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Daniel Cormier believes the reason Brock Lesnar remained with the WWF
Cormier will defend his heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 241 on August 17. However, he was expected to have his next title defense against Lesnar in a super fight. In the end, it never came to fruition with Lesnar retiring from mixed martial arts (MMA) for the third time in his career, and returning to WWE programming.
It was reported that this former heavyweight champion preferred a flat fee to compete against Cormier due to the new ESPN deal. (19659002) "I'm sure Brock could not come back to the UFC," Cormier told ESPN's Marc Raimondi . "There's a lot of uncertainty in the world of mixed martial arts right now in terms of pay-per-view. It's not straight forward when Brock was there.
"I think when Brock looked at the landscape of the sport, what they were offering him, Brock said, 'I can make guaranteed money [in WWE]' Not work as hard. He'd have to work his way out [to fight me] and it's probably gonna go the bad way. With the WWE, it's usually determined in his favor. So, as a businessman, I think Brock made the right decision.
"Then it works, right? Everybody is talking like, 'Oh, [WWE Chairman] Vince McMahon keeps putting the belt on Brock' or keeps doing this with Brock. Brock was on the pay-per-view Brock was on Monday night and the ratings increased. … There's a way to the old man's madness. Breaking the Brock and Brock in a Brock and Brock
With Cormier planning on retirement in 2020, it looks like a fight with Lesnar will not be happening at
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