The UFC light heavyweight division has been a punchline for quite a while. Not even Dane Cook can find a way to reconstitute the same old tepid jokes about how shallow and bland the one-time glamor class has become.
But the cavalry is finally on the way. As most fans know, light heavyweight comprises one half of Daniel Cormier's double-division reign. He defends his heavyweight strap against Derrick Lewis next weekend at UFC 230, so his status with either division is very much in flux, but as one of the company's top stars his mere presence as the top light heavyweight brings some needed juice to the proceedings.