Former UFC double champion Daniel Cormier has made a bold claim. Cormier says if he were in his prime, he would feast on the current UFC light heavyweight division, as there are no wrestlers in that weight class at the moment.
In MMA, strikers have struggled against high-level wrestlers, and Cormier believes that imbalance would work heavily in his favor. The former two-time NJCAA champion stated that if he were in his prime today, he would dominate the current light heavyweight division, ragdolling opponents with his wrestling and reclaiming the title with ease. During a recent sit-down with Alien Films, he said:
“If I was at my prime in light heavyweight right now, there’s no wrestlers.