‘He’s so big now…’ Daniel Cormier blown away by UFC legend’s transformation and was outmuscled in encounter

MMA legend Daniel Cormier has admitted that he was completely surprised by the strength of 1 former UFC superstar after a recent interaction with him.

Daniel Cormier called it time on a prolific profession in combat sports back in 2020 after the tip of his trilogy fights with fellow UFC legend Stipe Miocic.

Stipe Miocic inflicted back-to-back defeats on former UFC star Cormier at UFC 241 in 2019 and UFC 252 in 2020 of their heavyweight title fights.

‘DC,’ who has remained a component of Dana White’s MMA promotion as a color commentator, candidly opened up on his friendship with Khabib Nurmagomedov in a brand new Q&A.

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Daniel Cormier reveals that Khabib Nurmagomedov looks a lot different compared together with his prolific UFC fighting profession

Posting on his YouTube channel, Daniel Cormier ruled out visiting Khabib Nurmagomedov’s native homeland of Dagestan to coach now.

The 47-year-old former UFC dual champion admitted that he crossed paths with MMA icon Khabib when he was in Latest York City last month.

Cormier explained that the 37-year-old Russian former MMA fighter overpowered him in grappling and Khabib has turn out to be much ‘larger’ than his lightweight days.

“Hey, y’all wish to kill me? Y’all want me to go to Dagestan? I ain’t going to Dagestan,” he said.

“I saw those guys last week. They tried to wrestle me on daily basis. Khabib was attempting to kill me the opposite day in Latest York City. He’s so big now.

“He’s at all times been an incredible grappler, but he’s so big now. He was holding [me down]. He held me down for like 10 minutes.

“I used to be like, ‘I can’t breathe — let me out!”

Daniel Cormier admits that he ‘hates’ grappling with Dagestan-born fighters like Khabib Nurmagomedov

Khabib Nurmagomedov has continued to play an energetic role in MMA, including as a coach and a cornerman, in his post-legendary fighting profession in combat sports.

The ex-UFC lightweight champion, who is taken into account the most effective MMA fighters of all time, retired in 2020 with an undefeated skilled record of 29 wins.

Cormier admitted that he couldn’t consider his own eyes at how Khabib was dominating him now after their encounter in Latest York last month.

“I couldn’t consider it,” he continued.

“I hate grappling with those guys. But those are my brothers. I saw them at [the] Champions League.

“But nah, if I’m going to Dagestan, it’s for my son and them to wrestle and me to look at and eat fish from the Caspian Sea.”

Khabib successfully defended the lightweight title against Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 in Abu Dhabi in 2020 before he vacated his championship crown in 2021.