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Daniel Cormier will put his light heavyweight title on the line for the first time since Oct. 2015 when he meets No. 1 contender Anthony Johnson in the main event of April 8’s UFC 210 from Buffalo, New York. At 38 years of age, Cormier has dealt with his fair share of injuries over the last few years, which has led some to wonder if he’s slowing down.

“DC” did compete last July at UFC 200, however, scoring a dominant decision victory over former longtime middleweight king Anderson Silva in a fight that he said was the ‘easiest’ of his career:

“I have no idea what people are talking about,” Cormier said Thursday on UFC 210’s media conference call when asked if he may have lost a step. “I fought Anderson Silva on two days’ notice and I beat a guy who people consider the greatest fighter of all-time, 30-26 across the board. There was no danger in that fight. That was the easiest fight of my entire career. I don’t know how I lost a step. If anything, I feel like I’m still able to get these takedowns whenever I choose to.”

Cormier’s wrestling will likely be a focus point for him in his rematch with Johnson, who happens to be one of the most prolific knockout artists in the sport. “DC”, who scored a submission victory over “Rumble” in the first meeting, also said that this fight will be ‘worse’ for Johnson:

“I feel like I’m a better fighter today than I was the first time,” Cormier said. “You know the first time we fought, I fought him on three-and-a-half weeks’ notice. I had a three-week training camp. I had a three-week training camp and still outworked him. I know I was a different opponent than his previous guy, but he still had a full training camp. I had three-and-a-half weeks to get prepared for a championship fight and still found a way to outwork him. What’s going to happen now that I’ve been training for him for 12 weeks? It’s going to be worse than the first one.”

Who do you expect to walk away with 205-pound gold on April 8?

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UFC light heavyweight champion and No. 1-contender Anthony “Rumble” Johnson were scheduled to rematch last month at UFC 206, but the bout fell through after Cormier was forced to withdraw after suffering an injury. It was announced yesterday, however, that the two will now do battle at April 8’s UFC 210 from Buffalo, New York.

When the two first fought at UFC 187 in May 2015, Cormier won via third-round submission even after he was dropped by a massive right hand earlier in the fight. Despite “Rumble’s” power, however, Cormier, a former Olympic wrestler, plans to stand with Johnson:

“I get to go in there and fold up Rumble Johnson like a nice load of laundry,” Cormier said on yesterday’s edition of UFC Tonight.“No wrestling. I’m standing up with Rumble Johnson. You say you’re going to knock me – prove it to me on April 8th. I’ll be waiting for you. I’m going to stand with this dude. What’s the worst that can happen?”

This could be a bit of strategic pre-fight trash talking from Cormier, as it’s hard to imagine an Olympic-level athlete would abandon their base skillset to throw down with arguably the hardest power puncher in all of MMA in his glaring area of expertise.

Do you believe Cormier’s so-called strategy, or will the champion take the smarter route and rely on his decorated wrestling background to once again get by “Rumble”?

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