When is mir vs cormier

Seemingly toying with Mir, he opens up with just over 60 seconds left on the clock. And Mir makes him pay, relatively speaking, with a big shot. Cormier, however, lands several vicious strikes before clinching with Mir again.

Referee Herb Dean separates them, and no more action occurs before the sounding of the horn. Mir enters the third and final frame with intensity, but Cormier is more than game.

He grabs hold of Mir and pulls him against the cage, but Mir escapes. Back to the striking game, Mir lands a strong kick to the body, but Cormier, once again, ties him up against the cage.

Tired, Cormier presses Mir against the fence, and referee Herb Dean urges them to work. Little response from either fighter, and Dean separates them at the midpoint of the round. The former UFC champ, Mir, looks to work, but Cormier, again, moves the fight to the position he wants: the clinch.

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Werdum Jun. Daniel Cormier Devin Cole. Strikeforce Challengers 13 Jan. Daniel Cormier Jason Riley. That is what you see nowadays. The guys who are at the top of the sport and continue to keep their spot there have no glaring holes in their games. I understand where my arms are. I understand where my feet are. Obviously we all make mistakes and when fighters make mistakes is when they get submitted.

I think that is where you would see a lot of wrestlers get submitted a few years back because we would take people down and put our hands on the mat. You have to recognize where you can do damage. Just like Josh Barnett told me.

He said back in the day you could get leg locks and knee bars easy because nobody knew how to defend them. We train in all positions and prepare for everything that can happen. There is no way around it. He made his Strikeforce debut in September of and three and a half years later, he will step in against a top-ranked heavyweight for his UFC debut.

Granted, in that short amount of time he wrecked shop through the Strikeforce Challengers Series and went on to win the Heavyweight Grand Prix, but on the larger scale, Cormier is very much a work in progress. It may seem like a bold move to some, but for Cormier — it is the only way he knows how to operate.