LOS ANGELES -- The impending USADA-mandated ban on post-fight IV rehydration has led to rampant speculation around the sport of mixed martial arts that we'll see a mass movement of fighters up in weight class.
But don't count Daniel Cormier among that group. The 36-year-old UFC light heavyweight champion was undefeated as a heavyweight before making the drop down to 205 pounds, but he says he doesn't foresee a situation in which he'd ever go back to 265.
And while the move was originally made because he doesn't want to cross paths with friend and teammate Cain Velasquez, Cormier says since making the move, he's found competing against people his size is much preferable to tangling with giants.