A matchup between two of the top-10 light heavyweights in the world is rumored to occur at UFC 175. According to a report from MMAFighting.com, Daniel Cormier is Very Likely to face legend Dan Henderson at UFC 175 this July in Las Vegas. Previously, Cormier was connected to a fight against Rafael Feijao, but the UFC has reportedly thought twice about that matchup and will do Cormier/Hendo instead. Even though the report was said to be untrue by UFC president Dana White through Twitter, we all know that White likes to maintain these types of things in house until they are 100% official, and undoubtedly as the old expression goes,”Where there is smoke there’s fire.” I truly do think this matchup involving Cormier and Henderson occurs because it is the struggle that makes most sense in the 205lb division right now. There are a lot of people out there discussing how awful Henderson looked in the initial two rounds of his struggle with Shogun Rua in UFC Fight Night 38 a couple weeks past, and he certainly didn’t look like the Hendo of older for the first ten minutes. However, what people forget is that the struggle was scheduled for 25 minutes, and Henderson got the work finished in the minute of the fight. So I feel like fans and press have been way overly critical of Henderson considering that, you know, he won the fight with Shogun. As far as Cormier goes, he has been unbeaten in his mixed martial arts career and essentially untested for the most part as he’s been pretty much flawless in all his struggles, including his three at the UFC against Roy Nelson, Frank Mir, and Pat Cummins. However, I truly believe Henderson is a more dangerous fighter than all three of those men, and this struggle between DC and Hendo is no walk in the park for DC, despite what some people are saying. That said, clearly Henderson would put in the struggle Cormier has a big favorite, if it really goes down. My guess is that DC opens roughly -400 for the fight, one which is likely to serve as the co-main occasion of UFC 175 when that event happens. I think that is a fair place for DC, but that I wouldn’t surprised at all if the gambling public bets him up to some crazy number, possibly. Hopefully we get confirmation of this bout soon, since I think Hendo is the right test for DC and when Cormier can complete him in remarkable fashion, he’ll have really earned his title shot against Jon Jones.
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