Daniel Cormier: Tom Aspinall vs. Sergei Pavlovich 'may be a better fight' than Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic
Daniel Cormier thinks UFC 295 might’ve ended up with a better heavyweight title fight. The original title fight was scrapped after a torn pectoral muscle forced heavyweight champion Jon Jones out of his first title defense against Stipe Miocic on Nov. 11 at Madison Square Garden in New York. As a result, the promotion decided to book Sergei Pavlovich (18-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) vs. Tom Aspinall (13-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC) for the interim belt. With both Aspinall and Pavlovich showing tons of promise and championship potential to this point in their careers, Cormier believes their fight could end up delivering more than Jones vs. Miocic would have. “We might have fallen in love with the idea of Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic for what they’ve been to the game, and we may overestimate the value of the fight,” Cormier said on his ESPN show “DC & RC.” “Because Pavlovich vs. Tom Aspinall may be a better fight.” Cormier argues that former champion Miocic’s long layoff leaves a lot of question mark...