LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 07: Daniel Cormier confronts Brock Lesnar after his UFC heavyweight championship fight during the UFC 226 event inside T-Mobile Arena on July 7, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has opened as the betting favorite against former champion turned WWE Superstar Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar may be physically bigger than recently crowned UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, but the bettings odds of their much-hyped title fight certainly don’t lean in his favor.

BetDSI Sportsbook has released opening odds on a potential heavyweight title scrap, giving Cormier a -260 favorite over Brock Lesnar at +200.

Lesnar (5-3, 1 NC), the reigning WWE Universal Champion, made waves when he stormed the Octagon following Cormier’s win over Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 226 last weekend.

“Let me tell you something,” screamed Lesnar into a microphone. “I walked into this building and watched the heavyweight disasters from the beginning. [Francis] Ngannou is a piece of shit. Miocic is a piece of shit. DC, I’m coming for you, motherf***er.”

Cormier, to his credit, could only smile as Lesnar smashed the microphone into a camera.

“Push me now you’re going to sleep later,” said Cormier “Your days are in the past. In the stone age.”

In terms of competition, Lesnar has not competed under the UFC since his decision win over Mark Hunt at UFC 200 in July 2016. This marked the former NCAA Division I Heavyweight Champion’s first walk to the Octagon since announcing his retirement, due severe case diverticulitis, following his loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141 in 2011.

However, not long after, it came out Lesnar had been flagged for a potential anti-doping violation, stemming from an out-of-competition drug test prior to his fight against Hunt. Days later, Lesnar, another flag popped up, this time from an in-competition test.

As a result, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency handed Lesnar a one-year suspension alongside a $250,000 fine. As a result, Lesnar will have to re-enter the USADA drug-testing pool, meaning he will be ineligible to return to competition until January 2019.

Cormier (21-1), who fought earned his heavyweight title with a first-round knockout of Miocic, also serves as the promotion’s light heavyweight champion. With his victory, ‘DC’ joined Conor McGregor as the only fighters to hold two UFC titles in two separate weight classes simultaneously.

Prior to dethroning Miocic, the former Olympic wrestling captain defended his light heavyweight title with a second-round TKO over Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 220 in January. This got him back in the win column after losing his title at the hands of violent head kick from Jon Jones at UFC 214.

There is currently no word on where, or when, Cormier and Lesnar will trade leather.