Daniel Cormier believes there is a chance to revive order for American wrestlers within the UFC.
Within the sport of MMA, American wrestlers have dominated the UFC title scene. Jon Jones, Henry Cejudo, Brock Lesnar, Matt Hughes, Mark Coleman, Rashad Evans, and Cormier himself all had robust wrestling backgrounds earlier than turning to MMA and changing into UFC champions.
For a few years, wrestlers from Japanese Europe have reigned supreme on the highest ranges of combined martial arts. Cormier has developed robust bonds with many of those fighters, and through an look on “Y’all Road,” he stated his aim is to get America again on prime (through MMAJunkie).
“American wrestlers aren’t as open to combating as we’d like them to be, however I’ve a plan,” Cormier stated in an interview with Y’all Road. “I’ve American wrestlers competing. I like them. I like Khabib (Nurmagomedov). I like Islam (Makhachev). They’re the perfect. However I would like American wrestlers to be champions. They’re the perfect.”
“I believe that is the one group that is going to take it again. It should be American wrestlers, as a result of why not? It should be Japanese European wrestlers who’re going to be champions — only a few strikers. They’re champion wrestlers. We have to get our wrestlers again into the world of combined martial arts.”
Kayla Harrison is at present the one American fighter to carry a UFC championship. There was a time when it appeared ridiculous that only one American would maintain the UFC title, however in early 2026 that is precisely the truth. It stays to be seen whether or not Cormier can obtain his aim of turning issues round.
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