Throughout Daniel Cormier’s illustrious MMA career, only two fighters dealt him losses: Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic. Stipe Miocic speaks to the media after getting knocked out by Daniel Cormier in the first round of UFC 226 to lose his heavyweight title. When he stood and traded from the second round on, he was off course. UFC 241 in pictures. A dejected Cormier said during the UFC 241 post-event news conference that the biggest letdown of his losing effort was ignoring his coaches’ advice to wrestle more. Throughout Daniel Cormier’s illustrious MMA career, only two fighters dealt him losses: Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic. Cormier shocked the world back at UFC 226 when he knocked Miocic out in the first round to capture the UFC Heavyweight Championship. The loss to Miocic was his first loss in the division. Similarly, Stipe Miocic finished Cormier via TKO last month and reclaimed the heavyweight title. ANAHEIM, Calif. – When Daniel Cormier took down Stipe Miocic early in their rematch, he was following his team’s gamplan. Created with Sketch. Loss 17–4 Alistair Overeem: TKO (punches) UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cerrone 2: 19 December 2015: 2 4:43 Orlando, Florida, United States Win 17–3 Stipe Miocic: Decision (unanimous) UFC on Fox: dos Santos vs. Miocic: 13 December 2014: 5 5:00 Phoenix, Arizona, United States Fight of the Night. Miocic says … UFC star Daniel Cormier has revealed why his defeat to Stipe Miocic was harder to swallow than his two losses to Jon Jones. Stipe Miocic (/ ˈ s t iː p eɪ m i ˈ oʊ tʃ ɪ tʃ /; Croatian: Miočić, pronounced [stǐːpe mîotʃitɕ]; born August 19, 1982) is an American professional mixed martial artist and firefighter-paramedic of Croatian descent. Daniel Cormier lost his UFC heavyweight title to Stipe Miocic in the main event of Saturday's UFC 241 pay-per-view card. He is currently signed to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he competes in the heavyweight division and is the two-time and current UFC Heavyweight Champion. At UFC 252, Cormier has a chance to wipe out the one blemish on his spotless run as a Heavyweight. Advertisement Daniel Cormier has had a legendary career in the UFC and will always be remembered as one of the all-time greats, even after his loss to Stipe Miocic last Saturday at UFC 241.