Who beats Cormier at HW after the strikeforce era?

[Hazuki Ryo]

Young 33 yo Cormier who won a strikeforce tournament where everyone thought Fedor would win..
Young Cormier who threw Barnett like a bag of potatoes
Young Cormier who slept Big Foot like he was small kid
Who beats this guy?

 

[Luthien]

Jones

 

[ForeverYoung]

Never forget Fedor robbed us of seeing him get pulverized by DC. They hyped up Fedor vs "Black Fedor" so much only for Fedor to get smoked twice and not make the finals.

 

[Tweak896]

Cain would've probably.

 

[SeattleFightFan]

He was probably 4th best behind Cain, JDS and Werdum in that order.

But he could beat any one of them on any given night.

 

[nostradumbass]

Probably Ubereem, I think Cain got the better of him in training, JDS might have beaten him, Werdum would have had a decent shot.

 

[icemun]

DC wasnt even giving up rounds at that point and slamming HWs on their heads
No one was beating him

 

[blaseblase]

Never forget Fedor robbed us of seeing him get pulverized by DC. They hyped up Fedor vs "Black Fedor" so much only for Fedor to get smoked twice and not make the finals.

You have a terrible memory, DC was an unknown alternate. No one was hyping that up, they weren't even in the tournament at the same time. Fedor v Overeem is what what hyped up, Cormier only got into the tournament as a replacement for Overeem dropping out.

 

[BonesWinckleJones]

nobody tbh

 

[Koro_11]

Open Weight Gran Prix Cro Cop.

Good luck getting a takedown, and good luck striking with him.

If DC eats one of these from Mirko, no follow up strikes are necessary.

 

[Striker Fox]

Cain is the only guy

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

Cain would've probably.

Around that time, Cormier was always talking about how Velasquez was the best heavyweight and how he would just own Cormier during practice.

 

[WokeWarrior]

Not even prime stipe beats him........
Cain and maybe brock or alistar if they had CHINS......
You would need a Francis or a HW jon Jones/rumble johnson

Ive always said this and to this day nobody has ever challenged me on this.
JON JONES DC AND ANTHONY RUMBLE JOHNSON
ARE THE 3 KINGS OF THE LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT DIVISION.

Nobody in the 205 history could beat those 3 in their PEAK PRIMES.

 

[colorles]

Jones

don't be so sure. Courmier was a different fighter back then. a much younger Jones hypothetically going up to heavyweight to fight prime heavyweight Courmier would have been very interesting

 

[Uncommon Valor]

I could see JDS beating him.

 

[Koro_11]

Not even prime stipe beats him........
Cain and maybe brock or alistar if they had CHINS......
You would need a Francis or a HW jon Jones/rumble johnson

Ive always said this and to this day nobody has ever challenged me on this.
JON JONES DC AND ANTHONY RUMBLE JOHNSON
ARE THE 3 KINGS OF THE LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT DIVISION.

Nobody in the 205 history could beat those 3 in their PEAK PRIMES.

No disrespect to Rumble, may he rest in peace, but he's seriously overated on sherdog. Yes he could put your lights out, but he also had some terrible loses and got turned into a panic wrestler by guys like Vitor and Dan Hardy of all people.

Still a great fighter, but not champ level and not in Jones/DC's league.

 

[icemun]

Open Weight Gran Prix Cro Cop.

Good luck getting a takedown, and good luck striking with him.

If DC eats one of these from Mirko, no follow up strikes are necessary.

 

[Fergelmince]

Had Ngannou started fighting earlier in life, cormier could've ducked him a lot earlier in his career. The way it turned out, cormier didn't get a chance to duck ngannou until he was closer to retirement.

 

[Koro_11]

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Wow, the Pride ring sure looks strange in your pic.

Didn't know Gonzaga participated in their Gran Prix.

 

[markg171]

Did you even watch his fights then? He looked like dogshit against Staring, Mir, and Nelson.

A lot of top HWs would've beaten him the way he was looking. He was an absolute mess as his agility, his main point at HW, was looking awful cause he was too fat.

Moving down is the best thing that ever happened for his career. It made him less fat and regain his advantages, as well as gave you all the excuse when his first loss came to Jones instead of someone like Overeem or Werdum.