UFC Legend Offers Dismissive Take On Terence Crawford vs Ilia Topuria

Cormier thinks Topuria is not a McGregor level star yet. Apart from that, he also claimed that the likes of Mayweather and Fury had the ability to carry McGregor and Ngannou to make the fights look competitive to the fans. DC doesn't think Crawford would play around like that inside the ring.

Speaking on the Good Guy/ Bad Guy show, he said, "What Conor did by going as long as he did with Floyd Mayweather was probably some of the most surprising stuff I have seen in combat. Watching Francis Ngannou go as long with Tyson Fury was some of the most surprising stuff I've seen in combat sports."

"I would have expected Tyson Fury to do him like Anthony Joshua did, but I also believe that Floyd Mayweather and Tyson Fury have an ability to make sure that a person can stay in there with them as long as they need them to, to make it look competitive, to make you feel good about it."Daniel Cormier

"Ilia is taking things out of the McGregor playbook, but you've got to have that stardom, and he's not there yet."

Cormier believes Crawford could actually benefit from fighting Topuria. He said, "I think that's what's going to stop him from getting the fight. But I mean, when you're Terence Crawford, and you've been dying for big opportunities your whole career, could an Ilia Topuria fight be the next thing that's the biggest thing?"

He added, "Because who's out there for him to fight that's going to be a bigger name, in terms of bringing in a new fanbase to watch Terence Crawford, than Ilia Topuria? There are some legs to it more than it would be normally, especially being that 'Bud' respects the UFC as much as he does, and he knows Ilia Topuria. He could have no-sold him, but he didn't do that."