Curtis Blaydes hopes Stipe Miocic beats Daniel Cormier in trilogy bout
Curtis Blaydes will be rooting for Stipe Miocic to win the trilogy bout against Daniel Cormier later this year for the sake of the heavyweight division.
Miocic and Cormier have held up the heavyweight division since 2018. The first time it was Cormier knocking out Miocic in the first round. The two then waited 13 months for the rematch, and this time Miocic re-claimed UFC gold with a fourth-round TKO win.
Now, the two are expected to have their trilogy bout in the summer in what will be Cormier’s final UFC fight. So, for that reason, Blaydes is rooting for Miocic to defend his belt.
“If DC wins it again, he’s gonna milk it,” Blaydes said to MMA Junkie. “He might still retire, but he’s not going to do it immediately. He don’t want to immediately leave the spotlight. You don’t just drop it and drift off in the sunset. (If) he wins that belt again, he’s going to do the whole tour. I think it would be worse.
“DC’s got the greatest chance to be beat him. He’s done it once before, and he can do it again, but if you’re asking me would I prefer to keep the division moving more fluid? I think that Stipe is a lot more open to just being active.”
For Curtis Blaydes, he believes Cormier may try and get the Jon Jones fight instead of retiring and hold up the division some more. Which, for him, when he’s in the prime of his career, is not something he wants.
“If DC wins it, maybe he starts to hold the Jon Jones thing again,” Blaydes said. “Like, ‘Oh, bump up to heavyweight.’ Then him and Jon are going back. I don’t want to be sitting just waiting for those, because that’s what I’ll do. And I get it: It’s his belt. If he gets it he can do what he wants with it, but it doesn’t help me.
“I’m in the prime of my career. I need to keep stuff moving.”
