UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is currently gearing up to face off against reigning UFC heavyweight title holder Stipe Miocic. The two will throw down in the main event of UFC 226 on July 7, live on pay-per-view.
Former UFC competitor turned Bellator heavyweight Chael Sonnen has now come forward with his thoughts on Cormier’s fighting future.
Speaking on his podcast, as seen within the video below, Sonnen offered his thoughts.
“I’m not sure we see Daniel Cormier fight again. Interesting plot twist I just threw in there, isn’t it?”
“So, he’s moved up to heavyweight. Let’s say he succeeds and he wins, he would then be the heavyweight champion. I suspect that he would relinquish 205 pounds. So, if he wins and he’s the heavyweight champion, I think that he would stick around and get that other fight in that he’s been talking about he wants, whoever that would be against.”
“(There are) not a lot of compelling fights for him at 205 pounds. That could change overnight with the insertion of Jon Jones, but I don’t think Jon’s gonna be back until next summer. That’s a year away.”
“To get to 205 pounds, you had to live a lifestyle with that goal in mind, and you gotta take your eye off the ball for seven months and go up to heavyweight, I don’t know about returning to 205. And I don’t know what the motivation would be.”
