Listen to me very carefully Daniel Cormier. I know you read sherdog, every fighter does. For the sake of your legacy, you must listen to my advice.
With your projected timeline of retiring by next year, you need to beat the elite of the light-heavyweight divisions. You need to clear it out. The more fighters you beat, the better it is for your legacy. Fighting at heavyweight no longer adds to your legacy, you have already conquered it undefeated.
You could be the GOAT of MMA, if it wasn't for the blemish loss to Jon Jones. Since Jon Jones won't be coming back in time, your top priority right now is to beat everyone who has an even remote chance of beating Jon Jones in the future.
So when this does happen, MMA math plays out and Cormier > Fighter X > Jon Jones > Cormier.
You right now, at the very most, can play the odds so that you can at least be on par, and not be second to Jon Jones. This is the best strategic plan to build your legacy. When you retired undefeated, except beaten by Jon Jones. You can wait until Jon Jones inevitably loses to someone you already beat, and the more he loses, the more points goes to your legacy as the GOAT.
Gustaffson, out of all the candidates, has the best chance of beating Jon Jones. You can't deny this. You must fight and beat him TWICE.
With your projected timeline of retiring by next year, you need to beat the elite of the light-heavyweight divisions. You need to clear it out. The more fighters you beat, the better it is for your legacy. Fighting at heavyweight no longer adds to your legacy, you have already conquered it undefeated.
You could be the GOAT of MMA, if it wasn't for the blemish loss to Jon Jones. Since Jon Jones won't be coming back in time, your top priority right now is to beat everyone who has an even remote chance of beating Jon Jones in the future.
So when this does happen, MMA math plays out and Cormier > Fighter X > Jon Jones > Cormier.
You right now, at the very most, can play the odds so that you can at least be on par, and not be second to Jon Jones. This is the best strategic plan to build your legacy. When you retired undefeated, except beaten by Jon Jones. You can wait until Jon Jones inevitably loses to someone you already beat, and the more he loses, the more points goes to your legacy as the GOAT.
Gustaffson, out of all the candidates, has the best chance of beating Jon Jones. You can't deny this. You must fight and beat him TWICE.