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Alexander Gustafsson, who is currently the top contender in the UFC light heavyweight division, wasn’t particularly pleased<\/a> when UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier moved up to heavyweight to battle divisional champion Stipe Miocic. Despite his frustrations with Cormier leaving the division, however, Gustafsson admits he was very impressed with the way Cormier ultimately defeated Miocic.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did great. I\u2019m impressed,” Gustafsson told Luke Thomas on the latest edition of The MMA Hour (transcribed by Peter Carroll for MMA Fighting<\/a>). “I was impressed by the way he finished Stipe and how he won the fight. I\u2019m very impressed by the guy, he did great.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t really have a prediction for that fight because I know it\u2019s a very tough fight to predict, but I had a feeling [that Cormier would win]. ‘DC’ is tough and he\u2019s such a good athlete,\u201d Gustafsson added.<\/p>\n

Having witnessed the apparent ease with which Cormier dispatched Miocic, Alexander Gustafsson now feels that Cormier is better suited for the heavyweight division than he is for the light heavyweight division, where he still wears gold.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s better at heavyweight than he is at light heavyweight. I think he\u2019s stronger, he can eat and he doesn\u2019t have to stress about the weight. I think he\u2019ll do even better as a heavyweight. I had a feeling he\u2019d win the fight, but just the way he finished [the fight] \u2014 it\u2019s probably the wrong thing to say, but he made it look easy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c[Cormier\u2019s punching power] wasn\u2019t that bad [when we fought],\u201d Gustafsson said, looking back on his own battle with Cormier, which he lost by split decision. \u201cI don\u2019t remember him punching me that hard. I\u2019ve been fighting guys that punch way harder, but he\u2019s a very hard worker. He keeps pressuring and he keeps throwing punches. He\u2019s really good with his wrestling and he doesn\u2019t stop working in a fight \u2014 I think that\u2019s his biggest strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think of Alexander Gustafsson’s assessment of Daniel Cormier?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/16\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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