Cormier: I’ll never go back to heavyweight
Now the light heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier had a very successful career as heavyweight, but he doubts he’ll ever move up to that weight class again.
Now the light heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier had a very successful career as heavyweight, but he doubts he’ll ever move up in weight class again:
“When I made that decision, I was fine fighting guys those size,” Cormier said at a Monday media event promoting his UFC 192 fight against Alexander Gustafsson. “Now I’m not fine with it, I’m fighting in this division against guys who are more my size. When I grab these dudes, compared to the other guys, the difference is unbelievable. It’s unbelievable how much smaller they are.”
Cormier’s resume at 265 includes victories over the likes of “Bigfoot” Silva, Josh Barnett, Frank Mir, and Roy Nelson. But the champ says as he looks back, he has a hard time believing he event competed in the division in the first place.
“I’m scared of Josh Barnett,” Cormier said. “I’m scared of every one of them. I walk past them and I’m like, ‘that dude is huge.’ Andrei Arlovski is massive. What in the world would I have done if I had to fight him? He’s thick, big, and tall. I’ve trained with him. I’m looking at him and going, dude, did I shrink or are these dudes that much bigger than me?”