4 reasons why Daniel Cormier will definitely beat Brock Lesnar

#2 The fight sounds very similar to Lesnar’s loss to Cain Velasquez

Cormier fights in a similar way to his training partner Cain Velasquez - who brutally beat Lesnar in 2010

During the build to the fight between Lesnar and Velasquez in 2010, one of the points that pro-Lesnar fans made was that they felt Brock had a better wrestling pedigree than Velasquez, as he’d won a Division I wrestling title in 2000 while Velasquez’s best placing was fourth.

They also pointed out the massive size difference between the two, with Lesnar cutting weight to make the 265lbs limit while Velasquez walked around at his fighting weight, somewhere in the region of 245lbs.

Velasquez supporters fired back by stating that while Cain hadn’t reached the peaks in the amateur wrestling world that Lesnar had, he was far more experienced in all of the facets of MMA – submission grappling and striking in particular – and his smaller size wouldn’t really play into the fight as he was far more skilled than Lesnar.

In the end, it was the Velasquez supporters who were proven right. Lesnar couldn’t hold Velasquez down and was badly outgunned standing. Velasquez won by first-round TKO, and the fight remains one of the most one-sided title fights in UFC history.

Why is this so important? Well, if you follow MMA you probably know that Velasquez’s primary training partner – today and indeed, back in 2010 – is Daniel Cormier. The pair has a very similar skill-set, blending their wrestling skills with some brutal striking and a seemingly endless gas tank.

Essentially then, the fight resembles Lesnar’s most disastrous career loss in so many ways that it’s very hard to envision him having any success.