UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall has admitted that Daniel Cormier would have been a nightmare for him if he was of his generation.
Right now, Tom Aspinall is one of the most talked-about fighters in mixed martial arts. That’s partly because he’s the heavyweight champion and is exceptionally good at what he does, but it’s also because he hasn’t fought in a while and people are fascinated to see what he looks like when he fights Ciryl Gane at UFC 321.
Right now, Tom Aspinall is the champion of a division that doesn’t get a lot of respect from the masses, and many believe it isn’t as stacked as many other divisions in the promotion. But back in the day, the heavyweight was home to some absolute monsters, including Daniel Cormier.
In a recent podcast appearance, Aspinall got honest when discussing the possibility of him hiring a top-tier “DC” if he was at the top.
Tom Aspinall discusses Daniel Cormier’s prime
“Peak ‘DC’ has the worst style ever for me,” Aspinall said of Daniel Cormier on the “ShxtsnGigs Podcast.” “He’s small. I also said this to his face: a small guy who keeps walking forward and changes levels in between, like wrestling punches. He can knock you out. He can knock you down. He’s got cardio for days. For my style, he’s a nightmare.”
“I’ve thought about it,” Aspinall said. “He was a beast. Peak ‘DC’ was unreal.”
Quotes via Nice junkie
Aspinall is a very smart fighter and he knows, like many of us, that Cormier used to be a machine. Whether or not he could have beaten the Englishman is a question that unfortunately none of us will ever know the answer to.
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