Frank Shamrock vs Daniel Cormier

Very few people in the history of MMA would even be competitive with the best version of DC and Frank Shamrock is not one of them.

Prime Fedor, Cain, JDS, Stipe and obviously Jon Jones are the only ones I would favor against the best possible DC.

 

I think prime Frank would be great as a WW-MW today. He'd be out of his element at LHW.

 

Another complete mismatch. Cormier does everything better but submissions which he wouldn't need ,did you see the Barnett fight? Cormier is also a high level heavyweight if he needs to be.

Royce Gracie has a better chance of beating Woodley but that's not a complete mismatch see the differance here?!

 

I think so. His last run was at MW. He didn't exactly look enormous against the likes of Cung Le and Diaz.

 

Frank would be a WW in today's era. He fought most of his career at around 185lbs without ever cutting weight. When he fought tito he had to drink water and put weights in his pocket to get close to the 199 limit.

 

That was his walk around weight. I'm assuming if he fought today he'd cut weight like almost everybody else.

 

As for the fight, I think it is intriguing. Can't simply say Cormier is too big because Prime Frank beat Tito who had bigger dimensions. Still Cormier is the favorite as he's an overall a more well rounded fighter than Frank. Only chance Frank has is if he can last into the championship rounds and Cormier gasses.

 

In fairness I wouldn't take much from those last fights. He was an old man with a crippled back and knees.