As the focal event of August, UFC 252 is scheduled to take place on August 16. The main match of the event will be a heavyweight belt battle between defending champion Stipe Miocic and challenger Daniel Cormier.
Having encountered twice in 2018 and 2019, Miocic and Cormier shared a knockout win each.
At UFC 226 in 2018, Daniel Cormier successfully won the title when he defeated Stipe Miocic in the first half with a right hook.
At the meeting again at UFC 241, Stipe Miocic had a spectacular performance with a TKO of American wrestlers in the fourth half.
The third encounter at UFC 252 is expected to be the last time Daniel Cormier appears on the UFC ring as a boxer.
UFC 252 match list.
Weight level | Main Card | ||
Heavyweight | Stipe Miocic | with. | Daniel Cormier |
Bantamweight | Sean O’Malley | with. | Marlon Vera |
Heavyweight | Junior Dos Santos | with. | Jairzinho Rozenstruik |
Light Heavyweight | Todd Duffe | with. | Gian Villante |
Bantamweight | John Dodson | with. | Merab Dvalishvili |
Prelims Card | |||
Light Heavyweight | Magomed Ankalaev | with. | Ion Cutelaba |
Lightweight | Jim MIiler | with. | Vinc Pichel |
Women’s Strawweight | Ashley Yoder | with. | Livinha Souza |
Heavyweight | Chris Daukaus | with. | Parker Porter |
Featherweight for women | Felice Herrig | with. | Virna Jandiroba |
Featherweight | Herbert Burns | with. | Daniel Pineda |
Featherweight | Tj Brown | with. | Danny Chavez |
In addition to the main title match between Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier, UFC 252 also witnessed the return of some other notable fighters such as Sean O’Malley – the famous boxer at Bantamweight, the former heavyweight Junior Dos, Santos confront Jairzinho Rozenstruik, John Dodson, all of them are technically skilled fighters with a devoted fighting style.