UFC UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 Final

Daniel Cormier vs Stipe Miocic

Daniel Cormier
United States

Daniel Cormier

“DC”

22-3

VS
Stipe Miocic
United States

Stipe Miocic

20-5

Winner

Winner

Stipe Miocic

Decision - Unanimous · Round 5 — 5:00

15 August 2020 · UFC Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Stipe Miocic beat Daniel Cormier by unanimous decision after five rounds.
  • Stipe Miocic landed 171 of 244 total strikes and 0 of 6 takedowns, with 5:52 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 46-49, 46-49, 47-48.
  • They have met two times before: Stipe Miocic won by KO/TKO at UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2.
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Tale of the tape

Daniel CormierStipe Miocic
22-3Record20-5
41Age on fight night37
5′11″ (180 cm)Height6′4″ (193 cm)
72.5″ (184 cm)Reach80″ (203 cm)
235 lb (106.6 kg)Weight240 lb (108.9 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
American Kickboxing AcademyTeamStrong Style Fight Team
Lafayette, Louisiana, United StatesFromEuclid, Ohio, United States

Fight statistics

145of 223 · 65%Total strikes landed171of 244 · 70%
91of 153Head strikes84of 153
30of 43Body strikes43of 47
24of 27Leg strikes44of 44
1of 2Takedowns0of 6
0Knockdowns1
0:53Control time5:52

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Daniel CormierRoundStipe Miocic
14/25strikes1/1TD0KD0:38controlR122/35strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
26/53strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR238/54strikes0/2TD1KD0:09control
34/50strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR346/66strikes0/0TD0KD1:53control
41/54strikes0/1TD0KD0:00controlR423/39strikes0/2TD0KD1:23control
30/41strikes0/0TD0KD0:15controlR542/50strikes0/2TD0KD2:27control

Judges’ scorecards

Derek Cleary

10R199R2109R3109R4109R510

46total49

Sal D'amato

9R1109R2109R31010R499R510

46total49

Junichiro Kamijo

10R199R2109R31010R499R510

47total48

They have met before

17 August 2019Stipe Miocic won by KO/TKO in round 4UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 27 July 2018Daniel Cormier wonUFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier

Form going into the fight

Daniel Cormier

  1. LStipe MiocicKO/TKO R4 4:092019
  2. WDerrick Lewissubmission R2 2:142018
  3. WStipe Miocic2018
  4. WVolkan OezdemirKO/TKO R2 2:002018
  5. ?Jon Jonesoverturned R3 3:012017

Stipe Miocic

  1. WDaniel CormierKO/TKO R4 4:092019
  2. LDaniel Cormier2018
  3. WFrancis Ngannouunanimous decision2018
  4. WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R1 2:222017
  5. WAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R1 4:272016

Also on this card

Marlon Vera vs Sean O'MalleyKO/TKO R1 4:40Junior Dos Santos vs Jairzinho RozenstruikKO/TKO R2 3:47Daniel Pineda vs Herbert BurnsKO/TKO R2 4:37John Dodson vs Merab Dvalishviliunanimous decisionJim Miller vs Vinc Pichelunanimous decision

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