MMAMania<\/a>). \u201cAnd honestly, most of the guys just don\u2019t fit it. Like you put him in there with Leon, who\u2019s still trying to elevate his name? You need someone with a name to fight Nate Diaz. S**t, Conor wants to fight? Let him and Nate do the trilogy. Why not just do the trilogy. Both of em are free. That could work. There you go Nate.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cUsman vs. Burns, Wonderboy vs. Khamzat, Leon vs. Magny, Diaz vs. McGregor, (Covington vs. Masvidal) now you got five big fights, you\u2019re settled and you\u2019re good to go,” Cormier added.<\/p>\n
Immediately, the fight that stood out was Stephen Thompson vs. Khamzat Chimaev. The UFC has reportedly offered the fight for “Wonderboy” and for Daniel Cormier, he believes it does make sense.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is why I say Wonderboy: it\u2019s because he\u2019s fought for the title a few times already,\u201d Daniel Cormier said. \u201cAnd now at this point in his career, he\u2019s kind of this guy who can still compete with the best of the best, but if you\u2019re able to get past him you\u2019re completely ready as a contender … He\u2019s one of those guys now where he\u2019s gotta build through beating some of these guys in order to put himself back into title contention.\u201d<\/p>\n
Do you agree with Daniel Cormier’s matchmaking for the welterweight division?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Daniel Cormier believes booking the UFC’s welterweight division should be rather easy. Right now, it appears the only fight booked is Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns. The plan was to do Jorge Masvidal vs. Nate Diaz 2 but Colby Covington might be next for ‘Gamebred’. So, if Cormier was a matchmaker he believes there are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":288315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10153,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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