Alex Pereira told that he would be ‘feasted on’ by this UFC legend in his prime

Daniel Cormier believes he would have ‘feasted on’ Alex Pereira and other current UFC light heavyweights

Before Daniel Cormier knocked out Stipe Miocic to become heavyweight king and achieve two-division supremacy, the elite wrestler initially found success at 205 pounds.

Cormier won the vacant light heavyweight title by submitting Anthony Johnson before recording successful title defenses against Alexander Gustafsson and Volkan Oezdemir.

During a recent Q&A for Alien Films, ‘DC’ suggested he would have little trouble repeating that championship success if he competed against the current crop of light heavyweights.

“If I was at my prime in light heavyweight right now, there’s no wrestlers,” Cormier said.

“I’d be just feasting on everybody. At light heavyweight, there’s no wrestlers. If I was in my prime, probably (would fight) Pereira because he’s the biggest star and you want to make the most money as a champion.

“But there’s no wrestlers,” he continued. “When I was fighting, the top five was me, Jones, Ryan Bader was an All-American, Phil Davis was a National champion, Rashad Evans was an NCAA All-American. We had so many wrestlers.

“Now there’s no wrestlers, so it’s like, yeah, I’d go fight at light heavyweight, not heavyweight.”

Alex Pereira made Daniel Cormier ponder an MMA rule change

Cormier had a front-row view of Pereira’s latest triumph and was unsurprisingly impressed.

But beyond his praise for how the Brazilian regained the light heavyweight title, Cormier was also left rethinking an MMA rule after Pereira’s brutal finish of Ankalaev.

“That was the first time I sat and I went, ‘I don’t know if I like 12-6 elbows,’” Cormier said on his Good Guy/Bad Guy show with Chael Sonnen.

“Those were nasty, bro. Brutal elbows from the top. Bang! Bang! Bang! That was anger,” he added.