Daniel Cormier wonders if anybody can cease Alex Pereira’s reign at gentle heavyweight.
Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) notched his second 205-pound title protection when he knocked out Jiri Prochazka (30-5-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) of their title-fight rematch this previous Saturday at UFC 303 from T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Cormier compares his personal reign to that of Pereira, as a result of Cormier had sturdy grapplers akin to Jon Jones, Glover Teixeira, Phil Davis, and Ryan Bader on the prime of his division. Within the present prime gentle heavyweight rankings, Cormier doesn’t see an excessive amount of of a floor risk for Pereira.
“Once I have a look at the sunshine heavyweight panorama, have a look at the highest 5, he’s crushed on Jiri twice,” Cormier mentioned on “Good Man/Dangerous Man” with Chael Sonnen. “He’s beat Jamahal (Hill) who’s additionally within the prime 5.
“(Aleksandar) Rakic is a striker, (Jan) Blachowicz is a striker, Johnny Walker in a striker, Khalil Rountree is a striker. The one one which has any wrestling is (Magomed) Ankalaev, however Ankalaev isn’t technically a wrestler. He’s a striker who has mentioned he’s going to knock Alex ‘Poatan’ Pereira out.”
Ankalaev is assured he doesn’t have to resort to his wrestling to beat Pereira. However Cormier doesn’t like anybody’s probabilities on the ft vs. the knockout specialist.
“I have a look at this weight class proper now, Chael, and I see no wrestlers,” Cormier added. “I don’t see any wrestlers all the way in which to No. 10. No. 6 man on the planet is Nikita Krylov. If no one wrestles this man, Chael, how lengthy can Alex Pereira reign at prime of the division? As a result of it feels in case you’re compelled to face with him and strike with him, you actually don’t have any probability.”
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