Daniel Cormier: This is the problem fans of Ilia Topuria should fear

Former two-time UFC champion Daniel Cormier gave his sentiment connected the existent concern successful the lightweight division. He believes that determination is lone 1 existent situation for UFC champion Ilia Topuria, and that is Arman Tsarukyan. Tsarukyan enactment connected a ascendant show astatine Qatar's UFC Fight Night 265 lawsuit connected Saturday, defeating Dan Hooker by second-round choke. Although it seemed that Paddy Pimblett would beryllium the adjacent challenger for Topuria, Cormier is present nary longer definite astir that.

Pimblett faced Topuria face-to-face aft UFC 317 successful June, but Cormier can't disregard Tsarukyan's all-around skills and the menace helium poses. 

"I deliberation Paddy Pimblett is fun, I deliberation helium has a agleam aboriginal successful combat sports, but I deliberation the 2 champion lightweights successful the world, if Islam Makhachev is the welterweight champion now, are Arman Tsarukyan and Ilia Topuria, and that's not successful question anymore," Cormier said connected Good Guy/Bad Guy with Chael Sonnen.

"It was unusual to maine that Paddy adjacent stepped into the Octagon aft Ilia won the belt, due to the fact that the triumph implicit Michael Chandler wasn't capable for maine to merit that position. When you look astatine Tsarukyan past weekend... Man, he's big, he's strong, helium tin wrestle, helium tin punch. He tin bash everything, and apical power connected the crushed is his biggest threat. And I deliberation that's the problem. That's what Ilia Topuria fans should beryllium acrophobic of, due to the fact that if there's anyone who tin replicate Makhachev's style, astatine slightest to immoderate degree, it's Arman Tsarukyan."

Topuria and his goals

Topuria, however, inactive wants a combat with Pimblett much than Tsarukyan. His fig 1 tendency is to determination up to the apical part and onslaught for a 3rd UFC loop against the caller welterweight champion, Makhachev.

Overall, the concern wrong the UFC volition beryllium absorbing and we tin expect a ample fig of surprises, some affirmative and negative.