“Good Guy Bad Guy”<\/a> with Chael Sonnen. \u201cWhat it means, pound-for-pound, is your fight style transcends weight classes.”<\/p>\nAnd that’s the key factor for Cormier. While Dvalishvili has been much more active than Chimaev during a 13-fight winning streak that includes three title-fight wins, two of them defenses this year, Cormier holds it against the bantamweight champion that his success has come in only one division.<\/p>\n
“Merab has not fought in any other weight class,” Cormier said. “Khamzat Chimaev had success at welterweight at a very high level, was on the verge of a title fight, has to go up, becomes a champion there. He beat Kamaru Usman, who was the champion at 170 at the time that he was working his way up the rankings.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBecause of those things, I think he falls right in line with Islam and Ilia Topuria, right in front of Merab Dvalishvili.”<\/p>\n
Dvalishvili will have another chance to convince Cormier otherwise Oct. 4 when he goes for his third title defense against Corey Sandhagen in the UFC 320 co-main event.<\/p>\n
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