Daniel Cormier has been defeated by Stipe Miocic in UFC 252 and what pundits and fans had tagged ‘the greatest heavyweight bout of all time’.
The victory for Stipe Miocic came after he deliberately poked Daniel Cormier in his left eye.
The poke on Daniel Cormier’s eye during the third round of the fight, rendered blind in one eye. Stipe won by decision, making him a 2-1 victor in their trilogy of fights.
The referee didn’t see the poke, but it was squarely caught on camera, and it’s pretty gruesome. You see Stipe’s finger go right in DC’s left eye.
As for the injury it’s reportedly a tear in his eye, although the extent of the injury has not been disclosed.
Daniel Cormier made it clear after the fight, he couldn’t see anything out of his left eye.
Stipe was ahead in rounds 1 and 2, and the eye poke came in round 3 of the 5-round fight, but Dana White says the decision is legit.
“They both got poked in the eye. That eye was hurt before the poke. We got a big group text that goes out and I was like ‘There’s something wrong with Cormier’s eye.’ And then he got poked after that. That didn’t help. But they both got poked. You can’t use that as an excuse.”
DC was upset after the fight when he talked to Joe Rogan, but he was resigned to the loss, saying, “It is what it is.”