During the build up to UFC 249 last week UFC President, Dana White, was quizzed about the situation of the heavyweight landscape.
Stipe Miocic has expressed his concerns with returning for his trilogy Fight against Daniel Cormier in summer suggesting he wants to delay it until a later date as he currently is unable to train at a gym and has duties to uphold as a first responder during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, White has been quite vocal about Miocic returning to action in the summer saying it should be possible for him to train as all of the fighters that competed at UFC 249 trained and showed up. White also confirmed that stripping Miocic of his heavyweight title is a possibility.
That poses the question, what does Daniel Cormier do next? Well the former heavyweight and light-heavyweight champion said he would Fight Francis Ngannou for the heavyweight title should Miocic end up being stripped of the belt on the UFC 249 post-fight show.
“If Stipe won’t fight then Francis Ngannou has earned a title fight. If somebody’s fighting Francis Ngannou for the title, it’s going to be me.
I’ll be honest with you, all respect in the world to Francis Ngannou but I’m not afraid of anyone. I’ll fight anybody on any time. I love Francis. I think he’s a sweetheart person.”
UFC 249 saw Ngannou score yet another brutal knockout, dispatching of the previously undefeated Jairzinho Rozenstruik in just 20 seconds. The win puts the Cameroonian on a four fight winning streak with only one of those wins getting outside the first minute of the fight.
Cormier confirmed that he would prefer to do his trilogy fight with Miocic, but he is more than happy to face the scary knockout artist, Ngannou.
“I would love to do my trilogy fight with Stipe Miocic but if Stipe won’t fight, they’re going to take his belt just like Henry just gave up his and they’re going to make a fight between Francis and I for the belt.
It’s simple as that. You’ve got to fight as the champ.”
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