Cormier signs new eight-fight deal with UFC

UFC lightheavyweight champion Daniel Cormier recently flew to Las Vegas and met with Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta to sign a new eight fight contract:

Cormier said he had four fights remaining on a previous deal before his meeting and added there wasn’t much in the way of negotiating the new one. Thankfully, that was because he got what he wanted (though, of course, he declined to say what that was).

I didn’t really have to play the game, he said. They were very fair to me. I just had to be myself and be honest.

I was like, ‘This is what I feel like we deserve as a guy that’s done everything he’s supposed to and carried himself like a professional athlete should carry himself,’ and they said, ‘You know what, you’re right,’ and they pretty much just gave it to me, which is awesome.

With eight more bouts, Cormier is confident he’ll finish his career in the UFC’s octagon, though he’s not entirely certain he’ll finish out his contract.

I’m 36 years old, he said. I don’t even know if I can get through eight fights, but it’s a new eight-fight contract.

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