Former UFC champion Daniel Cormier will function particular visitor referee for an upcoming WWE match between Seth Rollins and Matt Riddle, the latter of whom beforehand fought within the UFC.
Rollins and Riddle have shared a heated rivalry that may see the pair conflict in a ‘Fight Pit’ match at WWE’s Extreme Rules occasion this Saturday (8 October).
And Cormier, one among simply 4 dual-weight champions in UFC historical past, will make his first WWE look as he officiates the competition between his fellow Americans.
Upon the announcement of his involvement at Extreme Rules, the ex-heavyweight and light-weight heavyweight champion wrote on Instagram: “I will be fair. I’ll be honest. I’ll be impartial. And I will not take anyone’s s***.
“I will be there for a reason. The law has been called in, and I will enforce it with every part of myself to the fullest extent.”
Riddle beforehand competed within the UFC between 2008 and 2013, combating at welterweight and compiling a 7-3 file – whereas additionally seeing two bouts finish as No Contests.
Meanwhile, Cormier, 43, retired from combined martial arts in August 2020 after struggling a second straight loss to Stipe Miocic.
Prior to these defeats, Cormier knocked out Miocic to win the UFC heavyweight title and turn out to be simply the fourth ever UFC fighter to carry two titles without delay – following within the footsteps of Conor McGregor, Amanda Nunes and Henry Cejudo.
“DC” reigned as mild heavyweight champion on the time that he added the heavyweight title to his assortment, although he later relinquished the sunshine heavyweight belt. The former Olympic wrestler then misplaced the heavyweight gold to Miocic within the pair’s rematch and did not regain it of their trilogy bout – the ultimate struggle of Cormier’s professional MMA profession.
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk