Daniel Cormier UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier (16-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) knows his first title defense will come against Swedish contender Alexander Gustafsson (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC), but it won’t happen when the two originally planned. MMAjunkie today learned from a person close to the fight who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to publicly discuss such matters that a lingering Cormier knee injury will force a delay on the fight, which UFC officials tentatively penciled in for September’s UFC 191 event in Las Vegas. A UFC official subsequently confirmed the current state of the matchup but classified it only as a “slight delay” and indicated Cormier could be ready to fight as soon as October. The exact nature of the injury wasn’t immediately known. UFC President Dana White in June first mentioned the UFC’s plans for the fight , though an exact date for the contest was never announced.
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