Daniel Cormier Makes Massive Claim About Damian Pinas’ Knockout Power After UFC 332

Damian Pinas delivered yet another stunning knockout at UFC 332. However, Daniel Cormier believes that the rising middleweight has something even more remarkable ahead. The UFC Hall of Famer claimed that Pinas showed remarkable power when he knocked out Andrey Pulyaev with a single uppercut after watching the fight, making a massive claim about the 24-year-old's power.

Cormier Makes A Massive Claim About Pinas

75 seconds is all it took Pinas to knock out Pulyaev at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday night The Surinamese prospect successfully trapped his opponent against the fence and delivered a devastating uppercut that immediately sent Pulyaev to the floor. Referee Herb Dean was forced to stop the fight after the blow.

The win put his professional record at 11-1 with 10 wins by knockout.  It's his sixth consecutive win, with three of them coming in the first round. Cormier watched the fight from the commentary desk, visibly stunned by the turn of events.

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“I've never seen nothing like him, man. I think he might be the single biggest power puncher I've seen since we started doing this,” Cormier said.

The assessment puts Pinas in extraordinary company, considering Cormier has spent years of his career watching and carefully analyzing some of the hardest hitters in UFC history.

Joe Rogan Agrees With Cormier

Safe to say, Cormier wasn't alone in his assessment of Pinas. Joe Rogan chimed in, praising Pinas' unusual ability to generate devastating power.

“There's guys that just have God-given power,” Rogan said. “Do you remember Julian Jackson back in the boxing days? He would hit guys and just like, 'What happened?' Damian Pinas has that. It's just extraordinary power.”

The praise follows Pinas' rise as one of the most dangerous young finishers of the promotion. He needed just two UFC starts to make a statement, as his first two wins against Wes Schultz and Cesar Almeida, both by first-round stoppage, were impressive as it is, before he added Pulyaev to the list.

Now, Pinas boasts three UFC wins, all knockouts, and has yet to see a second round inside the Octagon. The next step for the prospect will likely be a major test, as the promotion is looking to establish just how fast the undefeated UFC fighter will climb up the middleweight ladder.