Chael Sonnen and Daniel Cormier recommend a approach UFC light-weight champion Islam Makhachev can develop into one of many prmotion’s largest attracts.

Makhachev (25-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC) has already tied the UFC divisional document for many title defenses at three after submitting Dustin Poirier at UFC 302 in June. He additionally boasts one of many largest social media followings on the UFC roster, with 8.7 million on Instagram.

Cormier argued that outdoors of some exceptions, you may solely be a giant pay-per-draw if you happen to go on an extended title reign. Whereas he thinks Makhachev has the flexibility to try this, each he and Sonnen wish to see him faucet right into a extra trash-talking model.

“That man is so charismatic, and he’s so secretly humorous,” Sonnen stated on “Good Man/Unhealthy Man” with Daniel Cormier. “If he was to do a heel flip, I imply, come on. He stated one of many nice heel traces ever. He stated a complete bunch of professors needs to be taking their black belts again from guys.

“Like that angle and that’s blasphemy on this sport, and no person even is aware of acquired it. It was like this G-rated line. He didn’t use profanity. He didn’t yell. When he stated it, he stated it properly. That could be a heel transfer! What if he did a complete bit on that?”

Cormier agrees with Sonnen. He thinks Makhachev ought to embrace his dominance, which has seen him win 14 fights in a row – together with finishes of Poirier, Alexander Volkanovski and Charles Oliveira.

“I feel that’s the transfer for Islam,” Cormier stated. “He must get you and I to put in writing him promos. We must always write him promos. We write promos telling how significantly better he’s than everybody. I might make him inform everyone that they don’t need to be in there with him, and he’s simply going to lord over this division till he decides to retire.”