{"id":246680,"date":"2017-08-14T12:19:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T19:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=246680"},"modified":"2017-08-14T12:25:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T19:25:02","slug":"daniel-cormier-talks-move-heavyweight-says-ufc-already-suggested-options-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-talks-move-heavyweight-says-ufc-already-suggested-options-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier talks move to heavyweight, says UFC has already suggested some &#8220;options&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-214\/ufc-214-results-jon-jones-defeats-daniel-cormier-highlights\/\">relinquished the UFC light heavyweight title<\/a> to his arch rival Jon Jones, former champion Daniel Cormier now finds himself at a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/coach-javier-mendez-daniel-cormier-crossroads-fighting-career\/\">crossroads<\/a>. Really, if he doesn&#8217;t retire, he would seem to have two options. The first is to keep slogging away at light heavyweight in hopes of earning <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-believes-hell-fight-jon-jones-1\/\">a third fight with Jones<\/a>. The second would be to return to heavyweight, where his career began, and attempt to compete with apex predators like Stipe Miocic, Alistair Overeem, Fabricio Werdum and Cain Velasquez.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Monday&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/8\/14\/16141600\/the-mma-hour-with-daniel-cormier-georges-st-pierre-paulie-malignaggi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>, Cormier discussed a possible move back to heavyweight. Apparently, the move back up would not be an easy one, but it&#8217;s one he&#8217;d certainly consider.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve really shrunk myself from heavyweight,\u201d the former champ told host Ariel Helwani. \u201cI used to have big old traps. I was a bigger guy when I fought at heavyweight. But I\u2019d entertain anything.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cormier then explained that the UFC has already made a few suggestions with respect to a possible move back to heavyweight.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe UFC values me, and honestly, they\u2019ve already reached out with some ideas about me fighting, and I was like \u2018well, I need time.\u2019 There are options at heavyweight and options at 205.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s a matter of what I decide to do,\u201d he continued. \u201cAt this point, Ariel, I\u2019ve kind of gotten to a point in my career where the UFC, they really are open to a lot of my suggestions.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Surprisingly, Cormier also said he believes he and Jones will fight for a third time down the road:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t know exactly what path leads back to a fight with Jones, but I believe he\u2019ll be the champion, and I don\u2019t believe that anyone else in this division can compete with me,\u201d he said. \u201cSo after I win enough fights, I believe we\u2019ll fight again.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you want to see Daniel Cormier return to heavyweight?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/14\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having relinquished the UFC light heavyweight title to his arch rival Jon Jones, former champion Daniel Cormier now finds himself at a crossroads. 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