Well, with Francis Ngannou and Stipe to contend with, who can blame D.C.? He's 38 now and can quite possibly finish his career as LHW champ in a division that doesn't have such BIG threats. That said, some people think Cormier's wrestling base makes him more likely to defeat a heavy-handed banger like Ngannou.
After thinking things through Cormier, the former Strikeforce heavyweight Grand Prix champ, shut down the idea on WFAN’s Outside the Cage podcast, claiming that the division has evolved too much and that many fighters are now on par with his teammate Cain Velasquez, a former two-time heavyweight champ.
“It was a different time in the sport,” Cormier said on Monday, per The Mac life’s Oscar Willis. “Those guys, they weren’t as fast. They’re big now, and fast. Before you guys that were big guys, but they were kind of lumbering. Now you got athletes. Like Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou — they’re athletes. They’re all like Cain Velasquez. That’s what made Cain Velasquez so great, right? Was that he was before his time. They’re all like him now. So, those days are past.”
Cormier no longer interested in return to heavyweight: ‘They’re all like Cain Velasquez’
