Efter Volkan Oezdemirs bar-bråk för ett par dagar sedan har den potentiella titelmatchen mellan Daniel Cormier och Oezdemir satts i gungning. Genom podcasten ”The Anik & Florian Podcast” sade den lätta-tungviktsmästaren att han är intresserad av att möta svenska #1 Alexander Gustafsson eller #5 rankade Ovince St-Preux.
Of course, I’d fight any of these guys. It doesn’t matter. This guy’s on the longest win streak in the division so he was getting the title shot but if this trouble is gonna keep him out of the opportunity, I’ll just go to the next guy. So of course I’d fight Gustafsson and someone told me yesterday that Team Ovince Saint Preux was like, ‘We want a title fight because we’ve got a good winning streak too.’ Whoever is winning gets the title shot, that’s just the way it is. I don’t care who it is.
Cormier kan tänka sig möta Gustafsson i Boston under UFC 220 den 20:e januari nästa år.
I’ve been waiting for the final go ahead. Obviously this throws a wrench into those plans, when we see what happens to Oezdemir. It’s kind of all fluid right now because we’ve got to see what happens with this guy. Alexander Gustafsson was never gonna be right now anyway, I think he may be dealing with some things. If it has to be him then I guess the fight will be a little bit later in the year, but I’d love to compete in Boston.
Cormier gick sin senaste match mot Jon Jones under UFC 214. En match han först förlorade genom teknisk knockout i rond tre men som senare blev vänt till ett så kallat ”No Contest” då Jones testat positivt för steroiden turinabol.
