Daniel Cormier makes choose for 2024 Combat of the 12 months

Daniel Cormier was not swayed by big-star names when making his choose for Combat of the 12 months.

Like many, Dominick Cruz went with Max Holloway vs. Justin Gaethje at UFC 300, which noticed Holloway rating an iconic last-second knockout. Chael Sonnen picked middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis’ submission win over Israel Adesanya at UFC 305.

Nevertheless, Cormier went with Esteban Ribovics’ wild battle with Daniel Zellhuber at UFC 306 from Sphere, a brawl that noticed quite a few momentum swings. Ribovics wound up successful the bout by cut up choice.

“I’m not falling sufferer to the identify,” Cormier stated on “Good Man/Dangerous Man” with Chael Sonnen. “As pundits, as followers, and as individuals who watch the game, at instances, we fall in love with the identify. It’s truthfully why you’ll combat in a pay-per-view, and also you’ll get a Combat of the Night time bonus or Efficiency once you actually don’t deserve it. You’re in the primary occasion, you’re making more cash than all people else on the cardboard, and also you win, however there’s all these fights at first which can be higher. So, I’m not falling sufferer to the identify.

“I’m truly going with the combat between Zellhuber and Ribovics at UFC 306 when these guys fought on the Sphere. Bear in mind how dangerous Daniel Zellhuber had him damage early? Bear in mind how dangerous he (Ribovics) had Daniel Zellhuber damage late? The grit, the willpower that these two younger males confirmed on Mexican Independence Day to point out why they have been placed on that Sphere card. It was all arise, barely any wrestling, it was tit for tat. It was pretty much as good of a combat as any we noticed all 12 months. I’m not falling sufferer to the blockbuster.”

Ribovics has not too long ago been booked for his subsequent combat. He takes on Nasrat Haqparast in a light-weight bout on March 1 at UFC Combat Night time 253 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.