Daniel Cormier loves the thought of Robert Whittaker vs. Kamaru Usman at middleweight.

Whittaker (25-7 MMA, 15-5 UFC) urged Usman to stay at 185 pounds after his spectacular short-notice exhibiting towards undefeated Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294 final month. Usman lost the fight by majority decision, however the former UFC welterweight champion was capable of rally after dropping Spherical 1 massive.

Whittaker will even look to rebound in his subsequent combat after getting stopped by Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 290, and contemplating that they’re each former champions, Cormier thinks Whittaker and Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC) ought to be concerned in marquee fights.

“I faucet in, I faucet all the best way into this combat,” Cormier stated on his ESPN present “DC & RC.” “I believe it’s an enormous combat, and I believe each these guys should stroll to the octagon in huge fights each single time.

“So in the event that they’re not combating for the championship, they need to be combating championship degree fights. So, I’m all in on Kamaru Usman vs. Robert Whittaker.”

Whereas he didn’t commit, Usman appeared open to the thought of staying at middleweight. Usman finds himself in unfamiliar territory after dropping three in a row – back-to-back to Leon Edwards in title fights, and most lately Chimaev.

“The plans, I don’t know. It’s form of foggy,” Usman lately stated on his YouTube channel. “I didn’t thoughts being up at 185. Yeah, in fact the dimensions was a bit totally different at first, however I’m a championship degree fighter, so from right here on out, we need to make these 5 rounds and never three rounders. I don’t know,185 seemed good on me, so we’d. We’ll get again to y’all on that.”