Are you actually so insane with Jones-hatred that you're claiming that DC could have competed at 185?
Whatever legitimate points you may have been raising are completely decimated by the complete stupidity of actually typing that and posting it.
You know, i wish Jones was clean, because i'd love to be a fan of his, i find him really interesting as a fighter, but this stands in detriment to what i consider wrong (cheating).
Regardless, i'll be honest - and sometimes these are wildly unpopular opinions - about anything, even the fighters i like.
For example i'd love to be a complete 100% confident that GSP - one of my favorite fighters - was clean during his career and while i assume he was, i'd never say that he - or anyone else competing pre-USADA - was definitely and without any doubt clean.
Back to Jones: i won't deny that i criticize him extremely often - if you want to call that insane, you have every right to do so - but regardless of any ill feelings you or anyone else might (totally understandably) have for me in some instances, i'd like people to stay objective.
As for Cormier: height and reach are not the sole factors in determining how much mass is naturally on a frame and because i acknowledge that, i do say that despite them being equal in height and reach, Daniel Cormier could NEVER diet down so much that he'd be able to make 145 without going to the hospital, like - no fucking way would he be able to do that. But 185 pounds? I don't think that even with his ribcage being wide and his bones being thicker (resulting in more muscle having space to be attached to the skeleton) than that of the average guy, that if he followed a diet where he stayed at a body fat percentage of about 10-12%, that he would not be able to make middleweight, because you also gotta keep in mind, that those 185 pounds are the weight he cuts down to, meaning that hydrated but in good shape body-fat wise, he'd be 200 pounds at least and that's with a rather small weightcut of 15 pounds, plus - unless he trains specifically for it, he'd not just lose fat, but a bit of muscle too.
So long story short: with what i currently know and have seen and read about, i think that with a strict diet and at an "athletic" body fat percentage, i am sure that even with his sturdy build, Cormier should be able to make middleweight, weighing about 205 to 210 pounds inside the cage, if not less.
For comparison, 6'0" Yoel Romero, despite being absurdly muscular, weighed 209 pounds (or so) inside the cage, 6'1", Paulo Costa 213.8 and 6'0" Marvin Vettori 211 pounds.
