Another major accomplishment came in 2005, when Cormier became one of a select few Americans to win a gold medal at the Golden Grand-Prix Ivan Yarygin, held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, and considered by many to be the most challenging wrestling tournament in the world. Cormier also won a gold medal at the quadrennial Pan American Games in 2003. He won a bronze medal at the 2007 competition. In the non-Olympic years, Cormier reached the top 5 at the Wrestling World Championships in 20. Cormier was also a member of the 2008 Olympic wrestling team for the USA, where he was named team captain but was pulled from competition due to kidney failure, brought on by excessive weight cutting. At the 2004 Olympics, he came 4th after losing to Khadzhimurat Gatsalov in the semifinals. national champion every year from 2003–2008 and represented team USA at the world level for each of those years. Īfter graduating from OSU with a degree in sociology, Cormier went on to have a successful career in Freestyle Wrestling. 6 of Cormier's losses were to Cael Sanderson. His final record was 53–10, with 27 falls.
He became an all-American by reaching the finals of the 184-pound weight class, in which he lost to Cael Sanderson 8–4. He entered the national tournament as the #3 seed at 184 pounds but fell one match short of becoming an all-American (given to the top 8 finishers in each weight class).
After Colby, Cormier transferred to Division I Oklahoma State University. Cormier was offered a scholarship to play football at LSU, but declined in order to continue to pursue wrestling.Īfter high school, he attended Colby Community College in Kansas, where he was a two-time junior college national champion at 197 pounds, in 19. He was also an all-state football player at high school in the linebacker position and had a personal best time of 4.5 seconds in the 40-yard dash. In 1995, Cormier won a bronze medal in the world championships in Greco-Roman Wrestling cadet (15–16 years old) division. He was twice voted the most outstanding wrestler of the state tournament. His final high school record was 101–9, with 89 of his victories coming by a fall. After 9th grade, Cormier only lost twice, both times by injury default. In high school at Northside High, Cormier won 3 Louisiana state championships in wrestling. When Cormier was seven, his father was shot and killed on Thanksgiving Day in 1986 by the father of his second wife. He has an older brother named Joseph, a sister named Felicia, and a younger brother named Ferral. Cormier is the son of Joseph and Audrey Cormier.
In folkstyle wrestling, he was an NCAA Division I National and two time Big 12 Conference runner-up for the Oklahoma State Cowboys (all losses to the eventual four-time NCAA champion Cael Sanderson from Iowa State) and a two-time NJCAA champion. As an international wrestler, Cormier was a six-time US World or Olympic Team Member, a World bronze medalist, a World Cup runner-up, a Pan American Games gold medalist (bronze in 2007) and a two-time Pan American champion. Cormier is the second fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes simultaneously and is the first to defend titles in two divisions. He is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion.
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Daniel Ryan Cormier ( / ˈ k ɒr m ɪ eɪ/ born March 20, 1979) is an American former professional mixed martial artist, amateur wrestler, and current commentator for the UFC.
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