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As a former UFC Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion, Cormier is the second fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes simultaneously and is the first fighter to have title defenses in two divisions. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time.
UFC 182 is the third longest UFC event behind UFC 136 and UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura with a total in-cage fight time of 154 minutes and 56 seconds. [10] On January 6, it was announced that Jones failed a drug test prior to the event. He tested positive for benzoylecgonine, the primary metabolite of cocaine. [11]
Cormier, who lost against Jones at UFC 182 in January 2015, replaced him and went on to defeat Anthony Johnson to take the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. [ 144 ] On October 23, 2015, the UFC announced that Jones had been reinstated to the active roster, nearly six months after his suspension was announced. [ 145 ]
Cormier was then retroactively reinstated as champion. [21] Cormier vacated the title on December 28, 2018, 174 days after winning the heavyweight title. [22] 14 Jon Jones (2) def. Alexander Gustafsson: UFC 232 Inglewood, CA, US: Dec 29, 2018 597 days (2,098 days) 1. def. Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on Mar 2, 2019 2. def. Thiago Santos at UFC 239 ...
UFC 16: 1 9:01 Inverted Arm Triangle Choke: Jeremy Horn: Chuck Liddell: UFC 19: 1 12:00 Inside Shoulder Lock (Mir Lock) Frank Mir: Pete Williams: UFC 36: 1 0:46 Toe Hold: Frank Mir: Tank Abbott: UFC 41: 1 0:45 Body Triangle: Ivan Salaverry: Tony Fryklund: UFC 50: 1 1:36 Von Flue choke: Jason Von Flue: Alex Karalexis: UFC Ultimate Fight Night 3: ...
Khadzhimurat Soltanovich Gatsalov (Russian: Хаджимурат Солтанович Гацалов, born December 11, 1982) is a Russian wrestler.. He won the gold medal in the freestyle 96 kg class in the 2004 Summer Olympics, defeating future UFC Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier in the semi-finals.
UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. dos Anjos (also known as UFC Fight Night 182, UFC on ESPN+ 40 and UFC Vegas 14) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on November 14, 2020 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
He was replaced by Daniel Cormier on July 23. [6] However, on August 12, Jones was forced to pull out of the bout against Cormier citing a leg injury. The fight was rescheduled to take place at UFC 182. [7] As a result, a Flyweight Title fight between Demetrious Johnson and Chris Cariaso was moved from UFC 177 to headline this card. [8]