Daniel Cormier has an idea on how to save the UFC featherweight division from going stagnant while Alexander Volkanovski pursues champ-champ status.
For his next appearance, all signs point to Volkanovski moving up to lightweight and challenging Islam Makhachev, the newly crowned champ following his second-round submission of Charles Oliveira at UFC 280 this past October. Though nothing is confirmed, the reigning featherweight champ and Makhachev have expressed interest in sharing the Octagon early next year.
While Volkanovski spends the next few months preparing for Makhachev, Cormier wants to see the featherweight division as active as possible, so he proposes an interim championship fight between Arnold Allen and Josh Emmett.