UFC solely group the place ‘you attain superstardom’

UFC Corridor of Famer Daniel Cormier dismisses PFL and different organizations in terms of their capability to construct stars.

A former two-division UFC champion, Cormier believes the octagon is the one stage the place a fighter can attain superstardom. The likes of Ben Askren, Michael Chandler, Michael Web page, and most not too long ago Kayla Harrison had been in a position to catapult their reputation to the following stage after signing with the UFC.

“The NBA doesn’t exist with out the most effective gamers on this planet,” Cormier mentioned on his “Funky and the Champ” present with Ben Askren. “There are 100 leagues around the globe, however they by no means can maintain a candle to what the NBA is, so the most effective come and play right here. There’s one place to struggle, one place, as a result of guess what? There’s just one place that actually – not even making an attempt to be a UFC man, there’s one the place you attain superstardom.

“There’s one place the place you struggle the most effective on this planet, the place you maximize your visibility and earnings contained in the octagon and outdoors the octagon. It’s the UFC. Each different group tries after which finally it begins to falter. I don’t perceive why. The one one who has discovered success is Scott Coker. He’s the one man who has discovered sustained success exterior the UFC.”

Harrison is 2-0 within the UFC since parting methods with PFL. Founder Donn Davis accused Harrison of working away from large fights with Cris Cyborg and Larissa Pacheco, and Cormier thinks it’s an try from the PFL to make use of the UFC to advertise their very own fighters.

“Yearly the hole widens, and never even a bit of bit. It widens by double,” Cormier mentioned. “Each time the PFL makes use of that Kayla Harrison loss to advertise somebody on one other card, that simply tells you that they’re simply throwing sh*t on the wall, hoping one thing sticks.”