Cormier’s view on double champ status

“To me, it represents something a little bit different,” Cormier said of the UFC 322 double-header having former champs relinquishing their titles on Good Guy / Bad Guy.

“To me, it feels… like when Ilia gave up his belt, you started to kind of sense that the champ-champ era might be coming to an end.

“Like the simultaneous champ, the Conor McGregor, DC, Henry [Cejudo] and Amanda Nunes. It seemed like that era, it might be coming to an end…

“This news solidifies that for me,” Cormier explained.

“Islam having to give up the belt because Ilia was gonna fight—I understood a little bit more. Now, seeing Weili do it, especially when there’s no clear Ilia [no. 1 contender], right?”

“Now Mackenzie Dern is fighting Virna Jandiroba… No disrespect to them, but there’s no Ilia. But making [Zhang] give it up [the title] tells me that era is over,” Cormier said of the UFC having champions rule over two divisions at the same time.

Quotes via Bloody Elbow