Cormier and Jones’ past has been well-documented. They were at each others throats when they were championship competitors at UFC 182 and UFC 214. Cormier has since hung up the gloves and entered the UFC Hall of Fame, but Jones is still going at it, as a champion in a second division.

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Chael Sonnen picked UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC), who knocked out Jamahal Hill, Jiri Prochazka, and Khalil Rountree in the span of six months. Sonnen credited Pereira for continuously stepping up to save pay-per-view shows.

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Cormier used Leon Edwards as an example to point out how the Brit was able to emerge as a pay-per-view headliner once he became champion. After knocking out Kamaru Usman to claim the welterweight title in the UFC 278 main event, Edwards defeated Usman again at UFC 286, followed by a title defense over Colby Covington at UFC 296.

The UFC could put together an MMA fight that would be an even bigger bout than Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall colliding in a heavyweight championship unification, according to the former UFC champion Henry Cejudo.