hurt.
Daniel 'Eye Pokes' Cormier vs Stipe 'Iron Eye' Miocic.
Bro no way dc got hate in comments he literally out box dude on so many different levels & he literally slammed dude like nothing
Joey "He's got that immigrant mentality." Diaz
Joey "Hack" Diaz
Stiopic
You would have thought this loss would humble him. But he still doesn’t give Stipe credit.
I was a DC fan but after the first fight I was done always complained about Jon's pokes and he almost blinded Stipe both flights. Mad props to Stipe the man is tough as hell best modern Heavyweight for sure.
Shout out to the homie that switched the language to English
Herb Dean always sucks. DC always cheats with eye poke (not denying that he's a tough fighter).
Stipe underestimated him in the first fight and lost. Now it's cleared that Stipe has a chin.
He just got caught in the first fight that's all.This fight he adjusted in the 4th round and finished.
I don't think DC always cheats. I think he only recently started to cheat and that's why he's given the benefit of the doubt.
I think he "learned" from Jon Jones, who's been fighting dirty for the longest time, but IS the champ.
I'm so glad Stipe got this done!
Forever Dreamer “Herb Dean always sucks”?
Really? He always sucks? He’s without question one of the best refs ever.
@@CipherSerpico , you don't watch UFC much I guess. Check Ferguson vs Cerrone, Silva vs Bisping etc
Forever Dreamer Right, because if a ref misses something in 3 fights out of the thousands they have officiated - they “always suck”.
THE quality is FCKN great on this VIDEO WAIT till the UFC get a hold OF THIS.. 😂😅😂😅😂
So far so good 🤣
For a nice guy, DC is so dirty. Eye pokes and hitting to the back of the head
Stipe in MMA is like Novak Djokovic in tenis. Everybody hates them but they overcome the hate and win. RESPECT !!!!
I'm a big DC fan but the blatant eye pokes in this fight were so outrageous, they were deliberate and not accidental at all. Stipe deserves the win and I hope he wins the next fight if DC keeps on being a cheater.
When Stipe is gone everyone will say he's hands down the greatest heavyweight of all time (instead of having a debate about it) and maybe even in the top 5 pound for pound greatest. He's definitely underappreciated and once he retires everyone will be screaming praises.
@M Harish I agree. GSP, Anderson, Jon Jones, and Stipe (If I only can pick four)
Jon Anik: "The baddest firefighter on the planet"
Uhh actually the baddest man on the planet.
Glad Stipe woke up on time to finish it..., he looked like he had just come out of a 12hr shift during most of the fight. DC... what a nasty dude
Who's crying now? Wait...no that doesn't work....hmmm..
This was a great fight DC had his moments and his eye pokes but Stipe’s resilience was something else. He did not back down ! Truly a classic fight !
It just moments dc was out striking stripe with ease even having the lesser reach minus the eye pokes he is very skilled people only think he is a good wrestler sad to think
Yeah that’s a liver shot for every eye poke, close your fucking hands dude
(and DC is from my hometown and one
Of my favorite fighters)
GOAT of heavyweight
Herb"tHaT wAs cLeAn" Dean
This right here is my favourite fight.
30 sec into the 3rd , DC’s like...
“ damn, when did my hands get sooooo heavy😭” ... and he started playing like he was just gonna chase Stipe down and pick him off with punches with his hands down... then he severely regretted it
Thank you for recording while it's live
Not even jon Jones eye poked this much in his whole career 💀he hasn’t even had an eye since he came back actually correct me if I’m wrong
He did eye poked both Santos and Reyes. But yeah Jones has toned down the eye gouging.
Seeing heavyweights brawl like that is legendary. What a fight!
Thank you for risking your 22 subscribers for us
122 rn
Hahaha
I like how DC is now saying that he will make the adjustments and Stipe will not be able to punch him in the stomach in their 3rd fight (not that Stipe needs that to win). He also told Jones he would not get to kick him in the head and we know how that turned out. I also just love how he is still trying to belittle Miocic saying he is not on his level.
Perfect example of what a Championship fight should look like though👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Israel and Romero need to take note!
Round 2 was much closer than I remembered. Especially considering one of DCs better moments was after one of his many eye pokes.
Can someone call me and tell me what happened? I'm still blind from DC's eye pokes and can't see shit here during coronavirus. LMFAO 😂😂
Bruh at 1615 you can hear Daniels coach say stick those fingers in then DC proceeds to eyepoke shortly after wtf
I think they said get them in not stick them in
The next Cormier vs Jones fight will be titled "Cornea Collision 3".
Thanks man appreciate for the video
Dc is good i like him im from cleveland im not biased but dc got lucky in the 1st fight...stipe the real real deal though
You talking that bull shit
@IVEY 96 True it wasn't luck it was eyepokes
Francis won it for DC the first fight. Everyone will always that
Now THAT, THAT there was the Cormier vs. Miocic fight I was expecting to see in the first fight. Very damn nice display of talent from both. I always but always wonder why MMA fighters don't take advantage of the body shots more, especially on the liver side. Kudos Miocic - thank you for showing how that can work.
stipe got too close the first fight. he should of kept out of range like he did the second avoid the clinch
great win. let DC burn himself out, wow, never underestimate body shots
all the bodyshots from stipe to break dc .... i love it . soo good
Dc put his hands down because he wanted to protect his body, not cocky. Stipe would win 7 out of 10 times against DC. He got lucky the first time
SaberLegend I wouldn’t call it lucky. DC flatlined him. These are two amazing fighters and fairly evenly matched.
@@EvanderTrolyfield "flatlined" yeah and he couldn't even wobble him this time around even doing the same move over and over.
This is one of the best heavyweight fights of all time
You’re literally a weirdo if you deny that DC poked stipes eyes intentionally. They literally showed a replay after the second round of a clear eye poke
For real, people don't want to see it though for some reason. They just absolutely refuse to acknowledge it. It's so obvious it's not even funny.
Cormier was so polite and gentle at the final interview. Great battle for them both. (I am sorry if my english is not perfect but I'm from Spain).
That was a great fight.
that little dance at the end is fucking hilarious lmao
Attack on cormier’s right side. Head or body is the beat way to beat cormier. He falls on that side so much. Remember Jones fight.
But really. DC disobeyed his coaches by not wrestling. Miocic is no match in wrestling.
DC got too confident
Stipe took him down as much as he took Stipe down so I wouldn't say he's no match.
Stipe vs cormier 3 UFC 252 🔥🔥🔥
yeah so excited
Good on Herb Dean for recognizing that DC was hitting stipes hand in the 1st round then DC looks up like cmon ref stop it.. like no youre hitting his hand hes fine..👌🙏👍
Just the best comeback ever happened in ufc, that left body shot though!!!
Hey man your volume is all the way up, it doesn’t go higher
Daniel definitely could’ve won he got greedy by walking forward knowing damn well his legs was weak he was asking for it